
2025 College Basketball Tournaments
How & When to Watch the 2025 College Basketball Tournaments
Trying to figure out how to watch the 2025 college basketball tournament? We’ve got the right play for you to catch every game from the opening round to the championship game. If you can’t get enough college hoops, catch up on basketball movies and songs to get you pumped up for every matchup!
Create your tournament brackets below!
Men’s Tournament
Selection starts on Sunday, March 16th at 6pm ET/3pm PT. Find out if your team makes the cut on CBS and Paramount+.
Watch on TV

From March 18th through April 7th, you can watch the Men’s tournament games on TBS, CBS, TNT, truTV and Paramount+. Find the complete Men’s tournament TV schedule on Sports Media Watch.com.
Women’s Tournament

The 2025 women’s college tournament kicks off on Sunday, March 16th at 7pm ET/4pm PT. Find out if your team makes the cut on ESPN.
Ways to Watch
Watch on TV

From March 19th through April 6th, the women’s tournament games can be seen on ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPNews and ABC. You can also stream the event on ESPN+. Find the complete Women’s tournament TV schedule on Sports Media Watch.com.
Get ready for the tournament with these classic basketball flicks
Enjoy basketball both on and off the court with these titles to stream.
Turn up the volume on game day!
Get ready for the rebounds with a high-energy playlist!
Take advantage of our Whole Home WiFi to download Spotify’s tournament playlist on Android or Apple iOS.
Get revved up for game day with the March Pregame Playlist from Spotify, featuring:
- All I Do Is Win – DJ Khalid
- High Hopes – Panic! At The Disco
- Hustler – Zayde Wolf
- NO OFF DAYS – Eric Lives Here
- Get Loud For Me – Gizzle
- Ballin – Logic
- Fresh – JAXSON GAMBLE
- Dunked On – Froggy Fresh
- Whatever It Takes – Imagine Dragons
- Living Legend – Club Danger

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