On deck
Today
Boys basketball: Class 5A play-in round, Sherwood at Bend, 6 p.m.; Class 5A play-in round, Summit at St. Helens, 6 p.m.
Girls basketball: Class 5A play-in round, Parkrose at Summit, 7:15 p.m.; Class 5A play-in round, Churchill at Mountain View, 6 p.m.
Wednesday
Girls basketball: Class 5A play-in round, Redmond at Crescent Valley, 6 p.m.
Friday
Boys basketball: Class 5A first round, Redmond vs. TBD; Class 5A first round, Mountain View vs. TBD; Class 4A first round, Ridgeview at Cascade, 7 p.m.; Class 4A first round, Madras at Sutherlin, 6 p.m..
Alpine skiing: OSSA Championships/Finals at Mt. Bachelor, Giant Slalom, Cliffhanger, TBD.
Nordic skiing: OHSNO state championships at Mt. Bachelor, TBD.
Saturday
Girls basketball: Class 4A first round, Sisters at Mazama, 7 p.m.; Class 4A first round, Madras at La Grande, 5 p.m.; Class 5A first round, Bend vs. TBD.
Alpine skiing: OSSA Championships/Finals at Mt. Bachelor, Giant Slalom, Cliffhanger, TBD.
Nordic skiing: OHSNO state championships at Mt. Bachelor, TBD.
Hockey
NHL
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
All Times PST
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Eastern Conference
Atlantic Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Pittsburgh 19 13 6 0 26 65 48
New Jersey 19 10 5 4 24 48 49
Philadelphia 21 9 11 1 19 60 66
N.Y. Rangers 17 8 7 2 18 41 44
N.Y. Islanders 19 8 10 1 17 56 64
Northeast Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Montreal 19 12 4 3 27 53 41
Ottawa 20 12 6 2 26 48 37
Boston 15 11 2 2 24 45 34
Toronto 20 12 8 0 24 57 46
Buffalo 19 6 12 1 13 48 63
Southeast Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Carolina 17 9 7 1 19 50 51
Tampa Bay 18 9 8 1 19 69 58
Winnipeg 18 8 9 1 17 48 57
Florida 18 5 9 4 14 42 65
Washington 17 6 10 1 13 48 55
Western Conference
Central Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Chicago 19 16 0 3 35 61 37
Nashville 20 9 6 5 23 44 47
St. Louis 18 10 6 2 22 55 52
Detroit 19 9 7 3 21 57 54
Columbus 19 5 12 2 12 40 56
Northwest Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Vancouver 18 10 4 4 24 52 48
Edmonton 18 7 7 4 18 42 49
Minnesota 17 8 7 2 18 37 42
Calgary 17 7 7 3 17 48 59
Colorado 17 7 8 2 16 42 51
Pacific Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Anaheim 17 13 3 1 27 59 47
Dallas 19 9 8 2 20 51 53
Los Angeles 17 9 6 2 20 45 41
Phoenix 18 8 7 3 19 50 49
San Jose 17 8 6 3 19 41 39
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.
Monday’s Games
Ottawa 2, Montreal 1, SO
Toronto 4, Philadelphia 2
Nashville 5, Dallas 4, OT
Chicago 3, Edmonton 2, OT
Los Angeles 5, Anaheim 2
Today’s Games
Dallas at Columbus, 4 p.m.
Carolina at Washington, 4 p.m.
Winnipeg at N.Y. Rangers, 4 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Florida, 4:30 p.m.
Buffalo at Tampa Bay, 4:30 p.m.
Boston at N.Y. Islanders, 4:30 p.m.
Calgary at Minnesota, 5 p.m.
Phoenix at Vancouver, 7 p.m.
Colorado at San Jose, 7:30 p.m.
