Your Atlanta sports TV schedule. All times EST.
↵Basketball
↵Georgetown Hoyas at Coastal Carolina Chanticleers, noon, CSS: The newly wide-open Hoyas are favored to win the third annual Charleston Classic, tipping off today.
↵Hofstra Pride at North Carolina Tar Heels, 5, ESPN2 or ESPN3
↵N.C. State Wolfpack at East Carolina Pirates, 6, CSS
↵Pittsburgh Panthers at Maryland Terrapins, 7, ESPN2 or ESPN3
↵Presbyterian Blue Hose at Kansas St. Wildcats, 8, ESPN3
↵Western Illinois Leathernecks at Missouri Tigers, 8, ESPN3
↵Phoenix Suns at Orlando Magic, 8:15, TNT: Having lost to the undefeated 7-4 Miami Heat, the Suns continue their tour of the Sunshine State. How many teams get to annually play out-of-state road games in states named in their honor? I just looked at this list of state nicknames for four minutes. The only one I can think of is the Los Angeles Lakers in Michigan, the Great Lakes State.
↵Illinois Fighting Illini at Texas Longhorns, 9, ESPN2 or ESPN3: The Coaches vs. Cancer Classic semifinal -- winner gets the winner of Pitt-Maryland. Good chance for the Big 12 to try and make a dent in the highly touted Big Ten. GAME OF THE DAY!
↵Virginia Cavaliers at Stanford Cardinal, 10:30, Fox Sports South
↵Denver Nuggets at Portland Trail Blazers, 10:30, TNT: Having just lost Greg Oden yet again, the Blazers have to hope against a repeat of last year.
↵Football
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↵Georgia St. Panthers at No. 11 Alabama Crimson Tide, 7:30, ESPNU: Of all the advantages the GSU program has enjoyed over other first-year startups -- and most FCS programs period -- national prime time in Bryant-Denny might be the biggest.
↵UCLA Bruins at Washington Huskies, 8, ESPN
↵Chicago Bears at Miami Dolphins, 8, NFL Network