Today's Entertainment

BasketBall MONDAY 8:00 p.m. CSNCH NBA Indiana Pacers at Chicago Bulls. From the United Cen- ter in Chicago. (N) TUESDAY 3:00 p.m. ESPN2 College Basketball Northwestern at Penn State. From Bryce Jordan Center in University Park, Pa. (N) 5:00 p.m. ESPN2 College Basketball Illinois at Mary- land. From XFINITY Center in College Park, Md. (N) 7:00 p.m. ESPN2 College Basketball Rutgers at Wis- consin. From Kohl Center in Madison, Wis. (N) 9:00 p.m. ESPN2 College Basketball Michigan State at Minnesota. From Wil- liams Arena in Minneapolis. (N) WEDNESDAY 3:00 p.m. ESPN2 College Basketball Houston at Connecticut. From Gampel Pavilion in Storrs, Conn. (N) 5:00 p.m. ESPN2 College Basketball Wake Forest at Florida State. From the Donald L. Tucker Center in Tallahassee, Fla. (N) 7:00 p.m. ESPN2 College Basketball Virginia at Lou- isville. From the KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Ky. (N) 8:00 p.m. CSNCH NBA Brooklyn Nets at Chicago Bulls. From the United Cen- ter in Chicago. (N) 9:00 p.m. ESPN2 College Basketball UCLA at Ore- gon. From Matthew Knight Arena in Eugene, Ore. (N) THURSDAY 11:00 a.m. WHME N Girls High School Basketball Hall of Fame Classic: Greenfield Central vs. Plainfield. (N) 12:45 p.m. WHME N Girls High School Basketball Hall of Fame Classic: North Harrison vs. Tippecanoe Valley. (N) 6:00 p.m. WHME N Girls High School Basketball Hall of Fame Classic, Con- solation: Teams TBA. (N) ESPN2 Women's Col- lege Connecticut at Mary- land. From XFINITY Center in College Park, Md. (N) 7:45 p.m. WHME N Girls High School Basketball Hall of Fame Classic, Championship: Teams TBA. (N) 8:00 p.m. ESPN2 College Basketball Kentucky at Mississippi. From Pavilion at Ole Miss in Oxford, Miss. (N) TNT NBA Boston Celtics at Cleveland Cavaliers. From Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland. (N) 10:30 p.m. TNT NBA Dallas Mavericks at Los Angeles Lakers. From Staples Cen- ter in Los Angeles. (N) FRIDAY 11:00 a.m. WHME N Hall of Fame Classic: Logansport vs. Lawrence North. (N) 12:45 p.m. WHME N Hall of Fame Classic: Warsaw vs. New Albany. (N) 4:00 p.m. CSNCH NBA Chicago Bulls at Indiana Pacers. From Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. (N) ESPN2 College Basket- ball West Virginia at Okla- homa State. From Gallagh- er-Iba Arena in Stillwater, Okla. (N) 6:00 p.m. WHME N Hall of Fame Classic, Consolation: Teams TBA. (N) 7:00 p.m. ESPN2 Col- lege Basketball Baylor at Oklahoma. From the Lloyd Noble Center in Norman, Okla. (N) 7:45 p.m. WHME N Hall of Fame Classic, Champion- ship: Teams TBA. (N) 9:00 p.m. ESPN2 College Basketball Kansas at TCU. From Wilkerson-Greines Activity Center in Fort Worth, Texas. (N) 11:00 p.m. ESPN2 College Basketball Arizona at Cal- ifornia. From Haas Pavilion in Berkeley, Calif. (N) SATURDAY Noon WMYS College Basketball North Carolina at Georgia Tech. From McCamish Pavilion in At- lanta. (N) CSNCH College Bas- ketball Indiana State at Missouri State. From Ham- mons Student Center in Springfield, Mo. (N) Fieldhouse in Memphis, Tenn. (N) CriCket THURSDAY Noon NBCSN Big Bash League Cricket Sydney Thunder vs Brisbane Heat. From Sydney Spotless Sta- dium in Sydney, Australia. FootBall MONDAY 11:00 a.m. ESPN College Football St. Petersburg Bowl — Miami (Ohio) vs. Mississippi State. QB Nick Fitzgerald leads Mississippi State into the St. Peters- burg Bowl against Miami (Ohio). (N) 2:30 p.m. ESPN College Football Quick Lane Bowl — Maryland vs. Boston 7:00 p.m. ESPN College Football National Funding Holiday Bowl — Minneso- ta vs. Washington State. Quarterback Luke Falk should give Washington State (8-4) the advantage against Minnesota (8-4). (N) 10:15 p.m. ESPN College Football Motel 6 Cactus Bowl — Boise State vs. Baylor. Boise State (10-2) meets struggling Baylor (6-6) in the Motel 6 Cactus Bowl. (N) WEDNESDAY 2:00 p.m. ESPN College Football New Era Pin- stripe Bowl — Pittsburgh vs. Northwestern. Yankee Stadium provides the back- drop for this game between ESPN2 College Basket- ball Duke at Virginia Tech. From Cassell Coliseum in Blacksburg, Va. (N) 12:30 p.m. WSBT 6 Col- lege Basketball Louisville at Indiana. From Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Ind. (N) 2:00 p.m. WMYS College Basketball Notre Dame at Pittsburgh. From Petersen Events Center in