Viewing Picks for December 29, 2016

All Times Eastern

College Basketball
Men’s
Georgia at Auburn — ESPNU, 7 p.m.
Butler at St. John’s — FS1, 7 p.m.
Tennessee at Texas A&M — SEC Network, 7 p.m.
Kentucky at Mississippi — ESPN2, 8 p.m.
Lipscomb at Missouri — SEC Network Plus, 8 p.m.
Missouri-Kansas City at Mississippi State — SEC Network Plus, 8 p.m.
Stetson at Alabama — SEC Network Plus, 8 p.m.
Santa Clara at BYU — BYUtv, 9 p.m.
Vanderbilt at LSU — ESPNU, 9 p.m.
Florida at Arkansas — SEC Network, 9 p.m.
Portland at Pacific — Campus Insiders, 10 p.m.
San Diego at San Francisco — Campus Insiders, 10 p.m.
St. Mary’s at Loyola Marymount — ESPNU, 11 p.m.

Women’s
UConn at Maryland — ESPN2, 6 p.m.
Kansas State at Baylor — Fox College Sports Central/Fox Sports Net, 8 p.m.
Texas Tech at Texas — Longhorn Network, 8 p.m.

College Football
Birmingham Bowl, Legion Field, Birmingham, AL
South Carolina vs. South Florida — ESPN, 2 p.m.

Belk Bowl, Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte, NC
Arkansas vs. Virginia Tech — ESPN, 5:30 p.m.

Alamo Bowl, Alamodome, San Antonio, TX
Oklahoma State vs. Colorado — ESPN, 9 p.m.

Ohio State Fiesta Bowl Media Day 2016 — Big Ten Network, 10:30 a.m.
SEC Now: Peach Bowl Press Conference — SEC Network, 1:30 p.m.
Outback Bowl Preview Show — ESPN2, 5 p.m.
Inside College Football: Playoff Preview — CBS Sports Network, 7 p.m.

English Football League Championship
Aston Villa vs. Leeds United — beIN Sports, 2:40 p.m.

The Express — beIN Sports, 2:30 p.m.

Hockey
2017 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship
Group A, Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec Canada
Finland vs. Sweden — NHL Network, 6 p.m. (joined in progress)

Group B, Air Canada Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Russia vs. USA — NHL Network, 3:30 p.m.
Latvia vs. Canada — NHL Network, 8 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC 207: Nunes vs. Rousey, T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, NV
Weigh-In — FS1, 6 p.m.

UFC Main Event: UFC 168: Rousey vs. Tate — FS1, 10 p.m.

MLB
Hot Stove — MLB Network, 9 a.m.
MLB Now — MLB Network, 2 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 6 p.m.

NBA
Boston at Cleveland — TNT, 8 p.m.
Dallas at Los Angeles Lakers — TNT, 10:30 p.m.

The Jump — ESPNews, 3:30 p.m.
10 Before Tip — NBA TV, 6:30 p.m.
The Starters — NBA TV, 7 p.m.
NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 7:30 p.m.
Inside the NBA — TNT, 1 a.m. (Friday)

NFL
Good Morning Football — NFL Network, 7 a.m.
NFL Insiders — ESPN2, 2 p.m.
NFL Live — ESPN2, 3 p.m.
NFL Network Up to the Minute — NFL Network, 3 p.m.
NFL Fantasy Live — NFL Network, 5 p.m.
NFL Network Up to the Minute — NFL Network, 6 p.m.

NHL
Hockey Central @ noon — NHL Network, noon
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 10:30 p.m.
NHL Tonight: Bonus Coverage — NHL Network, 11 p.m.
On the Fly — NHL Network, midnight

Soccer
The Xtra — beIN Sports, 7 p.m.
ESPN FC — ESPNews, midnight

Sports Talk
Boomer & Carton — CBS Sports Network, 6 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 6:45 a.m.
SportsCenter:AM — ESPN, 7 a.m.
Favela Athletes — BBC World News, 7:30 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 8:45 a.m.
The Best of the Dan Patrick Show — Audience (AT&T U-Verse/DirecTV), 9 a.m.
SportsCenter: Face to Face With Hannah Storm — ESPN, 10 a.m.
The Best of the Rich Eisen Show — Audience (AT&T U-Verse/DirecTV)/Root Sports (Northwest/Rocky Mountain/Southwest), noon
BYU Sports Nation — BYUtv, noon
His & Hers (The Final Days) — ESPN2, noon
SC Top Plays of the Year — ESPN2, 1 p.m.
SC Featured: Pin Kings — ESPNews, 1 p.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 1:45 p.m.
The Doug Gottlieb Show — CBS Sports Network, 3 p.m.
The Paul Finebaum Show — SEC Network, 3 p.m.
Time to Schein — CBS Sports Network, 6 p.m.
Fox Sports Live With Jay and Dan — FS1, 11 p.m.
SportsCenter at Night — ESPN2, 11 p.m.
SEC Now — SEC Network, 11 p.m.
TMZ Sports — FS1, 11:30 p.m.
Contacto Deportivo — Univision/Univision Deportes, midnight