Mar 17, 2025 - Sports

March Madness: How to watch the Ducks and Beavers

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The NCAA tournament, college basketball's biggest stage, gets underway Tuesday, and three teams from Oregon are looking to fight their way to a championship.

Zoom in: The men's and women's teams from the University of Oregon are both in the mix, as is the women's team from Oregon State.

The 10th-seeded Oregon women's team will face off against seventh-seeded Vanderbilt on Friday in Durham, North Carolina. Tipoff is at 2:30pm on ESPNews.
The Oregon men's team picked up the five seed and will take on 12th-seeded Liberty University on Friday in Seattle. The game tips at 7:10pm on TruTV.
On Saturday, Oregon State's 14th-seeded women's team will be hoping for an upset against the third seed, North Carolina. Tipoff will be at 1:30pm on ESPNU.

State of play: The rest of the tournament starts Tuesday for the men and Wednesday for the women.

The play-in: The eight lowest-seeded teams will play each other for the right to get into the full tournament. The men play Tuesday and Wednesday, while the women play Wednesday and Thursday.
The men's tournament kicks off in earnest Wednesday with live coverage of all 16 games on TBS, CBS, TNT and TruTV. All games can be streamed on NCAA March Madness Live and some on Paramount+ and Max. View tip times here.

The first full slate for the women will be on Friday, with coverage on ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and ABC. All games can be streamed on NCAA March Madness Live. View tip times here.

View the full men's and women's schedules.

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March Madness: How to watch the Ducks and Beavers

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