Getty Duane Washington Jr. of the Ohio State Buckeyes
The No. 2 Ohio State Buckeyes (21-9 overall, 12-8 Big 10) will take on the No. 15 Oral Roberts Golden Eagles (16-10, 10-5 Summit League) in the first round of the NCAA Tournament Friday at Mackey Arena in West Lafayette, Indiana.
The game starts at 3 p.m. ET and will be televised nationally on CBS. But if you don’t have cable, here are some different ways you can watch a live stream of Ohio State vs Oral Roberts online:
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Amazon Prime
Amazon Prime subscribers (Prime comes with a 30-day free trial) can watch a live stream of CBS on the Prime Paramount+ Channel. You can try both Amazon Prime and the Paramount+ Channel at no cost with a free trial right here:
Amazon Prime Paramount+ Free Trial
Once you’re signed up for the Prime Paramount+ Channel, you can watch Ohio State vs Oral Roberts live on the Amazon Video app on your Roku, Roku TV, Amazon Fire TV or Fire Stick, Apple TV, Chromecast, Nvidia Shield, Xiaomi, Echo Show, Echo Spot, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, various Smart TV’s, Android TV, iPhone, Android phone, iPad or Android tablet.
You can also watch on your computer via the Amazon website.
AT&T TV
AT&T TV has four different channel packages: “Entertainment”, “Choice”, “Ultimate” and “Premier.” CBS, TBS, TNT, and TruTV (all four will combine to broadcast every NCAA tournament game) are all included in every package, but it’s worth noting for basketball fans that NBA League Pass is currently being offered at no extra cost in the “Choice” and above bundles, and you can pick any package and any add-on you want with your free 14-day trial.
Note that the free trial isn’t advertised as such, but your “due today” amount will be $0 when signing up. If you watch on your computer, phone or tablet, you won’t be charged for 14 days. If you watch on a streaming device on your TV (Roku, Firestick, Apple TV, etc.), you will be charged for the first month, but you can get still get a full refund if you cancel before 14 days:
Once signed up for AT&T TV, you can watch Ohio State vs Oral Roberts live on the AT&T TV app, which is available on your Roku, Roku TV, Amazon Fire TV or Fire Stick, Apple TV, Chromecast, Samsung Smart TV, iPhone, Android phone, iPad or Android tablet. Or you can watch on your computer via the AT&T TV website.
You can also watch the game via NCAA.com or the March Madness Live app. You’ll need to sign in to a cable provider to watch this way, but you can use your AT&T TV credentials to do that.
If you can’t watch live, AT&T TV also comes with 20 hours of Cloud DVR storage (with the ability to upgrade to 500 hours).
FuboTV
You can watch a live stream of CBS (live in most markets) and 100-plus other TV channels on FuboTV, which you can use for free with a seven-day trial right here:
Once signed up for FuboTV, you can watch Ohio State vs Oral Roberts live on the FuboTV app, which is available on your Roku, Roku TV, Amazon Fire TV or Fire Stick, Apple TV, Chromecast, Xbox One, Samsung Smart TV, Android TV, iPhone, Android phone, iPad or Android tablet. Or you can watch on your computer via the FuboTV website.
If you can’t watch live, FuboTV also comes with 250 hours of cloud DVR space, as well as a 72-hour look-back feature, which allows you to watch the game on-demand within three days of its conclusion, even if you don’t record it.
Paramount+
This is ultimately the same as Amazon Prime option above, only you’ll watch on Paramount’s digital platforms instead of Amazon’s. You can watch a live stream of your local CBS channel via Paramount+, which comes with a free 30-day trial:
Once signed up for Paramount+, you can watch Ohio State vs Oral Roberts live on the Paramount+ app on your Roku, Roku TV, Amazon Fire TV or Fire Stick, Apple TV, Chromecast, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Samsung Smart TV, Android TV, iPhone, Android phone, iPad or Android tablet. Or you can watch on your computer via the Paramount+ website.
Ohio State vs Oral Roberts Preview
The Buckeyes are scoring 77.3 points a game, and they’re coming off an incredible effort against one of the best team’s in the country. Ohio State lost in the Big Ten Championship game to Illinois in a 91-88 overtime thriller. OSU guard Duane Washington Jr. led all scorers with 32 points, and forward Justice Sueing chipped in 22 in the loss. The Buckeyes will be the clear and obvious favorites here, but that doesn’t mean they’re overlooking the Golden Eagles.
“We are obviously playing a really good team to open in Oral Roberts, who can really score the ball. They are one of the best shooting teams I’ve seen on film,” OSU coach Chris Holtmann said, via 247 Sports. “Their numbers back that up. They have the leading scorer in the country. He is a really dynamic guard. They play through him at a really high level. … They are tough and well coached. They are a really dynamic team, particularly shooting the ball.”
On the other side, Oral Roberts features the nation’s leading scorer in Max Abmas, who Holtmann referenced. Abmas is averaging 24.2 points a game, and he will have the full attention of this entire Buckeyes team.
“You’ve just got to have good contests on his jumpers, know where he is, make sure that somebody’s around him at all times, just make sure you get a hand up,” Washington, who will likely be guarding Abmas for most of the game, told the Associated Press. “He’ll hit some of them definitely. He’s a good player. But the more he takes of those, we’ll be all right.”
For his part, Abmas has remained humble. “I’m just a guy that doesn’t force anything. Just kind of what the defense gives me is what I’m going to take,” Abmas said.
Oral Roberts has the eighth-best 3-point shooting percentage (39 percent) in the nation, and they’re tops in the country in shots made from downtown. With both teams featuring dynamic scorers, this game will likely come down to defense and hustle — and which team can better contain the other’s primary scoring threat.