WHAT TO SEE AND DO AROUND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

SPECTATOR SPORTS: FRIDAY 18

* PRO GOLF: Nissan Open, Riviera Country Club, Pacific Palisades, 7 a.m. (Saturday-Sunday, 8 a.m.)

* PRO HOCKEY: San Jose at Mighty Ducks, Arrowhead Pond, 7:30 p.m.

* MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: UC Riverside at Cal State Los Angeles, 8 p.m.

* WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: UC Riverside at Cal State Los Angeles, 5:45 p.m.; Cal State Fullerton at UC Irvine, 7 p.m.; Whittier at Redlands, 7:30 p.m.; Claremont-Mudd at La Verne, 7:30 p.m.

* COLLEGE BASEBALL: Utah at Loyola Marymount, 2 p.m. (Saturday, 2 p.m.; Sunday 1 p.m.); UC Santa Barbara at Cal State Northridge, 2:30 p.m. (Saturday at Santa Barbara, 1 p.m.; Sunday at Northridge, 1 p.m.); Redlands at Occidental, 2:30 p.m. (Saturday at Redlands, 11 a.m.); North Carolina at UCLA, Jackie Robinson Stadium, 5 p.m. (Saturday and Sunday, 1 p.m.); California at Pepperdine, 5 p.m. (Saturday, 2 p.m.; Sunday, 1 p.m.); Texas Tech at Long Beach State, Blair Field, 7 p.m. (Saturday and Sunday, 1 p.m.); Nevada Las Vegas at Cal State Fullerton, 7 p.m. (Saturday and Sunday, 1 p.m.).

* COLLEGE SOFTBALL: Claremont-Mudd at Vanguard, 1:30 p.m.; Patten College at Redlands, 2 p.m.; Whittier at UC San Diego, 5 p.m.

* MEN’S AND WOMEN’S COLLEGE SWIMMING AND DIVING: Big West Championships, Belmont Plaza, Long Beach, preliminaries, 10:30 a.m.; finals, 6 p.m. (Also Saturday).

* MEN’S COLLEGE TENNIS: USC at UCLA, L.A. Tennis Center, 1:30 p.m.; San Diego State at Pepperdine, 1:30 p.m.; UC San Diego at UC Riverside, 2 p.m.; La Verne at Caltech, 3 p.m.

* HORSE RACING: Santa Anita Park, thoroughbreds, first post 1 p.m.

SPECTATOR SPORTS: SATURDAY 19

* MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Cal Poly San Luis Obispo at Cal State Fullerton, 7 p.m.; UC Santa Barbara at UC Irvine, 7 p.m.; Pepperdine at Loyola Marymount, 7:30 p.m.; Claremont-Mudd at Cal Lutheran, 7:30 p.m.; UC Santa Cruz at UC San Diego, 8 p.m.; UC Riverside at Cal State Dominguez Hils, 8 p.m.

* WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Arizona at UCLA, Pauley Pavilion, 1 p.m.; Arizona State at USC, Lyon Center, 2 p.m.; Pepperdine at Loyola Marymount, 5:15 p.m.; UC Riverside at Cal State Dominguez Hills, 5:45 p.m.; The Master’s at UC San Diego, 6 p.m.; Montana State at Cal State Northridge, 7 p.m.

* MEN’S AND WOMEN’S TRACK AND FIELD: Los Angeles Invitational indoor meet, Sports Arena, high school events, 11:30 a.m.; invitational events, 6 p.m.

* MEN’S AND WOMEN’S COLLEGE TRACK AND FIELD: Claremont-Mudd and Cal Lutheran at Redlands, 11 a.m.; UC San Diego and Vanguard at Pomona-Pitzer All-Comers Meet, noon.

* COLLEGE HOCKEY: Pac-8 Championships, Iceoplex, El Segundo, third-place game, 11 a.m.; championship, 1 p.m.

* AUTO RACING: Stocks, trucks, dwarf cars, Perris Auto Speedway, 7 p.m.

* HORSE RACING: Santa Anita Park, thoroughbreds, including $75,000 San Marino Handicap and $100,000 Boo La Boo Stakes, first post 12:30 p.m.

* MOTORCYCLE RACING: Toyota Cup Grand Prix, Willow Springs Raceway, Rosamond, 11 a.m. (Sunday, 9 a.m.)

PARTICIPATION SPORTS

* WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL: Women’s teams from Los Angeles, San Francisco, Mexico and Japan will compete in two-day tournament at Rogers Park, 400 W. Beach Ave., Inglewood. Competition begins at 8:30 a.m. Saturday and 8 a.m. Sunday. Details: (310) 674-7050, Ext. 4065.

SPECTATOR SPORTS: SUNDAY 20

* COLLEGE SOFTBALL: Cal State Bakersfield at UC San Diego, noon.

* MEN’S AND WOMEN’S SWIMMING AND DIVING: UC Irvine Invitational, Belmont Plaza, Long Beach, 10 a.m.

* WOMEN’S COLLEGE GYMNASTICS: UCLA Invitational including Oregon State, Cal State Fullerton and San Jose State, Pauley Pavilion, 2 p.m.

* HORSE RACING: Santa Anita Park, thoroughbreds, including $125,000 Las Flores Handicap, first post 12:30 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, Times Mirror Square, Los Angeles, CA 90053. To submit an event in the Calendar Live! section of http://arstechnica.netblogpro.com, send a fax to (213) 473-2590. Only events with date-of-competition registration will be accepted.