{"id":682728,"date":"2026-03-27T19:41:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T19:41:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/682728\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T19:41:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T19:41:15","slug":"purdue-vs-arizona-how-to-watch-the-elite-8-march-madness-2026-game-in-the-mens-ncaa-basketball-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/682728\/","title":{"rendered":"Purdue vs. Arizona: How to watch the Elite 8 March Madness 2026 game in the men’s NCAA basketball tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"

Purdue and Arizona, two of the top teams in the men’s NCAA tournament, will face off in the Elite Eight round of March Madness<\/a> Saturday. The No. 2 Purdue vs. No. 1 Arizona game tips off at 8:49 p.m. ET live from SAP Center in San Jose, California. It will air on TBS and truTV. Don’t have access to either of those channels? You can catch the game for as little as $4.99 with a Sling Day Pass<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Both teams are Final Four material, but only one can advance. Odds for the Purdue vs. Arizona game<\/a> favor Arizona. 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 finals.<\/p>\n

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How to watch Purdue vs. Arizona in the March Madness Elite Eight:\"Image<\/a><\/p>\n

Date: March 28<\/p>\n

Time: 8:49 p.m. ET<\/p>\n

TV channel: TBS\/truTV<\/p>\n

Streaming: Sling TV<\/a> and more<\/p>\n

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

The Purdue vs. Arizona game is Saturday, March 28. Tipoff is at 8:49 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n

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

The Purdue vs. Arizona game will air on TBS and truTV.<\/p>\n

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

Every game of the 2026 men’s March Madness tournament that’s on TBS, TNT or truTV will be available to watch with Sling Day Pass<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Sling TV’s Day Pass gives you the freedom to watch what you want, when you want, without committing to a monthly streaming subscription. Sign up for a single day ($4.99), a weekend ($9.99), or a full week ($14.99) and watch every channel available through Sling Orange<\/a>, which includes ESPN, ESPN2 and over 30 more channels, no strings attached.<\/p>\n

Want to catch a specific sporting event that’s available on additional channels Sling Orange doesn’t typically carry? You can customize your channel lineup with a Sports Extra add-on to get additional channels like ESPNU and more for just $1.<\/p>\n

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

All times Eastern<\/p>\n

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Saturday, March 28<\/p>\n

No. 3 Illinois vs. No. 9 Iowa, 6:09 p.m. (TBS\/truTV)<\/p>\n

No. 1 Arizona vs. No. 2 Purdue, 8:49 p.m. (TBS\/truTV)<\/p>\n

Sunday, March 29<\/p>\n

2026 NCAA men’s basketball tournament schedule<\/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":"Purdue and Arizona, two of the top teams in the men’s NCAA tournament, will face off in the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":682729,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3723],"tags":[382,7,217,7456,20266,231,772,1544,2467,85485],"class_list":["post-682728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ncaa-basketball","tag-arizona","tag-basketball","tag-college-basketball","tag-march-madness","tag-michael-reaves","tag-ncaa","tag-ncaa-basketball","tag-ncaab","tag-purdue","tag-tbs"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116302846152960641","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/682728","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=682728"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/682728\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/682729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=682728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=682728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=682728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}