March Madness 2022 continues with the Final Four on April 2 — here's how to watch the NCAA basketball tournament without cable
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- March Madness 2022 began on March 17 and nears its end with the Final Four on April 1 and 2.
- The NCAA women's basketball championship game is on April 3; the men's championship is April 4.
- The remaining men's games are airing on TBS, while women's games air on ESPN.
The NCAA basketball tournament, also known as March Madness, officially began on March 15. After a month filled with upsets and tight games, both the men's and women's tournaments have reached the Final Four. Millions of people who filled out March Madness brackets will be tuning in to see which schools claim this year's national championship.
In the men's tournament, coach Mike Krzyzewski has led Duke to the Final Four for the 13th time, where the team will face in-state rival North Carolina. Krzyzewski plans to retire after the tournament. Kansas enters the Final Four as the highest-ranked of the remaining teams, playing against a Villanova team that has overcome injury to make a deep tournament run.
Three of the top four seeds in the women's tournament have reached the Final Four, with the University of Connecticut upsetting North Carolina State in a double-overtime game to reach the Final Four as a number-two seed. UConn will face defending champion Stanford, while Louisville plays South Carolina.
Men's Final Four games and the national championship game will be broadcast on TBS while the women's Final Four and championship game will air on ESPN.
March Madness 2022 Final Four schedule: dates and times
March Madness began on March 15 and runs through April 4. The women's Final Four begins April 1, and the men's Final Four starts April 2.
Date/Time | Event | Channel |
April 1, 7 p.m. ET | Louisville vs. South Carolina - Women's Final Four | ESPN |
April 1, 9:30 p.m. ET | UConn vs. Stanford - Women's Final Four | ESPN |
April 2, 6:09 p.m. ET | Villanova vs. Kansas - Men's Final Four | TBS |
April 2, 8:49 p.m. ET | North Carolina vs. Duke - Men's Final Four | TBS |
April 3, 8 p.m. ET | Women's national championship game | ESPN |
April 4, 9:20 p.m. ET | Men's national championship game | TBS |
How to watch March Madness 2022
To watch every March Madness tournament game you need a cable or live TV streaming subscription. Men's games aired on CBS, TNT, TBS, and TruTV throughout the tournament. That said, all of the remaining men's games are on TBS only. The remaining women's games are on ESPN.
If you already have a pay-TV provider with access to TBS, the easiest way to stream every men's Final Four game is to use the official March Madness website, the NCAA March Madness Live app, the TBS app, or TBS website. The ESPN app and ESPN.com will give you full access to the women's Final Four if you're an ESPN subscriber.
The ESPN, TBS, and NCAA March Madness app are available on mobile devices, web browsers, Apple TV, Android, Fire TV, Roku, and Xbox.
Ways to watch March Madness 2022 without cable
If you don't have a pay-TV provider with access to TBS or ESPN, you can watch March Madness 2022 games through a live TV streaming service, like Sling TV, Hulu + Live TV, or YouTube TV.
Sling TV's Orange plan is one of the most affordable ways to watch the remaining March Madness games. This plan includes TBS and ESPN for $35 a month. New members can also get $10 off their first month.
If you're willing to pay a bit more, Hulu + Live TV and YouTube TV also include all the channels you need to watch men's and women's March Madness games. Both services also feature a larger overall channel selection than Sling.
Hulu + Live TV costs $70 a month, while YouTube TV starts at $55 a month for your first three months, and then goes up to $65 a month. As an added bonus, Hulu + Live TV includes Disney Plus and ESPN+ at no extra cost.
March Madness 2022 brackets
The NCAA men's and women's basketball tournaments each feature 68 teams in a single-loss format. Teams are seeded into four regions that decide where they play during the tournament.
You can find printable brackets below:
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