Overview
- Selection Sunday airs tonight with the men’s bracket reveal on CBS at 6 p.m. ET and the women’s reveal on ESPN at 8 p.m. ET.
- Men’s tournament TV plan: First Four on truTV (Mar 17–18), Rounds of 64/32 on CBS/TBS/TNT/truTV (Mar 19–22), Sweet 16 and Elite Eight on CBS/TBS (Mar 26–29), Final Four and title game on TBS (Apr 4 and Apr 6).
- Women’s tournament coverage runs across ABC/ESPN/ESPN2/ESPNU, with early rounds split across all four channels and the Sweet 16 through Championship on ABC and ESPN (Apr 3 and Apr 5).
- Streaming map: TBS/TNT/truTV games stream on HBO Max, CBS games on Paramount+, and ESPN/ABC games through ESPN platforms or live TV streamers.
- Budget alternatives include trials from DirecTV, Fubo and Hulu + Live TV, a Walmart+ workaround for Paramount+, and full audio coverage via SiriusXM’s $1 three‑month offer plus free TuneIn and Westwood One affiliates.