Sports Planner for Thursday

COMING UP

IU Columbus baseball

Friday vs. Brescia, 1 p.m. (DH)

Saturday vs. Brescia, noon

April 4 at IU Kokomo, 3 p.m.

IU Columbus softball

Friday vs. Rio Grande, noon (DH)

Saturday vs. Shawnee State, noon (DH)

April 4 at IU Southeast, 1 p.m. (DH)

IU Columbus track and field

Saturday at Hanover Invitational, TBA

April 11-12 in Little State Invitational at Indiana Wesleyan, TBA

April 25-26 in River States Conference at Rio Grande, TBA

Indiana Pacers

Today at Wizards, 7 p.m. (FanDuel Sports Network)

Saturday at Thunder, 8 p.m. (FanDuel Sports Network)

Monday vs. Kings, 7 p.m. (FanDuel Sports Network)

Purdue men’s basketball

Friday vs. Houston in NCAA Sweet 16 at Indianapolis, 10:09 p.m. (TBS)

Cincinnati Reds baseball

Today vs. Giants, 4:10 p.m.

Saturday vs. Giants, 4:10 p.m.

Sunday vs. Giants, 1:40 p.m.

NASCAR

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

April 6 at Darlington, S.C., 3 p.m. (FS1)

April 13 at Bristol, Tenn., 3 p.m. (FS1)

IndyCar

April 13 at Long Beach, Calif., 4:30 p.m. (FOX)

May 4 at Birmingham, Ala., 1:30 p.m. (FOX)

May 10, Grand Prix at Indianapolis, 4:30 p.m. (FOX)

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS TODAY

Baseball

Edinburgh at Trinity Lutheran (scrimmage), 5:30 p.m.

Softball

Edinburgh at Brown County, 5:30 p.m.

Jennings County at Henryville, 6 p.m.

Boys volleyball

Columbus East at Jeffersonville, 7 p.m.

SPORTS ON TV TODAY

Men’s Australian Rules Football

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

College baseball

Stanford at Virginia, 7 p.m. (ACC)

Florida at Mississippi, 8 p.m. (ESPNU)

Mississippi State at LSU, 8 p.m. (SEC)

Men’s college basketball

NCAA Sweet 16: BYU vs. Alabama, 7:10 p.m. (CBS)

NCAA Sweet 16: Maryland vs. Florida, 7:40 p.m. (TBS/TRU)

NCAA Sweet 16: Arizona vs. Duke, Sweet 16, 9:40 p.m. (CBS)

NCAA Sweet 16: Arkansas vs. Texas Tech, 10:10 p.m. (TBS/TRU)

Men’s college hockey

NCAA First Round: Ohio State vs. Boston U., 2 p.m. (ESPNU)

NCAA First Round: Minnesota State (Mankato) vs. Western Michigan, 5 p.m. (ESPNU)

NCAA First Round: UMass vs. Minnesota, 8:30 p.m. (ESPN2)

Women’s college lacrosse

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

North Carolina at Northwestern, 8 p.m. (BTN)

Figure skating

ISU: 2025 World Championships, 3 and 8 p.m. (USA)

Golf

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

PGA Tour: The Houston Open, 4 p.m. (Golf Channel)

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

MLB

Brewers at Yankees, 3 p.m. (ESPN)

Tigers at Dodgers, 7 p.m. (ESPN)

Cubs at Diamondbacks or Athletics at Mariners, 10 p.m. (MLB)

NBA

Mavericks at Magic, 7 p.m. (NBA)

NHL

Kings at Avalanche, 10 p.m. (ESPN)

Men’s rugby

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

Skiing

FIS: Alpine World Cup, 2 p.m. (USA)

Tennis

Miami-WTA Semifinal; Miami-ATP Quarterfinal, 1 and 7 p.m. (Tennis)