On deck
Today
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 5A first round, Summit vs. TBD; Class 4A first round, Ridgeview at Cascade, 7 p.m.; Class 4A first round, Madras at Sutherlin, 6 p.m.
Girls basketball: Class 5A first round, Bend High vs. TBD
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, Summit 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 20 13 7 0 26 69 54
New Jersey 19 10 5 4 24 48 49
Philadelphia 21 9 11 1 19 60 66
N.Y. Rangers 18 8 8 2 18 44 48
N.Y. Islanders 20 8 11 1 17 57 68
Northeast Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Montreal 19 12 4 3 27 53 41
Boston 16 12 2 2 26 49 35
Ottawa 20 12 6 2 26 48 37
Toronto 20 12 8 0 24 57 46
Buffalo 20 7 12 1 15 50 64
Southeast Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Carolina 18 9 8 1 19 50 54
Tampa Bay 19 9 9 1 19 70 60
Winnipeg 19 9 9 1 19 52 60
Florida 19 6 9 4 16 48 69
Washington 18 7 10 1 15 51 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 20 5 12 3 13 44 61
Northwest Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Vancouver 19 10 5 4 24 54 52
Minnesota 18 9 7 2 20 39 43
Calgary 18 7 7 4 18 49 61
Edmonton 18 7 7 4 18 42 49
Colorado 18 7 8 3 17 44 54
Pacific Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Anaheim 17 13 3 1 27 59 47
Dallas 20 10 8 2 22 56 57
Phoenix 19 9 7 3 21 54 51
San Jose 18 9 6 3 21 44 41
Los Angeles 17 9 6 2 20 45 41
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.
Tuesday’s Games
San Jose 3, Colorado 2, SO
Dallas 5, Columbus 4, OT
Washington 3, Carolina 0
Winnipeg 4, N.Y. Rangers 3
Florida 6, Pittsburgh 4
Buffalo 2, Tampa Bay 1
Boston 4, N.Y. Islanders 1
Minnesota 2, Calgary 1, OT
Phoenix 4, Vancouver 2
Today’s Games
Washington at Philadelphia, 4:30 p.m.
Montreal at Toronto, 4:30 p.m.
Detroit at Los Angeles, 7 p.m.
Nashville at Anaheim, 7 p.m.
Basketball
Men’s college
Tuesday’s Games
South
Alabama 61, Auburn 43
Florida St. 76, Wake Forest 62
Tennessee 64, Florida 58
Towson 85, George Mason 81, OT
UCF 65, Ga. Southwestern 50
VMI 83, Liberty 66
Midwest
Detroit 76, Loyola of Chicago 75
E. Illinois 58, Chicago St. 50
Green Bay 78, Milwaukee 61
Ill.-Chicago 60, Wright St. 55
Minnesota 77, Indiana 73
N. Dakota St. 63, Utah Valley 56
Valparaiso 73, Youngstown St. 64
Wisconsin 77, Nebraska 46
Xavier 64, Memphis 62
Far West
Air Force 72, Wyoming 66
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
Today’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
Tuesday’s Games
East
Adelphi 64, S. Connecticut 49
Marquette 81, Providence 70
Rutgers 68, South Florida 56
UConn 76, Pittsburgh 36
West Virginia 66, Kansas St. 57
South
William & Mary 79, Georgia St. 73
Midwest
DePaul 75, Georgetown 55
Notre Dame 79, Syracuse 68
Southwest
Texas 59, TCU 46
Polls
USA Today Women’s Top 25 Poll
The top 25 teams in the USA Today Women’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Feb. 25, 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 Pvs
1. Baylor (30) 27-1 774 1
2. Notre Dame (1) 25-1 744 2
3. UConn 25-2 712 3
4. Duke 26-1 671 4
5. Stanford 26-2 662 5
6. California 25-2 622 6
7. Penn State 23-3 583 9
8. Tennessee 22-5 524 10
9. Maryland 22-5 512 8
10. Kentucky 23-4 508 7
11. Georgia 23-4 458 12
12. Dayton 24-1 411 14
13. South Carolina 22-5 398 15
14. Louisville 22-6 359 11
15. Texas A&M 21-7 342 13
16. UCLA 21-6 315 16
17. North Carolina 25-4 298 17
18. Delaware 24-3 243 19
19. Colorado 22-5 182 23
20. Syracuse 22-4 161 18
21. Iowa State 19-6 139 24
22. Purdue 20-7 92 21
23. Green Bay 22-2 83 —
24. Florida State 20-7 69 20
25. Nebraska 21-6 66 —
Others receiving votes: Oklahoma State 63, Texas Tech 23, Princeton 17, South Florida 12, San Diego State 11, Kansas 7, Marist 3, Oklahoma 3, Toledo 3, SMU 2, Gonzaga 1, Liberty 1, St. John’s 1.
