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Daily Sports: The Best College Games In Each Time Slot

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Three conferences send their best teams onto the floor in college basketball’s tournament action. The Big East, Pac-12 and Big 12, all gearing for Saturday championship games are into the quarterfinals. It’s also all-day action in the Big Ten, ACC, SEC and Atlantic 10, which are in the preliminary rounds. So meaning no disrespect to some interesting NBA & NHL games, its college basketball that drives the daily sports docket right now. TheSportsNotebook will break it down by time slot, so you can pick the best games to watch tonight, or to cut away from work to check in on…

The Week Ahead In TV Sports

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If you like college basketball, clear your Saturday schedule, because while there’s interesting games throughout the week, it’s the penultimate Saturday of the regular season that features big battles with possible conference championships at stake. So our walk through the week in TV sports will begin with the end in mind, as we start with all there is to look forward to on Saturday.

TV Sports Week: Exciting Time In The Show-Me State

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If you’re an old-style college basketball fan who still clings to the illusion that regular season conference championships matter (count me among the guilty) and if you live in the state of Missouri, then this week promises its share of excitement. The week in TV sports is highlighted by big games with championship implications, with no less than four involving teams from the Show-Me State.

The Stars In The NBA Highlight The TV Sports Week

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The stars come out in the NBA on Sunday night in Houston, when TNT televises the NBA All-Star Game. And the two biggest stars go head-to-head on Thursday night, when LeBron & Miami take on Durant’s OkC in an 8 PM ET tip on TNT that helps send the league into the All-Star break. Otherwise, this week in sports is about big college basketball games, as the race for conference titles heats up and teams on the fringe of the NCAA Tournament know the margin for error is tightening. Let’s walk through the week day-by-day and line up the best games to watch in TV sports…

The Week In TV Sports: A Great Time To Be Chicago Irish

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With the Super Bowl behind us, college basketball now has the center stage in TV sports virtually to itself, as the NBA continues to push through the dog days and to the February 17 All-Star Game, and the NHL tries to gain some steam in its season and regain credibility with the fans. This first post-NFL week of college hoops is bookended by Notre Dame basketball, and Chicago’s pro sports teams get plenty of love themselves.

Super Bowl Week In TV Sports

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The week of the Harbaugh Family’s conquest of the American sports culture isn’ t limited to Sunday night’s Super Bowl in New Orleans (6:30 PM ET, CBS). Nope, before Baltimore and San Francisco tee it up, the extended family gets into the act. The sister of the Brothers Harbaugh is married to Indiana basketball coach Tom Crean, and his Hoosiers are not only in the spotlight on the weekend, but they have a Saturday night prime-time date with Michigan (9 PM ET, ESPN). You can block off about a 24-hour period where this entire extended family owns American TV sports.

The Week In Sports On TV

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And then suddenly there was nothing to do—at least so says the fan whose primary interest is football. For the first time since late August, we have a week with no football on the agenda, making this the lead-in to our sports lives through February, save one brief interlude to watch the Harbaugh Family in New Orleans. But never fear, there’s plenty of good action in college basketball, and some worthwhile games in the NBA & NHL. Let’s run through the week in sports that lies ahead…