--- title: How to Watch the NCAA March Madness Sweet 16 Games for Free Online description: This year’s March Madness has reached the Sweet 16. Here’s how to watch the 2018 NCAA tournament games with or without cable for free. authors: - name: Brad Tuttle role: Senior Editor url: https://money.com/author/brad-tuttle/ bio: Brad Tuttle is a former senior editor at Money with over 10 years’ experience covering a vast number of personal finance topics, including careers, cars, travel, budgeting, investing, insurance, credit cards, consumer psychology, real estate, banking, and shopping and deals. education: Columbia University School of Journalism, MS at_money_since: 2014 articles: 366 covers: - Lifestyle - Banking - Business - Career Advice - Credit - Credit Cards - Economy and Politics - Education - Health and Wellness - Housing - Identity Theft - Insurance - Investing - Loans - Mortgages - Personal Finance - Pets - Professional Services - Retirement - Shopping - Taxes - Technology social: - https://twitter.com/bradrtuttle - https://linkedin.com/in/brad-tuttle-834b225 former_staff: true published: '2018-03-22T17:16:27.000Z' modified: '2024-05-16T13:04:23.000Z' section: Lifestyle tags: - Basketball - College Basketball - March Madness - NCAA - Sports - Sports word_count: 768 canonical: https://money.com/watch-march-madness-2018-sweet-16-free-online/ type: Article source: structured-blocks --- > **Disclosure:** We research all brands listed and may earn a fee from our partners. Research and financial considerations may influence how brands are displayed. Not all brands are included. [Learn more](https://money.com/page/disclaimer/). ![Duke competing during the 2018 NCAA March Madness tournament](https://img.money.com/2018/03/watchmarchmadnesssweet16-933262582.jpg) *Duke beat URI to get into the Sweet 16 at the 2018 March Madness men’s basketball tournament.* The 2018 NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Tournament has been full of stunning upsets that no one saw coming: After the first round of March Madness games, not a single person still had a [perfect bracket](https://money.com/warren-buffett-million-march-madness-bracket-challenge-busted/). The upside of everyone's NCAA brackets being busted is that Little Caesars is giving away [free pizza](https://money.com/little-caesars-free-pizza-march-madness/) to all customers on Monday, April 2. That was the March Madness deal promised if a No. 16 seed in the NCAA tournament made history by beating a No. 1 seed—which is exactly what happened when the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, beat the top-seeded University of Virginia last Friday. Fans can expect more madness and excitement ahead now that we're heading into the Sweet 16. The NCAA Sweet 16 games tip off on Thursday, March 22, and Friday, March 23. The winners of those matchups play again on Saturday and Sunday for the right to go to the Final Four on the following weekend at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. (The NCAA tournament ends on Monday, April 2; a full schedule of the remaining games is below.) If you want to know how to watch remaining March Madness games live online for free, or how to watch March Madness on TV, we've got you covered. ## How to Watch Sweet 16 Games Live on TV for Free From now on, all March Madness games are being broadcast on either CBS or TBS. TBS is a pay channel, so to watch on TV you must have a cable or satellite TV package that includes TBS. On the other hand, CBS is a network, and you should be able to watch your local CBS station on TV either with a basic cable package or for free with a [digital antenna](https://money.com/cable-tv-without-paying-bill/). ## How to Watch Sweet 16 Games Online for Free There are many options for live-streaming remaining March Madness games. First off, the [NCAA March Madness Live app](https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-men/article/2018-03-05/ncaar-march-madnessr-live-offers-ultimate-digital-destination) has a new Fast Break feature allowing anyone to stream games for free—at least for a limited time. After a preview period—which could be long enough to catch an entire game of your choosing—you will be required to log in with a pay TV account number and password. Viewers can use the Fast Break feature on a browser in your desktop or on any device after downloading the NCAA March Madness Live app. You can also use streaming services that include CBS and TBS to watch March Madness online. CBS live-streams all of its content via [CBS All Access](https://www.amazon.com/Instant-Video/b?benefitId=cbsaacf&node=2858778011&ref=sxts_snpl_6_0_3443204382&qid=1520969497&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_p=3443204382&pf_rd_r=D3P1EF1RBY9SS460SZX5&pd_rd_wg=FpNmW&pf_rd_s=desktop-signpost&pf_rd_t=301&pd_rd_w=5Wapx&pf_rd_i=cbs+all+access&pd_rd_r=b198b982-e37b-4a77-b18c-2ecb7ad6b0be). The service costs $5.99 per month, and new subscribers can try it out for free during a [one-week trial period](https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/offers/signup/ref=atv_3p_cbs_c_kzscbs_1_1?ie=UTF8&benefitId=cbsaacf&pf_rd_i=cbsaacf&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_p=3501714742&pf_rd_r=H3PDTP5TKR9PF77PQW9M&pf_rd_s=center-1&pf_rd_t=12806). Other, more comprehensive streaming services come with packages that include TBS, CBS, and dozens more channels. Among the options are [DirecTV Now](https://www.directvnow.com/thegoodstuff2#the-full-lineup), [Hulu Live](https://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=93xLBvPhAeE&offerid=532303.9&type=3&subid=MYENTMarchMadnessMM), [Playstation Vue](https://www.playstation.com/en-us/network/vue/channels/), [Sling TV](https://www.sling.com/), and [YouTube TV](https://tv.youtube.com/welcome/). These services all include Turner-owned pay TV channels like TBS in their packages, and in most of the country subscribers can also stream local broadcast channels like CBS. Streaming TV packages cost roughly $20 to $40 per month, but all have [free trials](https://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=93xLBvPhAeE&offerid=532303.9&type=3&subid=MYENTMarchMadnessMM). If you're a new subscriber who qualifies for a free trial, you can stream as much as you want for a week or so before being charged the regular monthly rate. Just [remember to cancel before the free trial ends](https://money.com/cancel-account-after-free-trial-hulu-netflix-spotify/) if you are not interested in becoming a paid subscriber. So which games are on CBS, and which are on TBS? Here is the broadcast schedule for all the remaining games in the 2018 March Madness tournament, including the Sweet 16, Elite 8, and Final 4, courtesy of [ncaa.com](https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-men/bracket-beat/march-madness-dates-tournament-schedule). ## 2018 Sweet 16 Game Schedule **THURSDAY, MARCH 22** Loyola-Chicago vs. Nevada: 7:07 p.m. ET on CBS Texas A&M vs. Michigan: 7:37 p.m. ET on TBS Kansas State vs. Kentucky: 9:37 p.m. ET on CBS Florida State vs. Gonzaga: 9:59 p.m. ET on TBS **FRIDAY, MARCH 23** Clemson vs. Kansas: 7:07 p.m. ET on CBS West Virginia vs. Villanova: 7:37 p.m. ET on TBS Syracuse vs. Duke: 9:37 p.m. ET on CBS Texas Tech vs. Purdue: 9:59 p.m. on TBS ## 2018 Elite 8 Game Schedule **SATURDAY, MARCH 24** Teams TBA: 6:09 p.m. ET on TBS Teams TBA: 8:49 p.m. ET on TBS **SUNDAY, MARCH 25** Teams TBA: 2:20 p.m. ET on CBS Teams TBA: 5:05 p.m. ET on CBS ## 2018 Final Four Game Schedule **SATURDAY, MARCH 31** Teams TBA: 6:09 p.m. ET on TBS Teams TBA: 8:49 p.m. ET on TBS ## 2018 National Championship Game **MONDAY, APRIL 2** Teams TBA: 9:20 p.m. ET on TBS *We’ve included affiliate links in this article. 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