Gordon’s final race in Las Vegas highlights weekend TV schedule

Gentlemen, start your televisions. Especially if you can’t make it to Las Vegas Motor Speedway for the city’s annual NASCAR weekend.

Four-time Cup champion Jeff Gordon, 43, will make his final appearance at LVMS in Sunday’s Sprint Cup Kobalt Tools 400 (12:30 p.m., Fox, Channel 5). The “Rainbow Warrior,” who is retiring after this season, has won 92 races, the most among active drivers and third all time.

Brad Keselowski swept the board on NASCAR weekend in Las Vegas last year, outlasting Las Vegas native Kyle Busch in the Nationwide Series Boyd Gaming 300 for his first victory at LVMS before winning the Kobalt 400 after Dale Earnhardt Jr. ran out of gas on the final lap.

The Xfinity Series Boyd Gaming 300 will be run at 1 p.m. Saturday (FS1 (329)).

TODAY

PGA Tour, WGC-Cadillac Championship, second round (10 a.m., TGC (339)): The top 50 players in the world are in the same tournament for the first time since the 2012 PGA Championship. Rory McIlroy will retain his No. 1 ranking regardless of how he fares this weekend in Doral, Fla., but the next seven players — Bubba Watson, Henrik Stenson, Jason Day, Adam Scott, Jim Furyk, Sergio Garcia and Justin Rose — have a chance to be No. 2 if they can win the tournament.

BEST OF REST — Missouri Valley Conference tournament, quarterfinals, No. 8 Wichita State vs. TBA (10 a.m., FCSA (330)), No. 11 Northern Iowa vs. TBA (4 p.m. FCSP (332)); Spring training, New York Yankees vs. Philadelphia Phillies (10 a.m., MLB (314)), Colorado Rockies vs. Los Angeles Angels (noon, FSW (49)); Texas Tech at No. 14 Baylor (6 p.m., ESPN2 (31)); Pittsburgh Penguins at Anaheim Ducks (7 p.m., Prime (50)); Dallas Mavericks at Golden State Warriors (7:30 p.m. ESPN (30)).

SATURDAY

The college basketball regular season ends this weekend with a flourish, as there are five matchups of Top-25 teams, including four Saturday.

No. 3 Duke at No. 19 North Carolina (6 p.m., ESPN (30)): In the first round of college basketball’s best rivalry this season, the Blue Devils (27-3, 14-3 Atlantic Coast Conference) outlasted the Tar Heels (21-9, 11-6) 92-90 in overtime Feb. 18 at Cameron Indoor Stadium. Duke blew an early 13-point lead in the instant classic and trailed by 10 with less than four minutes left in regulation before rallying for its ninth win in 12 meetings in the series.

Warm up for the showdown in Chapel Hill, N.C., by watching No. 9 Kansas at No. 15 Oklahoma (1 p.m., ESPN (30)) and No. 2 Virginia at No. 16 Louisville (3:30 p.m., ESPN (30)).

BEST OF REST — No. 21 Butler at No. 24 Providence (9 a.m., FS1 (329)); St. John’s at No. 4 Villanova (11 a.m., Fox (5)); Florida at No. 1 Kentucky (11 a.m., CBS (8)); Oklahoma State at No. 20 West Virginia (11 a.m., ESPNN (321)); Louisiana State at No. 18 Arkansas (11 a.m., ESPN (30)); Stanford at No. 5 Arizona (1 p.m., CBS (8)); Clemson at No. 12 Notre Dame (1 p.m., KVMY (12)); No. 13 Utah at Washington (1:30 p.m., PAC12 (334)); Ohio Valley Conference tournament, championship (4 p.m., ESPN2 (31)); No. 17 Iowa State at Texas Christian (5:30 p.m., ESPNN (321)); Premier Boxing Champions (5:30 p.m., NBC (3)); UNR at San Diego State (7 p.m., CBSSN (333)); Pittsburgh Penguins at Los Angeles Kings (7 p.m., FSW (49)); West Coast Conference tournament, quarterfinal, Brigham Young vs. TBA (8 p.m., ESPN2 (31)); PGA Tour, WGC-Cadillac Championship, third round (9 a.m. TGC (339), noon NBC (3)).

SUNDAY

BEST OF REST — Detroit Red Wings at Boston Bruins (9 a.m., NBC (3)); Big South Conference tournament, championship (9:30 a.m., ESPN2 (31)); PGA Tour, WGC-Cadillac Championship, final round (10 a.m., TGC (339), noon, NBC (3)); MVC tournament, championship (11:15 a.m., CBS (8)); Atlantic Sun Conference tournament, championship (11:30 a.m., ESPN2 (31)); Los Angeles Clippers at Golden State Warriors (12:30 p.m., ABC (13)); No. 6 Wisconsin at No. 23 Ohio State (1:30 p.m., CBS (8)); Toronto Raptors at Oklahoma City Thunder (4 p.m., NBA (318)); New York Rangers at Chicago Blackhawks (4:30 p.m., NBCSP (38)).

Contact reporter Todd Dewey at tdewey@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0354. Follow him on Twitter: @tdewey33.