{"id":697928,"date":"2026-04-04T15:20:45","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T15:20:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/697928\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T15:20:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T15:20:45","slug":"how-to-watch-the-2026-college-basketball-crown-bracket-channel-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/697928\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Watch the 2026 College Basketball Crown: Bracket, Channel, Results"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"false\" data-v-d515c0f6=\"\">The men&#8217;s college basketball season is coming to an emphatic end with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/college-basketball\/college-basketball-crown\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">College Basketball Crown<\/a> tournament in Las Vegas, where drama, buzzer-beaters and everything in between is all but guaranteed. The second-year tournament will tip off on Wednesday with the elimination-style bracket leading up to the championship game Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"false\" data-v-d515c0f6=\"\">The new College Basketball Crown format features eight teams, all from power conferences, and will include a $500,000 NIL prize pool.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"false\" data-v-d515c0f6=\"\">Below is everything you need to know about this year&#8217;s tournament, from the official bracket to ticket information. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Who is in the 2026 College Basketball Crown tournament?<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"false\" data-v-d515c0f6=\"\">The <a class=\"entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/college-basketball\/college-basketball-crown\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">College Basketball Crown<\/a> tournament is made up of an eight-team field. Below are this year&#8217;s participants:<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"false\" data-v-d515c0f6=\"\">[COLLEGE BASKETBALL: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/stories\/college-basketball\/2026-college-basketball-crown-expert-predictions-analysis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Expert Predictions and Analysis for Crown<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>Where is the 2026 College Basketball Crown?<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"false\" data-v-d515c0f6=\"\">The 2026 <a class=\"entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/college-basketball\/college-basketball-crown\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">College Basketball Crown<\/a> will take place in Las Vegas at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in the quarterfinals and T-Mobile Arena for the semifinals and final.<\/p>\n<p>Where can I watch the College Basketball Crown?<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"false\" data-v-d515c0f6=\"\">The 2026 College Basketball Crown will air on FOX, FOX One and FS1, with the quarterfinals broadcast on FS1 and the semifinals and final on FOX.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"false\" data-v-d515c0f6=\"\">[COLLEGE BASKETBALL CROWN: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vividseats.com\/college-basketball-crown-tickets--sports-ncaa-basketball\/performer\/184249?_&amp;utm_source=google&amp;utm_medium=cpc&amp;utm_campaign=22194959668&amp;utm_term=college%20basketball%20crown&amp;adgroup=177099490049&amp;target=kwd-2292474510168&amp;loc_i=&amp;loc_p=9029228&amp;gad_source=1&amp;gad_campaignid=22194959668&amp;gbraid=0AAAAADejqrdbyWABTa6YEj2IqGS0f0-_x&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQjw7IjOBhDyARIsAFzrWQwNhnGC2PBF-5iftLMluWlbQ0OFNzfMkLb4aLXUlEvDMymdA1ormsEaAp1NEALw_wcB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Purchase Tickets Here<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>College Basketball Crown Schedule and BracketCrown Quarterfinals<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"false\" data-v-d515c0f6=\"\">Wednesday, April 1<br \/>Oklahoma vs. Colorado (8 p.m. ET on FS1)<br \/>Baylor vs. Minnesota (10:30 p.m. ET on FS1)<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"false\" data-v-d515c0f6=\"\">Thursday, April 2<br \/>Stanford vs. West Virginia (8 p.m. ET on FS1)<br \/>Rutgers vs. Creighton (10:30 p.m. ET FS1)<\/p>\n<p>Crown Semifinals<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"false\" data-v-d515c0f6=\"\">Saturday, April 4<br \/>1:30 p.m. ET: TBD vs. TBD (FOX)<br \/>4 p.m. ET: TBD vs. TBD (FOX)<\/p>\n<p>Crown Finals<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"false\" data-v-d515c0f6=\"\">Sunday, April 5<br \/>5:30 p.m. ET: TBD vs. TBD (FOX)<\/p>\n<p>How do I purchase tickets to the College Basketball Crown?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"false\" data-v-d515c0f6=\"\">Vivid Seats will serve as the official ticket provider of the College Basketball Crown. Tickets for all match-ups can be purchased using this<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vividseats.com\/college-basketball-crown-tickets--sports-ncaa-basketball\/performer\/184249?utm_source=fox&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=cbc&amp;utm_promo=GS5I6M65GV4FHI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"> link.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The men&#8217;s college basketball season is coming to an emphatic end with the College Basketball Crown tournament in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":697929,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3723],"tags":[7,2399,217,33453,18289,1397,13649,231,772,1544,2400,4716,12772,18378],"class_list":{"0":"post-697928","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-basketball","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-baylor-bears","10":"tag-college-basketball","11":"tag-college-basketball-crown","12":"tag-colorado-buffaloes","13":"tag-creighton-bluejays","14":"tag-minnesota-golden-gophers","15":"tag-ncaa","16":"tag-ncaa-basketball","17":"tag-ncaab","18":"tag-oklahoma-sooners","19":"tag-rutgers-scarlet-knights","20":"tag-stanford-cardinal","21":"tag-west-virginia-mountaineers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116347117545790363","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/697928","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=697928"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/697928\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/697929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=697928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=697928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=697928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}