Getty Bryce Brown and the Auburn Tigers will play the New Mexico State Aggies.
The No. 5 seed Auburn Tigers will meet the No. 12 seed New Mexico State Aggies at Vivint Smart Home Arena in Salt Lake City, Utah, in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
The game is scheduled to start at 1:30 p.m. ET and will be televised on TNT. But if you don’t have cable, you can sign up for one of the following cable-free, live-TV streaming services that allow you to watch TNT on your computer, phone or streaming device:
FuboTV
FuboTV
TNT is one of 85-plus live TV channels included in the main FuboTV bundle, which is largely tailored towards sports. Also included are TruTV, TBS and CBS (live in select markets), allowing you to watch every NCAA tournament game.
You can start a free 7-day trial of FuboTV right here, and you can then watch a live stream of the game on your computer via the FuboTV website, or on your phone (Android and iPhone supported), tablet, Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Chromecast or other supported device via the FuboTV app.
If you can’t watch live, FuboTV comes with 30 hours of cloud DVR space, as well as a 72-hour look-back feature, which allows you to watch the game (and other programs) on-demand within three days of its conclusion, even if you don’t record it.
PlayStation Vue
PlayStation Vue
PS Vue–which doesn’t require an actual PlayStation console to sign up or watch–offers four different live-TV channel packages: All four include TNT. Also included are TruTV, TBS and CBS (live in select markets), allowing you to watch every March Madness game.
You can start a free 5-day trial of PS Vue right here, and you can then watch a live stream of the game on your computer via the PS Vue website, or on your phone (Android and iPhone supported), tablet, Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, Chromecast, PlayStation (3 or 4), or other supported device via the PS Vue app.
If you can’t watch live, PS Vue comes with cloud DVR.
Hulu With Live TV
Hulu
In addition to a Netflix-like on-demand streaming library, Hulu also offers a bundle of 60-plus live TV channels, including TNT. Also included are TruTV, TBS and CBS (live in select markets), meaning you can watch every other NCAA tournament game.
You can sign up for “Hulu with Live TV” right here, and you can then watch a live stream of the game on your computer via the Hulu website, or on your phone (Android and iPhone supported), tablet, Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Chromecast, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Echo Show, or other streaming device via the Hulu app.
If you can’t watch live, Hulu With Live TV comes with 50 hours of cloud DVR space, as well as the option to upgrade to “Enhanced Cloud DVR,” which gives you 200 hours of space and the ability to fast-forward through commercials.
Auburn vs New Mexico State Preview
The Aggies went 15-1 in WAC play to win the conference regular season title by three games, then sandwiched blowouts of Chicago State and Grand Canyon around a seven-point win against Texas–Rio Grande Valley to take the WAC Tournament title.
New Mexico State went 17-of-39 (43.6 percent) from 3-point range and 33-of-65 (50.8 percent) overall in the tournament championship to top Gran Canyon 89-57.
“I think the theme of the night was keep coming at them in waves,” NMSU head coach Chris Jans said, according to the Albuquerque Journal. “We’ve been playing a lot of guys all year long. We talked a lot in the last 24 hours that we’re built for this. Our team is built for three games in three days.”
Junior guard Trevelin Queen came off the bench to go 6-of-11 from deep and score a team-high 27 points.
“My role on the team is to bring energy, and stay positive and bring my teammates up,” Queen said, per the Albuquerque Journal. “Every shot I shot, it just touched me. I almost cried on the court after every shot.”
Now 30-4, the Aggies have already set a new school record for wins — they won 28 in each of the last two seasons — and they’re riding an 18-game winning streak. NMSU is solid on both sides of the court, ranking 55th out of 353 Division I teams with 78.1 points per game and surrendering 64.1 per contest, good for 26th in the nation. They convert 56.7 percent of their 2-point field goals, ranking 12th in the country.
The Tigers went 11-7 in the SEC regular season, but won four games — all by 10 points or fewer — in the conference tournament to win the championship.
“I know Chris Jans,” Auburn head coach Bruce Pearl said, according to the school’s athletics website. “I know his teams play really hard. They’re very athletic. They play in an underrated conference. Of course, we’re the dreaded 5-12 game. We’re going to celebrate a championship tonight. The coaches will get together, and we’ll go work on New Mexico State.”
Auburn has made more 3-pointers than any Division I team this season, ranking fifth with 11.2 makes per game. The backcourt duo of senior Bryce Brown and junior Jared Harper combine to make six per game (3.5 and 2.5, respectively).
“It’s one game at a time,” senior forward Horace Spencer said, per the school’s athletics site. “You can’t look into the future. You have to look at the present. We’ll just focus on one game at a time, and New Mexico State is first.”