Every Friday, the staff of Athletics Recommend the most convincing sports on television to watch this weekend.
This week, in honor of the first days of the complaint Mars madnessWe are leading with the most essential academic basketball matches of the weekend, as well as a few other games to watch.
📝Seple of Sunday shows
Male NCAA tournament selection show
Sunday, 6 p.m. HE on CBS
There are sporting events that look like national holidays. The Super Bowl is the largest, where approximately 120 million gather around televisions across the country. The day or night opening for baseball, basketball and university football are others, for some.
For my money, the selection Sunday may be the best of all. For the pure university basketballs, whether it is the male side or women, it is when you discover where your team is going. Jubilation and depression are what makes sport large. And the following three weeks can be the most fun of all events on the American sports calendar. It is not as tall as the Super Bowl, but with everyone able to put their best assumptions in a swimming pool, it creates a beautiful cut of fans to appreciate. Sunday, we discover who dance. – Andrew Marchand
NCAA female tournament selection show
Sunday, 8 p.m. he, espn
Before Sunday selection, questions remain on the appearance of the top of the support. It is likely that the champion of the Big Ten Ucla tournament or the champion of the dry tournament in South Carolina will be the seeded n ° 1, but the uncertainty remains on the teams which will obtain the head of the head. There are also questions on which team will be the fourth seeded n ° 1.. Texas or UCONN will probably have this place, the other being the first seeded n ° 2.. Anyway, after a season full of parity, it is appropriate that key sowing questions remain. – Ben Pickman
Conference tournaments
Inscribed in chronological order
America East Championship Game
Saturday, 11:00 a.m. HE on ESPN2
Heavy strikers play in prime time, but the morning tee -reef in the title game America East is one of my favorite March traditions. Basketball in brunch times, in a pool basin in a tiny gym but with somewhere in the northeast thaw? A great way to start your selection on Sunday watch. The Vermont, which won the last three titles, lost in the semi -finals, so Game Pits n ° 3 Seed Maine – opting for its first NCAA tournament offer – in Bryant, a University of Smithfield, RI, with a gymnasium which is only 2600. Look at this To prepare. – Mark Cooper
Dry semi-finals
Saturday, 1 p.m. HE on ESPN
It is not a hyperbola that the four teams playing in the semi-finals of the dry tournament could be a glimpse of the last four itself; The conference is so good. Although none of the matches will have an impact on any of the teams in or out of the tournament field, this could have a huge impact that a team is a seeded n ° 1 or n ° 2 and in which region it is placed. – Dan Shanoff
Big 12 league match
Saturday, 6 p.m. HE on ESPN
It seems crazy that kansas is a reflection afterwards in the Big 12 tournament, but reality is that Houston is the team to watch. Problem 1 seeded in the Big Dance, if you have not yet seen Houston play this season, it’s time to consult a team that many people in your swimming pool will take care of to go far, led by Star LJ Cryer, the feocious cougars D and, this year, a top 10 of the offensive in Kenpom. – Dan Shanoff
Big West Championship Game
Saturday, 9:40 p.m. HE on ESPN2
If sowing holds, it will be an incredible match of the future NCAA Cinderellas – N ° 1 Seed UC San Diego against. N ° 2 Seed UC Irvine. (Click on these links for incredible readings on each team.) Both deserve a place in the NCAA tournament field according to their respective curriculum vitae, but a victory here allows one of them to breathe much easier during the selection on Sunday. – Dan Shanoff
Dry league
Sunday, 1 p.m. HE on ESPN
The culmination of one of the best conference campaigns in the history of university basketball occurs on Sunday afternoon. A quartet of potential seeds n ° 1 – Auburn, Florida, Alabama and Tennessee – will all be in the running for the crown, but the incredible depth of the League (probably more than 11 tournament teams) could make a surprise match. Winning this event will be almost as difficult as winning the NCAA Tournament itself. – Jim Root
Big Ten Championship match
Sunday, 3.30 p.m. HE on CBS
It doesn’t matter who, from the conference, arrives in the match for the title, this last match of the championship week is the best way to postpone in recent hours while waiting for the supports to be revealed at 6 p.m. The Michigan State is the favorite, but be careful at the seeded n ° 6 Purdue, which goes very well without the double player of the year Zach Edey. – Dan Shanoff
Beyond university basketball
⚽nwsl
Portland Thorns aware of KC
Saturday, 12:45 p.m. HE on ABC
Few teams have seen as many changes as Portland thorns – Christine Sinclair and Becky Sauerbrunn icons, Star striker Sophia Wilson (née Smith) recently announced his pregnancy and several beginners injured in pre -season. They will have a severe test against Kansas City Current, whose Haut-Octana attack is led by the MVP reigning Temwa Chawinga. Portland’s defense had difficulties throughout 2024 and could be against him on Saturday. – Jeff Reuter
🏃track
NCAA indoor track championships
Saturday, 7 p.m. HE on ESPN +
Do you want to be the fan in 2028 who can say that you have been following all the Olympic runners for years? Then look at the NCAA indoor track championships this weekend. Remember the name Ethan Strand: He is the NCAA record holder and will run on 3000m on Saturday evening, less than 24 hours after anchoring the four-stroke of distance from UNC on Friday. – Mark Puleo
🏎️F1
Australian Grand Prix
Sunday, midnight and on espn
I mean, I don’t know what to tell you. I understand, it’s at midnight for the east coast. It’s difficult. I feel for you. But this is the first race for what should be the most exciting formula season for years. This is Lewis Hamilton’s first race with Ferrari. Five recruits will start in the full season. It is supposed to rain, which should cause delicious pleasure. In 2023, the Australian GP ended with wrecks and drama. In 2024, he was won by a guy who has just had an appendectomy. Have I already convinced you to take a long nap on Saturday afternoon? – Patrick Iversen
🎾tennis
2025 BNP Paribas Open Tennis
Finish in simple wta
Sunday, 2 p.m. HE on the tennis channel
Simple ATP finals
Sunday, 5 p.m. he on the tennis channel
Indian Wells has always drawn large fields and who can blame the players, given the magnificent climate and the big crowd? We have already seen upheavals on both sides, but to date, a delicious female final between Aryna Sabalenka against Iga Swiatek is still on the right track. – RICHARD DEITSCH
⚽mls
Inter Miami in Atlanta United
Sunday, 7 p.m. HE on Apple TV (MLS Season Pass)
Atlanta United has followed an expensive overison with an intermediate start for the MLS season. They hope to win a declaration of declaration against Inter Miami after eliminating the last playoff series from the Lionel Messi club. We will see if Messi plays, however, because Miami managed her minutes. – Jeff Reuter
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