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The Duke University Blue Devils will face the Alabama Crimson Tide in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament tonight. No. 1-seeded Duke defeated the Arizona Wildcats this week to secure their spot, while No. 2 Alabama bested BYU to advance. Their Elite Eight game will be held at the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ, on Saturday night and will be broadcast on TBS and truTV.
Here’s everything you need to know about how to tune in to Duke vs. Alabama tonight, and check out our constantly updated bracket to keep track of every team and game of the tournament.
Date: Saturday, March 29
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Time: 8:49 p.m. ET
TV channel: TBS/truTV
Streaming: Max, Sling, Hulu with Live TV and more
You can tune into Duke vs. Alabama on TBS and truTV, which are available on platforms like DirecTV, Sling, and Hulu with Live TV. The game will also be streaming on Max.
Saturday, March 29 (Elite Eight)
- (1) Florida vs. (3) Texas Tech | 6:09 p.m. | TBS/truTV
- (1) Duke vs. (2) Alabama | 8:49 p.m. | TBS/truTV
Men’s NCAA tournament games will air across CBS, TBS, TNT and TruTV. The women’s NCAA tournament will air across the ESPN suite — so ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN3, ESPNU and ESPNews.
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Don’t have cable? Don’t worry. You can stream the men’s games easily with a subscription to Paramount+ and Max, or a live TV streaming service like DirecTV, Fubo or Sling. The women’s games will also be accessible via a live TV streaming service that includes the ESPN suite.
Stream 2025 NCAA tournament games
Max Standard plan
Max, aka “the one to watch,” has select live sports available through its Bleacher Report Sports add-on, which is included free of charge for ad-free Max subscribers. (If you subscribe to Max’s ad-supported plan, you should be able to access the B/R add-on content until March 30).
On top of March Madness games on TBS, TNT and TruTV, Max has buzzy shows including The White Lotus, The Last of Us, House of the Dragon, Dune: Prophecy and more.
Ad-supported Max starts at $10/month. The standard plan (which includes B/R Sports free of charge) costs $17/month.
Sling doesn’t offer a free trial these days, and March Madness lasts longer than your standard trial would. It’s still a solid option to catch most games in the tournament. Emphasis on most, because one big blindspot for Sling is that it doesn’t carry CBS.
That said, for $45 for your first month of Sling Orange + Blue and the Sports Extra add-on, you can catch all the games on TBS, TNT, TruTV, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN3, ESPNU, ESPNews and ABC.
As low as $48 for your first month at Sling
Watch March Madness live on CBS
Paramount+ with Showtime
Paramount+ has two tiers available: an $8/month ad-supported tier and a $13/month premium tier that’s ad-free and includes live access to your local CBS channel (and access to Showtime), which you’ll need to stream select March Madness games.
Right now, Paramount+ is still offering a free trial — so new subscribers could sign up to watch Selection Sunday and the First Four, plus check out the rest of the Paramount+ library free for seven days.
