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WEEKEND ON AIR Today Men's college basketball 4:30 p.m.Preseason NIT: Providence vs. Mich. ESPN2 7 p.m.Preseason NIT final: Wake vs. Arizona ESPN2 9 p.m.Maryland vs. Memphis ESPN2 1090 AM MidnightGreat Alaska semifinal ESPN2 Pro basketball 1 p.m.Washington at Philadelphia CSN 1260 AM 8 p.m.Miami at Detroit ESPN 10:30 p.m.Sacramento at L.A. Lakers ESPN 1:30 a.m.Wash. at Phila. (T) CSN 3 a.m.Miami at Detroit (T) ESPN2 3:30 a.m.Sacramento at L.A. Lakers (T) ESPN College football NoonColo.

The Baltimore Football Club's 1995 schedule, with televised games. All times are Eastern.Exhibitions Date Opponent .. Time, TV6/17 Ottawa . .. ... 7:306/24 vs. Birm.* .. . 7:30Regular season 6/30 at B.C. Lions 10:307/8 San Antonio 7:307/15 at San Ant. 8, ESPN7/22 Winnipeg 7:30, ESPN7/29 at Birming. 8, ESPN28/2 at Edmonton 9:308/6 at Calgary 4:308/12 Memphis 7:30, ESPN28/19 at Memphis 8:308/26 Toronto 49/2 at Hamilton 89/9 Birmingham 7:309/15 at Shreveport 8, ESPN29/23 Shreveport 7:3010/1 at Sask.

Coaches vs. Cancer Challenge Championship (ESPN, Nov. 24, 4 p.m.): Four ranked teams (Georgia, Notre Dame, Oklahoma and Wisconsin) do battle from Madison. Connecticut-Tennessee (CBS, Dec. 30, 4 p.m.; ESPN, Feb. 1, 7 p.m.): The preludes to the national championship, with the first game in Hartford and the second in Knoxville. Purdue at Michigan (CBS, Dec. 30, 2 p.m.): If the Boilermakers are going to be stopped in the Big Ten, the Wolverines may have to do it here. Xavier at George Washington (ESPN2, Jan. 6, noon)

Baseball -- Yankees-Red Sox. You just can't get enough. Well, actually, most Orioles fans probably have already had their fill. Regardless, ESPN has three games from their series starting today (1 p.m., ESPN), then Sunday (8 p.m., ESPN) and Monday (1 p.m., ESPN2). Fox (WBFF/Channel 45) has Saturday's 1:20 p.m. game. Basketball -- It's OK, you can cheer for a Mike Krzyzewski team this time. He's coaching the U.S. team in the world championships - tonight (actually tomorrow morning) at 1 a.m. against Puerto Rico and Sunday at 6:30 a.m. against China, both on ESPN2.

Rays@Orioles 3 P.M. [CH. 13, MASN] And you have lots more baseball than the Orioles' opener. Keep your remote handy: Toronto Blue Jays-New York Yankees at 1 p.m. on ESPN, Milwaukee Brewers-Chicago Cubs at 2 p.m. on ESPN2 and WGN, Washington Nationals-Philadelphia Phillies at 3 p.m. on MASN2, San Francisco Giants-Los Angeles Dodgers at 4 p.m. on ESPN, Los Angeles Angels-Minnesota Twins at 7 p.m. on ESPN2, Houston Astros-San Diego Padres at 10 p.m. on...

FRIDAY'S TELEVISION HIGHLIGHTS AFL Tampa Bay@New Orleans NFL 8 MLB Yankees@Tampa Bay MLB 2 Minnesota@Orioles 13, MASN 3 San Francisco@Arizona ESPN2 7 Minnesota@Orioles (T) MASN 7 Kansas City@Angels ESPN2 10 Minnesota@Orioles (T) MASN 11:30 NBA New York@Orlando (T) NBA 11:45 a.m. Philadelphia@Miami (T) NBA 2 Washington@New Jersey CSN 7:30 Detroit@Atlanta NBA 7:30 Houston@Lakers NBA 10:30 Detroit@Atlanta (T)

Maryland has announced its men's basketball schedule for the upcoming season, which includes home-and-home series against both Duke and North Carolina. The Terps will play an 18-game ACC schedule for the first time, including home-and-home series with Boston College, Duke, Florida State, North Carolina, Virginia, Virginia Tech and Wake Forest. The Terps face Clemson and N.C. State at home and Georgia Tech and Miami on the road. This is the last year before Pittsburgh and Syracuse start showing up on the conference schedule.

Dec. 17, New Orleans: North Texas (7-5) vs. C-USA No. 4 or 5, 7 p.m. (ESPN2) Dec. 18, GMAC (at Mobile, Ala.): Marshall (8-2) vs. C-USA No. 2, 8 p.m. (ESPN2) Dec. 23, Tangerine (at Orlando, Fla.): ACC No. 4 vs. Big 12 No. 5, 6 or 7, 5:30 p.m. (ESPN) Dec. 25, Las Vegas: Mountain West No. 2 vs. Pac-10 No. 5, 4:30 p.m. (ESPN) Dec. 25, Hawaii (at Honolulu): Hawaii (9-2) vs. C-USA No. 4 or 5, 8 p.m. (ESPN) Dec. 26, Motor City (at Detroit): MAC No. 1 vs. Big Ten No. 7, 5 p.m. (ESPN) Dec. 26, Insight (at Phoenix)

The top five-rated running backs, according to Mel Kiper Jr.:Ricky Williams, TexasHeight, weight: 5-10, 22440-yard dash time: 4.43 secondsStrengths: Runs with power and speed. Is strong enough to bounce off tacklers, nimble enough to make defenders miss. Can pound ball inside.Weaknesses: Had 26 fumbles in 46 career games at Texas, fueling speculation about his smallish hands. Wasn't used much as a receiver out of the backfield.Edgerrin James, Miami, Fla.Height, weight: 6-0, 21640 time: 4.43Strengths: Power runner, very effective inside, but capable of getting to the corner.