Getty Mfiondu Kabengele and the Florida State Seminoles will play the Vermont Catamounts.
The No. 4 seed Florida State Seminoles will meet the No. 13 seed Vermont Catamounts in the first round of the NCAA Tournament at the XL Center in Hartford, Connecticut.
The game is scheduled to start at 2 p.m. ET and will be televised on TBS. 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 TBS on your computer, phone or streaming device:
FuboTV
FuboTV
TBS is one of 85-plus live TV channels included in the main FuboTV bundle, which is largely tailored towards sports. Also included are TNT, TruTV 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 TBS. Also included are TNT, TruTV 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 TBS. Also included are TNT, TruTV 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.
Florida State vs Vermont Preview
The Catamounts went 14-2 in America East play to win the regular season title by two games. They then won the conference tournament by blowing out the Maine Black Bears, the Binghamton Great Danes, and last year’s NCAA Tournament darling, the UMBC Retrievers.
Conference player of the year Anthony Lamb scored 34, 18, and 28, respectively, in those victories.
“That’s what the championship usually comes down to, the best player in the league playing like it,” UVM head coach John Becker said, according to The Burlington Free Press. “That’s what it comes down to and I’d never want to put that on Anthony or anybody, that they’ve gotta go out and score 28 points like he did (today), but the reality of the situation is in the biggest games, on the biggest stages, when your best player plays like ours did today it’s why we won.”
The 6’6” junior forward’s 21.4 points per game are first in the America East, and his 7.8 rebounds and 1.9 blocks per game each rank second. He’s shooting 37 percent from 3-point range and 57.9 percent from inside the arc.
“I feel like I have more to give to this program and this school, just for being in this situation. I’m still not completely satisfied where I am,” Lamb said, per the Free Press. “I’m still trying to see the bigger picture, seeing how important this is, how special this is. But it’s tough with the way I’m wired.”
Florida State finished the ACC regular season with a 13-5 mark, then reached the conference tournament finals as the No. 4 seed, where they lost to the Duke Blue Devils.
“I’m very happy,” sophomore big man Mfiondu Kabengele said according to the Tallahassee Democrat. “We had a really good season, played really well in the ACC Tournament. I feel like the committee did a good job of putting us in a great spot. We have a great chance to get the Final Four so, overall, I’m very excited.
“It’s a new level of expectation now. We’re Florida State, we’re a great program, we’re growing every single year. This year, I feel like it’s a high expectation. It’s not so much a shock, more of just an understanding that we belong here and we’re going to belong here for a very long time.”
The 6’10” Kabengele has come off the bench for every Seminoles game this season, leading them in points per game, with 12.9. Christ Koumadje, a 7’4″ center, leads the squad in blocks per contest, at 1.5.