How to watch Championship Week Men's College Basketball games online on ESPN Plus & more

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Championship Week is maybe the second best week of the entire NCAA Men's College Basketball schedule. Only the first weekend of the Big Dance can rival this 13 day stretch for drama and excitement on the college courts. With over thirty conferences holding tournaments, you can watch great ball all day and all night. In fact, the only problem is there's too much college basketball for traditional television.

But that's where ESPN+ comes in.

Here is what you need to know to watch Championship Week men's college basketball games streaming on ESPN+ . We also have all the info you need to watch the Championship games of these tournaments online & without cable on a variety of ESPN channels, including ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPN3.

ESPN+ Championship Week NCAA men's college basketball conference tournament games

Here are all of the conference tournaments with Championship Week college basketball games you can watch on ESPN+ from March 3 to March 14, 2020. It's amazing they fit all this ball online.

Many of these conferences have their semifinal games or Championship final game move to one of the ESPN broadcast networks. We have a guide below to help you stream those channels online & without cable.

Where times are shown, all times shown are Eastern.

Atlantic Sun Conference

  • Tuesday, March 3, First round games, ESPN+
  • Thursday, March 5, Semifinals games, ESPN+
  • Sunday, March 8, Championship game, ESPN

Big South Conference

  • Tuesday, March 3, First round games, ESPN3
  • Thursday, March 5, Quarterfinals games, ESPN3
  • Friday, March 6, Semifinals games, ESPN+
  • Sunday, March 8, Championship game, ESPN

Horizon League

  • Tuesday, March 3, First round games, ESPN+
  • Thursday, March 5, Quarterfinals games, ESPN+
  • Monday, March 9, Semifinals games, ESPNU & ESPN2
  • Tuesday, March 10, Championship game, either ESPN or ESPN2

Ohio Valley Conference

  • Wednesday, March 4, First round games, ESPN+
  • Thursday, March 5, Quarterfinals games, ESPN+
  • Friday, March 6, Semifinals games, ESPNU
  • Saturday, March 7, Championship game, ESPN2

Northeast Conference

  • Wednesday, March 4, Quarterfinals games, NEC Front Row
  • Saturday, March 7, Semifinals games, ESPN3
  • Tuesday, March 10, Championship game, ESPN2

Southern Conference

  • Friday, March 6, First round games, ESPN+
  • Saturday, March 7, Quarterfinals games, ESPN+
  • Sunday, March 8, Semifinals games, ESPN+
  • Monday, March 9, Championship game, ESPN

America East

  • Saturday, March 7, Quarterfinals games, ESPN+
  • Tuesday, March 10, Semifinals games, ESPN+
  • Saturday, March 14, Championship game, ESPN2

Summit League

  • Saturday, March 7, First Quarterfinals game, ESPN+
  • Sunday, March 8, Second Quarterfinals game, ESPN+
  • Monday, March 9, Semifinals games, ESPN+
  • Tuesday, March 10, Championship game, ESPN2

Sun Belt

  • Saturday, March 7, First round games, ESPN+
  • Monday, March 9, Second round games, ESPN+
  • Wednesday, March 11, Quarterfinals games, ESPN+
  • Saturday, March 14, Semifinals games, ESPN+
  • Sunday, March 15, Championship game, ESPN2

Metro Atlantic Athletic (MAAC)

  • Tuesday, March 10, First round games, ESPN3
  • Wednesday, March 11, Quarterfinals games, ESPN3
  • Thursday, March 12, Quarterfinals games, ESPN3
  • Friday, March 13, Semifinals games, ESPNU
  • Saturday, March 14, Championship game, ESPNU

Big West

  • Thursday, March 12, Quarterfinals games, ESPN3
  • Friday, March 13, Semifinals games, ESPNU
  • Saturday, March 14, Championship game, ESPN2

Western Athletic (WAC)

  • Thursday, March 12, Quarterfinals games, ESPN+
  • Friday, March 13, Semifinals games, ESPN+
  • Saturday, March 14, Championship game, ESPNU

Southland

  • Wednesday, March 11, Quarterfinals games, ESPN+
  • Thursday, March 12, Second round games, ESPN+
  • Friday, March 13, Semifinals games, ESPN+
  • Saturday, March 14, Championship game, ESPN2

Ivy League

  • Saturday, March 14, Semifinals games, ESPNU
  • Sunday, March 15, Championship game, ESPN2

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ESPN+

  • The cost: $5 a month
  • Watch ESPN+ on: Apple TV, Android TV, Amazon Fire TV, Chromecast, Roku, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Samsung smart TVs, iOS, Android, browsers and more
  • NCAA Men's College Basketball on ESPN+ ESPN+ will stream hundreds of exclusive men's college basketball games all season long.

You may see teams from other conferences, either as the visiting team playing against a team from a featured conference or as broadcast rights shift throughout the season.

ESPN's Joe Lunardi predicts the teams most likely to make it into the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament.

The ESPN app is the best way to watch all the sports available from ESPN+. The ESPN app can be installed on the most popular devices, including iPhones and iPads and Android devices . You can also get the ESPN app on major streaming platforms and game consoles such as Apple TV, Android TV, Fire TV, Roku, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. You can also stream ESPN+ on your TV by controlling it with your phone using support for either Chromecast or AirPlay .

ESPN+ costs $5 a month, which will include hundreds of NCAA Men's college basketball games. ESPN+ used to offer a free trial , but they no longer do. The service will have Championship Week college hoops every single day from March 3 through March 14, 2020, so ESPN+ is a layup decision for basketball fans everywhere.

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Watch Championship Week NCAA basketball final games on ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPNEWS & ESPN3

Many of the semifinals and finals games of these Championship Week conference tournament games switch over from ESPN+ to one of the many ESPN channels. This includes the streaming channel ESPN3, along with the traditional channels of ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPNEWS. You can still get all of these online and without cable, if you know where to look for options. Here are your best bets.

Hulu with Live TV

  • The cost: $55 a month after a one week free trial
  • Championship Week Basketball on Hulu - Yes, with ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNEWS, ESPNU and ESPN3.

Sling TV - Sling Orange

  • The cost: $30 a month after your first month for $20
  • Championship Week Basketball on Sling TV: A few, with ESPN & ESPN2. To get the other channels, you'll need to bump up to a Sports Add-on for $10 more per month.

AT&T TV Now - Plus Plan

  • The cost: $65 a month after a free trial
  • * Championship Week Basketball on AT&T TV Now: Some, with ESPN, ESPN2, and ESPN3. To get ESPNEWS & ESPNU, step up to the Max Plan for $85 a month.

YouTube TV

  • The cost: $50 a month after a free trial
  • Championship Week Basketball on YouTube TV: Yes, with ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNEWS, ESPNU and ESPN3.

Watch Men's College Basketball Tournament games from anywhere

It's so frustrating when you have everything you need to watch college basketball in March online, but you are taking Spring Break out of the country. You might think that you're out of luck because streaming services often block their feeds if you're not in America. Fear not.

There are ways to get things working again by using a VPN, which is short for "Virtual Private Network". It sends your internet traffic from far away through a specific set of servers, then pops it back into the United States.

Does a VPN sound appealing to you? It's easy to get a great one with subscription services that, for a few bucks a month, tunnel your traffic through your choice of a variety of locations. It can also give you security and peace of mind on open WiFi connections, because a VPN protects you against snoopers on any network.

Roy Delgado is a freelance writer for WhatToWatch. His focus is streaming, specializing on sports. He binge-streams 32 games over the first two days of NCAA March Madness annually. He built his own DVR 15 years ago, and still tinkers to make his media setup its best.