Basketball
Men’s college
Monday’s Games
East
Bryant 84, Sacred Heart 68
CCSU 67, Quinnipiac 65
Seton Hall 66, Villanova 65
South
Bethune-Cookman 72, Savannah St. 58
Florida A&M 75, SC State 72, 2OT
Hampton 57, Delaware St. 50
Howard 49, Md.-Eastern Shore 45
MVSU 90, Grambling St. 68
Prairie View 61, Alabama A&M 57, OT
Texas Southern 70, Alabama St. 50
Midwest
Kansas 108, Iowa St. 96, OT
Kansas St. 75, Texas Tech 55
Marquette 74, Syracuse 71
Southwest
Ark.-Pine Bluff 73, Jackson St. 72
Houston Baptist 65, New Orleans 52
Polls
AP Top 25
The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Feb. 24, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week’s ranking:
Record Pts Prv
1. Indiana (64) 24-3 1,624 1
2. Gonzaga (1) 27-2 1,530 3
3. Duke 24-3 1,461 6
4. Michigan 23-4 1,411 7
5. Miami 22-4 1,317 2
6. Kansas 23-4 1,272 9
7. Georgetown 21-4 1,236 11
8. Florida 22-4 1,164 5
9. Michigan St. 22-6 1,105 4
10. Louisville 22-5 1,047 10
11. Arizona 23-4 998 12
12. Syracuse 22-5 915 8
13. Kansas St. 22-5 875 13
14. New Mexico 23-4 764 16
15. Oklahoma St. 20-6 692 14
16. Ohio St. 20-7 675 18
17. Wisconsin 19-8 558 19
18. Saint Louis 21-5 495 —
19. Memphis 24-3 453 21
20. Butler 22-6 351 15
21. Notre Dame 22-6 328 25
22. Marquette 19-7 317 17
23. Pittsburgh 21-7 158 20
24. Oregon 22-6 61 23
25. Louisiana Tech 24-3 54 —
Others receiving votes: Colorado St. 49, VCU 45, Akron 43, Wichita St. 35, Saint Mary’s (Cal) 24, Illinois 19, UConn 18, UNLV 13, North Carolina 8, California 5, Middle Tennessee 2, Belmont 16, Missouri 1, Stephen F. Austin 1.
USA Today Top 25 Poll
The top 25 teams in the USA Today men’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Feb. 24, points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week’s ranking:
Record Pts Pvs
1. Indiana (28) 24-3 772 1
2. Gonzaga (3) 27-2 738 3
3. Duke 24-3 700 6
4. Michigan 23-4 654 7
5. Kansas 23-4 619 9
6. Florida 22-4 596 4
7. Miami 22-4 581 2
8. Georgetown 21-4 552 11
9. Louisville 22-5 535 10
10. Michigan State 22-6 520 5
11. Arizona 23-4 458 12
12. Syracuse 22-5 420 8
13. Kansas State 22-5 398 13
14. New Mexico 23-4 369 16
15. Ohio State 20-7 328 18
16. Wisconsin 19-8 284 17
17. Memphis 24-3 281 19
18. Oklahoma State 20-6 277 14
19. Saint Louis 21-5 199 —
20. Notre Dame 22-6 169 25
21. Butler 22-6 161 15
22. Marquette 19-7 104 20
23. Saint Mary’s 24-5 54 —
24. Akron 22-4 53 —
25. VCU 22-6 52 24
Others receiving votes: Pittsburgh 38, Oregon 37, Middle Tennessee 29, Louisiana Tech 24, San Diego State 13, UNLV 12, Wichita State 12, Colorado State 10, UConn 5, Illinois 5, Oklahoma 5, California 3, North Carolina 3, UCLA 2, Belmont 1, Creighton 1, Kentucky 1.
Pacific-12 Conference
All Times PST
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Conference Overall
W L W L
Arizona 11 4 23 4
Oregon 11 4 22 6
UCLA 10 4 20 7
California 10 5 18 9
Arizona St. 9 6 20 8
Colorado 8 6 18 8
Southern Cal 7 7 12 15
Stanford 7 8 16 12
Washington 7 8 15 13
Utah 3 11 11 15
Oregon St. 3 12 13 15
Washington St. 2 13 11 17
Wednesday’s Games
Arizona at USC, 6:30 p.m.
Colorado at Stanford, 8 p.m.
Arizona State at UCLA, 8:30 p.m.
Thursday’s Games
Utah at California, 6 p.m.
Oregon State at Oregon, 8 p.m.
