March Madness 2025: How to Watch the Elite Eight Today

How's your bracket looking after three rounds of the tournament? Hopefully you picked the favorites because all four No. 1 seeds and three of the four No. 2 seeds are still dancing. The lack of upsets has made this edition of March Madness feel less mad than past years but it also sets up some big matchups for the Elite Eight today and tomorrow. 

Here's everything you need to know to watch or stream March Madness, all the way up to the Final Four games and national championship in April.

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Cooper Flagg and No. 1 Duke face No. 2 Alabama on Saturday night in the Elite Eight of the NCAA tournament.

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When does March Madness start today?

The Elite Eight starts this evening with No. 1 Florida taking on No. 3 Texas Tech at 6:09 p.m. ET (3:09 p.m. PT) in the West Region final before No. 1 Duke faces No. 2 Alabama in the East Region final at 8:49 p.m. ET (5:49 p.m. PT). Both games are on TBS and tomorrow's two games will be shown on CBS.

Elite Eight TV schedule

Here's the TV schedule for tonight and tomorrow (all times ET):

Saturday, March 29

  • No. 1 Florida vs. No. 3 Texas Tech: 6:09 p.m. on TBS
  • No. 1 Duke vs. No. 2 Alabama: 8:49 p.m. on TBS

Sunday, March 30

  • No. 1 Houston vs. No. 2 Tennessee: 2:20 p.m. on CBS
  • No. 1 Auburn vs. No. 2 Michigan State: 5:05 p.m. on CBS

If you want to look ahead, you can check out the remaining schedule, round by round, for the men's and women's tournaments:

Men's March Madness schedule

  • Elite Eight: March 29–30
  • Final Four: Saturday, April 5
  • National championship: Monday, April 7 

Women's March Madness schedule

  • Sweet 16: March 28–29
  • Elite Eight: March 30–31
  • Final Four: Friday, April 4
  • National championship: Sunday, April 6

How to watch March Madness without cable

The rest of the tournament will be shown on CBS and TBS. You can watch these channels with a cable subscription or a live TV streaming service, but the most affordable option is signing up for a month of two streaming services: Max and Paramount Plus with Showtime.

For $23, you can watch every March Madness game live. With the $10 a month Max streaming service, you can watch the games broadcast on TBS. And with the $13 a month Paramount Plus with Showtime plan, you'll be able to watch the CBS games, which include both Final Four semifinal games and the national championship game.

Paramount Plus with Showtime

You'll need the $13 a month Paramount Plus with Showtime plan to livestream the March Madness games broadcast on CBS. The final two rounds of the tournament flip-flop between TBS and CBS each year and this year's Final Four and national championship will be shown on CBS.

Read our Paramount Plus review.

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