2023 March Madness live stream: NCAA Tournament TV schedule, watch basketball streaming online Sunday

We’re almost half way through the Sweet 16 series in the 2023 NCAA Tournament, and now eight more games will bring winners to round out the group of teams advancing into the second weekend of the big dance. Sunday’s college basketball schedule features a number of games not to be missed, with matchups featuring some of the most iconic programs in the history of the sport as well as the team that just won the biggest upset in NCAA history. tournament caused.

All four No. 3 seeds came out of the first round and will all be featured on Sunday, starting with Sean Miller leading Xavier against No. 11 seed Pitt (12:10 p.m. ET, CBS), who hopes to make the newest team to get out of the top four and go all the way to the Sweet 16. That game will be followed by a burgeoning Kentucky team that tops Oscar Tshiebwe’s impressive 25 rebounds performance in the first-round victory against Providence, as John Calipari’s team takes on No. 3 seed Kansas State (2:40 p.m. ET, CBS) in the second game of the day from Greensboro.

From there, the schedule opens, with non-stop action and multiple screens required from 5pm ET until the end of the night. Let’s dig into some of the biggest storylines to follow ahead of Sunday’s second round action.

FDU offers an encore

Fairleigh Dickinson has already become one of the biggest stories of the year in American sports as the second No. 16 to knock out a No. 1 in NCAA Tournament history, but there’s so much more to it that it’s the biggest setback in the tournament history. Not only is it the biggest upset by point spread with FDU entering the game as an underdog by 23.5 points, but it did so after being the last team in the field (No. 68 on the commission’s starting list), the shortest team in the country and making it to the tournament due to a technical issue as Merrimack, the NEC Tournament champion, was ineligible for the postseason. Knights coach Tobin Anderson has become an all-time March legend because of the confidence he instilled in his team and the game plan he laid out to silence National Player of the Year league leader Zach Edey and No. 1 seed Purdue.

Now, after all the elation, revelry, media appearances, and congratulatory texts, FDU has to go play another basketball game. The second round opponent for FDU is No. 9 seed FAU, a deep and powerful team that has won 32 games this season (10 more than FDU) and just thrilledly outlasted a talented Memphis team. The FDU-FAU matchup (7:45 p.m. ET, TruTV) doesn’t have a bad outcome from a storyline perspective. Either FDU will accomplish what UMBC couldn’t in 2018 and follow its No. 16-over-1 upset with a trip to the Sweet 16, or the winningest program in FAU history will continue its dream season with its first-ever Sweet 16 appearance .

Title winners looking to recapture the magic of March

The second round technically featured four head coaches who led teams to the national championship in this tournament. One of them, Kansas coach Bill Self, remains sidelined due to a health issue, but the other three will all be in action on Sunday with varying levels of pressure and expectations to recapture some of the magic that led to previous tournament successes.

Kentucky coach John Calipari has received a lot of criticism this season about how the Wildcats fell short of preseason expectations of being a national title contender, and within Big Blue Nation frustrations were compounded by how last year’s tournament ended losing to 15-seed Saint Peter’s in the first round. Calipari’s team has had its ups and downs all season, but standing in the way is a high-octane Kansas State team (2:40 p.m. ET, CBS) led by first-year head coach Jerome Tang, who has achieved the highest levels of success as an assistant. for Baylor’s title team in 2021.

Speaking of, Scott Drew and 3-seed Baylor provided 20 stellar minutes of basketball in their first-round victory against UCSB, nearly doubling the Gauchos in the second half and turning a potential upset alarm into an easy win. The Bears at their best this season flashed with Final Four potential, but before we can watch the South Regional matchups, Baylor needs to get past a Creighton team (7:10 p.m. ET, TBS) that can match their offensive firepower.

And finally, there’s Michigan State coach Tom Izzo, who hasn’t won a national championship since 2000, but has become one of the most iconic and trusted coaches in this tournament. The Spartans were unreliable in 2023, but the defensive effort against No. 10 seed USC in the first round was one of the team’s best performances in over a month. High-level defense is a must as the No. 7 seed Spartans are tasked with slowing down No. 2 seed Marquette (5:15 p.m. ET, CBS), a team that ranks as one of the top five most efficient offensive teams in history. are left in the tournament .

Game of the Day: No. 4 Indiana vs. No. 5 Miami

Given how things are going in the top of the Midwest Region, the battle between No. 4 seed Indiana and No. 5 seed Miami (8:40 p.m. ET, TNT) certainly feels like a battle between teams that could enter the second weekend with a chance to crash the Final Four. Trayce Jackson-Davis puts in a resounding performance in the Hoosiers’ win against Kent State, tallying 24 points, 11 rebounds, five assists and five blocks. The First Team All-American was clearly the best player on floor, and seeing a star like TJD start hitting that gear in the tournament creates anticipation of how far he can carry a team.

But on the other side is a Miami squad that gets healthy at the right time and can definitely pad the box score, even if the first round wasn’t the team’s best offensive performance. Drake disrupted Miami’s offense and held them well below their season averages for points and efficiency, but with their season on the line, the Hurricanes stormed back from an eight-point deficit in the game’s final 4:38 to win 63-57. to win. The combination of stops and scoring in that 14-point swing really spice up Miami heading into this matchup with Indiana that could be one of the best games of the night.

Check out the full TV and streaming schedule for Sunday’s second round action below.

Sunday’s streaming schedule