Scoreboard
BASKETBALL
NBA
All Times PST
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic | W | L | Pct | GB |
Boston | 41 | 9 | .820 | — |
Toronto | 28 | 23 | .549 | 13 1/2 |
New Jersey | 23 | 30 | .434 | 19 1/2 |
Philadelphia | 23 | 30 | .434 | 19 1/2 |
New York | 15 | 37 | .288 | 27 |
Southeast | W | L | Pct | GB |
Orlando | 33 | 21 | .611 | — |
Washington | 25 | 27 | .481 | 7 |
Atlanta | 21 | 28 | .429 | 9 1/2 |
Charlotte | 19 | 34 | .358 | 13 1/2 |
Miami | 9 | 42 | .176 | 22 1/2 |
Central | W | L | Pct | GB |
Detroit | 39 | 13 | .750 | — |
Cleveland | 29 | 23 | .558 | 10 |
Chicago | 21 | 31 | .404 | 18 |
Indiana | 21 | 32 | .396 | 18 1/2 |
Milwaukee | 19 | 34 | .358 | 20 1/2 |
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Southwest | W | L | Pct | GB |
New Orleans | 36 | 15 | .706 | — |
San Antonio | 34 | 17 | .667 | 2 |
Dallas | 35 | 18 | .660 | 2 |
Houston | 32 | 20 | .615 | 4 1/2 |
Memphis | 14 | 38 | .269 | 22 1/2 |
Northwest | W | L | Pct | GB |
Utah | 34 | 19 | .642 | — |
Denver | 32 | 20 | .615 | 1 1/2 |
Portland | 28 | 24 | .538 | 5 1/2 |
Seattle | 13 | 38 | .255 | 20 |
Minnesota | 10 | 41 | .196 | 23 |
Pacific | W | L | Pct | GB |
Phoenix | 37 | 16 | .698 | — |
L.A. Lakers | 35 | 17 | .673 | 1 1/2 |
Golden State | 32 | 20 | .615 | 4 1/2 |
Sacramento | 23 | 28 | .451 | 13 |
L.A. Clippers | 17 | 33 | .340 | 18 1/2 |
Monday’s Results
No games scheduled
Today’s Games
New York at Washington, 4 p.m.
Houston at Cleveland, 4 p.m.
Orlando at Detroit, 4:30 p.m.
Philadelphia at Minnesota, 5 p.m.
Charlotte at San Antonio, 5:30 p.m.
Boston at Denver, 6 p.m.
Golden State at Utah, 6 p.m.
Memphis at Seattle, 7 p.m.
Sacramento at Portland, 7 p.m.
Atlanta at L.A. Lakers, 7:30 p.m.
College men
EAST
Fairfield 87, Marist 85, 2OT
Georgetown 68, Providence 58
Iona 57, Canisius 52
La Salle 90, Saint Joseph’s 89
Loyola, Md. 73, Rider 68
Manhattan 73, Siena 72
Monmouth, N.J. 66, Fairleigh Dickinson 58
Niagara 71, St. Peter’s 69
Xavier 81, Rhode Island 77
SOUTH
Charleston Southern 87, Liberty 82
Coastal Carolina 56, High Point 55
Coppin St. 69, Florida A&M 68
Delaware St. 70, N. Carolina A&T 66
Furman 67, Wofford 61
Hampton 67, Winston-Salem 62
Longwood 96, N.J. Tech 78
Louisville 61, Syracuse 50
MVSU 52, Southern U. 51
Morgan St. 63, Bethune-Cookman 52
Norfolk St. 68, Md.-Eastern Shore 61
S. Carolina St. 74, Howard 61
Tennessee St. 73, Austin Peay 69
SOUTHWEST
Jackson St. 79, Texas Southern 64
Prairie View 88, Grambling St. 78
Texas 77, Texas A&M 50
FAR WEST
San Francisco 73, Portland 60
San Jose St. 70, Utah St. 67
Santa Clara 66, Loyola Marymount 46
Gonzaga 59, San Diego 55
West Coast Conference Gonzaga 59, San Diego 55
Gonzag (21-6)—Pendergraft 3-6 2-2 10, Sacre 0-1 0-0 0, Pargo 3-11 0-2 6, Bouldin 4-10 4-6 13, Gray 1-4 2-4 4, Daye 3-4 2-2 8, Gurganious 0-1 0-0 0, Downs 2-4 0-0 6, Kuso 0-1 5-6 5, Heytvelt 3-5 1-2 7. Totals 19-47 16-24 59.
