Sports Planner for Thursday

COMING UP

Indiana Sentinels hockey

Friday vs. Topeka at River Falls, Minn., 8 p.m.

Saturday vs. Topeka at River Falls, Minn., 8 p.m.

April 3 at Athens (Ga.), 7:05 p.m.

IU Columbus baseball

Saturday at Brescia, TBA (DH)

Sunday at Brescia, TBA

April 3 at IU Southeast, 3 p.m.

IU Columbus softball

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

Sunday at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, 1 p.m. (DH)

April 3 at West Virginia Tech, 1 p.m. (DH)

Indiana Pacers

Friday vs. Clippers, 7 p.m.

Sunday vs. Heat, 5 p.m.

Wednesday at Bulls, 8 p.m.

Purdue basketball

Today vs. Texas in NCAA Sweet 16, 7:10 p.m. (CBS)

Cincinnati Reds

Today vs. Red Sox, 4:10 p.m.

Saturday vs. Red Sox, 4:10 p.m.

Sunday vs. Red Sox, 1:40 p.m.

NASCAR Cup Series

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

April 12 at Bristol, Tenn., 3 p.m. (FS1)

April 19 at Kansas City, Kan, 2 p.m. (FOX)

IndyCar Series

Sunday at Birmingham, Ala., 1 p.m. (FOX)

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

May 9 at Indianapolis (Grand Prix), 4:30 p.m. (FOX)

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS TODAY

Baseball

Trinity Lutheran at Borden (scrimmage), 5:15 p.m.

Mooresville at Columbus East (scrimmage), 5:30 p.m.

Softball

Henryville at Jennings County, 5:30 p.m.

Columbus East at Brownsburg, 6 p.m.

Track and field

Southwestern (Shelby) at Brown County, 5:30 p.m.

SPORTS ON TV TODAY

Men’s Australian Rules football

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

College baseball

Miami at Clemson, 7 p.m. (ACC)

Oklahoma at Texas, 8 p.m. (SEC)

Men’s college basketball

NCAA Sweet 16: Texas vs. Purdue, 7:10 p.m. (CBS)

NCAA Sweet 16: Iowa vs. Nebraska, 7:30 p.m. (TBS)

NCAA Sweet 16: Arkansas vs. Arizona, 9:45 p.m. (CBS)

NCAA Sweet 16: Illinois vs. Houston, 10:05 p.m. (TBS)

Men’s college hockey

NCAA Regional Semifinal: UConn vs. Michigan State, 1:30 p.m. (ESPN2)

NCAA Regional Semifinal: Wisconsin vs. Dartmouth, 5 p.m. (ESPNU)

NCAA Regional Semifinal: Merrimack vs. North Dakota, 8:30 p.m. (ESPN2)

Women’s college lacrosse

Stanford at Boston College, 5 p.m. (ACC)

Oregon at Ohio State, 6 p.m. (BTN)

College softball

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

Figure skating

ISU: 2026 World Figure Skating Championships, 3 p.m. (USA)

Golf

DP World Tour: Hero Indian Open, 3:30 a.m. today and 3:30 a.m. Friday (Golf)

Korn Ferry Tour: Club Car Championship at The Landings Golf & Athletic Club, 11 a.m. (Golf)

PGA Tour: Texas Children’s Houston Open, 3 p.m. (Golf)

LPGA Tour: Ford Championship, 7 p.m. (Golf)

Horse racing

NYRA: America’s Day at the Races, 5:30 p.m. (FS2)

MLB

Pirates at Mets, 1:15 p.m. (NBC/Peacock)

Tigers at Padres, 4 p.m. (MLB)

Diamondbacks at Dodgers, 8:30 p.m. (NBC/Peacock)

NBA

Knicks at Hornets, 7 p.m. (NBA)

NHL

Wild at Panthers, 7 p.m. (ESPN)

Oilers at Golden Knights, 9:30 p.m. (ESPN)

Men’s rugby

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

Men’s soccer

International Friendly: Moldova vs. Lithuania, 10:50 a.m. (FS2)

2026 UEFA World Cup Qualifier: Turkey vs. Romania, Semifinal – Path C, 12:50 p.m. (FS2)

2026 UEFA World Cup Qualifier: Wales vs. Bosnia-Herzegovina, Semifinal – Path A, 3:30 p.m. (FS1)

2026 UEFA World Cup Qualifier: Poland vs. Albania, Semifinal – Path B, 3:30 p.m. (FS2)

2026 FIFA World Cup Play-Off Tournament: Bolivia vs. Suriname, Semifinal – Path B, 6 p.m. (FS1)

International Friendly: Croatia vs. Colombia, 7:20 p.m. (FS2)

2026 FIFA World Cup Play-Off Tournament: New Caledonia vs. Jamaica, Semifinal – Path A, 10:55 p.m. (FS1)

Tennis

Miami-WTA/ATP – Live; ATP Quarterfinals 3 & 4; WTA Semifinals; ATP Doubles Quarterfinals, 1 p.m. (Tennis)