Women’s college
Monday’s Games
East
Monmouth (NJ) 60, Robert Morris 48
Mount St. Mary’s 51, LIU Brooklyn 39
Quinnipiac 74, Bryant 61
Sacred Heart 61, CCSU 39
St. Francis (Pa.) 100, Fairleigh Dickinson 89
Wagner 52, St. Francis (NY) 48
South
Bethune-Cookman 67, Savannah St. 53
Chattanooga 68, Davidson 59
Coll. of Charleston 69, Wofford 60
ETSU 65, North Florida 60
Elon 75, Appalachian St. 58
Furman 57, Georgia Southern 48
Hampton 49, Delaware St. 41
Howard 40, Md.-Eastern Shore 35
Jacksonville 73, SC-Upstate 54
MVSU 84, Grambling St. 64
Mercer 53, Lipscomb 31
Murray St. 56, Morehead St. 48
N. Kentucky 55, Kennesaw St. 49
Prairie View 54, Alabama A&M 39
SC State 63, Florida A&M 46
Samford 47, W. Carolina 41
Texas Southern 64, Alabama St. 52
Wake Forest 73, Virginia 68, OT
Midwest
Loyola of Chicago 72, Cleveland St. 67
Ohio St. 67, Michigan St. 60
SIU-Edwardsville 75, Tennessee St. 69
Tennessee Tech 64, SE Missouri 51
Southwest
Ark.-Pine Bluff 70, Jackson St. 64
Baylor 86, Oklahoma 64
Polls
AP Women’s Top 25
The top 25 teams in the The Associated Press’ women’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Feb. 24, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week’s ranking:
Record Pts Prv
1. Baylor (40) 26-1 1,000 1
2. Notre Dame 25-1 957 2
3. UConn 25-2 909 3
4. Stanford 26-2 875 4
5. Duke 26-1 850 5
6. California 25-2 804 6
7. Penn St. 23-3 755 7
8. Tennessee 22-5 676 11
9. Maryland 22-5 665 8
10. Kentucky 23-4 634 8
11. Georgia 23-4 607 13
12. Dayton 24-1 492 14
13. Texas A&M 21-7 486 10
14. South Carolina 22-5 455 15
15. North Carolina 25-4 443 16
16. Louisville 22-6 426 12
17. UCLA 21-6 417 17
18. Delaware 24-3 319 18
19. Colorado 22-5 288 20
20. Nebraska 21-6 215 24
21. Green Bay 22-2 139 25
22. Syracuse 22-4 131 21
23. Iowa St. 19-6 122 —
24. Florida St. 20-7 90 19
25. Purdue 20-7 74 22
Others receiving votes: Oklahoma St. 58, Toledo 34, South Florida 21, Vanderbilt 13, LSU 10, SMU 7, Gonzaga 6, San Diego St. 6, Texas Tech 6, West Virginia 4, Chattanooga 3, Michigan St. 2, Florida Gulf Coast 1.
Tennis
Professional
Dubai Duty Free Championship
Monday
At Dubai Tennis Stadium
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Purse: $2.4 million (WT500)
Surface: Hard-Outdoor
Singles
First Round
Andreas Seppi (7), Italy, def. Paul-Henri Mathieu, France, 6-3, 7-5.
Roberto Bautista Agut, Spain, def. David Goffin, Belgium, 6-2, 7-5.
Daniel Brands, Germany, def. Florent Serra, France, 7-6 (7), 6-4.
Mikhail Youzhny (8), Russia, def. Blaz Kavcic, Slovenia, 1-6, 6-1, 6-3.
Lukas Rosol, Czech Republic, def. Matteo Viola, Italy, 6-3, 7-5.
Roger Federer (2), Switzerland, def. Malek Jaziri, Tunisia, 5-7, 6-0, 6-2.
Somdev Devvarman, India, def. Igor Kunitsyn, Russia, 6-1, 6-4.
Delray Beach International
Monday
At Delray Beach Stadium & Tennis Center
Delray Beach, Fla.
Purse: $519,775 (WT250)
Surface: Hard-Outdoor
Singles
First Round
Evgeny Donskoy, Russia, def. Steve Darcis, Belgium, 7-6 (5), 6-3.
Xavier Malisse (8), Belgium, def. Alejandro Falla, Colombia, 6-3, 6-3.
Ivan Dodig, Croatia, def. Alexandr Dolgopolov (5), Ukraine, 6-3, 6-3..
Sam Querrey (3), United States, def. Michael Russell, United States, 6-2, 2-2 retired.
Brasil Tennis Cup
Monday
At Federacao Catarinense de Tenis
Florianopolis, Brazil
Purse: $235,000 (Intl.)
Surface: Hard-Outdoor
Singles
First Round
Melinda Czink, Hungary, def. Yaroslava Shvedova (2), Kazakhstan, 2-6, 6-4, 6-2.
Chanelle Scheepers (4), South Africa, def. Adriana Perez, Venezuela, 2-6, 6-4, 6-0.
Tereza Mrdeza, Croatia, def. Shahar Peer, Israel, 6-0, 6-3.
Monica Niculescu, Romania, def. Anabel Medina Garrigues (6), Spain, 5-7, 7-6 (7), 6-1.
Beatriz Garcia Vidagany, Spain, def. Nina Bratchikova, Russia, 6-4, 6-2.
Caroline Garcia, France, def. Maria Irigoyen, Argentina, 6-1, 6-4.
