What Channel Is TruTV?: How To Watch March Madness Games ...

The NCAA March Madness basketball games start today.

The question is - how can viewers watch them?

The first four games today and tomorrow are all on truTV. When the first round starts, some games will be on CBS, TNT and TBS.

TruTV can be tricky to find for some basketball fans. Especially if you haven’t watched that channel all year. As part of the Turner family of channels, truTV is offered by most cable providers and streaming services.

If you’re without cable and looking to stream truTV to watch the NCAA men’s basketball tournament games, these providers can work for you: HuluTV (free trial), DirecTV Stream (free trial) and SlingTV (free trial).

If you do have cable and are scrambling to find the right channel number for truTV, here’s where to go:

• AT&T UVerse: 164/1164
• Verizon FIOS: 183/683
• DISH Network: 242
• DirecTV: 246
• Spectrum: Varies by location
• Xfinity: Varies by location

Following the First Four round, truTV will continue to air some of the first-round games. CBS, TNT and TBS will also air games throughout the tournament.

Here is where to find the other channels:

• CBS on Paramount+ (free trial), fuboTV (free trial) and HuluTV (free trial)
• TNT and TBS on HuluTV (free trial), DirecTV (free trial) and SlingTV (free trial).

Games today on truTV are:

• Texas Southern vs. Texas A&M - Corpus Christi, 6:40 p.m.
• Wyoming vs. Indiana, 9:10 p.m.

Games Wednesday, March 16, on truTV are:

• Wright State vs. Bryant, 6:40 p.m.
• Rutgers vs. Notre Dame, 9:10 p.m.

First-round games Thursday, March 17:

• Colorado State vs. Michigan, 12:15 p.m. on CBS
• Providence vs. South Dakota State, 12:40 p.m. on truTV
• Boise State vs. Memphis, 1:45 p.m. on TNT
• Baylor vs. Norfolk State, 2 p.m. on TBS
• Tennessee vs. Longwood, 2:45 p.m. on CBS
• Iowa vs. Richmond, 3:10 p.m. on truTV
• Gonzaga vs. Georgia State, 4:15 p.m. on TNT
• North Carolina vs. Marquette, 4:30 p.m. on TBS
• UConn vs. New Mexico State, 6:50 p.m. on TNT
• Kentucky vs. St. Peter’s, 7:10 p.m. on CBS
• St. Mary’s (Calif.) vs. TBD, 7:20 p.m. on TBS
• San Diego State vs. Creighton, 7:27 p.m. on truTV
• Arkansas vs. Vermont, 9:20 p.m. on TNT
• Murray State vs. San Francisco, 9:40 p.m. on CBS
• UCLA vs. Akron, 9:50 p.m. on TBS
• Kansas vs. TBD, 9:57 p.m. on truTV

First-round games on Friday, March 18:

• Ohio State vs. Loyola Chicago, 12:15 p.m. CBS
• Auburn vs. Jacksonville State, 12:40 p.m. truTV
• Texas Tech vs. Montana State, 1:45 p.m. on TNT
• Purdue vs. Yale, 2 p.m. on TBS
• Villanova vs. Delaware, 2:45 p.m. on CBS
• Southern California vs. Miami (Florida), 3:10 p.m. on truTV
• Alabama vs. TBD, 4:15 p.m. on TNT
• Texas vs. Virginia Tech, 4:30 p.m. on TBS
• Illinois vs. Chattanooga, 6:50 p.m. on TNT
• Duke vs. Cal State Fullerton, 7:10 p.m. on CBS
• LSU vs. Iowa State, 7:20 p.m. on TBS
• Arizona vs. TBD, 7:27 p.m. on truTV
• Houston vs. UAB, 9:20 p.m. on TNT
• Michigan State vs. Davidson, 9:40 p.m. on CBS
• Wisconsin vs. Colgate, 9:50 p.m. on TBS
• Seton Hall vs. TCU, 9:57 p.m. on truTV