Get NCAA Basketball Tournament Bracket Ready With Championship Week on ESPN+

By Tobey Grumet Segal Twitter @tgrumet
Published March 8, 2021, 4:30 p.m. ET
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Basketball fans know that March Madness is almost here. But before we’re full immersed in the NCAA Tournament, fans can tip off with Championship Week on ESPN+.  Here you can watch 22 conference champions play over 370 hours of college basketball–now streaming on the premium network until March 14. Looking for full schedules? ESPN is offering both men’s NCAAM Division 1 and women’s NCAAW Division 1.

In addition to offering 6 different conference championship title games on Championship Saturday, March 13, ESPN+ is also offering highlights of all the games as well as a trophy presentation for the conference champions.

You can also get live updates of every conference tournament in men’s college basketball, listed in order of when each ticket is scheduled to be punched. Each tournament is approximately three to five day long and the winner of each one will get an automatic bid to March Madness, which starts the week of March 15. This year, however, things are going to be a little different. Not only will all the games for the 2021 NCAA basketball championship be played solely in Indiana, but the bracket itself is set to change after the top four seeds—with placement based solely on rankings and not grounded in geography.

And though ESPN+ will not be streaming March Madness, it will be offering a Bracket Predictor and Bracket Analyzer to help you win bragging rights. Coverage of the NCAA men’s college basketball tournament will be shared by TBS, TNT, truTV and CBS, but you can also stream it on Paramount+, Sling TV and at NCAA.

If you don’t already subscribe you can get ESPN+ for $5.99 per month or $59.99 per year. But best of all, if you’re ready to subscribe, you can even please the non-sports fans in your household and take advantage of The Disney Bundle including Disney+, Hulu (ad supported), and ESPN+ for a total of $13.99 per month (over 25% savings compared to subscribing to each product individually).