Where to watch and how to follow Kentucky’s men’s NCAA Tournament game vs. Illinois

Where to watch and how to follow Sunday’s men’s basketball NCAA Tournament game in the round of 32 between Mark Pope and the No. 3 seed Kentucky Wildcats (23-11, 10-8 SEC regular season) and Brad Underwood and the No. 6 seed Illinois Fighting Illini (22-12, 12-8 Big Ten regular season):

Game time is 5:15 p.m. EDT at Fiserv Forum (seating capacity of 17,341) in Milwaukee.

Television

Network: CBS

Announcers: Play-by-play, Kevin Harlan; analysis, Dan Bonner and Stan Van Gundy; sideline, Lauren Shehadi

Where to find CBS:

Over the air: Channel 27 (in Lexington)

Spectrum cable: Channel 9 (in Lexington)

DISH Network: Channel 27 (in Lexington)

DirecTV: Channel 27 (in Lexington)

U-verse: Channel 27 (in Lexington)

Radio

Over the air: WLAP-AM 630, WBUL-FM 98.1

Statewide list of UK radio network affiliates: Click here

UK Sports Network broadcast team: Play-by-play, Tom Leach; analysis, Jack Givens

Satellite radio: XM Channel 203, Sirius Channel 210, Internet Channel 965

Internet

Live updates: Join the conversation during the game at Kentucky.com.

Live video: After signing in with your TV provider, you can live stream the game online at NCAA March Madness Live.

Twitter: @johnclayiv; @markcstory; @cdrummond97; @kentuckysports; @heraldleader

Bluesky: @BenRobertsHL; @kentuckysports

Facebook: Photos and links on Kentucky.com and KentuckySports.com pages

The Kentucky roster: Click here

The Illinois roster: Click here

How Kentucky and Illinois match up: Click here

Kentucky-Illinois series history: Click here

Kentucky’s NCAA Tournament history: Click here

Illinois’ NCAA Tournament history: Click here

The odds: Click here

For comprehensive postgame coverage: Kentucky.com

This story was originally published March 22, 2025 at 12:42 AM.

Mark Story

Lexington Herald-Leader

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Mark Story has worked in the Lexington Herald-Leader sports department since Aug. 27, 1990, and has been a Herald-Leader sports columnist since 2001. I have covered every Kentucky-Louisville football game since 1994, every UK-U of L basketball game but three since 1996-97 and every Kentucky Derby since 1994. Support my work with a digital subscription