SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH - MARCH 20: Zach Norvell Jr. of the Gonzaga Bulldogs shoots around during practice before the First Round of the NCAA Basketball Tournament at Vivint Smart Home Arena on March 20, 2019 in Salt Lake City, Utah. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images)
The No. 1 seed Gonzaga Bulldogs (30-3; West Coast Conference at-large) are set to take on the Fairleigh Dickinson Knights (21-13; Northeast Conference tournament champion) in a West Region Round of 64 matchup at Vivint Smart Home Arena in Salt Lake City, Utah as the NCAA Tournament begin on Thursday afternoon.
The game is scheduled to start at 7:27 p.m. ET and will be televised on TruTV. 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 TruTV on your computer, phone or streaming device:
FuboTV
FuboTV
TruTV is one of 85-plus live TV channels included in the main FuboTV bundle, which is largely tailored towards sports. Also included are TNT, 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 TruTV. Also included are TNT, 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 TruTV. Also included are TNT, 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.
Gonzaga vs FDU Preview
The NCAA Selection Committee kept head coach Mark Few and the Bulldogs on the No. 1 line after all was said and done. A select few teams, namely Kentucky, Tennessee, Michigan and Michigan State, rallied with strong showings down the stretch and in their respective conference postseason tournaments, but ultimately failed to upend the Bulldogs who had an impressive early-season non-conference slate to carry them into March.
Gonzaga was stunned in the West Coast Conference Championship Game by rival Saint Mary’s; the Gaels earned an automatic berth and are set to take on Villanova in a matchup of No. 6 and 11 seeds on Thursday. The Bulldogs scored less points (47) than their margin of victory against the Gaels earlier during the regular season.
Farleigh Dickinson knocked off Prairie View A&M 82-76 in a First Four Game on Tuesday to be in this position. Head coach Greg Herenda told TruTV reporters following the Knights’ win on Tuesday how proud he was of his kids.
“It’s history. It’s amazing. All the glory goes to my players and my staff. I just basically have to get out of the way more.”
Herenda continued by emphasizing the point that his kids are now a part of the mystique and history that makes March Madness what it is.
“If any of the kids that are watching this tournament — I know you want to watch (Duke forward) Zion (Williamson) and all the great ones; so do I — but these are the heroes. These are the heroes, the kids that are like the people watching TV that get better every day. And that’s why March to me is mad. It’s mad.”
The Bulldogs trio of scorers, Rui Hachimura (20.1 points per game), Brandon Clarke (16.5 PPG) and Zach Norvell Jr. (15.3 PPG) is among the best in the nation. This elite group of players has been through the grind once, and in Rui and Clarke’s case twice, before, so they will know what it requires to close out these early-tournament games. Gonzaga will have to contain FDU senior guard Darnell Edge (16.4 PPG) in order to avoid what UMBC did to Virginia last season.
The winner of Gonzaga-Farleigh Dickinson will play the winner of Syracuse-Baylor in the Round of 32 on Saturday.