COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA - MARCH 24: De'Andre Hunter #12 of the Virginia Cavaliers dunks the ball against the Oklahoma Sooners during the second half in the second round game of the 2019 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at Colonial Life Arena on March 24, 2019 in Columbia, South Carolina. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)
The No. 1 seed Virginia Cavaliers (31-3; ACC at-large) take on the No. 12 seed Oregon Ducks (25-12; Pac-12 Conference tournament champion) in a South Region Sweet 16 matchup at KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Kentucky as 2018-19 NCAA Tournament action continues on Thursday evening.
The game is scheduled to start around 9:59 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.
Virginia vs Oregon Preview
Virginia’s path to the Final Four this season is a bit more clear than it was last year. The Cavaliers won each of their first two games, by an average margin of 13.5 points — 71-56 against Gardner-Webb on Friday, and 63-51 against Oklahoma on Sunday.
The first weekend treated the Cavaliers well, but there is more to come. Virginia is two wins away from its first Final Four trip since 1984; the Cavaliers lost in the Elite Eight in 2016 to Syracuse.
Virginia head coach Tony Bennettt is breathing a bit easier after the first weekend. Bennett knows there is still work to be done.
“There’s pressure and excitement and tension to try to advance in this tournament, that’s always there, but it was a different feel. It’s unlike anything — well, no college basketball team really in the history of the game has had to go through that.
Bennett continues, telling reporters:
“It’s our doing. We were the first 1 seed to lose last year, and then all of a sudden to fight back and become a 1 seed, and then to be in that situation again. You talk about trying to focus in and then getting down, it was real.”
Having De’Andre Hunter healthy has helped the Cavaliers offense this March. A balanced attack, both inside and outside, have the Cavaliers ready for Oregon, who boast similar matchup athletes on the interior and exterior. Against Oklahoma, it was once again 6-foot-9 junior Mamadi Diakite who stood out, scoring a team-high 14 points, while adding nine rebounds.
Ducks head coach Dana Altman knows Virginia is one of the most efficient teams in the country on both ends of the floor.
“They don’t make mistakes. They’re not going to beat themselves. But we’ve got a puncher’s chance, and we’ll go swing away and see what happens.”
The winner of Virginia vs Oregon takes on the winner of Tennessee vs Purdue in the Elite Eight. That game will also take place Saturday at KFC Yum! Center, and likely be broadcast on TBS.