Thursday’s Viewing Picks

College Baseball
Pacific at BYU — BYUtv, 8 p.m.
Cal at USC — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Bay Area/Pac-12 Los Angeles, 10 p.m.

College Basketball
Men’s
National Invitation Tournament
2nd Round (Home Sites)
Florida State at Valparaiso — ESPNews, 7 p.m.

NCAA Tournament
1st Round
West Region, Providence Civic Center, Providence, RI
North Carolina-Wilmington vs. Duke — CBS, 12:15 p.m.
Yale vs. Baylor — CBS, 2:45 p.m.

Midwest Region, PNC Arena, Raleigh, NC
Texas Tech vs. Butler — truTV, 12:40 p.m.
Hampton vs. Virginia — truTV, 3:10 p.m.

South Region, Wells Fargo Arena, Des Moines, IA
UConn vs. Colorado — TNT, 1:30 p.m.
Austin Peay vs. Kansas — TNT, 4 p.m.

Midwest Region, Pepsi Center, Denver, CO
Iona vs. Iowa State — TBS, 2 p.m.
Little Rock vs. Purdue — TBS, 4:30 p.m.

South Region, Providence Civic Center, Providence, RI
Buffalo vs. Miami — TNT, 6:50 p.m.
Wichita State vs. Arizona — TNT, 9:20 p.m.

East Region, Wells Fargo Arena, Des Moines, IA
Chattanooga vs. Indiana — CBS, 7 p.m.
Stony Brooks vs. Kentucky — CBS, 9:30 p.m.

East Region, PNC Arena, Raleigh, NC
Florida Gulf Coast vs. North Carolina — TBS, 7:20 p.m.
Providence vs. USC — TBS, 9:50 p.m.

Midwest Region, Pepsi Center, Denver, CO
Fresno State vs. Utah — truTV, 7:27 p.m.
Gonzaga vs. Seton Hall — truTV, 9:57 p.m.

NCAA Tip-Off — truTV, noon
College GameDay — ESPN, 5 p.m.
NCAA March Madness 360 — CBS Sports Network, 6 p.m.
NCAA Press Conferences — truTV, 6:30 p.m.
NCAA Tip-Off — truTV, 7 p.m.
NCAA March Madness 360 — CBS Sports Network, 10 p.m.
B1G Basketball & Beyond: Tournament Edition — Big Ten Network, midnight
Inside March Madness — truTV, 12:30 a.m. (Friday)

College Hockey
Men’s
Big Ten Tournament
Quarterfinals, Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul, MN
Wisconsin vs. Penn State — Big Ten Network, 5 p.m.
Michigan State vs. Ohio State — Big Ten Network, 8:30 p.m.

College Wrestling
NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships, Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
1st Round — ESPNU, noon
1st Round — ESPNU, 7 p.m.

Formula 1
Australian Grand Prix, Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Practice 1 — NBCSN, 9:30 p.m.

APEX: The Story of the Hypercar — NBCSN, 11:30 p.m.

Golf
Asian/European Tour
Indian Open, Delhi Golf Club (Lodhi Course), New Delhi, India
1st Open — Golf Channel, 5 a.m. (same day coverage)

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
Founders Cup, Wildfire Golf Club, Phoenix, AZ
1st Round — Golf Channel, 6 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC Tonight — FS1, 7 p.m.

MLB Spring Training
New York Yankees vs. Pittsburgh — Root Sports Pittsburgh, 1 p.m.
St. Louis vs. Detroit — MLB Network/Fox Sports Detroit, 1 p.m.
Tampa Bay vs. Philadelphia — The Comcast Network, 1 p.m.
Toronto (SS) vs. Houston — Root Sports Houston, 1 p.m.
Anaheim Angels vs. Colorado — MLB Network/Fox Sports West, 4 p.m.
Arizona vs. Chicago Cubs — ESPN, 7 p.m.
San Francisco vs. San Diego — MLB Network/Fox Sports San Diego, 10 p.m.

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

NASCAR
NASCAR America — NBCSN, 5 p.m.
NASCAR Race Hub — FS1, 6 p.m.

NBA
Portland at San Antonio — NBA TV, 8:30 p.m.

The Jump — ESPN, 3:30 p.m.
10 Before Tip — NBA TV, 6:30 p.m.
NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 7 p.m.
NBA TV Pregame — NBA TV, 8 p.m.
NBA GameTime Postgame — NBA TV, 11 p.m.
NBA Tonight — ESPN2, midnight
NBA GameTime — NBA TV, midnight

NFL
NFL HQ — NFL Network, 8 a.m.
NFL Insiders — ESPN, 2:30 p.m.
NFL Live — ESPN, 3:30 p.m.
Path to the Draft — NFL Network, 6 p.m.

NHL
Carolina at Pittsburgh — Fox Sports Carolinas/Root Sports Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
Detroit at Columbus — Fox Sports Detroit/Fox Sports Ohio, 7 p.m.
Minnesota at New Jersey — Fox Sports North/MSG Network, 7 p.m.
Florida at Toronto — TVA Sports/Fox Sports Florida/Sportsnet Ontario, 7:30 p.m.
New York Islanders at Nashville — Sportsnet 360/MSG Plus/Fox Sports Tennessee, 8 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Dallas — Sun Sports/Fox Sports Southwest, 8:30 p.m.
San Jose at Arizona — Comcast SportsNet California/Fox Sports Arizona Plus, 10 p.m.
New York Rangers at Los Angeles — NHL Network/Sportsnet 360/MSG Network/Fox Sports West, 10:30 p.m.

Hockey Central @ noon — Sportsnet/NHL Network, noon
NHL Live — NHL Network, 5 p.m.
Hockey Central: Maple Leafs Pregame — Sportsnet Ontario, 7 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 7 p.m.
NHL Tonight: Bonus Coverage — NHL Network, 9 p.m.
NHL Tonight: Pregame — NHL Network, 10 p.m.

Skiing
FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup Finals, St. Moritz, Switzerland
Men’s Super G — NBCSN, 6 a.m.
Ladies Super G — NBCSN, 7 a.m. (same day coverage)

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

Sports Talk
Boomer & Carton — CBS Sports Network, 6 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 6:45 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.
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 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/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 Doug Gottlieb Show — CBS Sports Network, 3 p.m.
The Paul Finebaum Show — SEC Network, 3 p.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 3:30 p.m.
SportsNation — ESPN, 4 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
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.

Tennis Channel Live at the BNP Paribas Open — Tennis Channel, 1 p.m.

UEFA Europa League
Round of 16, 2nd Leg, BayArena, Leverkusen, Germany
Bayer Leverkusen vs. Villarreal — FS1, 2 p.m.

Round of 16, 2nd Leg, Estadi de Mestalla, Valencia, Spain
Valencia vs. Athletic Club de Bilbao — FS1, 2 p.m.

Round of 16, 2nd Leg, Old Trafford, Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Manchester United vs. Liverpool — FS1, 4 p.m.

Round of 16, 2nd Leg, White Hart Lane, London, England, United Kingdom
Tottenham Hotspur vs. Borussia Dortmund — FS2, 4 p.m.

UEFA Europa League Pregame — FS1/FS2/Fox Soccer Plus, 1:30 p.m.
MULTIMATCH 90 Europa League — Fox Soccer Plus, 2 p.m.
UEFA Europa League Full Time — FS2, 6 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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