San Diego (15-12)—Jones 1-3 0-2 2, Jackson 3-9 1-2 7, Pomare 1-5 2-2 4, B.Johnson 2-15 2-5 8, T.Johnson 6-14 0-0 17, Lewis 0-1 2-3 2, Brown 4-7 0-0 11, Houston 2-2 0-0 4. Totals 19-56 7-14 55.
Halftime—Gonzaga 25-20. 3-Point Goals—Gonzaga 5-15 (Pendergraft 2-3, Downs 2-4, Bouldin 1-4, Pargo 0-1, Gray 0-1, Daye 0-1, Heytvelt 0-1), San Diego 10-24 (T.Johnson 5-8, Brown 3-6, B.Johnson 2-9, Lewis 0-1). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Gonzaga 41 (Heytvelt 6), San Diego 34 (Pomare 9). Assists—Gonzaga 12 (Pargo 5), San Diego 11 (Jackson 4). Total Fouls—Gonzaga 20, San Diego 21. A—5,100.
The AP Top 25 Poll
The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Feb. 17, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking:
Record | Pts | Pvs | |
1. Memphis (72) | 25-0 | 1,800 | 1 |
2. Tennessee | 23-2 | 1,699 | 4 |
3. North Carolina | 24-2 | 1,592 | 5 |
4. Kansas | 24-2 | 1,567 | 3 |
5. Duke | 22-2 | 1,519 | 2 |
6. UCLA | 22-3 | 1,498 | 6 |
7. Texas | 21-4 | 1,310 | 11 |
8. Butler | 24-2 | 1,228 | 9 |
9. Stanford | 21-4 | 1,156 | 7 |
10. Xavier | 21-4 | 1,122 | 12 |
11. Wisconsin | 21-4 | 1,033 | 15 |
12. Georgetown | 20-4 | 989 | 8 |
13. Connecticut | 20-5 | 925 | 17 |
14. Purdue | 21-5 | 877 | 19 |
15. Indiana | 21-4 | 796 | 13 |
16. Drake | 23-2 | 612 | 14 |
17. Washington St. | 20-5 | 581 | 21 |
18. Louisville | 20-6 | 543 | 23 |
19. Michigan St. | 20-5 | 503 | 10 |
20. Vanderbilt | 22-4 | 432 | 24 |
21. Notre Dame | 19-5 | 361 | 20 |
22. Texas A&M | 20-5 | 345 | 16 |
23. Saint Mary’s | 22-3 | 302 | 25 |
24. Kansas St. | 18-6 | 247 | 18 |
25. Marquette | 18-6 | 176 | — |
Others receiving votes: Pittsburgh 59, BYU 43, Clemson 39, Gonzaga 18, Arizona 8, Mississippi St. 7, Rhode Island 6, Kent St. 3, Stephen F.Austin 2, Cornell 1, W. Kentucky 1.
USA Today/ESPN Top 25 Poll
The top 25 teams in the USA Today-ESPN men’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Feb. 17, points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking:
Record | Pts | Pvs | |
1. Memphis (31) | 25-0 | 775 | 1 |
2. Tennessee | 23-2 | 724 | 4 |
3. North Carolina | 24-2 | 685 | 5 |
4. Duke | 22-2 | 668 | 2 |
5. Kansas | 24-2 | 664 | 3 |
6. UCLA | 22-3 | 647 | 6 |
7. Texas | 21-4 | 562 | 11 |
8. Butler | 24-2 | 539 | 10 |
9. Stanford | 21-4 | 486 | 7 |
10. Wisconsin | 21-4 | 452 | 14 |
11. Georgetown | 20-4 | 447 | 8 |
12. Xavier | 21-4 | 446 | 13 |
13. Connecticut | 20-5 | 390 | 17 |
14. Indiana | 21-4 | 369 | 12 |
15. Purdue | 21-5 | 293 | 23 |
16. Vanderbilt | 22-4 | 285 | 19 |
17. Michigan State | 20-5 | 268 | 9 |
18. Drake | 23-2 | 243 | 15 |
19. Washington St. | 20-5 | 235 | 20 |
20. Saint Mary’s | 22-3 | 204 | 21 |
21. Notre Dame | 19-5 | 186 | 18 |
22. Texas A&M | 20-5 | 142 | 16 |
23. Louisville | 20-6 | 132 | NR |
24. Marquette | 18-6 | 108 | 25 |
25. Kansas State | 18-6 | 57 | 22 |
Others receiving votes: BYU 19; Pittsburgh 14; Mississippi State 11; Arkansas 7; Gonzaga 5; Clemson 4; Arizona 3; Arizona State 2; Davidson 1; Rhode Island 1; Western Kentucky 1.