Pittsburgh. (N) 3:00 p.m. WSBT 6 Wom- en's College Ohio State at Indiana. From Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Ind. (N) 7:00 p.m. WMYS NBA Mil- waukee Bucks at Chicago Bulls. From the United Cen- ter in Chicago. (N) SUNDAY 2:00 p.m. ESPN2 Women's College Alabama at South Carolina. From Colonial Life Arena in Columbia, S.C. (N) 4:00 p.m. ESPN2 Wom- en's College Kentucky at Tennessee. From Thomp- son-Boling Arena in Knox- ville, Tenn. (N) 6:00 p.m. ESPN2 Women's College Temple at Mem- phis. From Elma Roane College. Former ACC foes Maryland (6-6) and Boston College (6-6) collide in the Quick Lane Bowl. (N) 5:00 p.m. ESPN2 College Football Camping World Independence Bowl — North Carolina State vs. Vanderbilt. Stellar defenses should keep the scoring down in this bowl matchup of Vanderbilt and N.C. State. (N) 8:15 p.m. ESPN NFL De- troit Lions at Dallas Cow- boys. Matthew Stafford and the Lions visit the Cowboys. (N) TUESDAY Noon ESPN College Foot- ball Zaxby's Heart of Dallas Bowl — Army vs. North Texas. The Zaxby's Heart of Dallas Bowl features a rematch of an Oct. 22 game between Army and North Texas. (N) 3:30 p.m. ESPN College Football Military Bowl — Temple vs. Wake Forest. The Military Bowl pits red- hot Temple against a Wake Forest squad that struggled down the stretch. (N) Pittsburgh (8-4) and North- western (6-6). (N) 5:30 p.m. ESPN College Football Russell Athletic Bowl — West Virginia vs. Miami. No. 16 West Virginia (10-2) heads to Orlando to face Miami (8-4) in the Rus- sell Athletic Bowl. (N) 8:30 p.m. SBT2 College Football Foster Farms Bowl — Indiana vs. Utah. No. 19 Utah brings an 8-4 record into a Foster Farms Bowl matchup against Indi- ana (6-6). (N) 9:00 p.m. ESPN College Football AdvoCare V100 Texas Bowl — Texas A&M vs. Kansas State. Teams which finished the season headed in different direc- tions meet in the AdvoCare V100 Texas Bowl. (N) THURSDAY 2:00 p.m. ESPN College Football Birmingham Bowl — South Florida vs. South Carolina. Quarterback Quinton Flowers and South Florida collide with South Carolina in the Birmingham Bowl. (N) 5:30 p.m. ESPN College Football Belk Bowl — Ar- kansas vs. Virginia Tech. First-year coach Justin Fuente has his Hokies (9-4) in the Belk Bowl, facing 7-5 Arkansas. (N) 9:00 p.m. ESPN College Football Valero Alamo Bowl — Oklahoma State vs. Colorado. The Valero Alamo Bowl features a matchup of No. 10 Colora- do (10-3) and No. 12 Okla- homa State (9-3). (N) FRIDAY Noon ESPN College Foot- ball AutoZone Liberty Bowl — Georgia vs. TCU. The Horned Frogs (6-6) and Bulldogs (7-5) tangle in the AutoZone Liberty Bowl. (N) 2:00 p.m. WSBT 6 Col- lege Football Hyundai Sun Bowl — Stanford vs. North Carolina. The Stanford Car- dinal have won five straight heading into a Sun Bowl matchup with North Caroli- na. (N) 3:30 p.m. ESPN College Football Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl — Nebraska vs. Tennes- see. Nebraska and No. 21 Tennessee collide in the Franklin American Mort- gage Music City Bowl. (N) 6:00 p.m. ESPN2 American Family Insurance Skills Challenge. From ESPN Wide World of Sports Com- plex in Orlando, Fla. (N Same-day Tape) 8:10 p.m. ESPN Capital One Orange Bowl Flori- da State vs. Michigan. A talented Michigan defense that has recorded 44 sacks, faces a porous Florida State offensive line. (N) SATURDAY 11:00 a.m. WBND Y Col- lege Football Buffalo Wild Wings Citrus Bowl — LSU vs. Louisville. Heisman Tro- phy winner Lamar Jackson and Louisville battle LSU in the Buffalo Wild Wings Citrus Bowl. (N) ESPN College Football Taxslayer Bowl — Georgia Tech vs. Kentucky. The Taxslayer Bowl features Kentucky (7-5) and Georgia Tech (8-4) in a matchup of SEC and ACC teams. (N) 3:10 p.m. ESPN Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl Washington vs. Alabama. Top-seeded Alabama (13-0) faces No. 4 Washington (12-1) in the College Football Playoff semifinal. (N) 7:10 p.m. ESPN PlaySta- tion Fiesta Bowl Ohio State vs. Clemson. No 2 Clemson takes on No. 3 Ohio State in the CFP semifinal at the PlayStation Fiesta Bowl. (N) SUNDAY 1:00 p.m. WSBT 6 NFL Jacksonville Jaguars at Indianapolis Colts. From Page 2 December 26, 2016 - January 1, 2017 Dak Prescott leads the Dallas Cowboys against the Detroit Lions Monday on ESPN.

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