Getty Devon Dotson and the Kansas Jayhawks will play the Northeastern Huskies.
The No. 4 seed Kansas Jayhawks will meet the No. 13 seed Northeastern Huskies in the first round of the NCAA Tournament at Vivint Smart Home Arena in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Thursday.
The game is scheduled to start at 4 p.m. ET (following the conclusion of Auburn vs NMSU) 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.
Kansas vs Northeastern Preview
The Huskies went 14-4 in Colonial Athletic Association play for the second seed in the conference tournament, then knocked off the top-seeded Hofstra Pride in the finals.
“This group has that natural competitiveness and a natural confidence level,” Northeastern head coach Bill Coen said, according to The Boston Globe. “They are ready to compete. When you get into the tournament you’ll see a lot of big-name teams from power-five conferences and so on, but when you go out there it is still a basketball game and it comes down to fundamentals and teamwork and it’s still a team game.
“One of the things I’m most proud about this team is they are, in every sense of the word, a team. They work together to get something accomplished and good teams can win games.”
Hofstra guard Justin Wright-Foreman, the conference player of the year, scored 29 points, but he shot just 9-of-22 from the field and had only one assist.
“He is obviously a terrific player and a terrific scorer,” Coen said of Wright-Foreman, per the Globe. “He’s hard to manage on the defensive end. He’s got great ball-handling skills. He’s got the ability to create fouls and angle his body and finish tough shots in the lane. You have to push up on him.
“Shawn [Occeus] had him most of the night and did an outstanding job on him. Donnell Gresham had him some, too. You have to have a team effort against him, and we’ve got so much respect for him after competing with him the last four years.”
Kansas went 12-6 in the Big 12, missing out on a share of the regular season title for the first time since 2004. They then reached the conference tournament finals, where they fell to Iowa State 78-66.
“We just didn’t make those plays that you need in order to put some real game pressure on them,” Kansas head coach Bill Self said, according to the Associated Press. “They were better than us, make no mistake.”
The Jayhawks crushed the Cyclones on the offensive glass, 17-7, but shot just 28-of-71 (39.4 percent) from the field and 3-of-18 (16.7 percent) from 3-point range.
“The way we competed, we showed some signs where we really wanted to win this game,” freshman point guard Devon Dotson said, per AP. “But they hit some tough shots. We were missing some of our easy shots we usually make.”
Kansas made the Final Four a season ago, where they fell to the eventual-champion Villanova Wildcats.