First off, if you haven’t seen any of the men’s hockey from the Olympics, you’re missing out. It’s been phenomenal. Go watch the final 10 minutes or so of the U.S.A.-Canada game for proof. With that out of the way, it’s pretty much basketball or Olympics this week. Conference schedules are quickly wrapping up and serious jockeying for NCAA seeds is in full effect in college hoops.
SPOTLIGHT
Olympics take center stage again.Women’s figure skating, one of the premier events, concludes Thursday at 8 p.m. on NBC and the men’s hockey gold medal game is Sunday at 3 p.m. on NBC.
Here’s the rest of the week, big games in BOLD.
Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday
MONDAY, FEB. 22
- 7 p.m.
– College Basketball West Virginia at Connecticut (720p) - 9 p.m. – College Basketball Oklahoma at Kansas (720p)
Olympics
- 3 p.m. USA – Women’s Hockey semifinals USA vs. Sweden
- 8 p.m. CNBC – Women’s Hockey semifinals Canada vs. Finland
- 8 p.m.
– Ice dancing gold medal, ski jumping gold medal
TUESDAY, FEB. 23
- 7 p.m. – College Basketball Illinois at Michigan (720p)
- 7 p.m.
– College Basketball Georgetown at Louisville (720p) - 7 p.m.
– College Basketball Syracuse at Providence (720p) - 9 p.m. – College Basketball Tennessee at Florida (720p)
Olympics
- 3 p.m. USA – Men’s Hockey Elimination Round (Switzerland vs. Belarus, Canada vs. Germany)
- 8 p.m. CNBC – Men’s Hockey Elimination Round (Slovakia vs. Norway, Latvia vs. Czech Republic)
- 8 p.m. – Women’s figure skating begins, men’s giant slalom gold medal
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 24
- 7 p.m. – College Basketball Florida State at North Carolina (720p)
- 7 p.m. – College Basketball Pittsburgh at Notre Dame (720p)
- 7 p.m. – College Basketball Virginia Tech at Boston College (720p)
- 9 p.m. – NBA LA Lakers at Dallas (720p)
- 9 p.m. – College Basketball Oklahoma State at Texas (720p)
- 9 p.m. – College Basketball Texas A&M at Baylor (720p)
Olympics
- 3 p.m. – Men’s Hockey quarterfinals U.S.A. vs. Switzerland/Belarus
- 7 p.m. CNBC – Men’s Hockey quarterfinals
- 8 p.m. – Men’s 500m speed skating gold medal, women’s giant slalom gold medal
THURSDAY, FEB. 25
- 7 p.m. – College Basketball Iowa at Northwestern (720p)
- 7 p.m. – College Basketball Tulsa at Duke (720p)
- 7 p.m. – College Basketball Georgia at Vanderbilt (720p)
- 8 p.m.
– NBA Cleveland at Boston (1080i) - 9 p.m. – College Basketball Arizona at California (720p)
- 9 p.m. – College Basketball South Carolina at Kentucky (720p)
- 10:30 p.m. – NBA Denver at Golden State (1080i)
- 11 p.m.
– College Basketball Oregon State at UCLA (720p)
Olympics
- 2 p.m. MSNBC – Women’s hockey bronze medal
- 6 p.m. MSNBC – Women’s hockey gold medal
- 8 p.m. – Women’s figure skating gold medal
FRIDAY, FEB. 26
- 8 p.m. – NBA Dallas at Atlanta (720p)
- 10:30 p.m. – NBA Orlando at New Orleans (720p)
Olympics
- 3 p.m. – Men’s Hockey semis (team U.S.A. bracket)
- 6 p.m. CNBC – Women’s curling gold medal
- 8 p.m. – Women’s slalom gold medal, men’s short track gold medal
- 9 p.m. CNBC – Men’s Hockey semis
SATURDAY, FEB. 27
College Basketball
- 12 p.m. – Michigan at Ohio State (720p)
- 12 p.m.
– Kentucky at Tennessee OR Notre Dame at Georgetown (1080i) - 2 p.m. – North Carolina at Wake Forest (1080i)
- 2 p.m. – Texas at Texas A&M (720p)
- 2 p.m. – Mississippi at Alabama (720p)
- 3 p.m. – Arizona State at California (720p)
- 4 p.m. – Kansas at Oklahoma State (1080i)
- 6 p.m. – Mississippi State at South Carolina (720p)
- 8 p.m. – Missouri at Kansas State (720p)
- 9 p.m. – Villanova at Syracuse (720p)
Olympics
- 1 p.m. – Men’s speed skating pursuit gold medal
- 6 p.m. CNBC – Men’s curling gold medal
- 8 p.m. – Figure skating champion’s gala, men’s slalom gold medal
- 10 p.m. MSNBC – Men’s hockey bronze medal
SUNDAY, FEB. 28
- 12 p.m. – College Basketball Ohio State at Michigan State OR Villanova at Pittsburgh
- 1 p.m.
– NBA Phoenix at San Antonio (1080i) - 2 p.m. – PGA Tour Accenture Match Play Finals (1080i)
- 3:30 p.m. – NBA Denver at LA Lakers (1080i)
- 5:30 p.m. – College Basketball Clemson at Florida State (720p)
- 7 p.m. – NBA Miami at Orlando (720p)
- 7:30 p.m. – College Basketball Duke at Virginia (720p)
- 9:30 p.m. – NBA Now Orleans at Dallas (720p)
Olympics
- 3 p.m. – Men’s hockey gold medal
- 7 p.m. – Closing ceremonies
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