TULSA, OKLAHOMA - MARCH 21: Head coach Nate Oats of the Buffalo Bulls watches action during practice prior to the first round of the 2019 NCAA Division 1 Men's Basketball Championship at BOK Center on March 21, 2019 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. (Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images)
The No. 6 seed Buffalo Bulls (31-3; MAC tournament champion) prepare for an old face when they take on the No. 11 seed Arizona State Sun Devils (23-10; Pac-12 at-large) in a West Region Round of 64 matchup at Bank of Oklahoma Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma as NCAA Tournament action continues on Friday afternoon.
The game is scheduled to start at 4 p.m. ET (following the conclusion of Texas Tech vs Northern Kentucky) 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.
Buffalo vs Arizona State Preview
The NCAA Selection Committee clearly creates each year’s bracket with specific games in mind. This 6-11 matchup was clearly made with the intention of putting Arizona State head coach Bobby Hurley at the center of everything.
Who is Bobby Hurley you might ask? Well, according to CBS Sports’ Jon Rothstein:
BOBBY ******* HURLEY.
Hurley’s name must always be said using an expletive. Rothstein is known for his sharp college basketball mind and humorous tweets, but there is nothing expletively bad about Hurley.
Hurley spent just two seasons as head coach at Buffalo from 2013-15, but his impact on the program still resonates today. Hurley led the Bulls to two MAC East Division championships, including a conference tournament title in 2014-15 and automatic appearance in the NCAA Tournament, as Buffalo fell to Bob Huggins and West Virginia 68-62.
Hurley still watches his old Buffalo team a lot, and loves the job current head coach Nate Oats is doing with the program.
“I just know for sure watching Nate Oats’ teams, they take on his character and his personality by how hard-nosed he is and how fiery he is,” Hurley said. “And his kids play extremely hard and they have a chip on their shoulder. The whole mid-major thing, I think they’re tired of that. So it’s going to be a heck of a game.”
Buffalo has won 11 consecutive games heading to this opening matchup against Arizona State. The Bulls are led by senior guard CJ Massinburg (scored a team-leading 18.3 points per game this season), who was instrumental in the Bulls’ 89-68 rout of the Arizona Wildcats in a 4-13 matchup in the Round of 64 of last year’s NCAA Tournament.
Arizona State got here by defeating St. John’s 74-65 in a First Four Game in Dayton, Ohio on Wednesday. The Sun Devils finished 12-6 in Pac-12 play during the regular season, but remained a strong bubble team due to the overall quality of the conference this season.
Freshman guard Luguentz Dort once again led the Sun Devils. Luguentz, who averaged a team-leading 16.2 PPG during the regular season, scored a game-high 21 points on Wednesday to lead Arizona State into Friday.
The winner of Buffalo-Arizona State plays the winner of Texas Tech-Northern Kentucky in the Round of 32 on Sunday.