How to Watch Selection Sunday: Stream the 2024 March Madness NCAA Basketball Tournament Tip-Off Online
It's almost time to fill out your brackets and make some predictions because the countdown to March Madness 2024 has begun.
Half the fun of March Madness is bragging to your friends and co-workers as your predictions come true throughout the tournament. Somehow it's most thrilling when a low-seeded, underdog team wins and upsets everyone's entire bracket. However, before any of that can happen, we make our way to Selection Sunday, when the NCAA teams will be selected, seeded and placed.
Selection Sunday happens next weekend so you can start researching and crafting your March Madness bracket. Below you'll find everything you need to know about Selection Sunday and all your options to watch the college basketball event live.
When is Selection Sunday?
One of the biggest events in college sports, March Madness launches with Selection Sunday on March 17.
How to watch Selection Sunday
The Men's Tournament Sunday Selection will air on CBS and stream live on Paramount+ with Showtime on March 17 at 6 p.m. ET. The Women's Tournament Sunday Selection will air on ESPN on March 17 at 8 p.m. ET.
Those with cable can view most of the Sunday Selection for the Men's Tournament on CBS and the Women's Tournament on ESPN. Don't have access? There are several options to catch Selection Sunday on streaming.
Selection Sunday on Paramount+
Paramount+
Selection Sunday on Paramount+
The CBS streaming home, Paramount+, will stream the Men's Tournament Sunday Selection live for those with the Paramount+ with Showtime plan. You can sign up for a Paramount+ with Showtime plan directly from the streaming service or add it on to your Prime Video account.
Selection Sunday on FuboTV
Selection Sunday on FuboTV
Fubo offers NCAA Basketball coverage on a variety of channels — including ESPN and CBS — to watch games live without cable. Start your seven-day free trial, then get $20 off your first month while you follow your favorite teams all season long.
For the Women's Tournament Sunday Selection coverage, you'll want a streaming provider that offers live TV with the ESPN channel in their line-up, which includes FuboTV, Sling TV and Hulu + Live TV.
ET, CBS, Showtime and Paramount+ are all subsidiaries of Paramount.
How to watch Selection Sunday for free:
There are two easy ways you could watch Sunday Selection free of charge at home.
Paramount+ does offer a free seven-day trial to new users, whether you sign up directly or through Amazon's Prime Video. Keep in mind you'll need the Paramount+ with Showtime plan to watch it live and that this will not give you access to the Women's Tournament Selection Sunday.
To watch both the Men's Tournament and Women's Tournament Selection Sunday for free, eligible customers can sign up for FuboTV's free seven-day trial.
When does the 2024 NCAA March Madness begin?
Here is the schedule for March Madness 2024.
The 85th edition of the Men's NCAA tournament begins with Selection Sunday on March 17, 2024.
- Selection Sunday: Sunday, March 17 on CBS
- First Four: March 19-20
- First round: March 21-22
- Second round: March 23-24
- Sweet 16: March 28-29
- Elite Eight: March 30-31
- Final Four: Saturday, April 6 at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona
- NCAA championship game: Monday, April 8 at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona
The Women's NCAA tournament also begins with Selection Sunday on March 17, 2024.
- Selection Sunday: Sunday, March 17 on ESPN
- First Four: March 20-21
- First round: March 22-23
- Second round: March 24-25
- Sweet 16: March 29-30
- Elite Eight: March 31- April 1
- Final Four: Friday, April 5 at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland, Ohio
- NCAA championship game: Sunday, April 7 at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland, Ohio
Like any March Madness fan knows, you never truly know what will happen during this championship tournament. Learn everything you need to know to watch all the NCAA Basketball Games online and on streaming.
