Thursday’s Viewing Picks

Australian Rules Football
NAB Challenge, Etihad Stadium, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
St. Kilda Saints vs. Hawthorn Hawks — Fox Soccer Plus, 4 a.m.

College Basketball
LSU at Arkansas — SEC Network, 7 p.m.

College Basketball
Men’s
NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament
2nd Round
Midwest Region, Consol Energy Center, Pittsburgh, PA

Notre Dame vs. Northeastern — CBS, 12:15 p.m. (Brian Anderson/Steve Smith//Dana Jacobson)

South Region, KFC Yum! Center, Louisville, KY
Iowa State vs. UAB — truTV, 12:40 p.m. (Verne Lundquist/Jim Spanarkel//Allie LaForce)

West Region, Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, FL
Baylor vs. Georgia State — TBS, 1:40 p.m. (Andrew Catalon/Steve Lappas//Jamie Erdahl)

West Region, Moda Center, Portland, OR
Arizona vs. Texas Southern — TNT, 2:40 p.m. (Kevin Harlan/Dan Bonner/Reggie Miller//Rachel Nichols)

Midwest Region, Consol Energy Center, Pittsburgh, PA
Butler vs. Texas — CBS, approximately 2:45 p.m. (Brian Anderson/Steve Smith//Dana Jacobson)

South Region, KFC Yum! Center, Louisville, KY
SMU vs. UCLA — truTV, approximately 3:10 p.m. (Verne Lundquist/Jim Spanarkel//Allie LaForce)

West Region, Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, FL
Xavier vs. Mississippi — TBS, approximately 4:10 p.m. (Andrew Catalon/Steve Lappas//Jamie Erdahl)

West Region, Moda Center, Portland, OR
Virginia Commonwealth vs. Ohio State — TNT, approximately 4:40 p.m. (Kevin Harlan/Dan Bonner/Reggie Miller//Rachel Nichols)

East Region, Consol Energy Center, Pittsburgh, PA
Villanova vs. Lafayette — TBS, 6:50 p.m. (Brian Anderson/Steve Smith//Dana Jacobson)

Midwest Region, KFC Yum! Center, Louisville, KY
Cincinnati vs. Purdue — CBS, 7:10 p.m. (Verne Lundquist/Jim Spanarkel//Allie LaForce)

West Region, Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, FL
North Carolina vs. Harvard — TNT, 7:20 p.m. (Andrew Catalon/Steve Lappas//Jamie Erdahl)

South Region, Moda Center, Portland, OR
Utah vs. Stephen F. Austin — truTV, 7:27 p.m. (Kevin Harlan/Dan Bonner/Reggie Miller//Rachel Nichols)

East Region, Consol Energy Center, Pittsburgh, PA
North Carolina State vs. LSU — TBS, approximately 9:20 p.m. (Brian Anderson/Steve Smith//Dana Jacobson)

Midwest Region, KFC Yum! Center, Louisville, KY
Kentucky vs. Hampton — CBS, approximately 9:40 p.m. (Verne Lundquist/Jim Spanarkel//Allie LaForce)

West Region, Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, FL
Arkansas vs. Wofford — TNT, approximately 9:50 p.m. (Andrew Catalon/Steve Lappas//Jamie Erdahl)

South Region, Moda Center, Portland, OR
Georgetown vs. Eastern Washington — truTV, approximately 9:57 p.m. (Kevin Harlan/Dan Bonner/Reggie Miller//Rachel Nichols)

NCAA Tip-Off — truTV, 11 a.m.
College GameDay — ESPN, 5 p.m.
NCAA March Madness 360 — CBS Sports Network, 6:30 p.m.
NCAA March Madness 360 — CBS Sports Network, 10 p.m.
College GameDay — ESPN2, midnight
Inside March Madness — truTV, 12:30 a.m. (Friday)
NCAA March Madness Breakdown — CBS Sports Network, 1 a.m. (Friday)

College Hockey
Men’s
Big Ten Tournament, Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, MI
Quarterfinals
Penn State vs. Ohio State — Big Ten Network, 4:30 p.m.
Michigan vs. Wisconsin — Big Ten Network, 8 p.m.

College Softball
Georgia Southern at Texas — Longhorn Network, 7 p.m.

College Wrestling
NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships, Scottrade Center, St. Louis, MO
1st Round — ESPNU, noon
2nd Round — ESPNU, 7 p.m.

Golf
PGA Tour
Arnold Palmer Invitational, Bay Hill Club & Lodge, Orlando, FL
1st Round — Golf Channel, 2 p.m.

Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, 1 p.m.

LPGA Tour
JTBC Founders Cup, Wildfire Golf Club at JW Marriott Phoenix Desert Ridge Resort & Spa, Phoenix, AZ
1st Round — Golf Channel, 6 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC Main Event: UFC 132: Cruz vs. Faber — Fox Sports 1, 10 p.m.

MLB Spring Training
Houston vs. New York Mets (SS) — SNY, 1 p.m.
Miami vs. Atlanta — Fox Sports Florida/SportSouth, 1 p.m.
Minnesota vs. Tampa Bay — Fox Sports North/Sun Sports, 1 p.m.
New York Mets (SS) vs. St. Louis — MLB Network/Fox Sports Midwest, 1 p.m.
Anaheim Angels vs. Los Angeles Dodgers — Fox Sports West/SportsNet West, 4 p.m.
San Francisco vs. Milwaukee — MLB Network/Fox Sports Wisconsin, 4 p.m.
Philadelphia vs. New York Yankees — ESPN/YES, 7 p.m.
Chicago Cubs vs. Arizona — Comcast SportsNet Chicago, 9:30 p.m.
Cleveland vs. Seattle — MLB Network/Root Sports Northwest, 10 p.m.

MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 7 p.m.
Baseball Tonight: MLB Preview Show — ESPN, 10 p.m.

NASCAR
NASCAR America — NBCSN, 6:30 p.m.
NASCAR Race Hub — Fox Sports 1, 7 p.m.

NBA
NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 10 p.m.

NFL
NFL Insiders — ESPN, 3:30 p.m.
NFL Live — ESPN, 4 p.m.
Path to the Draft — NFL Network, 6 p.m.

NHL
Boston at Ottawa — RDS2/NESN/TSN5, 7:30 p.m.
Carolina at Montreal — NHL Network (US)/RDS/Fox Sports Carolinas/Sportsnet East, 7:30 p.m.
Detroit at Florida — NHL Network (US)/Fox Sports Detroit/Fox Sports Florida, 7:30 p.m.
San Jose at Toronto — TVA Sports/Comcast SportsNet California/TSN4, 7:30 p.m.
St. Louis at Winnipeg — Fox Sports Midwest/TSN3, 8 p.m.
Washington at Minnesota — Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic/Fox Sports North, 8 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Dallas — Sportsnet 360/Fox Sports Southwest, 8:30 p.m.
Philadelphia at Calgary — Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia/Sportsnet West, 9 p.m.
Colorado at Arizona — Altitude 2/Fox Sports Arizona Plus, 10 p.m.
Columbus at Vancouver — Fox Sports Ohio/Sportsnet Pacific, 10 p.m.

Hockey Central @ noon — Sportsnet/NHL Network (US), noon
NHL Live — NHL Network, 5 p.m.
NHL on the Fly — NHL Network, 7 p.m.
Hockey Central: Canadiens Pregame — Sportsnet East, 7 p.m.
Hockey Central: Flames Pregame — Sportsnet West, 8:30 p.m.
Hockey Central: Canucks Pregame — Sportsnet Pacific, 9:30 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 10:30 p.m.
Hockey Central — Sportsnet 360, 11 p.m.

Skiing
2015 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup Finals, Meribel, France
Men’s Super G — Universal Sports, 11 a.m. (same day coverage)
Ladies’ Super G — Universal Sports, 1 p.m. (same day coverage)

Sports Talk
Radius: Venom Lower Body-Keoni — NBCSN, 6 a.m.
Boomer & Carton — CBS Sports Network, 6 a.m.
NFL AM — NFL Network, 6 a.m.
Radius: Ab Blast-Nicky — NBCSN, 6:30 a.m.
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 7 a.m.
The Dan Patrick Show — Audience Network (DirecTV)/NBCSN, 9 a.m.
The Rich Eisen Show — Audience Network (DirecTV)/Root Sports (Northwest/Pittsburgh/Rocky Mountain/Southwest), noon
His & Hers — ESPN2, noon
SVP & Russillo — ESPNews, 1 p.m.
The Box Score — Audience Network (DirecTV), 3 p.m.
Outside the Lines — ESPN, 3 p.m.
The Doug Gottlieb Show — CBS Sports Network, 3 p.m.
The Paul Finebaum Show — SEC Network, 3 p.m.
ROME (The Final Days) — CBS Sports Network, 6 p.m.
ESPN FC — ESPNews, 6 p.m.
The Express Xtra — beIN Sports, 6 p.m.
SportsNation — ESPN2, 6 p.m.
Podium 360 — Universal Sports, 7:30 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, 11 p.m.
SEC Now — SEC Network, midnight

Tennis
ATP/WTA Tour
BNP Paribas Open, Indian Wells Tennis Garden, Indian Wells, CA
Men’s and Women’s Quarterfinals — ESPN2, 2 p.m.
Men’s and Women’s Quarterfinals — ESPN2, 8 p.m.

UEFA Europa League
Round of 16, 2nd Leg
NSK Olimpiyskyi, Kyiv, Ukraine
Dynamo Kyiv vs. Everton — Fox Sports 1, 2 p.m.

Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy
Roma vs. Fiorentina — Fox Sports 2, 2 p.m.

Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan, Italy
Internazionale vs. VfL Wolfsburg — Fox Sports 1, 4 p.m.

Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville, Spain
Sevilla vs. Villarreal — Fox Sports 2, 4 p.m.

Arena Khimki, Khimki, Russia
Dinamo Moskva vs. Napoli — Fox Soccer Plus, 10 p.m. (same day coverage)

UEFA Europa League Pregame — Fox Sports 1/Fox Sports 2/Fox Soccer Plus, 1:30 p.m.
MULTIMATCH 90 UEFA Europa League — Fox Soccer Plus, 2 p.m.
UEFA Europa League Highlights — Fox Sports 2, 1 a.m. (Friday)

About Ken Fang

Ken has been covering the sports media in earnest at his own site, Fang's Bites since May 2007 and at Awful Announcing since March 2013. He provides a unique perspective having been an award-winning radio news reporter in Providence and having worked in local television. Fang celebrates the three Boston Red Sox World Championships in the 21st Century, but continues to be a long-suffering Cleveland Browns fan.

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