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.