Network Connection Issues for Your ESPN March Madness App?
During March Madness, the ESPN app carries ESPN Tournament Challenge brackets and the NCAA women’s tournament games, which air on ESPN. The men’s tournament airs on CBS, TBS, TNT and truTV, and the NCAA’s March Madness Live app streams every men’s game. For 2027, Selection Sunday is 14 March and the men’s Final Four is 3 and 5 April in Detroit.
Speedify is an app that runs the ESPN app over two internet connections at the same time, your Wi-Fi and your phone’s 4G/5G cellular connection, so one busy internet connection does not stop your bracket from updating or cost you the end of a close game.
Speedify stops the buffering by adding a second connection
Below: how to tell whether ESPN is down or your internet connection is at fault, why the app stops updating during the tournament, and how to keep it steady.
Why the ESPN App Stops Updating During March Madness
Check ESPN first. If Downdetector shows a spike in ESPN reports, or the app fails on every device and network you try, the problem is on the ESPN side and nothing on your end will fix it.
Most of the time, the cause is your internet connection. The ESPN app keeps fetching scores, bracket updates and video, and during the tournament millions of people do the same at once, in bars, offices and homes where the Wi-Fi and the cellular network are already busy.
When your Wi-Fi has a momentary blip or your cellular signal fluctuates, that flow of data stops, and the ESPN app stops updating until the data catches up. The ESPN Fantasy app fails for the same reason.
How Speedify Keeps the ESPN App Updating During March Madness
Speedify combines your Wi-Fi and your phone’s 4G/5G cellular connection into one internet connection on your phone, tablet or computer. Speedify checks the quality of each internet connection in the background and sends the ESPN app’s traffic over both at the same time, so a slow or busy connection does not stall your bracket or the game.
If one internet connection drops, for example when you walk out of Wi-Fi range or the cellular network goes down, Speedify moves your traffic to the other one on its own, and the ESPN app keeps running.
Speedify runs on iPhone, iPad, Android, Mac, Windows and Linux.
Speedify Also Keeps Your Other Tournament Apps Steady
Speedify also encrypts the data you send and receive, which keeps it private on shared Wi-Fi at a bar, an office or an arena.
Speedify works for every app on your device, not only ESPN. If you also play FanDuel during the tournament, see reliable internet for FanDuel March Madness.
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