If you want to know, how can I watch Men’s and Women’s March Madness on Roku, we will show you how. It doesn’t matter if you want to check out the games on a Roku TV or a Roku enabled device, it’s super easy to watch the basketball games this year. Across the Men’s and Women’s NCAA Tournaments, we have 134 total games that will be shown between mid-March and early April. What a great time to be a basketball fan. 

When Does March Madness Take Place?

March Madness officially kicks off with the 2024 Selection Sunday broadcasts for the men’s and women’s NCAA Division I basketball tournaments. The TV shows are on March 17th, 2024 after all of the conference championship games are over for the day. The men’s show airs at 6PM Eastern Time and the Women’s is on at 8 PM on ESPN. The first March Madness games take place on March 19th and 20th with the First Four across both the Men’s and Women’s tournament brackets. The games continue mostly over the weekends after the opening rounds until the Final Four and Championship games that occur towards the end of the first week in April. 

How Can I Watch March Madness on Roku? 

If you are trying to figure out how can I watch March Madness on Roku, we’ve got you covered. The Men’s and Women’s tournaments are each using slightly different TV networks to show the games. The men’s tournament games are on one of four channels: truTV, TNT, TBS, and CBS. For the women’s games, they are on one of the following: ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNews, and ABC. 

To watch the games on Roku, we need to be able to watch a service that carries these channels, or can use an antenna for a few of them that will have local broadcasts. Using a streaming service like YouTube TV or Hulu + Live TV is the easiest way to check out the action for both tournaments. Each service has a free trial option to make sure you’ll like it. You can also stop paying for the service after the tournament is over in a month since they don’t have a contract requirement for you when you sign up. 

Can I Stream March Madness on Roku for Free this Year? 

If you have a way to screencast a device to your Roku TV or box, or stream a website, then yes. The totally, 100% free way to watch March Madness is to use the stream feed up on NCAA.com here. The NCAA shows the games here. It’s a bit easier to sign-up for one of the major streaming service free trials or pay for a month though based on which specific Roku setup you either have or are going to get for the games. The second and easier way, is to sign up for the new, Roku March Madness Live channel. We have a mix of Roku enabled TV’s and sticks in our house. They all work pretty much the same. The newer the model or stick, the more options you typically see. No matter what options you pick to watch March Madness, enjoy the games. Whether you plan on watching both the men and women’s tournaments or just your favorite team, there looks to be some great games and matchups.