2023 March Madness Live Stream : NCAA Tournament TV Guide, Watch Sunday Basketball Streaming Online

We’ve almost halfway established the Sweet 16 bracket in the 2023 NCAA tournament, and now eight more games will produce winners to round out the group of teams advancing to the second weekend of the big dance. College basketball’s Sunday schedule features some not-to-be-missed games, with matchups that include both some of the most iconic programs in the sport’s history and the team that just pulled off the biggest upset in NCAA tournament history delivered.

All four No. 3 seeds came out of the first round and all will be featured Sunday, starting with Sean Miller leading Xavier against No. 11 seed Pitt (12:10 p.m. ET, CBS) who is hoping the newest Team up to make it out of the First Four and advance to the Sweet 16. That game is followed by a burgeoning Kentucky squad, who lift off from Oscar Tshiebwe’s impressive 25-rebound performance in the first-round win over Providence as John Calipari’s team meets the No. 3 Kansas from Greensboro in the second game of the day State (2:40 p.m. ET, CBS).

From there, the schedule opens up with non-stop action and multiple screens needed from 5pm ET until the end of the night. Let’s get into some of the biggest storylines to come in Sunday’s second round.

FDU offers an encore

Fairleigh Dickinson has already become one of the biggest stories of the year in American esports as it becomes the second No. 16 seed to knock off a No. 1 seed in NCAA tournament history, but there’s so much more at the excitement that makes it the greatest excitement in tournament history. Not only is it the biggest upset on points, as FDU entered the game as an underdog with 23.5 points, but it did so after being the last team in the field (No. 68 on the committee seeding), the smallest Team in the year land and made it into the tournament due to technical issues as Merrimack, the NEC tournament winner, did not qualify for the postseason. Knights coach Tobin Anderson has become a legend in the March of all time.

Now, after all the rejoicing, celebration, media appearances, and congratulatory text messages, FDU needs to play another basketball game. The second round opponent for FDU is FAU, seeded at No. 9, a deep and powerful team that has won 32 games this season (10 more than FDU) and just a talented Memphis team in exciting fashion has survived. The FDU-FAU matchup (7:45 p.m. ET, TruTV) doesn’t have a bad outcome from a plot perspective. Either FDU will achieve what UMBC failed to do in 2018 and follow up their surprise No. 16-over-1 with a trip to the Sweet 16, or the most successful program in FAU history will continue its dream season with the first-ever school Sweet 16 appearance.

Title winners looking to recapture the magic of March

The second round technically consisted of four head coaches who led teams in that tournament to the national championship. One of them, Kansas coach Bill Self, remains sidelined with a health issue, but the other three are all on Sunday with varying pressures and expectations to recapture some of the magic that sparked previous tournament success.

Kentucky coach John Calipari has dealt with a lot of criticism this season because the Wildcats failed to live up to preseason expectations of being a national title contender, and frustrations within Big Blue Nation were compounded by last year’s Tournament ended in a loss to 15 seeds St. Peter in the first round. Calipari’s team has had ups and downs throughout the season, but standing in the way is a high-octane Kansas State team (2:40 p.m. ET, CBS) led by freshman head coach Jerome Tang, who experienced the highest levels of success as an assistant for the Baylor title team in 2021.

Speaking of which, Scott Drew and 3-Seed Baylor provided 20 stellar minutes of basketball in their first-round win over UCSB, nearly doubling the Gauchos in the second half and turning a potential angry alarm into an easy win. The Bears showed Final Four potential at their best this season, but before we can see the South Regional matchups, Baylor needs to get past a Creighton team (7:10 p.m. ET, TBS) that can match their offensive firepower.

Finally, there’s Tom Izzo, the Michigan State coach who hasn’t won a national championship since 2000 but has become one of the tournament’s most legendary and trusted coaches. The Spartans in 2023 weren’t reliable, but the defensive line-up against USC, No. 10 in the first round, was one of the team’s best performances in more than a month. A top-flight defense is a must as the No. 7-seeded Spartans are tasked with slowing down the No. 2-seeded Marquette (5:15 p.m. ET, CBS), a team considered one of the top five most efficient offensive teams in the tournament is applicable .

Game of the Day: #4 Indiana vs. #5 Miami

Given how things are going at the top of the Midwest region, the clash between No. 4 Indiana and No. 5 Miami (8:40 p.m. ET, TNT) sure feels like a battle between teams coming in second Attending the weekend could be an opportunity to crash the Final Four. Trayce Jackson-Davis put on a thunderous performance totaling 24 points, 11 rebounds, five assists and five blocks in the Hoosiers’ win over Kent State. The First Team All-American was clearly the best player on the floor, and when we see a star like TJD starting to get into that gear in the tournament, it gives us anticipation of just how far he can take a team.

But on the other side is a team from Miami who are recovering at the right time and can absolutely fill the box score, even if the first round wasn’t the team’s best offensive performance. Drake disrupted Miami’s attack, keeping them well below their season averages for points and efficiency, but with their season on the line, the Hurricanes charged from an eight-point deficit in the final 4:38 of the game to win 63-57. The combination of stops and scores in this 14-point swing gives Miami real momentum in what could be one of the best games of the night with Indiana.

Check out the full TV and streaming schedule for Sunday’s second round action below.

The streaming schedule for Sunday