Sports Planner for Thursday

COMING UP

IUPUC baseball

Saturday at Miami-Hamilton, 1 p.m. (DH)

Sunday at Miami-Hamilton, 1 p.m. (DH)

Wednesday vs. IU-Southeast at Jennings County, 1 p.m. (DH)

IUPUC softball

Friday vs. Concordia (Mich.) at Melbourne, Fla., 9 a.m.

Friday vs. Dallas Christian at Melbourne, 11:30 a.m.

Sunday at St. Francis (Ill.), 2 p.m. (DH)

Indiana Pacers

Today at Bucks, 8 p.m. (Bally Sports Indiana)

Saturday vs. 76ers, 7 p.m. (Bally Sports Indiana)

Monday at Hornets, 7 p.m. (Bally Sports Indiana)

Indiana men’s basketball

Friday vs. Kent State in NCAA in Albany, N.Y., 9:55 p.m. (TBS)

Purdue men’s basketball

Friday vs. Texas Southern-Fairleigh Dickinson winner in NCAA in Columbus, Ohio, 6:50 p.m. (TNT)

Indiana women’s basketball

Saturday vs. Tennessee Tech-Monmouth winner in NCAA at IU, 11:30 a.m. (ESPN2)

NASCAR

Sunday at Atlanta, 3 p.m. (FOX)

March 26 at Austin, Texas, 3:30 p.m. (FOX)

April 2 at Richmond, Va., 3:30 p.m. (FS1)

IndyCar

April 2 at Fort Worth, Texas, Noon (NBC)

April 16 at Long Beach, 3 p.m. (NBC)

April 30 at Alabama, 3 p.m. (NBC)

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS TODAY

Softball

Scottsburg at Hauser (scrimmage), 6 p.m.

SPORTS ON TV TODAY

Australian Rules Football

AFL: Collingwood at Geelong, 4:30 a.m. Friday (FS2)

Baseball

World Baseball Classic: Italy vs. Japan, Quarterfinal, 6 a.m. (FS2)

College baseball

Virginia at NC State, 7 p.m. (ACC)

Mississippi at Vanderbilt, 7 p.m. (ESPNU)

Alabama at Florida, 7 p.m. (SEC)

Men’s college basketball

NCAA First Round: West Virginia vs. Maryland, 12:15 p.m. (CBS)

NCAA First Round: Furman vs. Virginia, 12:30 p.m. (TRU)

NCAA First Round: Utah State vs. Missouri, 1:20 p.m. (TNT)

NCAA First Round: Howard vs. Kansas, 1:50 p.m. (TBS)

NCAA First Round: Texas A&M-CC vs. Alabama, 2:45 p.m. (CBS)

NCAA First Round: Coll. of Charleston vs. San Diego State, 3 p.m. (TRU)

NCAA First Round: Princeton vs. Arizona, 3:50 p.m. (TNT)

NCAA First Round: Illinois vs. Arkansas, 4:20 p.m. (TBS)

NCAA First Round: Auburn vs. Iowa, 6:50 p.m. (TNT)

NCAA First Round: Oral Roberts vs. Duke, 7:10 p.m. (CBS)

NCAA First Round: Colgate vs. Texas, 7:15 p.m. (TBS)

NCAA First Round: Boise State vs. Northwestern, 7:25 p.m. (TRU)

NCAA First Round: Northern Kentucky vs. Houston, 9:20 p.m. (TNT)

NCAA First Round: Louisiana-Lafayette vs. Tennessee, 9:40 p.m. (CBS)

NCAA First Round: Penn St. vs. Texas A&M, 9:45 p.m. (TBS)

NCAA First Round: UNC-Asheville vs. UCLA, 9:55 p.m. (TRU)

Women’s college basketball

NCAA First Four: St. John’s vs. Purdue, 7 p.m. (ESPN2)

NCAA First Four: Monmouth vs. Tennessee Tech, 9 p.m. (ESPN2)

Women’s college lacrosse

Michigan at Northwestern, 8 p.m. (BTN)

College wrestling

NCAA Tournament: First Round, Noon (ESPNU), and Second Round, 7 p.m. (ESPN)

Golf

PGA Tour: The Valspar Championship, 2 p.m. (Golf Channel)

Ladies European Tour: The Aramco Team Series, 1 a.m. Friday (Golf Channel)

Horse racing

NYRA: America’s Day at the Races, 3 p.m. (FS2)

MLB Spring Training

Brewers vs. Diamondbacks (split squad), Scottsdale, Ariz. (taped), 6 a.m. (MLB)

Astros vs. Cardinals, 1 p.m. (MLB)

Angels vs. Brewers, 4 p.m. (MLB)

Rangers vs. Dodgers (taped), 9 p.m. (MLB)

Braves at Rays (split squad) (taped), Midnight (MLB)

Diamondbacks vs. Cubs (taped), 3 a.m. Friday (MLB)

Rays (split squad) vs. Twins (taped), 6 a.m. Friday (MLB)

NBA

Pacers at Bucks, 8 p.m. (Bally Sports Indiana)

Magic at Suns, 10 p.m. (NBA)

Men’s soccer

CONCACAF Champions League: Tauro at Club Leon, Round of 16, Leg 2, 8 p.m. (FS1)

CONCACAF Champions League: Motagua at Pachuca, Round of 16, Leg 2, 10 p.m. (FS1)

Tennis

BNP Paribas Open-ATP/WTA Quarterfinals, 1 p.m. (Tennis)

XFL football

Houston at Seattle, 10:30 p.m. (ESPN)