Baylor-Villanova live stream (3/27): How to watch NCAA tournament Sweet 16 online, TV, time

Baylor and Villanova clash Saturday, March 27, in the NCAA tournament’s Sweet 16. The game will be live streamed on fuboTV.

The odds are against Villanova making a run to the Elite Eight.

Well, at least among the bettors: Las Vegas has No. 1 seed Baylor a healthy 6 1/2-point favorite to beat the Wildcats in a regional semifinal game.

No expert — or even a Temple fan — would consider the Wildcats a plucky Sweet 16 longshot like Oral Roberts as they try and knock off Baylor (24-2). Coach Jay Wright has turned Villanova into the envy of most programs in the sport: a 21st-century dynamo with two national titles (2016, 2018) that stuck the Wildcats with Duke and Kentucky and Kansas and North Carolina in the rarified air of the nation’s elite.

Consider, a third national title would give the 59-year-old Wright as many as Bob Knight, Jim Calhoun and Roy Williams.

Jared Butler and Baylor stand in the way.

The Bears, who took a three-week COVID-19 pause in February, are led by Butler, Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year Davion Mitchell and are the top 3-point shooting team in the nation.

The game is set for Hinkle Fieldhouse, where Villanova has lost four of five times against Big East rival Butler. Villanova and Baylor have played just once and the Bears won in November 2019 at the Myrtle Beach Invitational.

The game tips at 3:15 p.m. (4:15 p.m. ET) and will be live streamed on fuboTV, which offers a 7-day free trial. CBS will televise the game.