When the local sports TV schedules were set late last summer, with the Blackhawks coming off a Stanley Cup championship and the Bulls with a bunch of new players, putting tonight's Blackhawks game on the main CSN channel and the Bulls game on CSN Plus seemed like the logical choice.
↵↵Now? Not so much. There are also eight ranked college basketball teams available on TV tonight.
↵↵5:30 p.m., Big Ten Network: College basketball, Northwestern at Michigan.
↵↵6 p.m., ESPNU: College basketball, No. 15 Louisville at No. 7 Notre Dame. Not everyone gets ESPNU, even with digital cable or satellite, but this is a big game between ranked teams.
↵↵6 p.m., ESPN: College basketball, No. 11 Georgetown at No. 13 Syracuse.
↵↵7 p.m., Comcast 100: AHL, Wolves vs. Griffins at the Allstate Arena. The Griffins are from Grand Rapids, Michigan.
↵↵7:30 p.m., Big Ten Network: College basketball, No. 14 Wisconsin at Iowa.
↵↵8 p.m., CSN Chicago Plus (CLTV in Chicago, check other listings): NBA, Bulls at Jazz.
↵↵8 p.m., ESPN: College basketball, No. 21 North Carolina at No. 5 Duke.
↵↵8 p.m., ESPN2: College basketball, No. 3 Texas at Oklahoma.
↵↵8:30 p.m., CSN Chicago: NHL, Blackhawks at Oilers.