College women
TOP 25
(No. 20) Ohio St. 72, Purdue 56
FAR WEST
S. Dakota St. 82, S. Utah 36
The Women’s AP Top 25 Poll
The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ women’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Feb. 17, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking:
Record | Pts | Pvs | |
1. Connecticut (38) | 24-1 | 1,230 | 2 |
2. North Carolina (2) | 24-2 | 1,167 | 3 |
3. Tennessee (1) | 23-2 | 1,106 | 1 |
4. Maryland | 27-2 | 1,089 | 4 |
5. Rutgers (8) | 20-4 | 1,071 | 5 |
6. LSU (1) | 22-3 | 1,028 | 7 |
7. Stanford | 24-3 | 1,003 | 6 |
8. California | 23-3 | 886 | 9 |
9. Baylor | 22-3 | 846 | 8 |
10. Old Dominion | 22-3 | 730 | 13 |
11. Oklahoma | 18-5 | 726 | 10 |
12. Duke | 19-7 | 661 | 12 |
13. West Virginia | 20-4 | 657 | 11 |
14. Notre Dame | 20-5 | 640 | 16 |
15. Kansas St. | 18-6 | 565 | 17 |
16. Oklahoma St. | 20-4 | 441 | 15 |
17. George Washington | 20-5 | 417 | 14 |
18. Utah | 21-3 | 401 | 19 |
19. UTEP | 21-2 | 244 | 24 |
20. Ohio St. | 18-6 | 243 | 23 |
21. Texas A&M | 18-7 | 235 | 20 |
22. Syracuse | 19-5 | 176 | 21 |
23. Pittsburgh | 18-7 | 146 | 18 |
24. Georgia | 19-7 | 107 | — |
25. Vanderbilt | 19-7 | 92 | 25 |
Others receiving votes: Wyoming 87, Virginia 74, Marist 56, Louisville 29, Liberty 24, DePaul 21, Iowa 17, Arizona St. 10, Hartford 6, Michigan St. 6, Chattanooga 4, Illinois St. 3, Nebraska 3, Iowa St. 1, Purdue 1, Texas 1.
How Dave Trimmer of The Spokesman-Review voted: 1, UConn. 2, Tennessee. 3, North Carolina. 4, Rutgers. 5, Stanford. 6, Maryland. 7, LSU. 8, California. 9, Baylor. 10, Old Dominion. 11, Oklahoma. 12, West Virgina. 13, Duke. 14, Utah. 15, Notre Dame. 16, Oklahoma State. 17, George Washington 18, Kansas State. 19, Marist 20, UTEP. 21, Wyoming. 22, Syracuse. 23, Chattanooga. 24, Liberty. 25, Illinois State.
High school boys
Eastern 2B Bi-District Playoffs Lind-Ritzville 51, Waitsburg 44
(LOSER OUT)
Lind-Ritzville | 13 | 14 | 12 | 12 | - 51 |
Waitsburg | 13 | 10 | 12 | 9 | - 44 |
Lind-Ritzville (19-6) Maier 0, Pfeifer 7, Stevenson 19, Eastman 0, Whitmore 16, Saetre 4, Olson 5, Kiesz 0, Shields 0.
Waitsburg (2-3) Weston 4, Hofer 6, Withers 0, Gertsch 17, Cole 2, Mason 9, McDaniel 2, Wilson 4, Lehr 0.
NW Christian 55, Reardan 42
(WINNER TO STATE)
Northwest Christian | 6 | 17 | 18 | 14 | - 55 |
Reardan | 12 | 2 | 12 | 16 | - 42 |
Northwest Christian (23-1) Ch.Ramey 9, Graham 6, Co.Ramey 2, Stephens 7, Descoteaux 11, McConkey 4, Zandbergen 8, Huffman 8.
Reardan (21-4) Androes 3, Peone 0, Schulz 10, Schultz 0, Nesbitt 5, Teaford 13, Moos 8, Matson 3, Bell 0.
St. George’s 78, Wellpinit 47
(WINNER TO STATE)
St. George’s | 19 | 18 | 15 | 26 | - 78 |
Wellpinit | 11 | 16 | 13 | 7 | - 47 |
St. George’s (22-3) Yetter 15, Blake 0, P. Livingston 2, Hauff 2, Deife 3, Dickson 11, G. Evans 0, J. Livingston 11, T. Evans 4, Ivers 0, Butler 26, Orme 4.
