March Madness Live Stream: How To Watch Florida Gulf Coast Vs. North Carolina For Free

By Conrad Doucette @conrad
Published March 17, 2016, 6:20 p.m. ET

It’s March Madness, baby! Between now and April 4, 67 games will be played in the 2016 NCAA March Madness tournament. It’s the most exciting three weeks in all of sports, bar none. Here’s how to enjoy tonight’s East regional matchup between the #16 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles and the #1 North Carolina Tar Heels.

WHAT TIME DOES THE FLORIDA GULF COAST VS. NORTH CAROLINA GAME START?

The Eagles and Tar Heels will tip off at 7:20 p.m. ET.

HOW CAN I LIVE STREAM THE FLORIDA GULF COAST VS. NORTH CAROLINA GAME?

TBS has the rights to broadcast this game. The Eagles/Tar Heels game is being livestreamed across a variety of platforms: NCAA.com, the NCAA March Madness Live app, and over at TBS. You can also live stream the games if you are a Sling TV subscriber. (More on that below.)

DAYTON, OH – MARCH 15: Julian DeBose #3 of the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles reacts in the second half against the Fairleigh Dickinson Knights during the first round of the 2016 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament at UD Arena on March 15, 2016 in Dayton, Ohio.Photo: Joe Robbins/Getty Images

HOW CAN I GET THE MARCH MADNESS APP?

The NCAA March Madness Live app is free to download (yay!), and available for iOS, Windows 10, and Android devices. March Madness Live is also available for Amazon Fire TV consoles, Apple TV (just search “NCAA March Madness Live” in the tvOS App Store), as well as your Roku unit. That’s the good news. The bad news? You have to be an authenticated cable subscriber —or, at least, have access to an authenticated cable subscriber’s login and password details!— to watch.

HOW CAN I GET THE WATCH TBS APP?

If you’re on a desktop or laptop computer, all you need to do is point your browser towards tbs.com/watchtbs and you’ll be golden. TBS also has an app that’s available for iPad, iPhone, Windows devices, Android devices, and Amazon’s Kindle Fire. Again, we hate to be the bearer of bad news here, but you’re gonna need a cable login/password to watch.

HOW CAN I GET SLING TV?

This is a terrific time to check out Sling TV, which includes access to TBS and TNT (along with a bunch of other awesome networks like ESPN, HGTV and more). Sling TV is also currently offering subscribers a free one-week trial of the service, so what better time to give it a whirl than the next four days when nearly 40 different games will be played? If you’re a college hoops superfan, we have even better news for you! Sling TV’s “Best of Live TV” subscribers will have access to a free preview of truTV throughout the tournament (March 13-April 12), so they don’t need to upgrade to Lifestyle Extra (where truTV normally lives at an extra charge of $5/mo.) to see all the truTV coverage. Now that’s good customer service!