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Just before the NCAA‘s March Madness women’s basketball tournament, the Big 12 Conference is having their own single-elimination tournament to see which team is best.
The Big 12 Women’s Basketball Tournament championship happens on Tuesday, Mar. 12 and features two top ranked teams in the finals, Iowa State Cyclones and University of Texas Longhorns.
How to Watch Big 12 Women’s Basketball Tournament Championship: Date, Time
No. 4-ranked Iowa State faces off against No. 2-ranked Texas in a women’s college basketball conference championship game taking place on Tuesday, Mar. 12 at 6 p.m. PT/9 p.m. ET. The championship game is live-streaming from T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, MO on ESPN2.
Cord-cutters can watch games through any live TV streaming service that carries ESPN2, such as DirecTV Stream, Fubo, Hulu + Live TV and others. Sign up for a seven-day free trial from Fubo to watch it for free.
All web-based services are accessible on your smartphone, tablet, laptop or smart TV.
Keep reading to find out how to watch the Big 12 Women’s Basketball Tournament championship game with and without a cable subscription, including more details on how to watch the game for free. Additionally, you can find where to buy last-minute tickets if you want to attend.
How to Watch Big 12 Women’s Basketball Tournament Championship Without Cable: Stream Online Free
While the Big 12 Women’s Basketball Tournament championship game broadcasts on TV ESPN2, the tournament can also be streamed on internet-based streaming cable services, some of which even offer free trials.
If you act fast and sign up now, you can watch the games online for free.
DirecTV Stream
Watch the Big 12 Women’s Basketball Tournament championship game on ESPN2 with DirecTV Stream. Both networks are offered on all of the cable alternative’s packages, and the service includes more than 75 other channels — such as NBC, ABC, Fox, AMC, Bravo, CNBC, Disney Channel, ESPN and much more.
Pricing starts as low as $69.99 for the entry-level Entertainment package. In addition, other plans offer between 105-150 channels with prices ranging from $84.99 to $159.99 per month. New subscribers can receive a Visa rewards card worth up to $300 for a limited time. Learn more about the offer here.
Fubo
If you’d like to watch the Big 12 Women’s Basketball Tournament championship live on ESPN2 — along with more than 170 other news, entertainment and sports channels — go with a subscription to Fubo. The streaming service starts at $59.99 per month for the first month ($79.99 per month afterwards), while you can record more than 1,000 hours of TV shows, movies, games and more. Fubo is available to watch on your smartphone, tablet or TV too.
Additionally, other plans include the Elite package (with more than 250 channels for $69.99 per month for the first month and $89.99 per month afterwards) and the Premier tier that comes with nearly 300 channels, NFL RedZone, Showtime and 4K quality for $79.99 per month for the first months and $99.99 per month afterwards.
If you want to watch the women’s college basketball game for free, the online TV streaming service offers a seven-day free trial for new subscribers.
Hulu + Live TV
You can also livestream the Big 12 Women’s Basketball Tournament championship online without cable with a subscription to Hulu + Live TV. It has access to more than 90 live channels — like ESPN2, CBS, AMC, BET, CNN, ESPN, Food Network and others — starting at $76.99 per month. The service also comes with Hulu’s entire streaming library, as well as Disney+ and ESPN+ at no additional cost.
With a subscription, Hulu + Live TV users can watch originals from Hulu, Marvel Studios, Lucasfilms (Star Wars, Indiana Jones), The Muppets Studio and Pixar Animation. Subscribers can also watch ESPN+ for original sports programming and live sports from Formula 1 as well as the NHL, MLB and other sports leagues. It includes unlimited cloud DVR too. Unfortunately, Hulu doesn’t offer a free trial at this time.
Sling
Sling is one of the cheapest options for new live TV streaming subscribers who want to watch the Big 12 Women’s Basketball Tournament championship game online. The Sling Orange plan is only $20 per month for the first month ($40 per month afterward) and includes ESPN2 as part of its offerings.
Sling Orange also features The Disney Channel, ESPN, FreeForm, AMC, BBC America and much more.
How to Watch Big 12 Women’s Basketball Tournament Championship on TV
The Big 12 Women’s Basketball Tournament championship game broadcasts live on ESPN2. This means you can watch the game on TV through your cable TV provider, on ESPN.com or ESPN mobile app with your cable TV account credentials.
Where to Buy Big 12 Women’s Basketball Tournament Championship Tickets Online
Want to watch all of the women’s basketball action in person? You’ll find options for last-minute tickets below to watch the championship game at T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, MO.
Ticket prices vary, depending on where you’d like to sit in the arena at at StubHub, Ticket Liquidator, Ticket Network, GameTime and Ticketmaster, as well as Big12Sports.com for more info.
One of the best deals on Big 12 basketball tickets can be found at Vivid Seats, where you can save $20 off with code THR2024; or at SeatGeek where you can use promo code HOLLYWOOD10 to save $10 off eligible purchases of $250 and up.