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SPORTS ON WEEKEND TV : Basketball, Hockey, Marathon Action

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The Lakers, Clippers and Kings share the weekend television spotlight with 32 college basketball games and the sixth running of the Los Angeles Marathon.

Pro Basketball: The Lakers will make their second consecutive Sunday appearance on NBC (Channels 4, 36 and 39) against the Houston Rockets at 12:30 p.m. at the Forum. NBC’s Sunday doubleheader will begin at 10 a.m. with the Portland Trail Blazers meeting the Boston Celtics. The Clippers will visit the Detroit Pistons for a 5 p.m. KTLA Channel 5 telecast.

College Basketball: Most of the weekend schedule will be conference tournament games. Two of the nation’s hottest teams, Loyola Marymount and Pepperdine, will play in the West Coast Conference tournament. The Lions, winners of 10 straight, meet USF at 2 p.m. today on SportsChannel. The Waves take their 13-game winning streak into a 6 p.m. quarterfinal game against Portland on SportsChannel. In regular season games, Cal State Fullerton plays host to No. 1 Nevada Las Vegas on KDOC Channel 56 at 8 p.m. Channels 2 and 63 will carry the UCLA-Washington game Sunday at 3 p.m..

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Other Sports: KCOP Channel 13’s telecast of the L.A. Marathon begins at 8 a.m. Sunday with the 26-mile, 385-yard race beginning at 9. The Kings will try to beat the Winnipeg Jets for the fourth time in nine days beginning at 7:30 p.m. on Prime Ticket.

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College Basketball: Regular season games: Notre Dame at Louisville, 10 a.m. (2)(8); St. John’s at DePaul, noon, WGN; Cal at Stanford, 3 p.m. (2); Fresno State at New Mexico State, 4 p.m. SportsChannel; Utah at Brigham Young, 9 p.m. ESPN; Auburn at Kentucky, 10:30 p.m. SportsChannel; Arizona at Oregon, 11:30 p.m. Prime Ticket.

Conference tournament games (all championships unless indicated): Big South, 9 a.m. ESPN; Missouri Valley, quarterfinal, Indiana State vs. Southern Illinois, 9 a.m. SportsChannel; Patriot League, 11 a.m. ESPN; WCC, quarterfinals, San Diego vs. Gonzaga, 11:30 a.m. SportsChannel; St. Mary’s vs. Santa Clara, 8:15 p.m. SportsChannel; Southland, 1 p.m. ESPN (joined in progress); Mid-Eastern Athletic, 4:30 p.m. ESPN; Northeast, 6:30 p.m. ESPN.

SUNDAY

College Basketball: Regular season games: Georgetown at Syracuse, 9 a.m. (2)(8); Duke at North Carolina, 11 a.m. (2)(8); Michigan State at Ohio State, 11 a.m. (7)(3)(10)(42); Minnesota at Michigan, 1 p.m. (7)(3)(10)(42).

Conference tournament games: Colonial Athletic Assn., semifinals, 1 p.m. (game joined in progress), 2 p.m.; Southern Conference, championship, 4:30 p.m. ESPN; WCC, semifinals, 5 p.m., 7:30 p.m. SportsChannel; American South, championship, 6:30 p.m. ESPN; Missouri Valley, semifinal, 10 p.m. SportsChannel; Missouri Valley or Sun Belt semifinal, 11:30 p.m. SportsChannel.

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