Getty Kristian Doolittle and the Oklahoma Sooners will play the Ole Miss Rebels.
The No. 8 seed Ole Miss Rebels will take on the No. 9 seed Oklahoma Sooners in the first round of the NCAA Tournament at Colonial Life Arena in Columbia, South Carolina, on Friday.
The game is scheduled to start at 12:40 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.
Oklahoma vs Ole Miss Preview
The Rebels went 10-8 in the SEC regular season, then lost their first conference tournament game to Alabama. Wins over then-No. 11 Auburn (at home) and then-No. 14 Mississippi State (on the road) headlined their resume for an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament.
“It was exactly our goal,” Ole Miss head coach Kermit Davis said of taking the school to the big dance, according to The Daily Mississippian. “It wasn’t just said in the press conference for coach-speak and to make it look good for TV. I meant it. I hate to sound egotistical, but we’ve won a lot of games over the last eight or nine years, so I guess if you get used to winning a little bit, you kind of expect that that’s going to happen.”
The Rebels haven’t played in the tournament since 2015.
Davis is in his first season with Ole Miss. He led Idaho to the NCAA Tournament in 1989 and 1990, winning the Big Sky regular season title and tournament title in each season. He also took Middle Tennessee State dancing seven times in his final nine seasons with the school before leaving for Ole Miss this past offseason.
“It’s unbelievable for recruiting,” Davis said of reaching March Madness, per The Daily Mississippian. “You just think about what happened with the fanbase growing, sellouts, national TV and how it looked on TV. Now you get your name in the tournament, but also you start having success in the tournament. That’s when you really start getting your brand out there, so there’s going to be nothing but a lot of positives going out there.”
The Sooners went just 7-11 in Big 12 play, then fell to West Virginia 72-71 in the first round of the conference tournament. They notched a home win over then-No. 13 Kansas late in the regular season to bolster their case for an at-large bid.
It’s one of just four wins in their last 12 contests.
“I would definitely say playing somebody else outside of the Big 12 is a nice change,” junior forward Kristian Doolittle said, according to The Oklahoma Daily. “The Big 12 is very tough. Every game isn’t guaranteed. There’s a new focus going into this game. Not only is it somebody out of conference, you’re playing for a little more.”
This will mark the Sooners’ sixth trip to the tournament in seven season. They made it to the Final Four in 2016.
“We’ll study a bunch of film tonight,” eighth-year head coach Lon Kruger said after learning his squad’s fate on Sunday, per The Oklahoma Daily. “And practice tomorrow and Tuesday before leaving on Wednesday and being in Columbia for Thursday and Friday.”