WHAT TO SEE AND DO AROUND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

SPECTATOR SPORTS: FRIDAY 24

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

* MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Cascade (Ore.) at Biola, 7:30 p.m.

* WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Cal State Bakersfield vs. Chapman, Westmont Tournament, Santa Barbara, 5:30 p.m; UC Santa Barbara vs. USC, Sports Arena, 7 p.m.; Western Washington at Cal State Los Angeles, 7 p.m.

* WOMEN’S COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL: Notre Dame vs. USC, Lyon Center, 6 p.m.; UC Irvine Tournament, first round, Sacramento State vs. UC Riverside, 5 p.m.; Wake Forest vs. UC Irvine, 7 p.m.; Long Beach State Thanksgiving Tournament at the Pyramid, Hawaii vs. Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, 5 p.m.; Long Beach State vs. Oregon State, 7:30 p.m.

* MEN’S COLLEGE WATER POLO: MPSF Championships at Los Alamitos Naval Pool, first round, Stanford vs. UC Santa Barbara, 10:30 a.m.; California vs. Long Beach State, 1 p.m.; USC vs. Pepperdine, 2:30 p.m.; UCLA vs. Pacific, 5 p.m.; UC Irvine vs. Stanford-UC Santa Barbara winner, 6:30 p.m.

* HORSE RACING: Hollywood Park, thoroughbreds featuring $200,000 Miesque Stakes and $200,000 Hollywood Turf Express, first post 12:30 p.m.; Los Alamitos, quarter horses, first post 7:15 p.m.

SPECTATOR SPORTS: SATURDAY 25

SPECTATOR SPORTS

* PRO BASKETBALL: Phoenix vs. Clippers, Staples Center, 7:30 p.m.

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

* COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Notre Dame vs. USC, Coliseum, 12:30 p.m.

* MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Pacific at Pepperdine, 1 p.m.; Loyola Marymount vs. USC, Sports Arena, 7 p.m.; Cal State Fullerton at UC Riverside, 7 p.m.; Winona State at Cal State San Bernardino, 7 p.m.; Hope International at Cal Poly Pomona, 7:30 p.m.; Bethel (Minn.) at Biola, 7:30 p.m.

* WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: San Francisco at Cal State Fullerton, 2 p.m.; Cal State Bakersfield at Westmont Tournament, 8 p.m.; Pepperdine Classic, Houston vs. Pepperdine, 5 p.m.; Western Washington at Cal State Dominguez Hills, 5:45 p.m.; Cal Poly Pomona at Vanguard, 7 p.m.

* WOMEN’S COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL: UC Irvine Tournament, Sacramento State vs. Wake Forest, 5 p.m.; UC Riverside at UC Irvine, 7 p.m; Long Beach State Thanksgiving Tournament at The Pyramid, Oregon State vs. Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, 5 p.m.; Hawaii vs. Long Beach State, 7:30 p.m.

* MEN’S COLLEGE WATER POLO: MPSF Championships at Los Alamitos Naval Pool, quarterfinals, 1 p.m.

* HORSE RACING: Hollywood Park, thoroughbreds $200,000 Generous Stakes and $500,000 Citation Handicap, first post 12:30 p.m.; Los Alamitos, quarter horses, first post 6:30 p.m.

SPECTATOR SPORTS: SUNDAY 26

* WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: St. Joseph’s vs. USC, Sports Arena, 2 p.m; Arizona at UC Santa Barbara, 2 p.m; Pepperdine Classic, consolation game, 1 p.m.; championship game, 3 p.m.

* MEN’S COLLEGE WATER POLO: MPSF Championships, semifinals and finals, Los Alamitos Naval Pool, 1 p.m.

* HORSE RACING: Hollywood Park, thoroughbreds featuring $500,000 Early Times Hollywood Derby and $500,000 Matriarch, 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://161.35.110.226, send a fax to (213) 473-2590. Only events with date-of-competition registration will be accepted.