Answering the annual question: How to watch the 2025 men’s NCAA tournament on truTV

“This is March.”

Yes, that phrase is most often associated with CBS Sports analyst Jon Rothstein, who has turned the three-word phrase into one of the best sports-related bits on social media. But that phrase also comes in handy every March during the NCAA basketball tournament, as I frantically search for truTV as the games begin, and mutter those three words under my breath.

Despite the fact that I write this story every year.

TruTV will be airing games starting with the First Four in Dayton through the first two rounds of the tournament. After that, games will primarily be shown on CBS and TBS, and while you probably know how to find those, there are some First Round games on truTv, and we have those listed for you here.

If you’ve got DirecTV it’s on channel 246 and if you’re a DISH Network subscriber it’s on 242. For cable subscribers, check your local listings or watch online through your cable provider.

You can also stream games via HBO Max. Fans can subscribe to the sports add-on package provided they are already subscribers to HBO Max, so you can catch March Madness games airing on TNT, TBS and TruTV via that platform.

Here are the games scheduled so far for truTV.

All times are Eastern

This post will be updated if games are added to the truTV schedule.