{"id":205095,"date":"2021-03-14T16:17:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-14T15:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=205095"},"modified":"2021-03-14T16:17:00","modified_gmt":"2021-03-14T15:17:00","slug":"march-madness-tournament-kicks-off-live-on-espn-player","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/march-madness-tournament-kicks-off-live-on-espn-player\/","title":{"rendered":"March Madness Tournament kicks off live on ESPN Player!"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li1\"><b>ESPN Player is the home of NCAA Basketball with over 1,500 live games scheduled throughout the season<\/b><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><b>Live &amp; on-demand through ESPNPlayer.com and ESPN Player app on tablet, phone and Android TV<\/b><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><b>Four channels simulcast direct from the US, including ESPNU, provide latest NCAA news and action 24\/7<\/b><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><b>Catch all the March Madness fixtures by tuning into ESPN Player using the link <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/ESPNSportandoBF\"><span class=\"s2\"><b>https:\/\/bit.ly\/ESPNSportandoBF<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\">March Madness tips off on 18 March live on ESPN Player with coverage including the Final Four and the National Championship Game. The journey from Selection Sunday, when the competing teams are revealed, to the final, includes 67 games, which will all be available to view live and on-demand.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The March Madness Tournament returns this year after the cancellation of last year\u2019s event due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. All this year\u2019s fixtures will be held across multiple venues in the state of Indiana with the Final Four slated to take place at the Lucas Oil Stadium on April 3 &amp; 5.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Pundits and analysts are tipping Gonzaga to clinch the championship this year. Their performance throughout the 20-21 season has been perfect boasting a record of 26-0 to date. Potential challengers who will not give up the fight so easily come in the form of highly ranked sides: Baylor, Michigan, Illinois and Iowa.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Throughout the tournament the NCAA\u2019s elite players will be pursuing individual dreams alongside team glory as they hope to prove themselves worthy of being drafted by an NBA.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Catch all the March Madness action live by tuning into ESPN Player using the link: <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/ESPNSportandoBF\"><span class=\"s2\"><b>https:\/\/bit.ly\/ESPNSportandoBF<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s3\"><b>END CREDITS: SPORTANDO<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-205096\" src=\"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Schermata-2021-03-14-alle-16.15.55.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1270\" height=\"808\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/03\/Schermata-2021-03-14-alle-16.15.55.png 1270w, https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/03\/Schermata-2021-03-14-alle-16.15.55.png?resize=300,191 300w, https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/03\/Schermata-2021-03-14-alle-16.15.55.png?resize=768,489 768w, https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/03\/Schermata-2021-03-14-alle-16.15.55.png?resize=1024,651 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1270px) 100vw, 1270px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li1\">ESPN Player will broadcast 67 live match ups during the March Madness tournament including the Final Four and Championship Game<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">Tune into ESPN Player to catch all the March Madness action between March 18 \u2013 April 5 using the link: <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/ESPNSportandoBF\"><span class=\"s2\"><b>https:\/\/bit.ly\/ESPNSportandoBF<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">ESPN Player is only available in English<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">Terms and conditions apply<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ESPN Player is the home of NCAA Basketball with over 1,500 live games scheduled throughout the season<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145,"featured_media":205098,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[93],"tags":[],"rumors":[],"typology":[],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-205095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ncaa"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>March Madness Tournament kicks off live on ESPN Player! 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