NCAA 2016 Tournament News: How To Watch
March Madness is back and this year, the NCAA is bringing the excitement of the tournament to viewers online. According to a report in Variety, the NCAA will be having the first round of the tournament viewable for free through the March Madness section on their website.
The tournament kicked off with first round at the University of Dayton in Ohio on March 15 and 16. According to the report, the games for this round are available on the March Madness live link on the NCAA website. Following this, the second round will be streamed online through the website and the March Madness app.
The report also cited a newly launched YouTube channel called YouTube.com/MarchMadness which is said to be managed by Turner Sports. This is in cooperation with NCAA. The channel however will only feature short videos such as "real-time highlights" and "recaps" of all 67 games of the tournament. In order for viewers to watch full videos, they need to have a pay-TV subscription.
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Aside from game highlights and recaps, the channel will also feature live press coverage, game previews and analysis and daily news and notes which will be sourced from different TV networks covering the games.
Other ways of watching online include the Bleacher Report website and Team Stream app, where Turner games streams are available, CBS games on the CBS Sports website and app, TBS games via the Watch TBS App, TNT games via the Watch TNT app, and TruTV games via the Watch TruTV app. Watching online through these channels however will require a subscription.
This year's tournament brings 68 teams that will be a single-elimination tournament. Whoever comes out as the winner will be called the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. The games kicked off last March 15 and will end with the National Semifinals and Championship on April 2 and 4.
