The Connecticut Huskies is an intercollegiate men’s basketball team representing the University of Connecticut on the NCAA Tournament Championships and American Athletic Conference (AAC) events. The huskies have won a good number of their events in the NCSS, the big East regular season, and the Big East Tournament Championships, with multiple players achieving professional success after their schooling at UConn.
One of the first places to look when you want to watch Connecticut basketball online for free is their official website, www.uconnhuskies.com. The site offers all information about all sports involving University of Connecticut including basketball, football, baseball, soccer, and many more. Users can access live game stats, game schedules, archived video highlights, and even live events via College Sports Live.
UConn Huskies is run through the CBS online service; hence the live stream service via College Sports Live. Also, subscription services apply normally.
CBS – College Sports Live
Fans can access the Connecticut Huskies live stream on College Sports Live provided that event is broadcast on CBS Network. The CBS Network has TV broadcasts, as well as an online presence that provides an extensive coverage of college sports, including basketball, football, and baseball, without cable or satellite.
CBS Network TV broadcasts can be accessed online via CollegeSportsLive.com, which is a subscription service that offers on-demand coverage of over 100 schools, programming for 30 men’s and women’s sports, and 18,000 live events from college sports. For those who want a second screen, you can download the CBS Sports app for Android and iOS devices to not only view live events, but to also receive fast stats, scores, news, push notifications, and tweets for all major sports. The app also allows you personalize the settings to your favorite team, so you never miss a game or updates about the UConn basketball team.
ESPN.go.com and WatchESPN
Fans can stream a variety of live events on ESPN, including Uconn basketball games, provided they have an active cable subscription with a participating internet partner. A subscription grants you access to ESPN’s Gamecast with video, statistics, and other shows available for streaming from ESPN channels, including ESPN Goal Line, ESPN2, ESPN3, WESPN, ESPN Buzzer Beater, and ESPNU. Without a cable subscription, fans can only watch game replays and highlights by going to ESPN.GO.com/video.
Fans with access to a computer can access the live events by going to the ESPN official website. Alternatively, you can download the WatchESPN app for your device, through which you can stream live events or game replays the morning after they air. Using the app also requires you to have a live account or subscription.
NCAA March Madness
The NCAA men’s tournament is usually broadcast on CBS and several other TV networks, though only CBS tournament games are available to online viewers for free on the NCAA’s March Madness Live website. To view other game streams, fans must have cable subscription authentication, which basically means that you need a username and password associated with an active subscription TV account.
Events aired on CBS play automatically when you visit the NCAA March Madness Live website during game time, even if you do not have cable. For restricted games, the NCAA gives fans a 4-hour grace period, referred to as live video pass, providing fans with four free hours of tournament action availed on cable channels besides CBS. The video player alerts viewers how much free game viewing time is remaining on the 4-free hours available.
March Madness also avails all games on-demand after the competition, irrespective of the network that carried that game, without a requirement for cable subscription. If there are multiple events taking place simultaneously, you can choose to use your iOS or Android mobile device as a second screen by installing the March Madness Live app for Android or iOS.
Front Row Sports
FrontRow Sports provides links for all major sports events from around the globe so you can view your favorite team live online. It has a very easy user interface, where you can simply select a menu option to find a particular event in its category, like NFL football, college football, and racing live, or simply select All Sports for a full view of ongoing events. There are also videos of previous events and tournaments for all sports, so you can choose to watch UConn basketball online for free, or view recordings of past games if you missed any, also for free.
Other places that you may consider streaming UConn basketball games online include Justin TV, Wiziwig, and Ustream.