With the National Football League taking its...

With the National Football League taking its traditional hiatus between the conference championship games and the Super Bowl, the television networks are turning to hockey and heavy doses of collegiate and professional basketball to fill the void this weekend.

For the first time since May 24, 1980, a National Hockey League game will be telecast by a major network, with NBC airing the 41st All-Star Game Sunday at 10:30 a.m. on Channels 4, 36 and 39. Cognizant of the bad camera angles that have traditionally made hockey a difficult sport to televise, NBC plans to station its cameras lower than usual and use a panoramic camera attached to the bottom of the center-ice scoreboard for an aerial view.

A heavier than usual college basketball schedule includes four consecutive games on Channel 2 today from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (Seton Hall at Pittsburgh at 9 a.m; No. 3 Oklahoma at No. 23 Arizona at 11 a.m.; Notre Dame vs. No. 13 LSU at 1 p.m. and USC at Stanford at 3 p.m. Channel 8 in San Diego will also carry the first three games.) On Sunday, No. 16 UCLA faces California at 3 p.m. on Channel 2.

Professional basketball moves to the forefront Sunday with a doubleheader featuring the National Basketball Assn.’s most attractive teams and players. The Lakers have their last chance at revenge against the Detroit Pistons before the playoffs at 9 a.m. on Channels 2 and 8, with the same stations broadcasting the Chicago Bulls-New York Knicks match-up at 11:30 a.m.

Mix celebrities from entertainment, politics and other sports with professional golfers and the result is the Bob Hope Classic, seen on Channels 4, 36 and 39 today and Sunday at 1:30 p.m.

And finally, for those who need football of any type to get through a weekend, there are three games this weekend. College seniors seeking to increase their worth in the NFL draft will perform in today’s Senior Bowl at 11:30 a.m. on ESPN and the East-West Shrine Game Sunday at 11:30 a.m. on Channels 7, 3 and 10. Jim Plunkett, Bart Starr and Roger Staubach are among former NFL stars participating in the inaugural Pro Football Legends Bowl, taped Friday in Phoenix, and shown at 3:30 p.m. today on Channel 4.