Tennis
Professional
Dubai Championships
Tuesday
At Dubai Tennis Stadium
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Purse: $2.4 million (WT500)
Surface: Hard-Outdoor
Singles
First Round
Victor Hanescu, Romania, def. Bernard Tomic, Australia, 3-2, retired.
Nikolay Davydenko, Russia, def. Janko Tipsarevic (6), Serbia, 6-0, 7-5.
Tobias Kamke, Germany, def. Mikhail Kukushkin, Kazakhstan, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4.
Marcel Granollers, Spain, def. Albert Montanes, Spain, 6-3, 6-1.
Juan Martin del Potro (4), Argentina, def. Marcos Baghdatis, Cyprus, 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (4).
Tomas Berdych (3), Czech Republic, def. Rajeev Ram, United States, 6-1, 6-3.
Dmitry Tursunov, Russia, def. Jan Hajek, Czech Republic, 4-6, 6-1, 6-2.
Novak Djokovic (1), Serbia, def. Viktor Troicki, Serbia, 6-1, 6-4.
Michael Llodra, France, def. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (5), France, 7-6 (3), 6-2.
Delray Beach International
Tuesday
At Delray Beach Stadium & Tennis Center
Delray Beach, Fla.
Purse: $519,775 (WT250)
Surface: Hard-Outdoor
Singles
First Round
Daniel Munoz-de la Nava, Spain, def. Ryan Harrison, United States, 6-2, 1-6, 6-3.
Edouard Roger-Vasselin, France, def. Flavio Cipolla, Italy, 6-1, 6-4.
Yen-hsun Lu, Taiwan, def. Bobby Reynolds, United States, 6-3, 7-5.
Ernests Gulbis, Latvia, def. James Blake, United States, 6-1, 6-4.
Jack Sock, United States, def. Matthew Ebden, Australia, 6-3, 6-3.
Denis Istomin, Uzbekistan, def. Benjamin Becker, Germany, 6-7 (3), 6-4, 7-5.
Tommy Haas (2), Germany, def. Igor Sijsling, Netherlands, 5-7, 6-4, 6-0.
Ricardas Berankis, Lithuani, def. Bjorn Phau, Germany, 6-1, 7-6 (4).
Go Soeda, Japan, def. Marinko Matosevic, Australia, 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (6).
Kevin Anderson (6), South Africa, def. Tim Smyczek, United States, 6-3, 6-4.
Ivo Karlovic, Croatia, def. Kei Nishikori (4), Japan, 5-4, retired.
John Isner (1), United States, def. Jesse Levine, Canada, 7-6 (3), 5-7, 6-4.
Brazil Tennis Cup
Tuesday
At Federacao Catarinense de Tenis
Florianopolis, Brazil
Purse: $235,000 (Intl.)
Surface: Hard-Outdoor
Singles
First Round
Tatjana Malek, Germany, def. Teliana Pereira, Brazil, 6-4, 6-2.
