FRIDAY, 3/30 * NCAA basketball With college hoops ending this week, can summer be far behind? Women's Division I semifinals, live from Knoxville, Tenn. ESPN (7-11:30 p.m.)

* NBA basketball Patrick Ewing and the unpredictable New York Knicks wend their ay to the Windy City for a Chicago Bullfight with ''Money'' Jordan and his teammates. TNT (8-10 p.m.)

SATURDAY, 3/31 * Tennis In live coverage of the second round of the 1990 Davis Cup, U.S. stars Brad Gilbert and Aaron Krickstein play their singleslestches against a couple of blank Czechs (the Czechoslovakian team has until 10 days before the match to announce their lineup). ESPN (8 a.m. on)

* Golf Curtis Strange, Ben Crenshaw, Nick Faldo, and Seve Ballesteros are among the golfers scheduled to compete in the mellifluously named Independent Insurance Agents Open from Houston. ABC (1:30-3 p.m.)

* Bowling Yeah, but will they play in Peoria? You bet. This week's event on the Pro Bowlers' Tour happens to be the True Value Open from you-know-where, Ill. ABC (3-4:30 p.m.)

* Boxing A live 10-round welterweight fight from Atlantic City: James ''Buddy'' McGirt (47-2-1, 37 KOs) dukes it out with Tommy Ayers (37-2, 31 KOs). CBS (3:30-5 p.m.)

* Golf Nancy Lopez, Betsy King, and Pat Bradley are scheduled to compete, as the women tee it up for the third round of the Nabisco Dinah Shore from Rancho Mirage, Calif. NBC (4:30-6 p.m.)

* Boxing A live 12-round WBC super-welterweight championship bout from Tampa, Fla.: John Mugabi (35-2-0, 35 KOs) vs. Terry Norris (24-3-0, 13 KOs). ABC (4:30-6 p.m.)

* NCAA basketball The men's Final Four becomes the Final Two (no, not Musburger and Packer) in semifinal games, live from Denver. CBS (5:30-10 p.m.)

SUNDAY, 4/1 * NCAA basketball Check this out. The women's Division I championship final live from Knoxville. CBS (1:30-3:30 p.m.)

* Golf Final-round coverage of the men's Independent Insurance Agents Open. ABC (1:30-4 p.m.)

* Boxing A live 10-round junior flyweight bout between Michael Carbajal and Luis Monzote from Lake Tahoe, Nev. NBC (2-3 p.m.)

* Golf Final-round live coverage of the women's Nabisco Dinah Shore. NBC (3-6 p.m.)

* Charity softball Taped highlights of a celebrity-studded California fund-raiser (Wally Joyner and Kevin Costner are among the players) for the T.J. Martell Foundation for AIDS and cancer research. MTV (4-5 p.m.)

MONDAY, 4/2 * NCAA basketball All the hype percolates down to this megaspecialmoment: the Division I men's final from Denver. CBS (9-11 p.m.)

Wednesday, 4/4 * NBA basketball In a battle of the teams everyone expected too much from, the Atlanta Hawks fly up to Cleveland to clash with the Cavaliers. TBS (7:35-9:35 p.m.)

THURSDAY, 4/5 * NBA basketball The league's meanest machine, the Detroit Pistons, park their hard-banging defense in Atlanta for a one-nighter against the hometown Hawks. TNT (8-10 p.m.)

*Golf An update on first-round action at the Masters from Augusta, Ga. CBS (11:30-11:45 p.m..


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