Thursday’s Viewing Picks

College Baseball
Notre Dame at Virginia Tech — ESPN3, 5:30 p.m.
Oklahoma State at Kansas State — FS1, 7 p.m.
TCU at Texas — Longhorn Network, 7 p.m.
LSU at Texas A&M — SEC Network, 7 p.m.
Cal Poly at Wichita State — ESPN3, 7:30 p.m.
Mississippi Valley State at Lipscomb — ESPN3, 7:30 p.m.
North Carolina-Asheville at Liberty — ESPN3, 7:30 p.m.
Oklahoma at Texas Tech — Fox College Sports Central, 7:30 p.m.
Georgia at Mississippi State — SEC Network Plus, 7:30 p.m.
South Carolina at Mississippi — SEC Network Plus, 7:30 p.m.
Loyola Marymount at BYU — BYUtv, 8 p.m.
Oregon at Washington — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Oregon/Pac-12 Washington, 10 p.m.

College Basketball
Men’s
CollegeInsider.com Tournament
Quarterfinal (Home Site)
Texas-Arlington at New Jersey Institute of Technology — ESPN3, 7:30 p.m.

NCAA Tournament
Regional Semifinals
South Region, KFC! Yum Center, Louisville, KY
Villanova vs. Miami (FL) — CBS, 7:10 p.m.
Kansas vs. Maryland — CBS, 9:40 p.m.

West Region, Honda Center, Anaheim, CA
Oklahoma vs. Texas A&M — TBS, 7:37 p.m.
Oregon vs. Duke — TBS, 9:57 p.m.

NCAA Basketball Tournament Press Conference: Sweet 16: Notre Dame vs. Wisconsin Pregame — Big Ten Network, 1 p.m.
NCAA Basketball Tournament Press Conference: Sweet 16: North Carolina vs. Indiana Pregame — Big Ten Network, 2 p.m.
NCAA March Madness Bracket Breakdown — CBS Sports Network, 4 p.m.
NCAA Tip-Off — TBS, 6 p.m.
NCAA March Madness 360 — CBS Sports Network, 9 p.m.
NCAA March Madness 360 — CBS Sports Network, 11:30 p.m.
NCAA Basketball Tournament Press Conference: Sweet 16: Kansas vs. Maryland Postgame — Big Ten Network, midnight
B1G Basketball & Beyond: Tournament Edition — Big Ten Network, 12:30 a.m. (Friday)
Inside March Madness — TBS, 12:30 a.m. (Friday)
College GameDay Scoreboard — ESPN2, 1 a.m. (Friday)

NCAA Division II Championship
Semifinals, Dr. Pepper Arena, Frisco, TX
Lincoln Memorial vs. West Liberty — CBS Sports Network, 7 p.m.
Augustana (SD) vs. Western Oregon — CBS Sports Network, 9:30 p.m.

College Softball
Mississippi Valley State at Texas Southern — ESPNU, 5 p.m.
Cal at Oregon State — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Bay Area/Pac-12 Oregon, 6 p.m.
Washington at UCLA — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Washington/Pac-12 Los Angeles, 8 p.m.
Utah at Arizona — Pac-12 Mountain/Pac-12 Arizona, 10 p.m.

College Volleyball
Men’s
USC at Stanford — Pac-12 Los Angeles/Pac-12 Bay Area, 10 p.m.

Curling
World’s Women’s Curling Championships, Credit Union iPlex, Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada
USA vs. Sweden — NBCSN, 9 p.m.

Golf
PGA Tour
Puerto Rico Open, Coco Beach Golf & Country Club (Championship Course), Rio Grande, Puerto Rico
1st Round — Golf Channel, 10:30 a.m.

PGA Tour
WGC-Dell Match Play, Austin Country Club, Austin, TX
Day 2: Round Robin — Golf Channel, 2 p.m.

Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, 1:30 p.m.

LPGA Tour
Kia Classic, Park Hyatt Aviara Golf Club, Carlsbad, CA
1st Round — Golf Channel, 8 p.m. (same day coverage)

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC Tonight — FS1, 6 p.m.
UFC Main Event: Johnson vs. Moraga — FS1, 10 p.m.

MLB Spring Training
Houston vs. New York Mets — MLB Network/SNY, 1 p.m.
Anaheim Angels vs. Chicago White Sox — Fox Sports West/Comcast SportsNet Chicago, 4 p.m.
Kansas City vs. Milwaukee — MLB Network/Fox Sports Kansas City/Fox Sports Wisconsin, 4 p.m.
Seattle vs. Colorado — Root Sports Rocky Mountain, 4 p.m.
Philadelphia vs. Atlanta — Fox Sports Southeast, 6 p.m.
Chicago Cubs vs. San Francisco — ESPN, 7 p.m.
Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Cleveland — MLB Network/SportsNet LA, 10 p.m.

Baseball Tonight — ESPN2, 6 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 7 p.m.
The Baseball Tonight 100 — ESPN, 10 p.m.

