NCAA
Play in games
#16 Grambling St. def Montana St. 88-81 OT
#10 Colorado def Boise St. 60-53
(Champaign—dm)-Spring is in the air and that means Spring football practice. University Men’s Football coach Brent Bielema talks about his practice plans for the next few weeks.
University of Illinois football coach Bret Bielema
(Omaha–jc) Today is the start of the N-C-A-A Men's tournament for the University of Illinois. The Illini take on Morehead State this afternoon at the Omaha Nebraska site in the East Regional. University of Illinois Men’s Basketball Coach Brad Underwood says the team is healthy and ready and it’s also good to hear your name on selection Sunday…
University of Illinois Men’s Basketball Coach Brad Underwood.
The game airs live on WPXN starting at 1pm with the pre game show.
(Texas—dm) The Nascar Cup series heads to its first road course of the season this weekend. Driver Denny Hamlin talks about what factors go into his improvement on road courses
Nascar driver Denny Hamlin. The Echopark Automotive Grand Prix Cup race airs on WPXN on Sunday starting at 1-30pm
NCAA Tournament
Big Ten
#9 Michigan St. vs #8 Mississippi St. 11:15am
#3 Illinois vs #14 Morehead St. 2:10pm
NCAA Women's National Invitation Tournament
6-45pm Illinois vs Missouri State
NBA
7pm Chicago Bulls at Houston Rockets
NHL
9pm Chicago Blackhawks at Anaheim Ducks
MLB
12-05pm Houston Astros vs St Louis Cardinals
3-0h-5pm Chicago White Sox vs Kansas City Royals
3-10pm Chicago Cubs vs Colorado Rockies
Let the games begin. Although the play in games started the N-C-A-A tournament, today is the first day of multiple games throughout the nation in the Men and Women’s basketball tournament. On WPXN, the University of Illinois Fighting Illini take on Morehead State in the East Regional. Our coverage with the network begins at 1pm this afternoon with the tip around 2-10pm