Sports Planner for Thursday

COMING UP 

Indiana Pacers

Feb. 25 vs. Thunder, 7 p.m. (Bally Sports Indiana)

Feb. 27 vs. Celtics, 5 p.m. (Bally Sports Indiana)

Feb. 28 at Magic, 7 p.m. (Bally Sports Indiana)

Indiana men’s basketball

Monday at Ohio State, 7 p.m. (FS1)

Feb. 24 vs. Maryland, 7 p.m. (FS1)

Feb. 27 at Minnesota, 6 p.m. (ESPN2 or ESPNU)

Purdue men’s basketball

Sunday vs. Rutgers, 5:30 p.m. (FS1)

Feb. 26 at Michigan State, TBA (ESPN)

March 1 at Wisconsin, 9 p.m. (ESPN or ESPN2)

Indiana women’s basketball

Today vs. Northwestern, 6 p.m. (BTN)

Saturday vs. Iowa, 4 p.m. (BTN+)

Monday at Iowa, 8 p.m.

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS TODAY 

Boys basketball

Columbus East at East Central, 7:30 p.m.

Boys swimming

Columbus East in Columbus North Sectional prelims, 5:30 p.m.

Jennings County in Floyd Central Sectional prelims, 6 p.m

SPORTS ON TV TODAY 

Winter Olympics

Women’s Figure Skating: Free Skate, 5 a.m. (USA)

Men’s Nordic Combined: Team 4x5km Relay (taped), 9:30 a.m. (USA)

Women’s Skiing: Ski Cross Finals (taped), 10:30 a.m. (USA)

Women’s Curling:Round Robin (taped), 11 a.m. (USA)

Nordic Combined; Freestyle Skiing; Alpine Skiing (taped), 2 p.m. (NBC)

Men’s Curling: Semifinals (taped), 2 p.m. (USA) and 5 and 8 p.m. (CNBC)

Women’s Hockey: Gold-Medal Game (taped), 5 p.m. (USA)

Freestyle Skiing, Speedskating, Figure Skating (Women’s) & More, 8 p.m. (NBC)

Women’s Alpine Skiing: Combined: Slalom (taped), 7:30 p.m. (USA)

Women’s Skiing: Halfpipe Final, 8:30 p.m. (USA)

Men’s Nordic Combined: Team 4x5km Relay (taped), 10 p.m. (USA)

Men’s Skiing: Ski Cross Qualifying, 10:45 p.m. (USA)

Men’s Hockey: Semifinal, 11:10 p.m. (USA)

Freestyle Skiing, Nordic Combined & More, 12:05 a.m. Friday (NBC)

Men’s Curling: Bronze-Medal Game, 1:30 a.m. Friday (USA)

Freestyle Skiing, Speedskating, Women’s Figure Skating & More (taped), 2:30 a.m. Friday (NBC)

Men’s Speedskating: 1000m, 4 a.m. Friday (USA)

Men’s Skiing: Ski Cross Finals (taped), 4:45 a.m. Friday (USA)

Figure Skating: Pairs Short Program, 5:30 a.m. Friday (USA)

Auto racing

NASCAR Cup Series: The Bluegreen Vacations Duel 1 and 2, 7 p.m. (FS1)

Men’s college basketball

Minnesota at Penn State, 4 p.m. (BTN)

Towson at UNC-Wilmington, 6 p.m. (CBSSN)

Michigan at Iowa, 7 p.m. (ESPN)

Wichita State at Cincinnati, 7 p.m. (ESPN2)

Austin Peay at Murray State, 7 p.m. (ESPNU)

Charlotte at Western Kentucky, 8 p.m. (CBSSN)

Oregon at Arizona State, 9 p.m. (ESPN)

UCF at Houston, 9 p.m. (ESPN2)

Longwood at High Point, 9 p.m. (ESPNU)

Creighton at DePaul , 10 p.m. (CBSSN)

Utah at Stanford, 11 p.m. (ESPNU)

Nevada at San Jose State, Midnight (CBSSN)

Women’s college basketball

Pittsburgh at Miami, 6 p.m. (ACC)

Northwestern at Indiana, 6 p.m. (BTN)

Auburn at South Carolina, 7 p.m. (SEC)

Notre Dame at Georgia Tech, 8 p.m. (ACC)

Ohio State at Maryland, 8 p.m. (BTN)

Texas A&M at Mississippi, 9 p.m. (SEC)

College softball

St. Pete/Clearwater Invitational: Notre Dame vs. Tennessee, 10 a.m. (ESPNU)

St. Pete/Clearwater Invitational: Texas Tech vs. Auburn, 12:30 p.m. (SEC)

St. Pete/Clearwater Invitational: UCF vs. Wisconsin, 1 p.m. (ESPNU)

St. Pete/Clearwater Invitational: Texas Tech vs. Clemson, 3:30 p.m. (ACC)

St. Pete/Clearwater Invitational: Tennessee vs. Florida State, 4 p.m. (ESPNU)

Golf

PGA Tour: The Genesis Invitational, 4 p.m. (Golf Channel)

NBA

76ers at Bucks, 8:30 p.m. (TNT)

NHL

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

Kraken at Jets, 8 p.m. (NHL)

Men’s rugby

NRL: Sydney at Canberra, 2 a.m. Friday (FS2)

NRL: Manly-Warringah at Wests, 4 a.m. Friday (FS2)

Men’s soccer

CONCACAF Champions League: Colorado at Comunicaciones, Round of 16 Leg 1, 6:50 p.m. (FS2)

CONCACAF Champions League: Seattle FC at CD Motagua, Round of 16 Leg 1, 8:50 p.m. (FS2)

Tennis

Dubai-WTA; Doha-ATP, Marseille-ATP, Rio de Janeiro-ATP, Delray Beach-ATP Quarterfinals, 5 and 6 a.m. (Tennis)