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The stage is set for today’s NCAA Women’s Basketball final, with UCLA taking on South Carolina for the 2026 March Madness championship trophy.
At a Glance: How to Stream NCAA Women’s Basketball Final Online
Today’s women’s basketball final airs live on ABC and you can watch the Gamecocks vs. Bruins live on TV with any basic cable package that carries 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’ll need a live TV streaming service that carries an ABC feed. We like DirecTV, which offers more than 120 channels on its “Choice” plan, with pricing starting at just $59.99/month. Don’t want to commit? Grab a five-day free trial here and use it to watch the UCLA vs. South Carolina basketball game online free without cable.
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Hulu + Live TV
You can also get an ABC and ESPN live feed through Hulu + Live TV, which adds on 90+ live television channels on top of Hulu’s vast on-demand library of shows and movies. Hulu + Live TV costs $89.99/month but you can test drive the service with a three-day free trial here. Use the free trial to stream the UCLA-South Carolina women’s basketball final online for free.
While there may be free March Madness streaming links floating around 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 the “NCAA Women’s Championship Special,” presented by Capital One. The “NCAA Women’s Championship Postgame Show” presented by Nissan airs immediately following the final game on ABC and ESPN.
Both ABC and ESPN are no doubt hoping for 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 numbers for the first round up nine percent over last year. ESPN also notes that viewers spent more than 1.3 billion minutes watching women’s first round games, the second highest total on record (behind 2024).
UCLA reached the title game for the first time in program history after the Bruins defeated Texas in a Final Four matchup. The Gamecocks, meantime, topped the defending champion UConn Huskies, who had been 38-0, in the other semifinal game.