Wellpinit (16-10) B.Flett 5, Sherwood 0, T.Flett 18, Brown 0, C.Flett 11, Seyler 6, Wynne 0, McCrea 0, Swift 7, Abrahamson 0, Ross 0, R. Seyler 0.
Walla Walla Valley 47, Asotin 42
Box score not reported.
High school girls
Eastern 2B District Playoffs Lind-Ritzville 51, NW Christian 41
(WINNER TO STATE)
Lind-Ritzville | 18 | 8 | 11 | 14 | - 51 |
Northwest Christian | 18 | 8 | 9 | 6 | - 41 |
Lind-Ritzville (21-4) Cole 0, Bouwman 7, Saetre 2, Sackman 0, Fowles 17, Arlt 6, Killian 4, Flynn 0, Steinberger 7, Cain 8.
Northwest Christian (20-4) Dahm 0, Dami 2, Hauck 2, Hendricksen 16, Russel 17, Vandenburg 0, Watts 3, Bailey 1.
St. George’s 45, Liberty 36
(WINNER TO STATE)
Liberty | 10 | 8 | 10 | 8 | - 36 |
St. George’s | 6 | 8 | 16 | 15 | - 45 |
Liberty (12-14) Hennessey 5, Kjack 3, Crosby 7, Heiydt 1, Brooks 4, Cornmesser 8, Jennen 8, Collins 0.
St. George’s (22-3) Thomas 18, O’Brien 0, Meyer 6, Sturbaum 0, Yetter 2, Leverett-Standal 14, Burns 1, McQuade 4.
Springdale 39, DeSales 34
Box score not reported.
Pomeroy 56, Asotin 36
Box score not reported.
HOCKEY
NHL
All Times PST
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic | W | L | OT | Pts | GF | GA |
New Jersey | 34 | 21 | 5 | 73 | 161 | 143 |
Pittsburgh | 33 | 21 | 5 | 71 | 174 | 159 |
N.Y. Rangers | 30 | 24 | 7 | 67 | 152 | 149 |
Philadelphia | 30 | 24 | 5 | 65 | 184 | 171 |
N.Y. Islanders | 28 | 25 | 7 | 63 | 150 | 174 |
Northeast | W | L | OT | Pts | GF | GA |
Ottawa | 34 | 20 | 5 | 73 | 201 | 175 |
Montreal | 32 | 19 | 9 | 73 | 186 | 167 |
Boston | 29 | 23 | 6 | 64 | 152 | 158 |
Buffalo | 28 | 23 | 8 | 64 | 173 | 166 |
Toronto | 24 | 27 | 9 | 57 | 165 | 193 |
Southeast | W | L | OT | Pts | GF | GA |
Carolina | 30 | 28 | 4 | 64 | 181 | 198 |
Atlanta | 29 | 28 | 4 | 62 | 165 | 195 |
Washington | 28 | 26 | 6 | 62 | 171 | 185 |
Florida | 27 | 28 | 6 | 60 | 167 | 175 |
Tampa Bay | 25 | 28 | 6 | 56 | 171 | 193 |
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central | W | L | OT | Pts | GF | GA |
Detroit | 42 | 15 | 5 | 89 | 199 | 136 |
Nashville | 31 | 23 | 7 | 69 | 176 | 168 |
St. Louis | 27 | 22 | 9 | 63 | 152 | 163 |
Columbus | 27 | 25 | 9 | 63 | 149 | 161 |
Chicago | 27 | 25 | 6 | 60 | 165 | 164 |
Northwest | W | L | OT | Pts | GF | GA |
Minnesota | 34 | 21 | 4 | 72 | 167 | 160 |
Calgary | 29 | 22 | 8 | 66 | 170 | 174 |
Vancouver | 29 | 22 | 8 | 66 | 157 | 152 |
Colorado | 30 | 25 | 5 | 65 | 165 | 166 |
Edmonton | 27 | 28 | 5 | 59 | 160 | 178 |
Pacific | W | L | OT | Pts | GF | GA |
Dallas | 37 | 21 | 5 | 79 | 183 | 155 |
Anaheim | 33 | 23 | 7 | 73 | 156 | 157 |
San Jose | 31 | 20 | 8 | 70 | 154 | 146 |
Phoenix | 31 | 25 | 4 | 66 | 168 | 164 |
Los Angeles | 25 | 34 | 3 | 53 | 176 | 205 |
Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss or shootout loss.
