NCAA Tournament Live Stream: How to Watch Online

This year’s March Madness is lacing up on more platforms than ever before. The 2016 NCAA men’s basketball tournament, which starts Thursday, will air on regular TV, the March Madness Live app, and online for free on the NCAA’s website (Click here to watch).

CBS, TBS, TNT and TruTV will all broadcast the games on television.

Apple TV, in an exclusive deal, is offering pay-TV subscribers the chance to watch multiple games at once on the March Madness app. The app will also be available on Amazon Fire tablets, Amazon Fire TV, iPhone, iPad, Android handset, Android tablet, Windows handset, Windows desktop, Apple Watch, Roku players and Roku TV models.

The 2016 NCAA basketball tournament kicks off Thursday, March 17, at 9:17 a.m. PT/12:17 p.m. ET.

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