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The stage is set for today’s NCAA women’s basketball final, as UCLA takes on South Carolina for the 2026 March Madness championship trophy.
At a glance: How to stream the NCAA women’s basketball finals online
Today’s Women’s Basketball Finals airs live on ABC and you can watch the Gamecocks vs. Bruins live on TV with any basic cable package from a local ABC affiliate. The game will also be broadcast on ESPN.
How to Watch UCLA vs. South Carolina Women’s Basketball Final Online Free
Don’t have cable? There are a few ways to livestream the UCLA vs. South Carolina game online, including ways to stream the March Madness final for free.
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DirecTV
To watch the Women’s March Madness Championship Game online, you will need a live TV streaming service that has an ABC feed. We like DirecTV, which offers over 120 channels on its “Choice” plan, starting at just $59.99/month. Don’t want to commit? Get a five-day free trial here and use it to watch the UCLA vs. South Carolina basketball game online for free without cable.
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Hulu + Live TV
You can also get ABC and ESPN live feeds through Hulu+ Live TV, which adds 90+ live television channels on top of Hulu’s huge on-demand library of shows and movies. Hulu + Live TV costs $89.99/month but you can test the service with a three-day free trial here. Use a free trial to stream the UCLA-South Carolina women’s basketball final online for free.
While there may be free March Madness streaming links available on sites like Reddit, the only official livestream for the women’s final is through ABC or ESPN.
Coverage of today’s UCLA vs. South Carolina game begins at 2:30 p.m. ET with “NCAA Women’s Championship Special” presented by Capital One. The “NCAA Women’s Championship Postgame Show” presented by Nissan airs immediately after the final game on ABC and ESPN.
There’s no doubt that both ABC and ESPN are expecting big ratings for the Women’s March Madness finale today. This year’s tournament has been a ratings winner for ESPN, with the broadcaster reporting viewership for the first round was up nine percent from last year. ESPN also noted that viewers spent more than 1.3 billion minutes watching the women’s first-round game, the second-highest on record (behind 2024).
UCLA reached the title game for the first time in program history after the Bruins defeated Texas in the Final Four matchup. Meanwhile, the Gamecocks swept the defending champion UConn Huskies, 38–0, in the other semifinal game.
