WHAT TO SEE AND DO AROUND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

SPECTATOR SPORTS: FRIDAY 8

* PRO BASKETBALL: Seattle vs. Lakers, Staples Center, 7:30 p.m.

* PRO HOCKEY: WCHL, Phoenix vs. Ice Dogs, Long Beach Arena, 7:30 p.m.

* MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: American Indian at Caltech, 7:30 p.m.; Chapman at Claremont-Mudd, 7:30 p.m.; Holy Names at Cal Lutheran, 7:30 p.m.; Cal State Dominguez Hills at Cal State Bakersfield, 8 p.m.

* WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Chapman at Claremont-Mudd, 5:30 p.m.; Holy Names at Azusa Pacific, 7:30 p.m.

* WOMEN’S COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL: NCAA Playoffs, Pacific Regional final, Sports Arena, 4:30 p.m.

* MEN’S AND WOMEN’S COLLEGE SWIMMING AND DIVING: Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Winter Invitational, prelims, 3 p.m.; finals, 9 p.m.

* HORSE RACING: Hollywood Park, thoroughbreds, first post 12:30 p.m.; Los Alamitos, quarter horses, first post 7:15 p.m.

SPECTATOR SPORTS: SATURDAY 9

* PRO HOCKEY: WCHL, Fresno vs. Ice Dogs, Long Beach Arena, 7 p.m.

* MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Hawaii vs. UCLA, Pauley Pavilion, 5:30 p.m.; USC at UC Santa Barbara, 7 p.m.; Wyoming at Cal State Fullerton, 7 p.m.; San Jose State at Pepperdine, 7:30 p.m.; Cal State Los Angeles at Cal State Bakersfield, 8 p.m.; Holy Names at Claremont-Mudd, 7:30 p.m.; Hope International at Pomona-Pitzer, 7:30 p.m.; Concordia at Whittier, 7:30 p.m.

* WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Westmont at Pomona-Pitzer, 2 p.m.; Cal Poly San Luis Obispo at Pepperdine, 5 p.m.; Patten College at Azusa Pacific, 5:30 p.m.; Life Bible at Whittier, 5:30 p.m.; Cal State Los Angeles at Cal State Bakersfield, 5:45 p.m.; San Diego at Cal State Northridge, 7 p.m.; Cal Lutheran at The Master’s, 7:30 p.m.; Concordia at Redlands, 7:30 p.m.

* MEN’S COLLEGE SWIMMING AND DIVING: Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Winter Invitational, prelims, 3 p.m.; finals, 9 p.m.

* HORSE RACING: Hollywood Park, thoroughbreds featuring $150,000 Dahlia Handicap, first post 12:30 p.m.; Los Alamitos, quarter horses, first post 6:30 p.m.

SPECTATOR SPORTS: SUNDAY 10

* PRO BASKETBALL: Detroit vs. Lakers, Staples Center, 6:30 p.m.

* PRO HOCKEY: Dallas vs. Mighty Ducks, Arrowhead Pond, 5 p.m.

* WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Long Beach State vs. UCLA, Pauley Pavilion, 2 p.m.; New Mexico State at UC Irvine, 2 p.m.

* COLLEGE WRESTLING: San Francisco State at Cal State Bakersfield, 5 p.m.

* HORSE RACING: Hollywood Park, thoroughbreds featuring $100,000 Vernon O. Underwood, first post 12:30 p.m.; Los Alamitos, quarter horses, first post 6 p.m.

About This Listing

On Fridays, The Times publishes a sampling of Southland participatory events on a space-available basis. To submit your event, please send a fax with the date, location and time of competition to (213) 237-7876 or write to Sports Weekend, Sports Department, Los Angeles Times, 202 W. 1st St., Los Angeles, CA 90012. To submit an event in the Calendar Live! section of http://mediakit.nohib.com., send a fax to (213) 473-2590. Only events with date-of-competition registration will be accepted.