ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 28: Rui Hachimura #21 of the Gonzaga Bulldogs and Brandon Clarke #15 of the Gonzaga Bulldogs celebrate their win against the Florida State Seminoles during the 2019 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament West Regional at Honda Center on March 28, 2019 in Anaheim, California. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)
The No. 1 seed Gonzaga Bulldogs (33-3; West Coast Conference at-large) take on the No. 3 seed Texas Tech Red Raiders (29-6; Big 12 Conference at-large) in a West Region Elite Eight matchup at Honda Center in Anaheim, California as 2018-19 NCAA Tournament action continues on Saturday evening.
The game is scheduled to start around 6:09 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
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
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
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.
Gonzaga vs Texas Tech Preview
After avenging a loss in the 2017-18 NCAA Tournament to Florida State, Gonzaga is now one game away from reaching its second Final Four in three years. Head coach Chris Beard, once again, has No. 3 seed Texas Tech within one victory of a Final Four appearance. For Mark Few and the Bulldogs, this would be that exclusive second trip, while Beard and the Red Raiders are aiming for their first appearance in school history.
This is a clash of two entirely different styles. According to KenPom.com, Gonzaga enters Saturday as the most efficient offensive team in the nation (averaging 88.2 points per game this season), while Texas Tech enters as the most efficient defensive team; the Bulldogs rank 12th on defense, while the Red Raiders are noticeably distant on the offensive end.
The Bulldogs faced a tough early-season schedule, featuring games against North Carolina and Tennessee. 6-foot-5 sophomore guard Zach Norvell Jr., averaging 15.1 points per game this season as Gonzaga’s third leading scorer, knows how those two early losses (76-74 to the Volunteers, and 103-90 to the Tar Heels) prepared the Bulldogs for this game.
“We saw early on, Tennessee and North Carolina were physical and athletic in both the offensive and defensive end, and I think it prepared us a lot. And also us taking those losses, we understood what it took to come out with a game like that — you want to bring the fight to them and be more physical for 40 minutes.”
Junior forwards Rui Hachimura (196. PPG) and Brandon Clarke (transfer; 16.9 PPG) lead a capable front line for the Zags, which will be difficult for Texas Tech to slow down. The Bulldogs’ combination of size and scoring ability dominated the Seminoles into submission early in their Sweet 16 matchup on Thursday.
The Red Raiders counter with their 6-foot-5 sophomore stud Jarrett Culver. Culver leads Texas Tech on both ends of the floor, and his play is largely the reason why the Red Raiders ran the defending National Championship finalist Michigan out of the building on Thursday (63-44). Culver finished with 22 points, which marked the fourth time in his past five games he has eclipsed the 20-point mark (16 against Buffalo in the Round of 32).
The winner of Gonzaga vs Texas Tech advances to the Final Four at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota next weekend, and will take on the winner of the East Regional Final between No. 1 seed Duke and No. 2 seed Michigan State. The starting time of that game is to be determined, and will be broadcast on CBS.
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