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The No. 5 Ohio State Buckeyes basketball team will meet the No. 6 Kentucky Wildcats at Las Vegas’ T-Mobile Arena on Saturday in the CBS Sports Classic.
The game is scheduled to start at about 5:15 p.m. ET (depending on when UNC-UCLA ends) and will be televised nationally on CBS. If you don’t have cable, you can watch a live stream of the game on your computer, phone, Firestick, Roku, Apple TV, Xbox One, PS4, Smart TV, or other device via one of the following streaming services:
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Amazon Prime’s CBS Channel
If you’re an Amazon Prime subscriber or you want to start a free 30-day trial of Amazon Prime, you can watch a live stream of CBS via the CBS All-Access Amazon Channel, which comes with a free seven-day trial:
Once you’re signed up for the Prime CBS Channel, you can then watch a live stream of Kentucky vs Ohio State on your computer via the Amazon website, or you can watch on your phone (Android and iPhone compatible), tablet, Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Fire TV Stick, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, or other streaming device via the Amazon Video app.
FuboTV
CBS (live in select markets) is one of 95-plus live TV channels included in the main FuboTV bundle, which comes with a free seven-day trial:
Once signed up for FuboTV, you can watch a live stream of Kentucky vs Ohio State 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 will allow you to watch the game on-demand within three days of its conclusion, even if you don’t record it.
Hulu With Live TV
CBS (live in select markets) is included in Hulu With Live TV, which comes with 60-plus live TV channels and Hulu’s extensive on-demand library of TV shows and movies:
Once signed up for Hulu With Live TV, you can watch a live stream of Kentucky vs Ohio State 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.
CBS All-Access
Like the Amazon Prime CBS channel, this is a good option if you simply want to watch CBS and not any other channels. This is ultimately the same as Amazon option, only you’ll watch on CBS’ digital platforms instead:
Start Your CBS All-Access Free Trial
Once signed up for CBS All-Access, you can watch a live stream of Kentucky vs Ohio State on your computer via the CBS website, or on your phone (Android and iPhone compatible), tablet, Apple TV, Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, or other streaming device via the CBS app.
Kentucky vs Ohio State Preview
The Buckeyes improved to 10-1 on Tuesday, pounding the Southeast Missouri State Redhawks 80-48 at home. Ohio State trailed 16-15 with nine minutes remaining in the first half before taking a 35-26 advantage into the midway break.
“We were a little bit sped up, and their pressure at times bothered us,” Ohio State head coach Chris Holtmann said, according to The Lantern. “Their ball-screen defense bothered us at times in the first half with some of their traps and their hedges. We changed a little bit how we were attacking it in the second half, and I think that opened up some things.”
Buckeyes forward Kaleb Wesson led all participants with 18 points and 10 rebounds, adding 2 assists and as many blocks. Fellow OSU forward Kyle Young went 4-of-4 from the field for 10 points and secured 9 rebounds.
“I think we just needed to slow it down a little bit. We were moving too fast,” Young said, per The Lantern. “We just needed to play our own game. Once we did that in the second half, we were able to do us and get back to what we were doing.”
The Buckeyes will likely face even more defensive pressure on Saturday — Kentucky’s armed with guard Ashton Hagans, the SEC’s co-defensive player of the year a season ago.
Hagans is averaging 13.9 points, 7 rebounds, and 2 steals per game this year, all team highs.
“We’ve seen good defensive players, but he is so disruptive with the ball and his ability to get his hands on balls and make plays,” Holtmann said of Hagans, per The Lantern. “I don’t know that we’ll see a guy like him all year, with how impactful he is on that end.”
On Thursday, the 8-2 Wildcats again fell to an unranked foe at home, losing 69-66 to the Utah Utes five weeks after their stunning defeat to the Evansville Purple Aces.
Hagans managed just 3 points on 1-of-8 shooting against Utah, recording more turnovers (4) than he did assists (3).
The Wildcats shot 20-of-54 (37%) from the field and 4-of-17 (23.5%) from 3-point range.
“They physically fought, they fought for position, they fought for defense, they fought for rebounds, they fought running down the floor, they outran (us),” Kentucky head coach John Calipari said, according to The Associated Press. “That’s what I’m trying to get my team to do. That was a great win, and they deserved it. I mean, he outcoached me the way they did it, and they outplayed us. They deserved to win the game.”