You know the snow’s leaving soon when John Rooney and Mike Shannon are on your radio broadcasting Cardinal baseball.

Hello, spring!

Cards exhibition game broadcasts start Saturday at 12:05 p.m. on KTRS with another Sunday at the same time. Both games are against the Marlins, and the Cards will be the “home” team at Roger Dean Stadium on Sunday.

Pivotal college basketball games are all over this weekend as conference positioning continues for the home teams. Check out TV coverage for Mizzou (3 p.m-My46-WRBU), SLU (1 p.m.-KFNS) and Illinois (5 p.m.-Big Ten Network) on Saturday.

Saturday’s local Valley broadcasts are: Wichita St. vs. Drake (2 p.m.-EPNS2), Illinois St. vs. SIUC (7:30 p.m.-FSN Midwest) and Missouri State vs. Indiana State (6 p.m.-AM1430)

Finishing off Saturday night will be the Blues vs. Sharks at Scottrade Center (KPLR-CW11). The puck drops at 7:30 p.m.

As always, check out the Post-Dispatch Weekend Sports On The Air listings for more. Until next week…