Viewing Picks for January 5, 2016

All Times Eastern

College Basketball
Men’s
Akron at Buffalo — American Sports Network, 7 p.m.
VCU at St. Joseph’s — American Sports Network, 7 p.m.
Minnesota at Penn State — Big Ten Network, 7 p.m.
Wisconsin at Indiana — ESPN, 7 p.m.
East Carolina at Tulsa — ESPNews, 7 p.m.
Richmond at URI — ESPNU, 7 p.m.
Marquette at Providence — FS1, 7 p.m.
South Carolina at Auburn — SEC Network, 7 p.m.
Clemson at Syracuse — ACC Network, 8 p.m.
Temple at UConn — CBS Sports Network, 8 p.m.
Oklahoma State at Baylor — ESPN2, 8 p.m.
Butler at DePaul — Fox Sports Net, 8 p.m.
Kansas State at Texas — Longhorn Network, 8 p.m.
Nebraska at Iowa — Big Ten Network, 9 p.m.
Kentucky at LSU — ESPN, 9 p.m.
Tulane at Houston — ESPNU, 9 p.m.
Georgetown at Creighton — FS1, 9 p.m.
Vanderbilt at Arkansas — SEC Network, 9 p.m.
Boise State at Utah State — CBS Sports Network, 10 p.m.

Women’s
DePaul at Seton Hall — FS2, 7 p.m.

Inside the Big East — FS1, 6 p.m.
Inside College Basketball — CBS Sports Network, 7 p.m.
B1G Finale 2015-16 — Big Ten Network, 11 p.m.College Basketball Live — ESPN2, midnight

College Football
CFB Daily: The Experts — ESPNU, 1 p.m.
College Football Live — ESPN, 1:30 p.m.
Road to the College Football Playoff: Auburn — ESPNU, 6 p.m.
Road to the College Football Playoff: Alabama — ESPNU, 6:30 p.m.

Football League Cup
Semifinal, First Leg
Stoke City vs. Liverpool — beIN Sports, 2:55 p.m.

Golf
European Tour Highlights: 2015 Turkish Airlines Open — Golf Channel, 2 p.m.
European Tour Highlights: 2015 KLM Open — Golf Channel, 3 p.m.
Inside the PGA Tour — Golf Channel, 6:30 p.m.

Hockey
2016 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championships
Bronze Medal Game, Hartwell Arena, Helsinki, Finland
Sweden vs. United States — NHL Network, 9 a.m.

Gold Medal Game, Hartwell Arena, Helsinki, Finland
Finland vs. Russia — NHL Network, 1 p.m.

IndyCar
IndyCar Year in Review — NBCSN, 5 p.m.

MLB
Hot Stove — MLB Network, 9 a.m.
MLB Now — MLB Network, 2 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 6 p.m.
MLB Network Presents: Randy Johnson, The Big Picture — MLB Network, 9 p.m.

NBA
Fan Night
Milwaukee at Chicago — NBA TV, 8 p.m.
Golden State at Los Angeles Lakers — NBA TV, 10:30 p.m.

Fantasy Tip-Off — NBA TV, 6:30 p.m.
The Starters — NBA TV, 7 p.m.
NBA TV Pregame — NBA TV, 7:30 p.m.
NBA Coast to Coast — ESPN2, 10 p.m.
NBA Tonight — ESPN2, 12:30 a.m. (Wednesday)
NBA GameTime Postgame — NBA TV, 1 a.m. (Wednesday)

NFL
NFL HQ — NFL Network, 8 a.m.
NFL Replay: New York Jets at Buffalo — NFL Network, noon
NFL Replay: Minnesota at Green Bay — NFL Network, 1 p.m.
NFL Insiders — ESPN, 2:30 p.m.
NFL Live — ESPN, 3:30 p.m.
Around the NFL — NFL Network, 5 p.m.
NFL Films Presents: Greatest Games of 2015 — FS1, 6:30 p.m.
Inside the NFL: 2015 Week 17 — Showtime, 9 p.m.
NFL Replay: Game of the Week: San Diego at Denver — NFL Network, 10 p.m.

NHL
Montreal at Philadelphia — NBCSN, 7:30 p.m.

Hockey Central @ noon — NHL Network, noon
NHL Live — NHL Network, 4 p.m.
NHL Live — NBCSN, 6:30 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 7 p.m.
NHL Overtime — NBCSN, 10:15 p.m.
NHL Rivals: Chicago Blackhawks vs. Pittsburgh Penguins — NBCSN, 11 p.m.
On the Fly: Bonus Coverage — NHL Network, 11 p.m.
On the Fly: Final — NHL Network, midnight

Soccer
ESPN FC — ESPNews, 6 p.m.
The Express Xtra — beIN Sports, 10 p.m.

Sports Talk
Sport Today — BBC World News, 5:45 a.m.
Boomer & Carton — CBS Sports Network, 6 a.m.
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 7 a.m.
The Dan Patrick Show — Audience Network (AT&T U-Verse/DirecTV)/NBCSN, 9 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 9:45 a.m.
The Dan Le Batard Show With Stugotz — ESPNU, 10 a.m.
The Rich Eisen Show — Audience Network (AT&T U-Verse/DirecTV)/Root Sports (Northwest/Pittsburgh/Rocky Mountain), noon
BYU Sports Nation — BYUtv, noon
His & Hers — ESPN2, noon
Russillo and Kanell — ESPNU, 1 p.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 1:45 p.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 2:30 p.m.
The Doug Gottlieb Show — CBS Sports Network, 3 p.m.
The Paul Finebaum Show — SEC Network, 3 p.m.
SportsNation — ESPN2, 4 p.m.
Highly Questionable — ESPN, 4:30 p.m.
Around the Horn — ESPN, 5 p.m.
Pardon the Interruption — ESPN, 5:30 p.m.
BTN Live — Big Ten Network, 6 p.m.
Time to Schein — CBS Sports Network, 6 p.m.
Harlem Globetrotters 90th Anniversary Special — ESPN2, 7 p.m.
60 Minutes Sports — Showtime, 8 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — FS1, 11 p.m.
TMZ Sports — FS1, midnight
SportsCenter at Night With Scott Van Pelt — ESPN, midnight
Contacto Deportivo — Univision/Univision Deportes, midnight
Fox Sports Live: Countdown — FS1, 12:30 a.m. (Wednesday)

Tennis
Hopman Cup, Perth Arena, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Australia Gold vs. United States — Tennis Channel, 4:30 a.m.

ATP Tour
Qatar Open, Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex, Doha, Qatar
1st Round — beIN Sports, 7 a.m.

WTA Tour
ASB Classic, ASB Tennis Centre, Auckland, New Zealand
1st Round — Tennis Channel, 6 p.m.

ATP/WTA Tour
Brisbane International, Queensland Tennis Centre, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Men’s and Women’s 1st Round — Tennis Channel, 8 p.m.