Monday’s Results
New Jersey 5, Carolina 1
N.Y. Islanders 3, San Jose 2
Detroit 4, Colorado 0
Phoenix 4, Los Angeles 0
Today’s Games
Boston at Carolina, 4 p.m.
Florida at Pittsburgh, 4:30 p.m.
N.Y. Rangers at Montreal, 4:30 p.m.
Philadelphia at Ottawa, 4:30 p.m.
Columbus at Toronto, 4:30 p.m.
Chicago at St. Louis, 5 p.m.
Edmonton at Nashville, 5 p.m.
Vancouver at Minnesota, 5 p.m.
Calgary at Phoenix, 6:30 p.m.
Hurricanes 5, Devils 1
Carolina | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 |
New Jersey | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | 5 |
First Period—1, New Jersey, Zajac 13 (Zubrus, S.Brookbank), 2:02. 2, New Jersey, Mottau 4 (Zajac, Gionta), 7:18 (pp). Second Period—3, New Jersey, J.Pandolfo 11 (Madden), 1:08. 4, Carolina, Hamilton 6, 6:17. 5, New Jersey, Oduya 4 (Zubrus, Gionta), 9:38. Third Period—6, New Jersey, Z.Parise 23 (Elias, Greene), 19:57. A—16,182 (17,625).
Islanders 3, Sharks 2
San Jose | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 |
N.Y. Islanders | 0 | 0 | 3 | — | 3 |
First Period—None. Second Period—1, San Jose, Goc 5 (Roenick, Shelley), 2:19. Third Period—2, San Jose, Thornton 17 (Michalek, Rivet), 2:14. 3, N.Y. Islanders, Hilbert 7 (Vasicek, Guerin), 3:22. 4, N.Y. Islanders, Comrie 18 (Guerin, Hilbert), 4:21. 5, N.Y. Islanders, Meyer 2 (Bergenheim), 11:19. A—16,234 (16,234).
Red Wings 4, Avalanche 0
Detroit | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 4 |
Colorado | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
First Period—1, Detroit, Chelios 2 (Datsyuk, Franzen), 12:03. 2, Detroit, Filppula 16 (Hudler, Meech), 19:04 (pp). Second Period—3, Detroit, Zetterberg 34 (Datsyuk, Samuelsson), 7:42 (pp). 4, Detroit, Zetterberg 35 (Datsyuk, Holmstrom), 9:58. Third Period—None. A—18,007 (18,007).
Coyotes 4, Kings 0
Phoenix | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 4 |
Los Angeles | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
First Period—1, Phoenix, Jovanovski 10 (Vrbata, Doan), 3:45 (pp). 2, Phoenix, Vrbata 27, 5:06. Second Period—3, Phoenix, Carcillo 7 (Reinprecht, Vrbata), 4:16. 4, Phoenix, Winnik 9 (Jovanovski, Mueller), 12:40. Third Period—None. A—16,617 (18,118).
WHL
EASTERN CONFERENCE
GP | W | L | OTL | SOL | Pts | |
x-*Calgary | 62 | 42 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 88 |
x-*Regina | 60 | 36 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 77 |
x-Lethbridge | 59 | 38 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 81 |
x-Kootenay | 61 | 35 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 76 |
x-Medicine Hat | 60 | 34 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 75 |
Swift Current | 61 | 34 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 73 |
Brandon | 59 | 34 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 72 |
Moose Jaw | 58 | 30 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 71 |
Edmonton | 59 | 19 | 29 | 4 | 7 | 49 |
Saskatoon | 61 | 21 | 33 | 3 | 4 | 49 |
Prince Albert | 60 | 21 | 34 | 3 | 2 | 47 |
Red Deer | 60 | 16 | 38 | 4 | 2 | 38 |
WESTERN CONFERENCE
GP | W | L | OTL | SOL | Pts | |
x-*Tri-City | 61 | 44 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 92 |
x-*Vancouver | 60 | 49 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 87 |
x-Spokane | 59 | 40 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 86 |
x-Kelowna | 59 | 33 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 74 |
x-Seattle | 59 | 32 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 71 |
x-Everett | 61 | 34 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 70 |
Chilliwack | 59 | 25 | 27 | 3 | 4 | 57 |
Kamloops | 60 | 26 | 30 | 2 | 2 | 56 |
Prince George | 61 | 17 | 40 | 1 | 3 | 38 |
Portland | 61 | 9 | 50 | 1 | 1 | 20 |
Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss or shootout loss.
