The 2026 NCAA March Madness college basketball tournament begins with full days of hoops and high-flying action. The powerhouse team and No.1-ranked Florida Gators are expected to repeat as national champions, while No. 16-ranked Prairie View A&M, an HBCU in Texas, made it to the tourney after escaping the First Four against the unranked Lehigh Mountain Hawks.

On Friday, Mar. 20, you can watch the First Round with Prairie View A&M Panthers vs. Florida Gators on TNT. The game tips off at 9:25 p.m. ET/6:25 p.m. PT. TNT is featured with Sling Orange.

Currently, Sling Orange starts at just $4.99 for a Sling 1-Day Pass, or $45.99/month to go month-to-month. The package comes with TNT for college basketball fans, while Sling Orange also comes with other networks, like TBS, truTV, ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPN3 (for ABC simulcasts) to watch even more live sports.

Meanwhile, Sling Orange also features over 30 other channels, like Disney Channel and FreeForm, as well as A&E, AMC, BBC America, BET, CNN, Comedy Central, Food Network, Fuse, HGTV, History Channel, IFC, Lifetime, Nick Jr., QVC, TBS, Travel Channel, Vice and other channels.

In addition, Sling now has flexible subscriptions, so brand new subscribers can get access to Sling Orange for a short period of time. This is best for sports because it’s a super fast and convenient way to access live TV.

Additionally, Sling now has flexible subscriptions, so brand new subscribers can get access to Sling Orange for a short period of time. This is best for sports because it’s a super fast and convenient way to access live TV.

Sling 1-Day Pass: $4.99, Sling Orange for 24 hours
Sling 3-Day Pass: $9.99, Sling Orange for 3 days
Sling 7-Day Pass: $14.99, Sling Orange for 7 days

Meanwhile, all Sling TV plans have live TV over the web, on-demand movie and TV shows, 50 hours of cloud DVR storage and up to three streams across devices – such as smart TVs, smartphones, tablets, laptops, web browsers and others – at the same time.

On Friday, Mar. 20, you can livestream Prairie View A&M Panthers vs. Florida Gators, with a start time of 9:25 p.m. ET/6:25 p.m. PT on TNT with Sling Orange, below:

Watch NCAA March Madness on Sling TV

Please note: Prices and channel availability depends on your local TV market. Learn more about Sling subscription prices here.

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