The Week In Television

MARCH 14-20

SATURDAY 3/15
ESPN2 4 PM
Florida Derby
California colt Empire Maker, a son of 1990 Kentucky Derby winner Unbridled and the prerace favorite, takes on Fountain of Youth winner Trust N Luck in this $1 million Kentucky Derby prep.

SUNDAY 3/16
FOX 12:30 PM
Carolina Dodge Dealers 400
Whether you call it Too Tough to Tame or the Lady in Black, the 1.366-mile, tire-chewing Darlington Raceway is NASCAR 's oldest superspeedway and one of the most challenging to negotiate.

SUNDAY 3/16
ESPN 1 PM
Tournament Finals: ACC and Big 12 (3 PM)
To the amazement of many, Wake Forest had the ACC 's top regular-season record at 13-3, but Duke hasn't lost a game in this tournament since 1998; the Big 12 features three Top 10 teams in Kansas , Oklahoma and Texas .

SUNDAY 3/16
CBS 6 PM
NCAA Basketball Selection Show
The only show where you'll hear the word bracketologist more than once.

THURSDAY 3/20
TNT 10 PM
Lakers at Kings
Shaq calls them "the Queens ," and Lakers coach Phil Jackson has dissed Sacramento as a "cow town." Tell us how you really feel, fellas. It's Round 3 of the NBA 's best rivalry, with the regular-season series tied 1-1.

DON'T MISS

THURSDAY 3/20
CBS NOON
NCAA Tournament Round 1
If war begins during the tournament, CBS may shift its coverage to its affiliated cable outlets, including MTV , Nickelodeon , TNN and VH-1. Wherever the games are aired, watch for surprising squeakers like Arizona 's win over UC Santa Barbara last year (right).