If only the Bulls and Blackhawks could coordinate their schedules, we could have a local winter sports team in action every day -- yesterday, they both played; today, neither. There's NBA action tonight and some Top 25 and Big Ten college basketball.
↵↵6 p.m., Big Ten Network: College basketball, Penn State at Michigan State.
↵↵6 p.m., ESPN: College basketball, No. 9 Connecticut at St. John's.
↵↵6 p.m., NHL Network: Kings at Penguins.
↵↵7 p.m., TNT: NBA, Lakers at Celtics.
↵↵8 p.m., ESPN: College basketball, Illinois at No. 25 Minnesota. Both these teams ranked higher earlier in the season; could one (or both) miss the NCAA tournament?
↵↵8 p.m., ESPN2: College basketball, Alabama at No. 24 Vanderbilt.
↵↵9:30 p.m., TNT: NBA, Mavericks at Nuggets. Carmelo Anthony is still a Nugget -- for now.