The NCAA March Madness Live app, the ultimate streaming destination for March Madness returns to give fans a new premium viewing experience for the 2026 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship on any platform and from any location.
New this year, the March Madness Live app will offer enhanced multi-game viewing across all platforms and for the first time let fans watch two to four games at once across all platforms.
March Madness Live app users can stay connected to game updates from their phone lock screen with live activity updates. New this year, fans can also follow their Men's and Women’s brackets from their lock screen, never missing an update or bracket-breaking moment. Additionally, with Apple’s new Sports Mode for CarPlay fans can see real-time scores and match-up details alongside audio delivering a richer and more engaging hands-free experience.
The Boss Button “Hootsuite” returns to offer available screen disguises, including email, calendar, and, new this year, contacts, slideshows, and spreadsheet, so users have multiple discreet ways to enjoy Tournament action.
Fast Break presented by AT&T and Home Depot is back for the first two rounds of the tournament on Thursday, March 19 and Friday, March 20 to give whip-around coverage of each game live and in real-time. Host Tim Doyle and analysts Randolph Childress, Tony Delk, Dalen Cuff and Seth Davis will rotate to provide coverage. New this year, Fast Break will stream live during the final hour on Thursday and Friday’s action from Cosm Los Angeles. Bleacher Report will produce the show from one of the most immersive sports-viewing spaces in the country, capturing and curating all the madness through live game look-ins, replays of the most viral moments, real-time reactions from fans and more. Hosts Greg Waddell and Carter Elliott will curate conversations with surprise guests throughout the night.
TNT Sports and CBS Sports will provide live coverage of all 67 games from the 2026 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship across four national television networks – TBS, CBS, TNT and truTV – and the NCAA March Madness Live app. Games airing on TBS, TNT and truTV will also stream live on HBOMax, while games airing on CBS will also stream live on Paramount+.
TNT Sports’ Bleacher Report and CBS Sports Digital platforms will also provide wall-to-wall coverage of the games across social. Fans can also access all games via live streaming on TBS, CBS, TNT and truTV’s digital platforms, as well as participating TV provider websites and apps.
NCAA March Madness Live additional highlights include:
Bracket Challenge and Games:
The NCAA March Madness Men’s Bracket Challenge presented by Capital One will return to NCAA March Madness Live along with the NCAA March Madness Women’s Bracket Challenge presented by Capital One available via the app and krikya89.com for the first time.
Radio Broadcasts:
For fans on-the-go, the NCAA March Madness Live app will keep them in the know with live radio broadcasts courtesy of Westwood One for all 67 games.
Social Interactions:
New this year, app users have the option to cheer for their team through an interactive voting feature and see in real time who’s leading in the social score.
Perfect Bracket Tracker Widget:
With the Perfect Bracket Tracker Widget, fans can watch the progress of perfect brackets as it happens. Even after some brackets are eliminated, users can keep up with the remaining ones and see how each game affects the race for this year’s perfect bracket.
Vertical Video:
Users can consume a short-form feed of vertical clip videos on mobile and web. The bite-sized narratives include must-see moments, trending clips and legendary performances that capture the essence of March Madness moments all with an easy left or right swipe.
NCAA March Madness Live Sponsors
Tri-presenting sponsors for NCAA March Madness Live are NCAA Corporate Champions AT&T, Capital One and Coca-Cola. On mobile, AT&T, Capital One and Coca-Cola will sponsor the NCAA March Madness Live App for iOS; and Android App & Fire Tablet; On connected streaming devices: Capital One, Coca-Cola will sponsor the Roku app; Capital One will sponsor the Amazon Fire TV app; and The Home Depot will sponsor the Xbox and Google TV app.
