Best ways to tune into March Madness on Windows 10

68 teams boxing information technology out every March to crown i NCAA champion. It'due south one of the best sports months of the yr, and if you don't want to miss whatever of the action, you'll need the right apps to thrust all the basketball you tin can handle into your optics and ears.

Last twelvemonth we recommended some of the best apps to lookout man the tournament on Windows 10 Mobile. This twelvemonth we'll focus on Windows x.

Sling Telly

Sling TV has an excellent Windows 10 app and allows you to watch a broad range of content without paying for a cable or satellite subscription. That content includes a large number of NCAA game, as long as you have the correct packages.

Because the NCAA tournament has so many games, it's broadcast on TNT, TBS, CBS, and truTV, often simultaneously. You'll have to brand sure y'all have a combination of Sling Tv's packages that include all of these channels, though yous can't view CBS games on Sling Idiot box.

The Sling Blue bundle will get you access to TBS, TNT, and truTV or if you have Sling Orange which comes with TNT and TBS you tin can add the One-act Extra addition for an additional $5 per month.

To see games broadcast on CBS, you'll have to use their website or view it with an OTA tuner.

Sling Tv set is bachelor for Xbox One and Windows 10. The app itself is free just to view content you demand a subscription.

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SirusXM

If you prefer to heed to games, or need to listen when you're on the road, yous can tune in through SiriusXM. The satellite radio provider is going to circulate every single game of the tournament.

In add-on to alive broadcasts of the games, SiriusXM besides has new and assay on other sports channels such as ESPNU Radio, SiriusXM Pac-12 Radio, SiriusXM ACC Radio, and SiriusXM SEC Radio.

The Sirius XM app is bachelor on Windows 10 and Xbox One. It's a complimentary app but the service requires a paid subscription.

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Outlook

With 68 teams competing and many tracking brackets that rely on a few select teams winning games, it tin be hard to stay on top of the activity. With Outlook's "Interesting Calendars" y'all tin add the game times for whatever NCAA tournament squad into your phone, or add every unmarried NCAA team if you'd like. If you want to add every single game, you'll demand to select the "College Basketball Playoffs" interesting calendar.

You tin can add these calendars on Outlook.com and so sync them across whatsoever of your devices.

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OTA Tuners

While much of the NCAA tournament is on networks that require a paid subscription, CBS is availalbe over the air (OTA). Y'all can use an OTA tuner to watch games, and plenty of other content for costless. You tin can lookout man OTA telly on your TV directy or through the Xbox One using a TV tuner, but you can besides watch OTA broadcasts on Windows x, though you'll demand to prepare some things up.

Ii popular options are Plex and HDHomeRun. These require some new hardware and software but requite you lot a lot of viewing flexibility. Nosotros accept guides on how to set up both Plex and HDHomeRun.

Remember, if you are using an OTA Tuner, there are a number of ways to set upward a DVR to record the content.

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NCAA March Madness Alive

If you don't desire to pay for a separate service similar Sling Tv or Sirus XM, you tin spotter games on your Xbox One through the NCAA March Madness Live app.

NCAA March Madness Alive allows you to watch live games from TBS, TNT and truTV equally long equally you have a provider that has those channels at home.

The app too allows yous to view highlights, analysis, classic games, and bank check out a subclass to see how yours is doing.

The NCAA March Madness Live app cannot view content from CBS. CBS has their own CBS Sports app that lists this as an choice but it doesn't seem to back up alive content on Windows 10.

The NCAA March Madness Alive app is available on Xbox I. It used to be availalbe on other versions of Windows 10 but the app list now only includes the Xbox 1 version.

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Enjoy the tourney!

How are yous going to scout the NCAA tournament? Who'due south going to win it all and who will exist the Cinderella team this year? Let us know in the comments below.

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