Primetime & Late Night Viewing Picks

Arena Football
Georgia Force at Tampa Bay Storm — NFL Network, 8 p.m.

College Basketball
Men’s
National Invitation Tournament

2nd Round
Northwestern at Washington — ESPNU, 10 p.m.

NCAA Tournament
2nd Round
East Region
Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, TN
Announcers: CBS/Turner — Ian Eagle/Jim Spanarkel/Lewis Johnson (sidelines); Dial Global Radio — Brad Sham/Pete Gillen

#6 Cincinnati vs. #11 Texas — CBS, 12:15 p.m.
#3 Florida State vs. #14 St. Bonaventure — CBS, 2:45 p.m.

Midwest Region
Nationwide Arena, Columbus, OH
Announcers: CBS/Turner — Tim Brando/Mike Gminski/Otis Livingston (sidelines); Dial Global Radio — Wayne Larrivee/John Thompson
#6 San Diego State vs. #11 North Carolina State — truTV, 12:40 p.m.
#3 Georgetown vs. #14 Belmont – truTV, 3:10 p.m.

Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, NC
Announcers: CBS/Turner — Jim Nantz/Clark Kellogg/Tracy Wolfson (sidelines); Dial Global Radio — Gary Cohen/Reid Gettys
#8 Creighton vs. #9 Alabama — TBS, 1:40 p.m.
#1 North Carolina vs. #16 Vermont — TBS, 4:10 p.m.

Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, TN
Announcers: CBS/Turner — Ian Eagle/Jim Spanarkel/Lewis Johnson (sidelines); Dial Global Radio — Brad Sham/Pete Gillen

#4 Michigan vs. #13 Ohio — TNT, 7:20 p.m.
#5 Temple vs. #12 South Florida — TNT, 9:50 p.m.

CenturyLink Arena, Omaha, NE
Announcers: CBS/Turner — Marv Albert/Steve Kerr/Craig Sager (sidelines); Dial Global Radio — Kevin Kugler/Tom Brennan

#7 St. Mary’s vs. #10 Purdue — truTV, 7:27 p.m.
#2 Kansas vs. #15 Detroit — truTV, 9:57 p.m.

South Region
Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, NC
Announcers: CBS/Turner — Jim Nantz/Clark Kellogg/Tracy Wolfson (sidelines); Dial Global Radio — Gary Cohen/Reid Gettys
#2 Duke vs. #15 Lehigh — CBS, 7:15 p.m.
#7 Notre Dame vs. #10 Xavier — CBS, 9:45 p.m.

West Region
CenturyLink Arena, Omaha, NE
Announcers: CBS/Turner — Marv Albert/Steve Kerr/Craig Sager (sidelines); Dial Global Radio — Kevin Kugler/Tom Brennan

#7 Florida vs. #10 Virginia — TNT, 2:10 p.m.
#2 Missouri vs. #15 Norfolk State — TNT, 4:40 p.m.

Nationwide Arena, Columbus, OH
Announcers: CBS/Turner — Tim Brando/Mike Gminski/Otis Livingston (sidelines); Dial Global Radio — Wayne Larrivee/John Thompson
#8 Memphis vs. #9 St. Louis — TBS, 6:50 p.m.
#1 Michigan State vs. #16 LIU — TBS, 9:20 p.m.

NCAA Tip Off — truTV, 11 a.m.
Full Court Press — CBS Sports Network, 2 p.m.
Tournament Countdown: ESPNU College Basketball Whiparound — ESPNU, 2 p.m.
College GameDay — ESPN, 4 p.m.
College Basketball Live — ESPN2, 6:30 p.m.
Inside March Madness — truTV, 12:30 a.m. (Friday)

College Hockey
Hockey East Tournament, TD Garden, Boston, MA
Semifinals
Boston College vs. Providence College — NBC Sports Network/NESN, 5 p.m.
Boston University vs. Maine — NBC Sports Network/NESN, 8 p.m.

CCHA Tournament, Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, MI
Semifinals
Miami (OH) vs. Western Michigan — Fox Sports Detroit Plus, 4:30 p.m.
Bowling Green vs. Michigan — Fox Sports Detroit Plus, 8 p.m.

