TULSA, OKLAHOMA - MARCH 21: Head coach Kelvin Sampson of the Houston Cougars watches his team 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. 3 seed Houston Cougars (31-3; American Athletic Conference at-large) take on the No. 14 seed Georgia State Panthers (24-9; Sun Belt conference tournament champion) 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 7:20 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.
Houston vs Georgia State Preview
Houston head coach Kelvin Sampson was named 2018-19 AAC Coach of the Year last Wednesday. Sampson told the Houston Chronicle following Sunday’s AAC Tournament final loss to Cincinnati the fact Houston isn’t playing until Friday represents both an advantage, and a disadvantage, but his team will attempt to use the extra time off for some good.
“It’s significant to me that we don’t play until Friday. I was really hoping to get a Friday bracket. When you play three games in three days, especially the way we play, we’ve got some guys banged up.”
This season was filled with a bunch of milestones for the AAC regular season champions. For the 21st time in history, the Cougars reached the NCAA Tournament; for the fourth time in school history Houston recorded a 31-win season; for the first time since 1980-84 (four consecutive seasons) the Cougars reached back-to-back NCAA Tournaments; the Cougars, as a No. 3 seed, earned their highest seeding since 1983-84, where they would eventually lose in the National Championship Game as a No. 2 seed (before the field expanded to 64 teams one year later).
Senior guard Corey Davis Jr. led the Cougars in scoring, averaging 16.7 points per game this season. Davis Jr. and company saw their seasons end early last season in a classic 3-6 Round of 32 matchup with Michigan, the eventual national runner-up. Davis Jr. is battling a minor hip issue, but should be good to go on Friday.
Georgia State represents an interesting challenge. Head coach Ron Hunter is no novice to this same exact spot — in 2014-15, his son R.J. Hunter hit the game-winning three-point shot in the waning seconds to stun Baylor. That game is also memorable because Hunter had torn his Achilles celebrating the Panthers conference tournament title the previous weekend, thus he had to coach his son and team to the upset from a stool.
The Panthers are led by junior guard D’Marcus Simonds, who is averaging 18.4 PPG (team-leading) and five rebounds this season. Simonds was named an Associated Press All-America honorable mention as a sophomore, and will likely get extended looks against a Cougars backcourt that could be noticeably slowed down.
The winner of Houston-Georgia State takes on the winner of Iowa State-Ohio State in the Round of 32 on Sunday.
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