Thursday’s Viewing Picks

Australian Rules Football
NAB Challenge, Fremantle Oval, Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia
Fremantle Dockers vs. Melbourne Demons — Fox Soccer Plus, 3 a.m.

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

Missouri Valley Conference Tournament, Scottrade Center, St. Louis, MO
1st Round
Missouri State vs. Southern Illinois — Fox College Sports Central, 7 p.m.
Drake vs. Bradley — Fox College Sports Central, 9:30 p.m.

Wisconsin at Minnesota — ESPN, 7 p.m.
Arkansas at South Carolina — ESPN2, 7 p.m.
Temple at East Carolina — ESPN, 7 p.m.
Western Kentucky at Charlotte — Fox College Sports Atlantic, 7 p.m.
Marshall at Old Dominion — American Sports Network, 8 p.m.
Southern Mississippi at Louisiana Tech — CBS Sports Network, 8 p.m.
Portland State at Northern Arizona — Fox College Sports Pacific, 8 p.m.
Cal at Arizona — ESPN, 9 p.m.
Memphis at UConn — ESPN2, 9 p.m.
Virginia Commonwealth at Davidson — ESPNU, 9 p.m.
Colorado at Washington — Fox Sports 1, 9 p.m.
Utah at Washington State — ESPNU, 11 p.m.
Stanford at Arizona State — Fox Sports 1, 11 p.m.

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

Big Ten Tournament, Sears Centre Arena, Hoffman Estates, IL
2nd Round
Michigan vs. Michigan State — Big Ten Network, 12:30 p.m.
Rutgers vs. Indiana — Big Ten Network, 3 p.m.
Illinois vs. Nebraska — Big Ten Network, 7 p.m.
Minnesota vs. Purdue — Big Ten Network, 9:30 p.m.

Big Ten Game Break — Big Ten Network, 2:30 p.m.
Big Ten Game Break — Big Ten Network, 9 p.m.
BTN Basketball Report — Big Ten Network, 12:30 a.m. (Friday)

Pac-12 Tournament, Key Arena, Seattle, WA
1st Round
Oregon vs. Washington State — Pac-12 Networks, 2:30 p.m.
Arizona vs. UCLA — Pac-12 Networks, 5 p.m.
Colorado vs. USC — Pac-12 Networks, 9 p.m.
Utah vs. Washington — Pac-12 Networks, 11:30 p.m.

Pac-12 Basketball Postgame Report — Pac-12 Networks, 4:30 p.m.
Pac-12 Basketball Postgame Report — Pac-12 Networks, 11 p.m.
Pac-12 Basketball Postgame Report — Pac-12 Networks, 1:30 a.m. (Friday)

SEC Tournament, Verizon Arena, Little Rock, AR
2nd Round
Mississippi vs. Arkansas — SEC Network, 1 p.m.
Texas A&M vs. Auburn — SEC Network, 3:30 p.m.
Georgia vs. Missouri — SEC Network, 6 p.m.
Kentucky vs. Vanderbilt — SEC Network, 8:30 p.m.

West Coast Conference Tournament, Orleans Arena, Las Vegas, NV
1st Round
Loyola Marymount vs. Pepperdine — BYUtv, 3 p.m.
Santa Clara vs. Portland — BYUtv, 5:30 p.m.

Quarterfinals
Pacific vs. San Francisco — BYUtv, 9 p.m.
St. Mary’s vs. BYU — BYUtv, 11:30 p.m.

Inside College Basketball — CBS Sports Network, 7 p.m.
College Basketball Live — ESPN2, 11 p.m.
Inside College Basketball — CBS Sports Network, midnight

CONCACAF Champions League
Quarterfinal, 2nd Leg, Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero, Heredia, Costa Rica
Herediano vs. Olimpia — Fox Sports 2/Univision Deportes, 8 p.m.

CONCACAF U-17 Championship
Group A, Estadio Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula, Honduras
Guatemala vs. United States — Fox Sports 2/Univision Deportes, 6 p.m.

Golf
European PGA Tour
Africa Open, East London Golf Club, East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa
1st Round — Golf Channel, 7:30 a.m.

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

Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, noon

PGA Tour
Puerto Rico Open, Trump International Golf Club Puerto Rico (Championship Course), Rio Grande, Puerto Rico
1st Round — Golf Channel, 6 p.m. (same day coverage)

MLB Spring Training
Cleveland vs. Cincinnati — STO/Fox Sports Ohio, 3 p.m.
Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Chicago White Sox — MLB Network/SportsNet LA, 3 p.m.
Milwaukee vs. Anaheim Angels — Fox Sports Wisconsin/Fox Sports West, 3 p.m.
San Diego vs. Seattle — Root Sports Northwest, 3 p.m.
Boston vs. Minnesota — MLB Network/Fox Sports North, 7 p.m.
Toronto vs. Baltimore — MASN, 7 p.m./MLB Network, 11 p.m.

MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 10 p.m.

NASCAR
NASCAR America — NBCSN, 5 p.m.
NASCAR Race Hub — Fox Sports 1, 6 p.m.

NBA
Oklahoma City at Chicago — TNT, 8 p.m.
Dallas at Portland — TNT, 10:30 p.m.

NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 7 p.m.
Inside the NBA — TNT, 1 a.m. (Friday)

NFL
NFL Insiders — ESPN, 3:30 p.m.
NFL Live — ESPN, 4 p.m.
Path to the Draft — NFL Network, 6 p.m.
Sound FX: Super Bowls — NFL Network, 9 p.m.

NHL
Calgary at Boston — Sportsnet West/NESN, 7 p.m.
Minnesota at Washington — Fox Sports North/Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic, 7 p.m.
St. Louis at Philadelphia — Sportsnet 360/NHL Network (US)/Fox Sports Midwest/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
Dallas at Florida — Fox Sports Southwest/Fox Sports Florida, 7:30 p.m.
Toronto at Tampa Bay — TVA Sports/Sportsnet Ontario/Sun Sports, 7:30 p.m.
New York Islanders at Nashville — MSG Plus/Fox Sports Tennessee, 8 p.m.
Vancouver at Arizona — Sportsnet Pacific/Fox Sports Arizona, 9 p.m.
Montreal at Los Angeles — RDS/Sportsnet East/Fox Sports West, 10:30 p.m.

Hockey Central @ noon — Sportsnet (East/Ontario)/NHL Network (US), noon
NHL Live — NHL Network, 5 p.m.
Hockey Central: Maple Leafs Pregame — Sportsnet Ontario, 7 p.m.
Hockey Central: Canucks Pregame — Sportsnet Pacific, 8:30 p.m.
Hockey Central — Sportsnet 360, 9:30 p.m.
Hockey Central: Canadiens Pregame — Sportsnet East, 10 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 10 p.m.

Sports Talk
Radius: Triple Threat Legs-Natalie — NBCSN, 6 a.m.
Boomer & Carton — CBS Sports Network, 6 a.m.
NFL AM — NFL Network, 6 a.m.
Radius: Camera Ready 1-2-3 — NBCSN, 6:30 a.m.
The Dan Patrick Show — Audience Network (DirecTV)/NBCSN, 9 a.m.
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 10:30 a.m.
The Rich Eisen Show — Audience Network (DirecTV), noon
His & Hers — ESPN2, noon
SVP & Russillo — ESPNews, 1 p.m.
The Mike Francesa Show — Fox Sports 1, 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.
SportsNation — ESPN2, 3 p.m.
Highly Questionable — ESPN2, 4 p.m.
Olbermann — ESPN2, 5 p.m.
America’s Pregame — Fox Sports 1, 5 p.m.
The Mike Francesa Show — Fox Sports 2, 5 p.m.
Pardon the Interruption — ESPN, 5:30 p.m.
The Paul Finebaum Show — SEC Network, 5:30 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.
BTN Live — Big Ten Network, 6 p.m.
ESPN Recruiting Nation — ESPNU, 6 p.m.
SEC Now — SEC Network, 11:30 p.m.

Tennis
WTA Tour
Abierto Monterrey, Club Sonoma, Monterrey, MexicoRound of 16 — Tennis Channel, 11 p.m.

Entertainment
The Big Bang Theory — CBS, 8 p.m.
The Slap — NBC, 8 p.m.
Thunderball — Encore, 8 p.m.
Fierce People — Showcase, 8 p.m.
Mighty Joe Young — The Movie Channel, 8 p.m.
Backstrom — Fox, 9 p.m.
After the First 48: Kiss of Death — A&E, 9 p.m.
Ice Cold Gold: Back to the Beast — Animal Planet, 9 p.m.
Morgan Spurlock: Inside Man: Honey Bee-Ware — CNN, 9 p.m.
Expedition Unknown: Mayan Apocalypse — Travel Channel, 9 p.m.
Mom — CBS, 9:30 p.m.
Beat Bobby Flay: Foreign Relations (season premiere) — Food Network, 10 p.m.
Archer: Pocket Listing — FX, 10 p.m.
Portlandia: You Can Call Me Al — IFC, 10 p.m.
American Crime (series premiere) — ABC, 10 p.m.
Ice Cold Gold: Adapt or Die — Animal Planet, 10 p.m.
American Greed: The Real Wolf of Wall Street — CNBC, 10 p.m.
My Big Fat Operation: All About the Stones — Discovery Life Channel, 10 p.m.
Vikings: Warrior’s Fate — History Channel, 10 p.m.
The Mind of a Murderer: Evil Rider — Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m.
UFO Conspiracies: UFO Dogfight — Science Channel, 10 p.m.
Around the World in 80 Days — The Movie Channel, 10 p.m.
Dig: Pilot (series premiere) — USA Network, 10 p.m.
Nightwatch: 100 Percent, Every Time — A&E, 10:01 p.m.
Duff Till Dawn: Fairies Vs. Goblins (season finale) — Food Network, 10:30 p.m.
House Hunters International: Gurgaon, India — HGTV, 10:30 p.m.
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart: Gerald Posner — Comedy Central, 11 p.m.
E! News — E!, 11 p.m.
Fletch Lives — IFC, 11 p.m.
Conan — TBS, 11 p.m.
The Nightly Show With Larry Wilmore — Comedy Central, 11:31 p.m.
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — NBC, 11:34 p.m.
Jimmy Kimmel Live — ABC, 11:35 p.m.
Animation Domination — FXX, midnight
At Midnight With Chris Hardwick: Trevor Moore, Heather Anne Campbell; Nick Thune — Comedy Central, 12:01 a.m. (Friday)
This Is Not Happening: Wonder Years — Comedy Central, 12:31 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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