{"id":680745,"date":"2026-03-26T20:30:44","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T20:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/680745\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T20:30:44","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T20:30:44","slug":"march-madness-2026-how-to-watch-the-arizona-vs-arkansas-sweet-16-game-in-the-mens-ncaa-basketball-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/680745\/","title":{"rendered":"March Madness 2026: How to watch the Arizona vs. Arkansas Sweet 16 game in the men’s NCAA basketball tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two powerhouses of men’s basketball, No. 1 Arizona and No. 4 Arkansas, will meet in the men’s March Madness<\/a> Sweet 16 this Thursday night. The Arizona vs. Arkansas<\/a> game will take place at the SAP Center in San Jose, CA, site of all West regional matchups, and it will tip off at 9:45 p.m. ET. Thursday’s game will air on CBS and streams on Paramount+.<\/p>\n

For a list of key dates, teams, and how to watch every March Madness game<\/a>, we’ve got you covered. Here’s a look at how to watch the entire NCAA tournament<\/a> all the way up to the Championship Final.<\/p>\n

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How to watch Arizona vs. Arkansas in the March Madness Sweet 16:\"Image<\/a>\"Image<\/a><\/p>\n

Dates: Thursday, March 26, 2026<\/p>\n

Time: 9:45 p.m.<\/p>\n

TV channel: CBS<\/p>\n

Streaming: DirecTV<\/a>, Paramount+ and more<\/p>\n

When is the Arizona vs. Arkansas game? <\/p>\n

The Arizona vs. Arkansas game is this Thursday, March 26. Tipoff is at 9:45 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n

Where to watch the Arizona vs. Arkansas game:<\/p>\n

Thursday’s Arizona vs. Arkansas game airs on CBS.<\/p>\n

Where to stream March Madness games without cable: <\/p>\n

Thursday’s Arizona vs. Arkansas game will stream live on Paramount+ Premium. You’ll also be able to access every men’s March Madness game on live TV services like DirecTV and YouTube TV<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Paramount+ offers subscribers access to loads of sports, including many of this year’s March Madness men’s basketball games, as well as the NFL, soccer and more. Plus you get access to great shows like Survivor, The Challenge and more.<\/p>\n

There are two Paramount+ tiers to choose from: the ad-supported Essential plan (regularly $9.99\/month) or their ad-free Premium plan with Showtime (regularly $13.99\/month), which also gives you ad-free streaming of on-demand content, live access to your local CBS station, and full streaming access to Showtime. <\/p>\n

Now through March 31, you can pay just $2.99\/month for your first two months, for either the Essential or Premium plan. After the discount period ends, you can continue paying the regular monthly rate or cancel. This offer is for new customers and select returning customers who subscribe through certain third-party sites, see offer<\/a> for specifics. <\/p>\n

\"Image<\/a>\"Image<\/a>Which teams are competing in the 2026 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament?<\/p>\n

The following is a breakdown of every Sweet 16 game, including who’s playing and how to watch.<\/p>\n

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All times Eastern<\/p>\n

Thursday, March 26<\/p>\n

7:10 p.m.: No. 2 Purdue vs. No. 11 Texas (CBS)<\/p>\n

7:30 p.m: No. 4 Nebraska vs. No. 9 Iowa (TBS\/truTV)<\/p>\n

9:45 p.m.: No. 1 Arizona vs. No. 4 Arkansas (CBS)<\/p>\n

10:05 pm.: No. 2 Houston vs. No. 3 Illinois (TBS\/truTV)<\/p>\n

Friday, March 27<\/p>\n

7:10 p.m.: No. 1 Duke vs. No. 5 St. John’s (CBS)<\/p>\n

7:35 p.m.: No. 1 Michigan vs. No. 4 Alabama (TBS\/truTV)<\/p>\n

9:45 p.m.: No. 2 UConn vs. No. 3 Michigan State (CBS)<\/p>\n

10:10 p.m.: No. 2 Iowa State vs. No. 6 Tennessee (TBS\/truTV)<\/p>\n

2026 NCAA men’s basketball tournament schedule:<\/p>\n

The schedule and locations for the men’s tournament:<\/p>\n

Selection Sunday: 6 p.m. ET Sunday, March 15 on CBS<\/p>\n

First Four: Tuesday, March 17 and Wednesday, March 18<\/p>\n

First round: Thursday, March 19 and Friday, March 20<\/p>\n

Second round: Saturday, March 21 and Sunday, March 22<\/p>\n

Sweet 16: Thursday, March 26 and Friday, March 27<\/p>\n

Elite Eight: Saturday, March 28 and Sunday, March 29<\/p>\n

Final Four: Saturday, April 4 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis<\/p>\n

NCAA championship game: Monday, April 6 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two powerhouses of men’s basketball, No. 1 Arizona and No. 4 Arkansas, will meet in the men’s March…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":680746,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3723],"tags":[86486,1982,598,7,217,7456,231,772,1544,86485,25637],"class_list":["post-680745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ncaa-basketball","tag-4-arkansas","tag-arizona-wildcats","tag-arkansas-razorbacks","tag-basketball","tag-college-basketball","tag-march-madness","tag-ncaa","tag-ncaa-basketball","tag-ncaab","tag-orlando-ramirez","tag-sweet-16"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116297377198982489","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680745","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=680745"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680745\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/680746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=680745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=680745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=680745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}