Sports Planner for Thursday

COMING UP

Indiana Sentinels hockey

Friday vs. Port Huron, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday vs. Port Huron, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday vs. Port Huron, 1:30 p.m.

IU Columbus baseball

Friday at Oakland City, 4 p.m.

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

March 6 at Shawnee State, 2 p.m.

IU Columbus softball

Saturday vs. Grace Christian, 2 p.m. (DH)

March 6 vs. West Virginia Tech, noon (DH)

March 7 vs. Rio Grande, noon (DH)

Indiana Pacers

Today vs. Hornets, 7 p.m.

Sunday vs. Grizzlies, 5 p.m.

Wednesday at Clippers, 10:30 p.m.

Indiana University men’s basketball

Sunday vs. Michigan State, 3:45 p.m. (CBS)

Wednesday vs. Minnesota, 6:30 p.m. (BTN)

March 7 at Ohio State, 5:30 p.m. (FOX)

Purdue men’s basketball

Today vs. Michigan State, 8 p.m. (Peacock)

Sunday at Ohio State, 1:30 p.m. (CBS)

Wednesday at Northwestern, 8:30 p.m. (BTN)

Indiana University women’s basketball

Saturday vs. Penn State, 2 p.m. (B1G+)

NASCAR Cup Series

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

March 8 at Avondale, Ariz., 3:30 p.m. (FS1)

March 15 at Las Vegas, 4 p.m. (FS1)

IndyCar Series

Sunday at St. Petersburg, Fla., noon (FOX)

March 7 at Avondale, Ariz., 3 p.m. (FOX)

March 15 at Arlington, Texas, 12:30 p.m. (FOX)

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS TODAY

Boys basketball

Bishop Chatard at Columbus East, 7:30 p.m.

Covenant Christian at Columbus North, 7:30 p.m.

Hauser at Greenwood Christian Academy, 7:30 p.m.

Edinburgh at Brown County, 7:30 p.m.

SPORTS ON TV TODAY

Men’s college basketball

Delaware at Jacksonville State, 7 p.m. (CBSSN)

Temple at FAU, 7 p.m. (ESPN2)

High Point at Presbyterian, 7 p.m. (ESPNU)

Michigan State at Purdue, 8 p.m. (Peacock)

FIU at Sam Houston State, 9 p.m. (CBSSN)

Wichita State at Memphis, 9 p.m. (ESPN2)

Women’s college basketball

Louisville at Georgia Tech, 6 p.m. (ACC)

Tennessee at LSU, 6 p.m. (ESPN)

Mississippi vs. Florida, 6 p.m. (SEC)

Villanova at Seton Hall, 7 p.m. (Peacock)

Georgetown at UConn, 7 p.m. (TNT/TRU)

Florida State at Duke, 8 p.m. (ACC)

Missouri at South Carolina, 8 p.m. (SEC)

Illinois at Iowa, 9 p.m. (BTN)

Providence at Creighton, 9 p.m. (TNT/TRU)

Georgia at Texas, 10 p.m. (SEC)

Men’s college hockey

Minnesota at Michigan, 6:30 p.m. (BTN)

Golf

PGA Tour: Cognizant Classic in the Palm Beaches, 2 p.m. (Golf)

LPGA Tour: HSBC Women’s World Championship, 8:30 p.m. (Golf)

Horse racing

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

MLB

Spring Training: Braves vs. Yankees, noon (MLB)

Spring Training: Guardians vs. Mariners, 3 p.m. (MLB)

NBA

Rockets at Magic, 7:30 p.m. (Prime Video)

Timberwolves at Clippers, 10 p.m. (Prime Video)

NFL

2026 NFL Scouting Combine: Defensive Linemen and Linebackers, 3 p.m. (NFL)

NHL

Flyers at Rangers, 8 p.m. (ESPN)

Oilers at Kings, 10:30 p.m. (ESPN)

Men’s soccer

UEFA Europa League: Celtic at VfB Stuttgart, Playoff – Leg 2, 12:40 p.m. (CBSSN)

UEFA Europa League: Fenerbahçe at Nottingham Forest, Playoff – Leg 2, 2:55 p.m. (CBSSN)

CONCACAF Champions Cup: Defence Force F.C. at Philadelphia Union, First Round – Leg 2, 7 p.m. (FS1)

CONCACAF U-20 Championship Qualifier Group Stage, Nicaragua vs. Martinique, Group F, 7:50 p.m. (FS2)

Tennis

Dubai-ATP Quarterfinals, 5 a.m. (Tennis)

Acapulco-ATP & Dubai-ATP Quarterfinals; Austin-WTA, Santiago-ATP & Merida-WTA Early Rounds, 10 a.m. (Tennis)