Kristina Mladenovic (7), France, def. Anne Keothavong, Britain, 6-3, 6-4.
Timea Babos, Hungary, def. Valeria Savinykh, Russia, 7-6 (5), 6-7 (3), 6-2.
Venus Williams (1), United States, def. Mirjana Lucic-Baroni, Croatia, 6-3, 6-3.
Garbine Muguruza, Spain, def. Kristina Barrois, Germany, 6-2, 6-2.
Magdalena Rybarikova (5), Slovakia, def. Kimiko Date-Krumm, Japan, 6-3, 6-0.
Beatriz Haddad Maia, Brazil, def. Hsu Chieh-yu, United States, 6-1, 6-2.
Olga Puchkova, Russia, def. Kirsten Flipkens (3), Belgium, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4.
Second Round
Jana Cepelova, Slovakia, def. Annika Beck (8), Germany, 7-6 (6), 6-4.
Malaysian Open
Tuesday
At Bukit Kiara Equestrian & Country Resort
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Purse: $235,000 (Intl.)
Surface: Hard-Outdoor
Singles
First Round
Patricia Mayr-Achleitner, Austria, def. Claire Feuerstein, France, 6-3, 6-4.
Misaki Doi (5), Japan, def. Alberta Brianti, Italy, 6-2, 6-3.
Karolina Pliskova, Czech Republic, def. Casey Dellacqua, Australia, 6-3, 6-2.
Bethanie Mattek-Sands, United States, def. Donna Vekic (6), Croatia, 6-3, 4-6, 6-2.
Mexican Open
Tuesday
At The Fairmont Acapulco Princess
Acapulco, Mexico
Purse: ATP, $1.35 million (WT500); WTA, $235,000 (Intl.)
Surface: Clay-Outdoor
Singles
Men
First Round
Nicolas Almagro (3), Spain, def. Cesar Ramirez, Mexico, 6-0, 6-1.
Daniel Gimeno-Traver, Spain, def. Carlos Berlocq, Argentina, 6-3, 6-2.
Wayne Odesnik, United States, def. Lukasz Kubot, Poland, 6-3, 6-4.
Tommy Robredo, Spain, def. Filippo Volandri, Italy, 6-2, 2-6, 6-4.
Paolo Lorenzi, Italy, def. Benoit Paire (7), France, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3.
David Ferrer (1), Spain, def. Albert Ramos, Spain, 6-0, 6-3.
Aljaz Bedene, Slovenia, def. David Nalbandian, Argentina, 4-6, 6-0, 6-4.
Fabio Fognini, Italy, def. Stanislas Wawrinka (4), Switzerland, 6-2, 7-6 (3).
Horacio Zeballos (8), Argentina, def. Simone Bolelli, Italy, 7-5, 6-1.
Andrey Kuznetsov, Russia, def. Thomaz Bellucci (6), Brazil, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4.
Rafael Nadal (2), Spain, def. Diego Sebastian Schwartzman, Argentina, 6-2, 6-2.
Women
First Round
Romina Oprandi (8), Switzerland, def. Alexa Glatch, United States, 6-4, 2-6, 7-5.
Maria-Teresa Torro-Flor, Spain, def. Pauline Parmentier, France, 6-1, 6-4.
Sara Errani (1), Italy, def. Alexandra Cadantu, Romania, 6-3, 6-2.
Francesca Schiavone (6), Italy, def. Grace Min, United States, 6-4, 4-6, 6-2.
Silvia Soler-Espinosa, Spain, def. Mandy Minella, Luxembourg, 6-1, 7-6 (3).
Alize Cornet (3), France, def. Catalina Castano, Colombia, 6-1, 2-6, 6-3.
Eugenie Bouchard, Canada, def. Eva Birnerova, Czech Republic, 7-6 (5), 6-3.
Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez, Spain, def. Alexandra Panova, Russia, 6-3, 6-1.
