Thursday’s Time Schedule

All Time EDT
Thursday, March 16
World Baseball Classic

Italy vs. Japan, at Tokyo, 6 a.m.

NBA

Denver at Detroit, 7 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.

Sacramento at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m.

Indiana at Milwaukee, 8 p.m.

Orlando at Phoenix, 10 p.m.

NHL

Colorado at Ottawa, 7 p.m.

Montreal at Florida, 7 p.m.

Pittsburgh at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m.

Tampa Bay at New Jersey, 7 p.m.

Boston at Winnipeg, 8 p.m.

Chicago at Nashville, 8 p.m.

Dallas at Edmonton, 9 p.m.

Calgary at Vegas, 10 p.m.

Vancouver at Arizona, 10 p.m.

Columbus at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.

Seattle at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.

NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament
First Round
At Amway Center
Orlando, Fla.

Virginia vs. Furman, 12:40 p.m.

San Diego St. vs. Coll. of Charleston, 3:10 p.m.

Duke vs. Oral Roberts, 7:10 p.m.

Tennessee vs. Louisiana-Lafayette, 9:40 p.m.

At Legacy Arena at BJCC
Birmingham, Ala.

Maryland vs. West Virginia, 12:15 p.m.

Alabama vs. Texas A&M-CC Islanders, 2:45 p.m.

Iowa vs. Auburn, 6:50 p.m.

Houston vs. N. Kentucky, 9:20 p.m.

At Golden 1 Center
Sacramento, Calif.

Missouri vs. Utah St., 1:40 p.m.

Arizona vs. Princeton, 4:10 p.m.

Northwestern vs. Boise St., 7:35 p.m.

UCLA vs. UNC-Asheville, 10:05 p.m.

At Wells Fargo Arena
Des Moines, Iowa

Kansas vs. Howard, 2 p.m.

Arkansas) vs. Illinois, 4:30 p.m.

Texas A&M vs. Penn St., 9:55 p.m.

Texas vs. Colgate, 7:25 p.m.

NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament
First Four
At Value City Arena
Columbus, Ohio

Purdue vs. St. John’s, 7 p.m.

At Assembly Hall
Bloomington, Ind.

Monmouth (NJ) vs. Tennessee Tech, 9 p.m.

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