TULSA, OKLAHOMA - MARCH 21: Jarrett Culver #23 of the Texas Tech Red Raiders takes a shot 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 Texas Tech Red Raiders (26-6; Big 12 at-large) will take on the No. 14 seed Northern Kentucky Norse (26-8; Horizon League 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 1:30 p.m. ET 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.
Texas Tech vs Northern Kentucky Preview
The Red Raiders are led by sophomore guard Jarrett Culver, who led the team in scoring this season averaging 18.5 points per game. Culver joins a roster, which also has senior center Norense Odiase, who went on a run to the Elite Eight last season before ultimately falling to Villanova, the eventual national champion.
Texas Tech is one year more experienced, and once again earned a No. 3 seed out of the Big 12 heading into the 2018-19 NCAA Tournament. Head coach Chris Beard has done his homework on the Norse, a relatively recent Division I addition. Beard understands what they are capable of, and will have his team prepared on Friday.
“I watch a lot of college basketball, so I probably know more about them than anybody in Lubbock. Have a lot of respect for their coaching staff and this program, relatively new to Division I and have been competing for championships since Day 1.
For Northern Kentucky, it starts with head coach John Brannen. Beard has done his homework on Brannen too.
“…They’re really good. Well coached. But everybody in this tournament is.”
Brannen in a short amount of time has done a great job building the Northern Kentucky program up and modernizing it among the rest of Division I. This is the second time in three seasons the Norse have reached the NCAA Tournament, and last season they won the Horizon League regular season championship, only to lose in the conference tournament and earn a NIT berth.
Northern Kentucky boasts the Horizon League Player of the Year in Drew McDonald. McDonald, the 6-foot-8 senior forward averaged 19.1 point and 9.5 rebounds per game this season for the Norse. In addition McDonald, the Norse also have three others players averaging in double digits — junior guard Tyler Sharpe (14.1), sophomore Jalen Tate (14.0) and junior forward Dantez Walton (11.1).
The winner of Texas-Tech-Northern Kentucky will take on the winner of Arizona State-Buffalo in the Round of 32 on Sunday.