The start of the NCAA College Basketball season is right around the corner. Starting on the 6th of November, several channels will be airing the competition, but only in the US. So, if you’re unfortunate enough to live in countries like the UK, Canada, Australia, and elsewhere outside the United States, then you’ll have to make use of a VPN to stream College Basketball live.
Channels Broadcasting the College Basketball Championship
You can watch NCAA College Basketball live on the following channels:
How to Watch NCAA College Basketball Abroad with a VPN
The American TV channels listed above are geo-blocked outside the US. If you try to access Fox Sports, for instance, you’ll be welcomed by this geo-error message: “Welcome to FOX Sports GO International Access! As an international user, you can only browse programs available to you”. Nevertheless, if you use a VPN, you’ll get to watch the whole tournament live without any trouble.
This is for you expats living overseas: You need to connect to a VPN server located in America. That way you’ll obtain a US IP address so that when any of the channels read your IP, they will think that you are browsing from inside the US and will grant you access to all its streamable content. Just follow the steps below, unblock your chosen channel, and watch the 2018 NCAA College Basketball live anywhere in the world:
- Sign up with a VPN, I highly recommend ExpressVPN.
- Download and install the VPN application on your Android, iOS, PC, or Mac.
- Sign in with your VPN account and connect to a US server.
- Launch the official website of the channel or dedicated app if available.
- Finally, enjoy all the swishing and buzzer-beating live from anywhere.
Even those living in the US aren’t totally safe. They could still suffer from blackout restrictions. This means that they too will need a VPN to be able to watch every game. But by simply connecting to a VPN server in a city or state where the game is available they would be able to stream it without any hitch.
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NCAA College Basketball – Schedule
Here’s the complete schedule for the first week of the 2018 NCAA College Basketball tournament:
Tuesday, Nov. 6:
- Lenoir Rhyne at Tennessee, 7 p.m., SEC Network
- South Carolina Upstate at South Carolina, 7 p.m., SEC Network
- Michigan State at Kansas, 7 p.m., ESPN
- North Carolina at Wofford, 7 p.m., ESPN2
- Eastern Illinois at Texas, 8 p.m., Longhorn Network
- Central Arkansas at Missouri, 8 p.m., SEC Network
- Winthrop at Vanderbilt, 8 p.m., SEC Network
- Southern at Alabama, 8 p.m., SEC Network
- SE Louisiana at LSU, 8:30 p.m., SEC Network
- Florida at Florida State, 9 p.m., ESPN2
- South Alabama at Auburn, 9 p.m., SEC Network
- Duke vs. Kentucky, 9:30 p.m., ESPN
- Western Kentucky at Washington, 10:30 p.m., ESPNU
Wednesday, Nov. 7
- Ohio State at Cincinnati, 6 p.m., ESPN2
- Savannah State at Texas A&M, 9:30 p.m., SEC Network
Friday, Nov. 9
- Texas vs. Arkansas, TBD, ESPN
- Stony Brook at South Carolina, 7 p.m., SEC Network
- Southern Illinois at Kentucky, 7 p.m., SEC Network
- Charleston Southern at Florida, 7 p.m., SEC Network
- North Carolina at Elon, 7 p.m., ESPNU
- Louisiana at Tennessee, 7 p.m., SEC Network
- Austin Peay at Mississippi State, 7:30 p.m., SEC Network
- UNC Greensboro at LSU, 8 p.m., SEC Network
- Savannah State at Georgia, 8:30 p.m., SEC Network
- Buffalo at West Virginia, 9 p.m., ESPNU
- UC Irvine at Texas A&M, 9:30 p.m., SEC Network
- Washington at Auburn, 9:30 p.m., SEC Network
- Pacific at Nevada, 10 p.m., ESPN3
- Yale at California, 11 p.m., ESPNU
Saturday, Nov. 10
- Western Michigan at Ole Miss, 4 p.m., SEC Network
Sunday, Nov. 11
- Army at Duke, 1 p.m., ESPN
- SE Louisiana at Nebraska, 4 p.m., ESPNU
- Hartford at Mississippi State, 5 p.m., SEC Network
- Appalachian State at Alabama, 7 p.m., SEC Network
How to Watch the 2018-19 NCAA College Basketball Live – Parting Words
The 2018–19 NCAA Division I men’s basketball season is set to start on November 6, 201, starting with the 2K Sports Classic and ending with the Final Four in Minneapolis on April 8, 2019. I’m pretty sure that every basketball fan out there is very excited. The matches will be electrifying but we’re ready for them. Just get a VPN and dribble your way straight into College Basketball courts wherever you are.