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

NBA
New Orleans at Indiana — NBA TV, 7 p.m.

The Jump — ESPN, 3:30 p.m.
The Starters — NBA TV, 5:30 p.m.
10 Before Tip — NBA TV, 6 p.m.
NBA TV Pregame — NBA TV, 6:30 p.m.
NBA GameTime Postgame — NBA TV, 9:30 p.m.
NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 10:30 p.m.
NBA Tonight — ESPN2, midnight

NBA D-League
Texas Legends at Austin Spurs — ESPNU, 8 p.m.
Idaho Stampede at Santa Cruz Warriors — ESPNU, 10 p.m.

NFL
NFL HQ — NFL Network, 8 a.m.
Path to the Draft: Pro Day: North Dakota State Pro Day — NFL Network, 11 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
Carolina at Columbus — Fox Sports Carolina/Fox Sports Ohio, 7 p.m.
Florida at Boston — TVA Sports/Fox Sports Florida/NESN, 7 p.m.
New Jersey at Pittsburgh — MSG Plus/Root Sports Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
Anaheim at Toronto — NHL Network/Fox Sports Prime Ticket/Sportsnet Ontario, 7:30 p.m.
Montreal at Detroit — NHL Network/RDS/Sportsnet East/Fox Sports Detroit, 7:30 p.m.
Calgary at Minnesota — Sportsnet West/Fox Sports North, 8 p.m.
Los Angeles at Winnipeg — Fox Sports West/TSN3, 8 p.m.
Vancouver at Nashville — Sportsnet 360/Sportsnet Pacific/Fox Sports Tennessee, 8 p.m.
Philadelphia at Colorado — Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia/Altitude, 9 p.m.
Dallas at Arizona — Fox Sports Southwest/Fox Sports Arizona, 10 p.m.
Edmonton at San Jose — Sportsnet Oilers/Comcast SportsNet California, 10:30 p.m.

Hockey Central @ noon — Sportsnet/NHL Network, noon
NHL Live — NHL Network, 5 p.m.
Hockey Central: Canadiens Pregame — Sportsnet East, 7 p.m.
Hockey Central: Maple Leafs Pregame — Sportsnet Ontario, 7 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 7 p.m.
Hockey Central: Canucks Pregame — Sportsnet 360/Sportsnet Pacific, 7:30 p.m.
Hockey Central: Flames Pregame — Sportsnet West, 7:30 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 10:30 p.m.
On the Fly: Bonus Coverage — NHL Network, 12:30 a.m. (Friday)

Soccer
Men’s
FIFA CONMEBOL World Cup Qualifying

Matchday 5, Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito, Ecuador
Ecuador vs. Paraguay — beIN Sports, 5 p.m.

Matchday 5, Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz, Bolivia
Bolivia vs. Colombia — beIN Sports, 7 p.m. (same day cvoerage)

Matchday 5, Estadio Nacional de Lima, Lima, Peru
Peru vs. Venezuela — beIN Sports, 10:05 p.m. (same day coverage)

International Friendly, Friuli Stadium, Udine, Friuli-Venezia Guilia, Italy
Italy vs. Spain — ESPN2, 3;30 p.m.

ESPN FC — ESPN2, 5:45 p.m.
ESPN FC — ESPNews, 6 p.m.
The Express Xtra — beIN Sports, 9 p.m.

Sports Talk
Boomer & Carton — CBS Sports Network, 6 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 6:45 a.m.
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 7 a.m.
The Dan Patrick Show — Audience Network (AT&T U-Verse/DirecTV)/NBCSN, 9 a.m.
The Dan Le Batard Show With Stugotz — ESPNU, 10 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 10:45 a.m.
The Rich Eisen Show — Audience Network (AT&T U-Verse/DirecTV)/Root Sports (Northwest/Pittsburgh/Rocky Mountain), 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, 2:45 p.m.
The Paul Finebaum Show — SEC Network, 3 p.m.
SportsNation — ESPN, 4 p.m.
Highly Questionable — ESPN, 4:30 p.m.
Around the Horn — ESPN, 5 p.m.
Pardon the Interruption — ESPN, 5:30 p.m.
BTN Live — Big Ten Network, 6 p.m.
SEC Storied: Dominque Belongs to Us — ESPNU, 7 p.m.
30 for 30: 9.79 — ESPN2, 7:30 p.m.
30 for 30: Fantastic Lies — ESPN2, 9 p.m.
SEC Now — SEC Network, 10 p.m.
Fox Sports Live with Jay and Dan — FS1, 11 p.m.
TMZ Sports — FS1, midnight
SportsCenter at Night With Scott Van Pelt — ESPN, midnight
Contacto Deportivo — Univision/Univision Deportes, midnight
Jalen & Jacoby — ESPN2, 12:30 a.m. (Friday)

Tennis
ATP/WTA Tour
Miami Open, Tennis Center at Crandon Park, Miami, FL
Men’s 1st Round/Women’s 2nd Round — Tennis Channel, 11 a.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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