Sports Planner for Thursday

COMING UP

Indiana Sentinels hockey

Friday vs. Topeka, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday vs. Topeka, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday vs. Topeka, 12:30 p.m.

IU Columbus baseball

Friday vs. Midway, 2 p.m.

Saturday vs. Midway, noon (DH)

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

IU Columbus softball

Friday at Shawnee State, 2 p.m. (DH)

Saturday vs. Brescia, noon (DH)

March 20 vs. Midway, 1 p.m. (DH)

Indiana Pacers

Today vs. Suns, 7 p.m. (WTHR)

Friday vs. Knicks, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday at Bucks, 3:30 p.m.

Purdue men’s basketball

Today vs. Indiana-Northwestern winner in Big Ten Tournament at Chicago, 6:30 p.m. (BTN)

NASCAR Cup Series

Sunday at Las Vegas, 4 p.m. (FS1)

March 22 at Darlington, S.C., 3 p.m. (FS1)

March 29 at Martinsville, Va., 3:30 p.m. (FS1)

IndyCar Series

Sunday at Arlington, Texas, 12:30 p.m. (FOX)

March 29 at Birmingham, Ala., 1 p.m. (FOX)

April 19 at Long Beach, Calif., 5:30 p.m. (FOX)

SPORTS ON TV TODAY

Men’s Australian Rules Football

AFL: Hawthorn at Essendon, 4:25 a.m. Friday (FS2)

Women’s basketball

FIBA World Cup Qualifying: Puerto Rico vs. U.S., 7:45 p.m. (TRU)

College baseball

Georgia Tech at Clemson, 7 p.m. (ACC)

Men’s college basketball

Atlantic 10 Second Round: George Washington vs. Fordham, 11:30 a.m. (USA)

Big Ten Third Round: Iowa vs. Ohio State, noon (BTN)

ACC Quarterfinal: NC State vs. Virginia, noon (ESPN2)

Big East Quarterfinal: Providence vs. St. John’s, noon (NBCSN/Peacock)

Big 12 Quarterfinal: Iowa State vs. Texas Tech, 12:30 p.m. (ESPN)

SEC Second Round: Kentucky vs. Missouri, 12:30 p.m. (SEC)

Atlantic 10 Second Round: St. Bonaventure vs. George Mason, 2 p.m. (USA)

Big Ten Third Round: Washington vs. Wisconsin, 2:30 p.m. (BTN)

ACC Quarterfinal: Louisville vs. Miami, 2:30 p.m. (ESPN2)

Big East Quarterfinal: Creighton vs. Seton Hall, 2:30 p.m. (NBCSN/Peacock)

Mountain West Quarterfinal: UNLV vs. Utah State, 3 p.m. (CBSSN)

Big 12 Quarterfinal: UCF vs. Arizona, 3 p.m., (ESPN)

SEC Second Round: Auburn vs. Tennessee, 3 p.m. (SEC)

Atlantic 10 Second Round: Rhode Island vs. Duquesne, 5 p.m. (USA)

Mountain West Quarterfinal: Nevada vs. Grand Canyon, 5:30 p.m. (CBSSN)

Big Ten Third Round: Northwestern vs. Purdue, 6:30 p.m. (BTN)

ACC Quarterfinal: Florida State vs. Duke, 7 p.m. (ESPN)

Big 12 Quarterfinal: BYU vs. Houston, 7 p.m. (ESPN2)

American Athletic Second Round: Tulane vs. Charlotte, 7 p.m. (ESPNU)

Big East Quarterfinal: Xavier vs. UConn, 7 p.m. (FS1)

SEC Second Round: Mississippi vs. Georgia, 7 p.m. (SEC)

Atlantic 10 Second Round: Loyola (Chicago) vs. Davidson, 7:30 p.m. (USA)

Big Ten Third Round: Rutgers-Minnesota winner vs. UCLA, 9 p.m. (BTN)

Mountain West Quarterfinal: Colorado State-Fresno State winner vs. San Diego State, 9 p.m. (CBSSN)

ACC Quarterfinal: Clemson-Wake Forest winner vs. North Carolina, 9:30 p.m. (ESPN)

Big 12 Quarterfinal: TCU-Oklahoma State winner vs. Kansas, 9:30 p.m. (ESPN2)

American Athletic Second Round: Florida Atlantic-Temple winner vs. North Texas, 9:30 p.m. (ESPNU)

Big East Quarterfinal: DePaul-Georgetown winner vs. Villanova, 9:30 p.m. (FS1)

SEC Second Round: Oklahoma-South Carolina winner vs. Texas A&M, 9:30 p.m. (SEC)

Mountain West Quarterfinal: Boise State-San Jose State winner vs. New Mexico, 11:30 p.m. (CBSSN)

Women’s college basketball

Southland Championship: McNeese vs. Stephen F. Austin, 5 p.m. (ESPNU)

Golf

PGA Tour: The PLAYERS Championship, 1 p.m. (Golf Channel)

LIV Golf League, 11:30 p.m. (FS1)

Horse racing

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

MLB

Spring Training: Red Sox vs. Twins, 1 p.m. (MLB)

Spring Training: Braves vs. Pirates, 6 p.m. (MLB)

Spring Training: Royals vs. Padres, 9 p.m. (MLB)

NBA

76ers at Pistons, 7 p.m. (Prime Video)

Celtics at Thunder, 9:30 p.m. (Prime Video)

Paralympics

Alpine Skiing: Women’s Giant Slalom: Run 1, 4 a.m. (USA)

Curling: Mixed Doubles Gold, Bronze Final, 5:30 a.m. (USA)

Alpine Skiing: Women’s Giant Slalom: Run 2, 7:30 a.m. (USA)

Curling: Norway vs. U.S. (Mixed Team), 8:25 a.m. (USA)

Alpine Skiing: Women’s Giant Slalom: Run 2, 11 a.m. (USA)

Alpine Skiing: Men’s Slalom: Run 1, 4 a.m. Friday (USA)

Curling: Mixed Team Semifinal, 5:50 a.m. Friday (USA)

Men’s rugby

NRL: Parramatta at Brisbane, 4:55 a.m. (FS2)

Men’s soccer

CONCACAF Champions League: Tigres de la UANL at FC Cincinnati, Round of 16 – Leg 1, 7:55 p.m. (FS2)

CONCACAF Champions League: Seattle at Vancouver, Round of 16 – Leg 1, 9:55 p.m. (FS2)

Tennis

Indian Wells – Live; ATP/WTA Quarterfinals, 2 p.m. (Tennis)