Carla Suarez Navarro, Spain, def. Mathilde Johansson, France, 6-1, 6-0.
Karin Knapp, Italy, def. Johanna Larsson, Sweden, 6-3, 6-1.
Stephanie Foretz Gacon, France, def. Julia Cohen, United States, 5-7, 7-6 (5), 6-0.
Baseball
MLB
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
Spring Training
All Times PST
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Tuesday’s Games
Miami 7, N.Y. Mets 5
Atlanta 9, Washington 5
Baltimore vs. Pittsburgh at Bradenton, Fla., ccd., Rain
Minnesota 8, Toronto 4
Houston (ss) 9, Detroit 4
Philadelphia 4, N.Y. Yankees 3
Tampa Bay 7, Houston (ss) 2, 6 innings
St. Louis 15, Boston 4
L.A. Dodgers 8, San Francisco 8, tie
Chicago Cubs 4, Colorado 2
Seattle 6, Milwaukee 5
Chicago White Sox 14, Texas 8
Kansas City 4, Cleveland 1
San Diego 7, Cincinnati 5
L.A. Angels 7, Arizona (ss) 7, tie
Arizona (ss) 9, Oakland 4
Today’s Games
Philadelphia vs. Minnesota at Fort Myers, Fla., 10:05 a.m.
Tampa Bay vs. Pittsburgh at Bradenton, Fla., 10:05 a.m.
Atlanta vs. Detroit at Lakeland, Fla., 10:05 a.m.
Baltimore (ss) vs. N.Y. Yankees at Tampa, Fla., 10:05 a.m.
Miami vs. Washington at Viera, Fla., 10:05 a.m.
Houston vs. Toronto at Dunedin, Fla., 10:05 a.m.
St. Louis vs. N.Y. Mets at Port St. Lucie, Fla., 10:10 a.m.
L.A. Dodgers vs. Chicago Cubs at Mesa, Ariz., 12:05 p.m.
Milwaukee vs. Kansas City at Surprise, Ariz., 12:05 p.m.
San Francisco vs. L.A. Angels at Tempe, Ariz., 12:05 p.m.
Colorado vs. San Diego (ss) at Peoria, Ariz., 12:05 p.m.
Seattle vs. Cleveland at Goodyear, Ariz., 12:05 p.m.
Texas vs. Chicago White Sox at Glendale, Ariz., 12:05 p.m.
San Diego (ss) vs. Oakland at Phoenix, 12:05 p.m.
Cincinnati vs. Arizona at Scottsdale, Ariz., 12:10 p.m.
Boston vs. Baltimore (ss) at Sarasota, Fla., 4:05 p.m.
Deals
Transactions
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
MILWAUKEE BUCKS—Suspended C Samuel Dalembert one game for a violation of team policy.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
ANAHEIM DUCKS—Assigned F Peter Holland to Norfolk (AHL). Recalled F Emerson Etem from Norfolk.
FLORIDA PANTHERS—Recalled C Scott Timmins from San Antonio (AHL).
LOS ANGELES KINGS—Traded LW Simon Gagne to Philadelphia for a conditional draft pick.
MONTREAL CANADIENS—Acquired F Michael Ryder and a third-round draft pick in 2013 from Dallas for F Erik Cole.
NEW JERSEY DEVILS—Placed G Martin Brodeur on injured reserve, retroactive to Feb. 24. Recalled G Keith Kinkaid from Albany (AHL).
ST. LOUIS BLUES—Recalled F Andrew Murray from Peoria (AHL).
SAN JOSE SHARKS—Recalled F D Matt Irwin from Worcester (AHL).
WASHINGTON CAPITALS—Recalled F Casey Wellman from Hershey (AHL).
COLLEGE
OKLAHOMA—Named Jerry Montgomery defensive line coach.
STANFORD—Named Morgan Turner tight ends coach.
WESTERN KENTUCKY—Dismissed senior C Teeng Akol from the basketball team.
