How to Watch the 2025 SEC Men’s Basketball Tournament Online Without Cable
Written by djfrosty on March 12, 2025
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The road to March Madness is on with the conference championships taking place this week ahead of the Big Dance. The 2025 SEC Basketball Tournament takes place March 12-16 in Nashville, TN.
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Want to watch the SEC Basketball Tournament on TV? Early round games air this year on SEC Network, with the quarterfinals, semifinals and championship game airing live on ESPN. You’ll need a cable package with those two channels in order to watch the SEC tournament on TV.
How to Watch 2025 SEC Basketball Tournament Online
Don’t have cable? There’s a way to watch the 2025 SEC Basketball Tournament online. Sling TV is a streaming service that lets you watch live television from home without needing a cable subscription. The Sling Orange package includes access to ESPN (and 30+ other channels) for $45/month, while SEC Network is available through the Sports Extra add-on, which costs an additional $11/month.
What we like: Sling is currently running a limited-time promo that saves you up to 50% off your first month of service. Regularly $45+, you Sling Orange subscription is now discounted to just $23 and up.
Use Sling to livestream the SEC basketball games online from your phone, computer, tablet or smart TV (via the Sling app). In addition to ESPN, other channels on the Sling Orange plan include TBS, TNT, CNN, AMC and more. While Sling doesn’t currently offer a free trial, the site offers free DVR and thousands of hours of on-demand TV shows and movies as part of its subscription plans.
Auburn is the number one seed in the SEC tournament this year, with Florida, Alabama and Tennessee rounding out the top four. All four teams earned double byes and will kickoff their tournament play during the quarterfinals on Friday.
This is one of most competitive conferences for D1 basketball this year. Auburn, Florida and Alabama could all make it deep into the NCAA March Madness tournament, but first they’ll have to make it through this field.
Auburn defeated Florida in last year’s SEC Tournament Championship by a score of 86-67 to earn the automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA Division I men’s basketball tournament.
Watch this year’s SEC Basketball Tournament live online through Sling TV here.