Baseball
MLB
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
Spring Training
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Monday’s Games
Atlanta 7, Miami 6
Tampa Bay 6, Boston (ss) 3
Boston (ss) 4, Toronto 2
Minnesota 5, Pittsburgh 4
St. Louis 10, Houston 2
Baltimore 5, N.Y. Yankees 1
Detroit 10, Philadelphia 1
Kansas City 16, Arizona 4
L.A. Dodgers 7, Chicago Cubs 6
San Diego 7, Milwaukee (ss) 1
Cincinnati 5, Milwaukee (ss) 2
Cleveland 14, Oakland 10
Seattle 9, L.A. Angels 8
San Francisco 9, Chicago White Sox 9, tie
Colorado 9, Texas 1
Washington 6, N.Y. Mets 4
College
Polls
Baseball America Top 25
DURHAM, N.C. — The top 25 teams in the Baseball America poll with records through Feb. 24 and ranking (voting by the staff of Baseball America):
Record Pvs
1. North Carolina 6-0 1
2. Vanderbilt 7-1 2
3. Arkansas 7-1 3
4. Louisville 6-1 4
5. Mississippi State 9-0 5
6. Oregon State 8-0 6
7. South Carolina 5-1 7
8. Mississippi 7-0 8
9. LSU 6-1 9
10. N.C. State 5-1 10
11. Kentucky 5-1 11
12. UCLA 4-2 12
13. Rice 5-2 13
14. Oregon 6-1 14
15. Stanford 5-2 15
16. Georgia Tech 6-1 16
17. Cal State Fullerton 8-0 20
18. Oklahoma 9-0 18
19. Florida State 7-0 19
20. Arizona 7-1 23
21. UC Irvine 6-1 25
22. Notre Dame 5-1 —
23. Florida Gulf Coast 5-1 —
24. Southern Miss. 5-2 21
25. Virginia Tech 6-1 24
Collegiate Baseball Poll
TUCSON, Ariz. — The Collegiate Baseball poll with records through Feb. 24, points and previous rank. Voting is done by coaches, sports writers and sports information directors:
Record Pts Pvs
1. North Carolina 6-0 496 1
2. Arkansas 7-1 494 2
3. Vanderbilt 7-1 493 3
4. LSU 6-1 489 4
5. Oregon State 8-0 486 9
6. Oregon 6-1 485 5
7. South Carolina 5-1 483 7
8. Kentucky 5-1 478 8
9. Mississippi State 9-0 475 12
10. Oklahoma 9-0 471 14
11. N.C. State 5-1 469 13
12. UCLA 4-2 468 6
13. Rice 5-2 465 10
14. Stanford 5-2 464 11
15. Arizona 7-1 463 15
16. Mississippi 7-0 461 16
17. Cal State Fullerton 8-0 459 19
18. Florida State 7-0 457 18
19. Georgia Tech 6-1 456 17
20. Miami 7-0 453 20
21. UC Irvine 6-1 450 21
22. Texas 6-1 448 25
23. Louisville 6-1 447 26
24. Virginia 7-0 445 29
25. Florida Gulf Coast 5-1 442 —
26. Arizona State 4-2 439 23
27. Cal Poly 7-0 438 —
28. Clemson 5-1 436 28
29. Pepperdine 6-2 433 —
30. South Alabama 7-0 429 —
Deals
Transactions
BASEBALL
MLB—Announced the retirements of umpires Ed Rapuano, Tim Tschida and Derryl Cousins. Promoted umpires Jim Joyce, Ted Barrett and Fieldin Culbreth to crew chiefs. Named Vic Carapazza, Manny Gonzalez and Alan Porter full-time umpires.
American League
TORONTO BLUE JAYS—Claimed 1B Lars Anderson off waivers from the Chicago White Sox.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
HOUSTON ROCKETS—Signed C Tim Ohlbrecht.
OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER—Signed G Derek Fisher.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
NEW ORLEANS SAINTS—Named Wesley McGriff secondary coach.
PHILADELPHIA EAGLES—Released DT Cullen Jenkins.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
NHL—Suspended San Jose F Ryane Clowe two games for leaving the bench on a legal line change and starting an altercation during Friday’s game against Chicago.
COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS—Assigned F Sean Collins to Springfield (AHL). Recalled C Cody Goloubef from Springfield.
DETROIT RED WINGS—Re-signed D Brian Lashoff to a three-year contract.
FLORIDA PANTHERS—Reassigned G Jacob Markstrom to San Antonio (AHL).
NEW JERSEY DEVILS—Reassigned LW Jean-Sebastien Berube from Trenton (ECHL) to Albany (AHL).
NEW YORK RANGERS—Reassigned G Scott Stajcer from Connecticut (AHL) to Greenville (ECHL). Assigned F Christian Thomas to Connecticut.
PHOENIX COYOTES—Signed D David Schlemko to a two-year contract.
ST. LOUIS BLUES—Reassigned G Paul Karpowich from Peoria (AHL) to Evansville (ECHL).
WASHINGTON CAPITALS—Re-signed D John Erskine and G Braden Holtby to two-year contract extensions.
COLLEGE
HOLY CROSS—Named Cameron Parker assistant equipment manager.
MIAMI (OHIO)—Named Andrew Marlatt football special teams coordinator.
NEW MEXICO—Reinstated QB David Vega to the football team.
TENNESSEE—Named Anthony Parker football offensive graduate assistant and Derrick Lett football administrative intern.
