Thursday’s Viewing Picks

Australian Rules Football
NAB Challenge, HBF Arena, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia
West Coast Eagles vs. Gold Coast Suns — Fox Soccer Plus, 3 a.m.

College Baseball
Cal at Texas — Longhorn Network, 7 p.m.

College Basketball
Men’s
Atlantic Sun Tournament
Semifinals
Stetson at Lipscomb — ESPN3, 7 p.m.
Florida Gulf Coast at North Florida — ESPN3, 7:30 p.m.

Big South Tournament
1st Round, Gilbert Craig Gore Arena, Campbell University, Buies Creek, NC
Longwood vs. Charleston Southern — BigSouthSports.com, 2:30 p.m.
Radford vs. Presbyterian — BigSouthSports.com, 5 p.m.
Gardner-Webb vs. Campbell — BigSouthSports.com, 7:30 p.m.

Missouri Valley Conference Tournament
1st Round, Scottrade Center, St. Louis, MO
Loyola (Chicago) vs. Bradley — ESPN3/Fox Sports Midwest, 7 p.m.
Missouri State vs. Drake — ESPN3/Fox Sports Midwest, 9:30 p.m.

Ohio Valley Conference Tournament
Quarterfinals, Nashville Municipal Auditorium, Nashville, TN
Tennessee State vs. Austin Peay — OVC Digital Network, 7 p.m.
Morehead State vs. Murray State — OVC Digital Network, 9:30 p.m.

Patriot League Tournament
Quarterfinals
American at Boston University — Campus Insiders, 7 p.m.
Colgate at Army — Campus Insiders, 7 p.m.
Holy Cross at Bucknell — Campus Insiders, 7 p.m.
Navy at Lehigh — Campus Insiders, 7 p.m.

Louisiana Tech at Marshall — American Sports Network, 7 p.m.
UMass at URI — CBS Sports Network, 7 p.m.
Illinois at Maryland — ESPN, 7 p.m.
Georgia at South Carolina — ESPN2, 7 p.m.
Memphis at Temple — ESPNU, 7 p.m.
Southern Mississippi at Western Kentucky — American Sports Network, 9 p.m.
Cincinnati at Houston — CBS Sports Network, 9 p.m.
Cal at Arizona — ESPN, 9 p.m.
UConn at SMU — ESPN2, 9 p.m.
Northwestern at Penn State — ESPNU, 9 p.m.
Stanford at Arizona State — FS1, 11 p.m.

Women’s
ACC Tournament
2nd Round, Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, NC
Pittsburgh vs. Miami — ACC Regional/Fox Sports Net, 11 a.m.
Virginia vs. Duke — ACC Regional/Fox Sports Net, 2 p.m.
Wake Forest vs. Georgia Tech — ACC Regional/Fox Sports Net, 6 p.m.
Boston College vs. North Carolina State — ACC Regional/Fox Sports Net, 8:30 p.m.

Big Ten Tournament
2nd Round, Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, IN
Iowa vs. Michigan — Big Ten Network, noon
Northwestern vs. Minnesota — Big Ten Network, 2:30 p.m.
Rutgers vs. Nebraska — Big Ten Network, 6:30 p.m.
Penn State vs. Purdue — Big Ten Network, 9 p.m.

Pac-12 Tournament
1st Round, Key Arena, Seattle, WA
Cal vs. Utah — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Bay Area/Pac-12 Mountain, 2:30 p.m.
Arizona vs. Oregon — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Arizona/Pac-12 Oregon, 5 p.m.
Washington State vs. USC — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Washington/Pac-12 Los Angeles, 9 p.m.
Colorado vs. Washington — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Mountain/Pac-12 Washington, 11:30 p.m.

SEC Tournament
2nd Round, Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, FL
Auburn vs. Missouri — SEC Network, noon
LSU vs. Kentucky — SEC Network, 2:30 p.m.
Arkansas vs. Tennessee — SEC Network, 6 p.m.
Vanderbilt vs. Georgia — SEC Network, 8:30 p.m.

West Coast Conference Tournament
Quarterfinals, Orleans Arena, Las Vegas, NV
Pacific vs. Pepperdine — BYUtv, 3 p.m.
Loyola Marymount vs. Portland — BYUtv, 5:30 p.m.
San Diego vs. San Francisco — BYUtv, 9 p.m.
Santa Clara vs. Gonzaga — BYUtv, 11:30 p.m.

Golf
PGA Tour
WGC-Cadillac Championship, Trump National Doral (Blue Monster), Doral, FL
1st Round — Golf Channel, 1 p.m.

Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, noon

LPGA Tour
HSBC Champions, Sentosa Golf Club (Serapong Course), Sentosa Island, Singapore
2nd Round — Golf Channel, midnight

La Liga
Rayo Vallecano de Madrid vs. Barcelona — beIN Sports 2:55 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC Tonight — FS1, 6 p.m.
UFC Ultimate Insider: Best of Conor McGregor — FS1, 10 p.m.
UFC Fight Flashback: Mendes vs. McGregor — FS1, 10:30 p.m.

MLB Spring Training
Houston vs. Philadelphia — MLB Network/The Comcast Network, 1 p.m.
Chicago White Sox vs. Los Angeles Dodgers — SportsNet LA, 3 p.m./MLB Network, 10 p.m. (same day coverage)
Cincinnati vs. Cleveland — STO, 3 p.m.
Oakland vs. Anaheim Angels — Fox Sports West, 3 p.m.
Boston vs. Minnesota — MLB Network/NESN/Fox Sports North, 7 p.m.

Hot Stove — MLB Network, 9 a.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 6 p.m.

NASCAR
NASCAR Race Hub — FS1, 5 p.m.
NASCAR America — NBCSN, 5 p.m.

NBA
San Antonio at New Orleans — TNT, 8 p.m.
Oklahoma City at Golden State — TNT, 10:30 p.m.

NFL
NFL HQ — NFL Network, 8 a.m.
NFL Insiders — ESPN, 2 p.m.
NFL Live — ESPN, 2:30 p.m.
Path to the Draft — NFL Network, 6 p.m.

NHL
Calgary at Buffalo — Sportsnet One/MSG Buffalo, 7 p.m.
Chicago at Boston — Sportsnet (East/Pacific/360)/TVA Sports/Comcast SportsNet Chicago/NESN, 7 p.m.
Edmonton at Philadelphia — Sportsnet West/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
New York Rangers at Pittsburgh — NHL Network/MSG Network/Root Sports Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
Minnesota at Toronto — Fox Sports North/Sportsnet Ontario, 7:30 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Ottawa — RDS/Sun Sports/TSN5, 7:30 p.m.
New Jersey at Nashville — MSG Plus 2/Fox Sports Tennessee, 8 p.m.
New York Islanders at Winnipeg — MSG Plus/TSN3, 8 p.m.
Anaheim at Arizona — Fox Sports Prime Ticket/Fox Sports Arizona Plus, 9 p.m.
Florida at Colorado — Fox Sports Florida/Altitude, 9 p.m.
San Jose at Vancouver — Comcast SportsNet California/Sportsnet Pacific, 10 p.m.
Montreal at Los Angeles — RDS/Sportsnet East/Fox Sports West, 10:30 p.m.

Hockey Central @ noon — Sportsnet/NHL Network, noon
NHL Live — NHL Network, 5 p.m.
Hockey Central — Sportsnet One/West, 6:30 p.m.
Hockey Central: Maple Leafs Pregame — Sportsnet Ontario, 7 p.m.
Hockey Central: Canucks Pregame — Sportsnet Pacific, 9:30 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 10 p.m.
On the Fly: Bonus Coverage — NHL Network, 11 p.m.

Soccer
Women’s International Friendly
She Believes Cup, Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, FL
United States vs. England — FS1, 7:30 p.m.

ESPN FC — ESPNews, 6 p.m.
The Express Xtra — beIN Sports, 10 p.m.

Sports Talk
Sport Today — BBC World News, 5:45 a.m.
Boomer & Carton — CBS Sports Network, 6 a.m.
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 7 a.m.
The Dan Patrick Show — Audience Network (AT&T U-Verse/DirecTV)/NBCSN, 9 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 9:45 a.m.
The Dan Le Batard Show With Stugotz — ESPNU, 10 a.m.
The Rich Eisen Show — Audience Network (AT&T U-Verse/DirecTV)/Root Sports (Northwest/Southwest), noon
BYU Sports Nation — BYUtv, noon
His & Hers — ESPN2, noon
Russillo and Kanell — ESPNews, 1 p.m.
Outside the Lines — ESPN, 1:30 p.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 1:45 p.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 2:30 p.m.
The Doug Gottlieb Show — CBS Sports Network, 3 p.m.
SportsNation — ESPN, 4 p.m.
Highly Questionable — ESPN, 4:30 p.m.
The Paul Finebaum Show — SEC Network, 4:30 p.m.
Around the Horn — ESPN, 5 p.m.
Pardon the Interruption — ESPN, 5:30 p.m.
Time to Schein — CBS Sports Network, 6 p.m.
SEC Now — SEC Network, 10:30 p.m.
SportsCenter at Night With Scott Van Pelt — ESPN2, midnight
Contacto Deportivo — Univision/Univision Deportes, midnight
Fox Sports Live with Jay and Dan — FS1, 1 a.m. (Friday)
Jalen & Jacoby — ESPN2, 1:30 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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