The Week In Television

MARCH 21-27

SUNDAY 3/23
CBS NOON
NCAA Tournament, Second Round
The round concludes with a triple-header that could boast enticing matchups such as top seed Kentucky versus Oregon and defending champ Maryland versus Xavier.

WEDNESDAY 3/26
ESPN 7 PM
McDonald's High School All-American Game
LeBron James leads the East squad, but don't overlook his teammate Luol Deng, a 6'8" slick-passing forward out of New Jersey's Blair Academy who'll play at Duke.

WEDNESDAY 3/26
ESPN 9 PM
Lakers at Rockets
What Shaq factor? When the teams met in Houston in January, Shaq had 31 points, 13 rebounds (to Yao's 10 and 10), but the Lakers lost 108-104. In February, O'Neal missed the game in L.A. (knee), and the Lakers won 106-99 despite Yao's 24 points.

WEDNESDAY 3/26
HBO 10 PM
Legendary Nights: The Tale of Hagler-Hearns
A look at the ferocious 1985 three-round battle between middleweights Marvin Hagler and Thomas Hearns. The show features the unedited fight, which some call boxing's most brutal eight minutes, as well as recent interviews with the participants.

THURSDAY 3/27
ABC 9 PM
World Figure Skating Championships: Men's Free Skate
Russia's Evgeni Plushenko, the 2001 world champ and Olympic silver medalist, tries to fend off Salt Lake City bronze winner Timothy Goebel and U.S. champ Michael Weiss—who's from Fairfax, Va., and should get heavy support at the MCI Center.

DON'T MISS
SUNDAY 3/23
NBC 2:30 PM
PGA Bay Hill Invitational, Final Round
Tiger Woods and Ernie Els compete against each other in a stroke-play tournament for the first time this year. What do NBC Sports executives dream about? Their headliners playing side by side in the final round.