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No. 4 Kentucky makes the trip to Spokane for a showdown against No. 2 Gonzaga on Sunday. Both teams suffered defeats earlier in the week and will likely be moving down the rankings, but it’s nevertheless a huge matchup between two national title contenders.
The game (7:30 p.m. ET start time) will be televised on ESPN, but if you don’t have cable, you can watch a live stream on FuboTV or DirecTV Stream, which both come with a free trial.
Those are the two best live stream options if you’re cutting cable, but there are also some other alternatives, so here’s a full guide on the different ways to watch Kentucky vs Gonzaga streaming live online:
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FuboTV
You can watch a live stream of ESPN and 100-plus other live TV channels on FuboTV, which comes with a free seven-day trial:
Once signed up for FuboTV, you can watch Kentucky vs Gonzaga live on the FuboTV app or FuboTV website.
Compatible devices for the FuboTV app include Roku, Roku TV, Amazon Fire TV or Fire Stick, Apple TV, Chromecast, Xbox One or Series X/S, Samsung TV, LG TV, any device with Android TV (such as a Sony TV or Nvidia Shield), iPhone, Android phone, iPad or Android tablet.
You can also watch the game live on the ESPN app or ESPN.com. You’ll need to sign in to a cable provider to watch this way, but you can use your Fubo credentials to do that.
DirecTV Stream
DirecTV Stream has four different channel packages: “Entertainment,” “Choice,” “Ultimate” and “Premier.” ESPN is included in every one, and you can pick any package and any add-on you want with your free five-day trial:
Once signed up for DirecTV Stream, you can watch Kentucky vs Gonzaga live on the DirecTV Stream app or DirecTV Stream website.
Compatible devices for the DirecTV Stream app include Roku, Roku TV, Amazon Fire TV or Fire Stick, Apple TV, Chromecast, Samsung TV, any device with Android TV (such as a Sony TV or Nvidia Shield), iPhone, Android phone, iPad or Android tablet.
You can also watch the game live on the ESPN app or ESPN.com. You’ll need to sign in to a cable provider to watch this way, but you can use your DirecTV Stream credentials to do that.
Sling TV
You can watch a live stream of ESPN and 40-plus other live TV channels via Sling TV’s “Sling Orange” bundle. This option doesn’t include a free trial, but it’s the cheapest long-term streaming service with the ESPN channels, and you can get your first month for half off:
Once signed up for Sling TV, you can watch Kentucky vs Gonzaga live on the Sling TV app or Sling TV website.
Compatible devices for the Sling TV app include Roku, Roku TV, Amazon Fire TV or Fire Stick, Apple TV, Chromecast, Xbox One or Series X/S, Samsung TV, LG TV, any device with Android TV (such as a Sony TV or Nvidia Shield), airTV Mini, Oculus, Portal, iPhone, Android phone, iPad or Android tablet.
You can also watch the game live on the ESPN app or ESPN.com. You’ll need to sign in to a cable provider to watch this way, but you can use your Sling credentials to do that.
Hulu With Live TV
You can watch a live stream of ESPN and 65+ other TV channels via Hulu With Live TV, which now also includes access to both ESPN+ and Disney+ at no added cost:
Once signed up for Hulu With Live TV, you can watch Kentucky vs Gonzaga live on the Hulu app or Hulu website.
Compatible devices for the Hulu app include Roku, Roku TV, Amazon Fire TV or Fire Stick, Apple TV, Chromecast, Xbox One or Series X/S, PlayStation 4 or 5, Nintendo Switch, Samsung TV, LG TV, any device with Android TV (such as a Sony TV or Nvidia Shield), iPhone, Android phone, iPad or Android tablet.
You can also watch the game live on the ESPN app or ESPN.com. You’ll need to sign in to a cable provider to watch this way, but you can use your Hulu credentials to do that.
Vidgo
You can watch a live stream of ESPN and 65+ other TV channels on Vidgo, which does not come with a free trial:
Once signed up for Vidgo, you can watch Kentucky vs Gonzaga live on the Vidgo app or Vidgo website.
Compatible devices for the Vidgo app include Roku, Roku TV, Amazon Fire TV, or Firestick, Apple TV, Chromecast, any device with Android TV (such as a Sony TV or Nvidia Shield), iPhone, Android phone, iPad, or Android tablet.
You can also watch the game live on the ESPN app or ESPN.com. You’ll need to sign in to a cable provider to watch this way, but you can use your Vidgo credentials to do that.
Kentucky vs Gonzaga Preview
After trying to schedule a match-up between their two teams in 2021, the Kentucky Wildcats and Gonzaga Bulldogs are facing off early in the 2022-2023 season. Both teams are coming off disappointing losses. The Wildcats sit at 3-1 after being upset in double overtime by Michigan State on November 15, one day before Gonzaga lost big to Texas on the road.
According to On 3, Kentucky head coach John Calipari told a radio call-in show in March 2021 that he and Gonzaga head coach Mark Few were trying to secretly secure a midseason matchup between their programs that year, but they couldn’t make it happen.
“The game that I tried to get and we almost got done was Gonzaga,” Calipari said. “We were going to shove Gonzaga into the middle of our schedule. Mark Few and I talked — I didn’t say I was going to do this publicly, but I thought it would help them and help us. And our kids were absolutely ecstatic. They wanted to do it, we just couldn’t pull it off.”
In his post-game press conference after the loss to Michigan State, Calipari said that they were not prepared for that game as well as they could have been.
“We just played a really good team,” said Calipari, adding that he told Michigan State head coach Tom Izzo “you were more prepared to finish a game off than we were.”
“We missed free throws where we could’ve separated,” said Calipari, adding, “We did enough to win the game, but we were discombobulated at times … we just haven’t practiced enough together … give them credit, they did what they had to. They made like every free throw and we come down one out of two, one out of two and hard to win a game that way.”
He added that he told his players, “We got a good team. You play veteran teams — like we got games coming up against really good, veteran kind of teams — you gotta finish people off. That means make free throws, that means total execution … so now we go forward.”
Calipari also said that their schedule is really tough this year, but that’s what he prefers because that’s how you find out what your team is made of.
“These are the games you want to play. Let’s find out who we are. Our schedule is ridiculous, but isn’t that who you wanna play, guys? And they’ll say yeah. So let’s go out and regroup,” said the head coach.
The Kentucky vs. Gonzaga game tips off Sunday, November 20 at 7:30 p.m. Eastern time on ESPN.