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Sports on TV: What’s on Thursday

By Sergio Tovar

stovar@charlotteobserver.com

Updated March 25, 2015 7:58 PM

North Carolina coach Roy Williams talks to his players during practice Wednesday, March 25, 2015, in Los Angeles, for a regional semifinal against Wisconsin in the NCAA men's college basketball tournament. Mark J. Terrill AP

Week two of the NCAA tournament gets under way Thursday as the Sweet 16 tips off.

North Carolina faces Wisconsin in Los Angeles at 7:47 p.m. The fourth-seeded Tar Heels, who could potentially be without Charlotte native Kennedy Meeks, and the top-seeded Badgers play contrasting styles. For UNC to have a chance at the upset, Marcus Paige and his teammates will have to speed up the tempo and get Wisconsin out of its rhythm.

The game of the night is West Virginia vs. Kentucky. Bob Huggins is 8-2 all time against John Calipari, but do the Mountaineers have the talent to ruin the Wildcats undefeated season? At least one West Virginia player is confident.

West Virginia’s Daxter Miles Jr. on UK: “I give them them their props. Salute them to getting to 36-0. But tomorrow they’re gonna be 36-1.”
— Brett Dawson (@BDawsonRivals) March 25, 2015

College Baseball

▪ Alabama at Florida SEC 7 p.m.

▪ Mississippi at Arkansas ESPNU 7:30 p.m.

Major League Baseball

▪ Washington vs. St. Louis MLB 9 a.m.

▪ Baltimore vs. Detroit MLB 1 p.m.

♦Cincinnati vs. Cleveland SPSO 4 p.m.

▪ Kansas City vs. Seattle MLB 4 p.m.

▪ L.A. Angels vs. Chicago Cubs ESPN 7 p.m.

▪ Oakland vs. San Francisco MLB 10 p.m.

▪ Colorado vs. Texas MLB 2 p.m.

▪ N.Y. Mets vs. Washington MLB 6 a.m.

Men’s College Basketball

▪ Wichita St. vs. Notre Dame WBTV 7:15 p.m.

▪ N. Carolina vs. Wisconsin TBS 7:47 p.m.

☆W. Virginia vs. Kentucky WBTV 9:45 p.m.

▪ Xavier vs. Arizona TBS 10:17 p.m.

Boxing

▪ Prescott vs. Lawson ESPN2 9 p.m.

Golf

▪ Trophee Hassan II GOLF 7 a.m.

▪ Trophee Hassan II GOLF 10:30 a.m.

▪ Texas Open GOLF 3 p.m.

▪ Kia Classic GOLF 6 p.m.

NHL

▪ Pittsburgh at Carolina FSCR 7 p.m.

▪ Nashville at Tempe Bay FSCR 2 a.m.

Motorsports

▪ Formula One practice NBCSN 2 a.m.

Men’s Soccer

▪ France vs. Brazil ESPN2 4 p.m.

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♦Available in the N.C. counties of Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Forsyth, Gaston, Haywood, Henderson, Iredell, Lincoln, McDowell, Mecklenburg, Moore, Polk, Rowan, Rutherford, Watauga and Wilkes.

☆Game of the night

This story was originally published March 25, 2015 at 2:00 AM with the headline "Sports on TV: What’s on Thursday."