Mountain West champion and No. 6 seeded San Diego State looks to keep rolling as it begins NCAA Tournament play against No. 11 Syracuse in a first-round game on Friday.
The game starts at 9:40 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 San Diego State vs Syracuse 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 San Diego State vs Syracuse 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 San Diego State vs Syracuse 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 San Diego State vs Syracuse 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 San Diego State vs Syracuse 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.
San Diego State vs Syracuse Preview
San Diego State enters the NCAA Tournament as a well-deserved No. 6 seed, having reeled off 14 wins in a row. That includes a victory over Utah State — another tournament team — in the Mountain West Tournament Championship.
Matt Mitchell and Jordan Schakel do the majority of the scoring for the Aztecs. Mitchell puts up a shade over 15 points per game, while Schakel is netting 14.3 per contest.
“We have very balanced scoring,” San Diego State coach Brian Dutcher said. “Not one player has to have a huge night for is to be successful. The same could be said about Syracuse. It can be a different guy any night. Obviously, Buddy Boeheim has been the hot hand of late but they have great offensive players at every position. They are capable of attacking anybody we have on a one-on-one basis. We have to be there to support each other defensively so one guy doesn’t have a monster game against us.”
One thing the Aztecs will have to do is solve Syracuse’s notorious zone defense, something they didn’t see a lot during the year.
“We haven’t played against 2-3 zone the entire season,” Dutcher said. “We’re going to see one for 40 minutes. It’s just that’s what they do. Anything that you do, they’ve seen 1,000 times. There’s no set play they haven’t seen, there’s no rotation they haven’t made.”
Syracuse made it into the tournament with a 16-9 record, and while they’re the worse seed, the program still carries quite the reputation.
“Syracuse was my favorite school,” Mitchell said. “As a young kid — if you talked to my parents or anybody that knew me as a kid — I wanted to be Carmelo Anthony. I kind of modeled my game after him, and that’s kinda where I get my mid-range game from.”
San Diego State has the respect of the Orange and their Hall of Fame head coach Jim Boeheim.
“We’ve got a real tough draw. I’ve seen San Diego State play a couple times,” Boeheim said. “Really good shooting team. They shoot it well from three. They’re really good. If they were in a major conference they’d win a lot of games and they’d probably be a higher seed. So it’s a real tough challenge for us. But from where we were, we’re happy to have the challenge ahead of us.”
San Diego State is a slight 3-point favorite. The total is set at 139 points.