# Online Viewing of College Basketball
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-viewing-of-college-basketball/557818
**Category:** The Game Room
**Created:** [October 20, 2010, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-viewing-of-college-basketball/557818 "2010-10-20T21:26:35Z")
**Posts on this page:** 15
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### Author:  [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2010, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-viewing-of-college-basketball/557818/1 "2010-10-20T21:26:35Z")
Has anyone here used an online service for this? I’m talking about strictly legit, pay for use services. Any recommendations?
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### Author:  [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2010, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-viewing-of-college-basketball/557818/2 "2010-10-20T22:03:52Z")
Moved to The Game Room from Cafe Society.
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### Author:  [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2010, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-viewing-of-college-basketball/557818/3 "2010-10-20T22:10:05Z")
[ESPN3.com](http://ESPN3.com) has plenty of college basketball games. The broadcast quality is excellent. It is free.
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### Author:  [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2010, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-viewing-of-college-basketball/557818/4 "2010-10-20T22:12:18Z")
> [@dalej42](#):
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> [ESPN3.com](http://ESPN3.com) has plenty of college basketball games. The broadcast quality is excellent.
Not available in my area yet.
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### Author:  [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)
#### Post date: [October 22, 2010, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-viewing-of-college-basketball/557818/5 "2010-10-22T20:36:54Z")
Bump.
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### Author:  [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)
#### Post date: [October 22, 2010, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-viewing-of-college-basketball/557818/6 "2010-10-22T20:46:00Z")
Sorry. Pro, not college.
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### Author:  [@leander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leander)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2010, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-viewing-of-college-basketball/557818/7 "2010-10-23T10:25:51Z")
Try this: [http://www.justin.tv/directory/sports](http://www.justin.tv/directory/sports)
Cheers!
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### Author:  [@TheFifthYear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheFifthYear)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2010, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-viewing-of-college-basketball/557818/8 "2010-10-23T13:41:51Z")
The Big Ten Network streams some games on its site.
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### Author:  [@Enuma\_Elish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enuma_Elish)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2010, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-viewing-of-college-basketball/557818/9 "2010-10-24T00:18:04Z")
[ESPN3.com](http://ESPN3.com) is free on military bases and college campuses. Everywhere else you gotta pay.
As far as I know, anyway - but I am old and not up to all the tricks and secrets of the interweb.🙂
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### Author:  [@TheFifthYear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheFifthYear)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2010, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-viewing-of-college-basketball/557818/10 "2010-10-24T00:24:48Z")
> [@Enuma\_Elish](#):
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> [ESPN3.com](http://ESPN3.com) is free on military bases and college campuses. Everywhere else you gotta pay.
> As far as I know, anyway - but I am old and not up to all the tricks and secrets of the interweb.🙂
That’s not quite right. ESPN3 is paid for at the ISP level. If your ISP subscribes to it, then you get it included gratis in your payment to your ISP. If your ISP doesn’t pay for it, there’s no way for you to get it; there is no option for an individual to subscribe.
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### Author:  [@Enuma\_Elish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enuma_Elish)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2010, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-viewing-of-college-basketball/557818/11 "2010-10-24T00:38:13Z")
My ISP is Time Warner Cable. I get nothing free…(Well ok, to be honest, if I hook up the cable wire and scan all channels on my tv, I get all the local channels, Reelz channel, MSNBC since the olympics, and whatever the neighbor is watching - currently The Cooking Channel and that Hispanic Language Station whose name I am blanking on right now …somethingvision?)
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### Author:  [@TheFifthYear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheFifthYear)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2010, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-viewing-of-college-basketball/557818/12 "2010-10-24T00:47:53Z")
Well, Time Warner just inked a deal to carry ESPN3, but only for cable tv subscribers.
> **[Time Warner Cable Falls In Line For ESPN3 Model - But only offers access to...](http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Time-Warner-Cable-Falls-In-Line-For-ESPN3-Model-110965)**
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> News: Last year ESPN unveiled a new business model for their streaming ESPN 360 video services, that included striking exclusive deals with ISPs, who then offered the content to their subscribers. If your ISP doesn't pony up the money? You can either...
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### Author:  [@Enuma\_Elish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enuma_Elish)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2010, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-viewing-of-college-basketball/557818/13 "2010-10-24T03:46:29Z")
Good to know for the future. Right now, I can only afford the internet.
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### Author:  [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2010, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-viewing-of-college-basketball/557818/14 "2010-10-24T18:47:51Z")
To be clear, it doesn’t need to be free. I’m willing to pay for it.
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### Author:  [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)
#### Post date: [October 28, 2010, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-viewing-of-college-basketball/557818/15 "2010-10-28T16:00:49Z")
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