Sports Planner for Thursday

COMING UP

IU Columbus baseball

Friday at Brescia (Ky.), 4 p.m.

Saturday at Brescia (Ky.), 2 p.m. (DH)

Tuesday vs. Wright State Lake Campus, 1 p.m.

IU Columbus softball

Friday vs. Brescia (Ky.), 2 p.m. (DH)

Saturday vs. Oakland City, 1 p.m. (DH)

March 29 at Ohio Christian, TBA (DH)

Indiana Pacers

Friday at Warriors, 10 p.m. (Bally Sports Indiana)

Sunday at Lakers, 10 p.m. (Bally Sports/NBA)

Monday at Clippers, 10:30 p.m. (Bally Sports Indiana)

Purdue men’s basketball

Friday vs. Grambling-Montana State winner in NCAA Tournament at Gainbridge Fieldhouse, 7:25 p.m. (TBS)

Indiana University women’s basketball

Saturday vs. Fairfield in NCAA Tournament, 1:30 p.m. (ESPN2)

NASCAR

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

March 31 at Richmond, Va., 7 p.m. (FOX)

April 7 at Martinsville, Va., 3 p.m. (FS1)

IndyCar

Sunday at Thermal, Calif., 12:30 p.m. (NBC)

April 21 at Long Beach, Calif., 3 p.m. (USA)

April 28 at Birmingham, Ala., 1 p.m. (NBC)

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS TODAY

Baseball

Rock Creek Academy at Columbus Christian (scrimmage), 5 p.m.

Indiana Deaf at South Decatur (scrimmage), 5 p.m.

Softball

Indy HomeSchool at Columbus North (scrimmage), 5:30 p.m.

SPORTS ON TV TODAY

Men’s Australian Rules Football

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

College baseball

Louisville at Wake Forest, 7 p.m. (ACC)

Arkansas at Auburn, 7 p.m. (SEC)

Mississippi State at Texas A&M, 7:30 p.m. (ESPNU)

Men’s college basketball

NCAA First Round: Michigan State vs. Mississippi State, 12:15 p.m. (CBS)

NCAA First Round: Duquesne vs. BYU, 12:40 p.m. (TRU)

NCAA First Round: Akron vs. Creighton, 1:30 p.m. (TNT)

NCAA First Round: Long Beach State vs. Arizona, 2 p.m. (TBS)

NCAA First Round: Wagner vs. North Carolina, 2:45 p.m. (CBS)

NCAA First Round: Morehead State vs. Illinois, 3:10 p.m. (TRU)

NCAA First Round: Oregon vs. South Carolina, 4 p.m. (TNT)

NCAA First Round: Nevada vs. Dayton, 4:30 p.m. (TBS)

NCAA First Round: Colorado State vs. Texas, 6:50 p.m. (TNT)

NCAA First Round: Oakland vs. Kentucky, 7:10 p.m. (CBS)

NCAA First Round: McNeese State vs. Gonzaga, 7:25 p.m. (TBS)

NCAA First Round: South Dakota State vs. Iowa State, 7:35 p.m. (TRU)

NCAA First Round: St. Peter’s vs. Tennessee, 9:20 p.m. (TNT)

NCAA First Round: NC State vs. Texas Tech, 9:40 p.m. (CBS)

NCAA First Round: Samford vs. Kansas, 9:55 p.m. (TBS)

NCAA First Round: Drake vs. Washington State, 10:05 p.m. (TRU)

Women’s college basketball

NCAA First-Four Game: Arizona vs. Auburn, 7 p.m. (ESPN2)

NCAA First-Four Game: UT-Martin vs. Holy Cross, 9 p.m. (ESPN2)

College wrestling

NCAA Tournament: Session 1 – First Round, noon (ESPNU)

NCAA Tournament: Session 2 – Championship Second Round and Consolations, 7 p.m. (ESPN)

Figure skating

World Championships: Women’s Short (taped), 1 p.m. (USA)

World Championships: Men’s Short, 3 p.m. (USA)

World Championships: Pairs’ Free, 8 p.m. (USA)

Golf

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

LPGA Tour: The FIR HILLS SERI PAK Championship, 6 p.m. (Golf Channel)

DP World Tour: The Porsche Singapore Classic, 1 a.m. Friday (Golf Channel)

MLB

Padres vs. Dodgers, at Seoul, South Korea, 6 a.m. (ESPN)

Spring Training: Yankees vs. Braves, 1 p.m. (MLB)

Spring Training: White Sox vs. Royals (Split Squad), 4 p.m. (MLB)

NBA

Pelicans at Magic, 7 p.m. (NBA)

Hawks at Suns, 10:30 p.m. (NBA)

NHL

Blues at Senators, 7 p.m. (Bally Sports Indiana)

Kraken at Golden Knights, 10:30 p.m. (ESPN)

Men’s rugby

NRL: Brisbane at Penrith, 4:55 a.m. (FS1)

Men’s soccer

UEFA Euro 2024 Qualifier: Georgia vs. Luxembourg, 12:50 p.m. (FS2)

UEFA Euro 2024 Qualifier: Wales vs. Finland, 3:30 p.m. (FS2)

Tennis

Miami-ATP/WTA Early Rounds, 11 a.m. (Tennis) and 1 p.m. (Bally Sports Indiana)