FRIDAY, 3/23 *NCAA basketball Stock the fridge, unplug the phone, and make sure the cat has been fed. Men's tournament ''Sweet 16'' semifinals doubleheader from the Superdome in New Orleans (Southeast Regional) or the Oakland Coliseum (West Regional). Check local listings for the games in your area. CBS (8 p.m. onward)

*NBA basketball The endangered Atlanta Hawks land on the Boston Celtics' home-court parquet for a little Garden party. TBS (7:35-9:35 p.m.)

SATURDAY, 3/24 *NCAA basketball Women's Division I East Regional tournament final from Norfolk, Va. ESPN (noon-2 p.m.)

*Tennis Women's final of the Lipton International Players Championships. Minus Navratilova and Graf, Gabriela Sabatini has a good shot at defending her title in Key Biscayne, Fla. BC (1-3 p.m.)

*NCAA basketball Men's tournament finals doubleheader from Meadowlands Arena in East Rutherford, N.J. (East Regional) and Reunion Arena in Dallas (Midwest Regional) as the first two teams make the final four. CBS (1:30-6 p.m.)

*Bowling The next leg of the Pro Bowlers' Tour is, as it should be, the Budweiser Open from North Olmsted, Ohio. ABC (3-4:30 p.m.) *Golf Third-round coverage of the men's Nestle Invitational from Orlando, Fla., with morning guy Bryant Gumbel moonlighting as host. NBC (4:30-6 p.m.)

*NCAA basketball Women's Division I regional tournament finals (Mideast, Midwest, and West Regionals) from Iowa City, Iowa; Austin, Tex.; and Palo Alto, Calif., respectively. ESPN (7-11 p.m., then midnight on)

SUNDAY, 3/25 *Tennis Men's final of the Lipton International Players Championships from Key Biscayne, Fla. Ivan Lendl faces a top-notch draw in defense of his title. ABC (1-4:30 p.m.)

*NCAA basketball Men's West and Southeast Regional tournament finals from Oakland and New Orleans, respectively, as two more teams make the final four. CBS (1:30-6 p.m.)

*Boxing Live 12-round WBA junior featherweight title bout between current champ Jesus & Salud (33-3, 16 KOs) and Jesse Benavides (28-1, 21 KOs) from Corpus Christi, Tex. NBC (2:30-4 p.m.)

*Golf The final round of the Nestle Invitational. NBC (4-6 p.m.)

MONDAY, 3/26 *NCAA basketball The final of women's tournament Division II Championship will be tape-delayed from a site to be determined. ESPN (1-3 p.m.)

*NBA basketball Semi-solid Denver Nuggets roll into Atlanta hoping to shoot down the Hawks. TBS (7:35-9:35 p.m.)

Wednesday, 3/28 *NBA basketball Michael Jordan flies again as the hot Chicago Bulls look to stomp the Cleveland Cavaliers in Ohio. TNT (8-10 p.m.)


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