WCHA Final Five, Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul, MN
Semifinals
Fox Sports North/Root Sports Rocky Mountain, 3 p.m.
Fox Sports North/Root Sports Rocky Mountain, 8 p.m.

College Lacrosse
North Carolina at Duke — ESPNU, 5 p.m.

College Wrestling
NCAA Division I Championship, Scottrade Center, St. Louis, MO
Quarterfinals — ESPNU, 11 a.m.
Semifinals — ESPNU, 7 p.m.

Golf
Champions Tour: Toshiba Classic, 1st Round — Golf Channel, 8:30 p.m. (same day coverage)
LPGA Tour: LPGA Founders Cup, 2nd Round — Golf Channel, 6:30 p.m.
PGA Tour: Transitions Championship, 2nd Round — Golf Channel, 3 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
Bellator Fighting Championships 61 — MTV2, 8 p.m.
The Ultimate Fighter Live — FX, 10 p.m.

MLB
Detroit vs. New York Mets — MLB Network/SNY, 1 p.m.
Washington vs. New York Yankees — YES, 1 p.m.
Cleveland vs. Anaheim Angels — Fox Sports West, 4 p.m.
Texas vs. Los Angeles Dodgers — MLB Network/Fox Sports Prime Ticket, 4 p.m.
Houston vs. Atlanta — Fox Sports South, 6 p.m./MLB Network, 10 p.m.

30 Clubs in 30 Days: Texas Rangers — MLB Network, 7 p.m.
Clubhouse Confidential — MLB Network, 7:30 p.m.
MLB Tonight Live — MLB Network, 9 p.m.

NBA
Miami at Philadelphia — ESPN, 7 p.m.
San Antonio at Oklahoma City — ESPN, 9:30 p.m.

NHL
Montreal at Ottawa — CBC/RDS, 7 p.m.
Chicago at Dallas — Comcast SportsNet Chicago Plus/Fox Sports Southwest, 8:30 p.m.
Washington at Winnipeg — Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic Plus/TSN-Jets, 8:30 p.m.
Calgary at Edmonton — Rogers Sportsnet West, 9:30 p.m.
Los Angeles at Anaheim — Fox Sports Prime Ticket/KDOC, 10 p.m.

NHL Live — NHL Network, 5 p.m.
NHL on the Fly — NHL Network, 7 p.m.
NHL Live — NBC Sports Network, 7:30 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 10 p.m.
NHL Overtime — NBC Sports Network, 10:30 p.m.

Skiing
FIS Alpine Ski World Cup Final, Schlamding, Austria
Women’s Downhill — Universal Sports, 11 a.m. (from 3/14)
Men’s Downhill — Universal Sports, 2 p.m. (from 3/14)

Sports Talk
The Dan Patrick Show — Audience Network (DirecTV)/Fox Sports Net, 9 a.m.
Tim Brando Show — CBS Sports Network, 10 a.m.
The Box Score — Audience Network (DirecTV)/DanPatrick.com, noon
The Scott Van Pelt Show — ESPNews, 1 p.m.
Numbers Never Lie — ESPN2, 3 p.m.
Pardon the Interruption — ESPNews, 6:30 p.m.
CNBC Sports Biz: Game On! — NBC Sports Network, 11:30 p.m.

Tennis
BNP Paribas Open, Indian Wells, CA
Men’s Quarterfinal — ESPN2, 4 p.m.
Men’s Quarterfinal — Tennis Channel, 6 p.m.
Women’s Semifinal — Tennis Channel, 9 p.m.
Women’s Semifinal — ESPN2, 11 p.m.

Entertainment
Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Revenge (season finale) — Cartoon Network, 8 p.m.
Nikita — The CW, 8 p.m.
Alaska Wing Men: Man Down — National Geographic Channel, 8 p.m.
Primetime: What Would You Do? — ABC, 9 p.m.
America’s Most Wanted — Lifetime (The Network That Hates Men), 9 p.m.
20/20 — ABC, 10 p.m.
Dateline NBC — NBC, 10 p.m.
Spartacus: Vengeance — Starz, 10 p.m.
The Girl’s Guide to Depravity — Cinemax, 11 p.m.

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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