Friday, March 21, 2014

Weekend watchdog

2014 final four
Sure, somebody somewhere still has a chance at a perfect bracket.
Probably not you.
And probably not for long.
Thirty-two more teams take the court Friday as the second round closes Friday. Duke meets Mercer on CBS to open the day's play. Former Big 12 foes Baylor and Nebraska play on TruTV at 12:30 p.m. and New Mexico-Stanford tips at 1:30 p.m. on TBS. West Region top-seed Arizona goes against Weber State on TNT at 2 p.m.
Virginia has a late slot for its tournament opener, playing Coastal Carolina on TBS around 9:25 p.m.
Saturday's slate starts with top-seed Florida against Pittsburgh at noon on CBS. It's Louisville-Saint Louis at 2:45 and Texas facing Michigan at 5:15 p.m. Oregon goes against Wisconsin at 7:45 p.m.
TNT offers upstart North Dakota State against San Diego State at 6 p.m., followed by Harvard-Michigan State. Syracuse meets Dayton on TBS at 7 p.m. and former Big East rivals battle at 9:30 p.m. when Villanova takes on Connecticut.
CBS has three more games Sunday, while TruTV picks up a contest at 7:30 p.m. TNT's twinbill gets going at 6 p.m. and there's more games on TBS at 7 p.m.
And don't forget the NIT. ESPN has Louisiana Tech and Georgia Saturday at 11 a.m. and Sunday at 11 a.m. Clemson heads to Illinois.
The women's tournament tips off Saturday at 11 a.m. on ESPN2. ESPN will show top-seed Notre Dame-Robert Morris at 1:30 p.m. Play Sunday starts at 12:30 p.m. on ESPN2, moving to ESPN at 3 p.m. Connecticut plays Prairie View A&M at 8 p.m. while ESPN2 has regional action.
The Wizards head west this weekend, facing the Lakers Friday at 10:30 p.m. on Comcast and the Nuggets Sunday at 5 p.m.
NASCAR visits Fontana Sunday at 3 p.m. on Fox while the Nationwide racers hit the track Saturday at 5 p.m.
NBC has the Arnold Palmer Invitational Saturday and Sunday at 2 p.m.
Comcast offers the Blues and Flyers Saturday at 1 p.m. and Capitals' visit to San Jose at 10:30 p.m. The Red Wings host the Wild Sunday at 7:30 p.m. on NBC Sports network.
The Hockey East semifinals will be on NBC Sports network Friday, with UMass-Lowell against Notre Dame at 5 and New Hampshire facing Providence at 8 p.m. The final will be Saturday at 7 p.m.
On the college diamond, Tennessee hosts Auburn Saturday at 4 p.m. on Comcast while Florida Atlantic heads to Rice on MASN Saturday at 2 p.m.
The Galaxy take on Real Salt Lake on NBC Sports network Saturday at 4 p.m.
There's three Premier League games Saturday on NBC Sports network, starting at 8:45 a.m. when Chelsea faces Arsenal. It's Cardiff City-Liverpool at 11 a.m. followed by West Ham United battling Manchester United. Tottenham Hotspur meets Southampton at 9:30 a.m. and Aston Villa plays Stoke City at noon.
ESPN has the NCAA wrestling tournament semifinals Friday at 8 p.m. and finals Saturday at 8 p.m.

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