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Midwestern

Sports Schedule for Thursday, March 16, 2023

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.

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AHL

Grand Rapids at Cleveland, 7 p.m.

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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.

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NCAA Men's March Madness

East Regional First Round

At Amway Center

Orlando, Fla.

Duke (26-8) vs. Oral Roberts (30-4), 7:10 p.m.

Tennessee (23-10) vs. Louisiana-Lafayette (26-7), 9:40 p.m.

West Regional First Round

At Wells Fargo Arena

Des Moines, Iowa

Kansas (27-7) vs. Howard (22-12), 2 p.m.

Arkansas (20-13) vs. Illinois (20-12), 4:30 p.m.

At Golden 1 Center

Sacramento, Calif.

Northwestern (21-11) vs. Boise St. (24-9), 7:35 p.m.

UCLA (29-5) vs. UNC-Asheville (27-7), 10:05 p.m.

Midwest Regional First Round

At Legacy Arena at BJCC

Birmingham, Ala.

Houston (31-3) vs. N. Kentucky (22-12), 9:20 p.m.

Iowa (19-13) vs. Auburn (20-12), 6:50 p.m.

At Wells Fargo Arena

Des Moines, Iowa

Texas A&M (25-9) vs. Penn St. (22-13), 9:55 p.m.

Texas (26-8) vs. Colgate (26-8), 7:25 p.m.

South Regional First Round

At Legacy Arena at BJCC

Birmingham, Ala.

Alabama (29-5) vs. Texas A&M-CC Islanders, 2:45 p.m.

Maryland (21-12) vs. West Virginia (19-14), 12:15 p.m.

At Amway Center

Orlando, Fla.

San Diego St. (27-6) vs. Coll. of Charleston (31-3), 3:10 p.m.

Virginia (25-7) vs. Furman (27-7), 12:40 p.m.

At Golden 1 Center

Sacramento, Calif.

Missouri (24-9) vs. Utah St. (26-8), 1:40 p.m.

Arizona (28-6) vs. Princeton (21-8), 4:10 p.m.

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NCAA Women's March Madness

First Four

At Value City Arena

Columbus, Ohio

Purdue (19-10) vs. St. John's (22-8), 7 p.m.

At Assembly Hall

Bloomington, Ind.

Monmouth (NJ) (18-15) vs. Tennessee Tech (22-9), 9 p.m.

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MLB

Spring Training

Atlanta vs. Tampa Bay (ss) at St. Petersburg, Florida, 1:05 p.m.

Houston vs. St. Louis at Sarasota, Florida, 1:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay (ss) vs. Minnesota at Fort Myers, Florida, 1:05 p.m.

Arizona vs. Chicago Cubs at Mesa, Arizona, 4:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox vs. Cleveland at Goodyear, Arizona, 4:05 p.m.

Oakland vs. Kansas City at Surprise, Arizona, 4:05 p.m.

L.A. Angels vs. Milwaukee at Phoenix, Arizona, 4:10 p.m.

San Diego vs. Colorado at Scottsdale, Arizona, 4:10 p.m.

San Francisco vs. Seattle at Peoria, Arizona, 4:10 p.m.

Toronto vs. Baltimore at Sarasota, Florida, 6:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets vs. Washington at Palm Beach, Florida, 6:05 p.m.

Philadelphia vs. Detroit at Lakeland, Florida, 6:05 p.m.

Pittsburgh vs. N.Y. Yankees at Tampa, Florida, 6:35 p.m.

Texas vs. L.A. Dodgers at Phoenix, Arizona, 9:05 p.m.

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World Baseball Classic

Italy at Japan, 6 a.m.

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OHL

Peterborough at North Bay, 7 p.m.

 

 

 

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