*Conference standings reflect the order in which teams would qualify for the playoffs (1st thru 8th). Division leaders (marked with a *) are automatically seeded first and second.
x-clinched playoff spot.
Monday’s Result
Prince George 4, Portland 1
Tuesday’s Games
Kelowna at Spokane, 7 p.m.
Regina at Calgary
Edmonton at Chilliwack
AUTO RACING
NASCAR Nextel Cup Leaders
Through Feb. 17
Points
1, Randy Newman, 190. 2, Kurt Busch, 175. 3 (tie), Tony Stewart and Kyle Busch, 170. 5, Reed Sorenson, 160. 6, Kasey Kahne, 151. 7, Elliott Sadler, 150. 8, Dale Earnhardt Jr., 143. 9, Robby Gordon, 142. 10, Greg Biffle, 139.
11, Bobby Labonte, 130. 12, Jeff Burton, 129. 13, Brian Vickers, 127. 14, Kevin Harvick, 121. 15, Sam Hornish Jr., 118. 16, Denny Hamlin, 117. 17, Dale Jarrett, 115. 18, David Reutimann, 109. 19, Carl Edwards, 106. 20, Martin Truex, Jr., 103.
Money
1, Ryan Newman, $1,543,045. 2, Kurt Busch, $1,099,770. 3, Tony Stewart, $986,049. 4, Kyle Busch, $652,938. 5, Reed Sorenson, $598,959. 6, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., $567,920. 7, Kasey Kahne, $434,204. 8, Elliott Sadler, $430,015. 9, Denny Hamlin, $387,416. 10, Jimmie Johnson, $394,106.
11, Jeff Gordon, $374,099. 12, Carl Edwards, $363,520. 13, Robby Gordon, $352,921. 14, Mark Martin, $348,846. 15, Greg Biffle, $346,663. 16, Martin Truex, Jr., $335,796. 17, Casey Mears, $334,945. 18, Bobby Labonte, $329,756. 19, Clint Bowyer, $324,545. 20, Jeff Burton, $323,496.
GOLF
College men North Texas Classic
At Flamingos Golf Club;
Nuevo Vallarta, Mexico
TEAM SCORES—Louisiana Lafayette 848, Cal State Northridge 870, New Orleans 872, Southeastern La. 873, Middle Tennesse St. 876. Also: Washington 886.
TOP INDIVIDUAL—Kyle Nicolson (Cal State Northridge) 207. Washington results: 17, Nick Tayloor 72-70-77–219. T21, Darren Wallace 72-73-76–221. T23, Zach Bixler 76-70-76–222. T48Tze Huang Choo 71-79-79–229. T50, John Wise 77-75-78-230.
Skiing
Area resorts
Idaho
Lookout Pass—174 inches at summit, 116 inches at base, 4 inches new. Call 208-744-1301.
Schweitzer Mountain—140 inches at summit, 94 inches at base, 2 inches new. Call 208-263-9562.
Silver Mountain—126 inches at summit, 85 inches at base, 4 inches new. Call 800-204-6428.
Washington
49 Degrees North—138 inches at summit, 103 inches at base, 3 inches new. Call 509-880-9208.
Mt Spokane—128 inches at summit, 94 inches at base, 4 inches new. Call 509-443-1397.
TRACK AND FIELD
College leaders
Indoor track and field bests for collegiate and open (non-high school) athletes, through meets of Feb. 16 (h-hand timing):
MEN
60 meters–Woods (WSU) 6.77, Murray (WSU) 6.95, James (WSU) and Jennings (WSU) 6.99, Pabst (I) 7.00. Non-D-I: Vetter (CCS) 7.09. Open: Henry (unat) 6.78, Buchanan (unat) 6.79, Ndebele (unat) 6.84.
200–Woods (WSU) 21.32, Murray (WSU) 21.80, Pabst (I) 21.97, Jennings (WSU) 22.20, Vetter (CCS) 22.33. Open: Ndebele (unat) 21.53, Butorac (unat) 22.18.
400–Anderson (WSU) 47.14, Leavitt (WSU) 48.19, Follett (WSU) 48.73, Ulrey (EWU) 49.13, Pabst (I) 49.16. Non-D-I: Bofa (Whit) 50.44. Open: Butorac (unat) 49.72, Kirk (unat) 50.16.
800–Tardy (I) 1:51.83, Bofa (Whit) 1:52.62, Walter (EWU) 1:54.73, Lemenager (WSU) 1:55.50, Dalton (I) 1:55.63. Open: Potter (unat) 1:57.63.
Mile–Concha (WSU) 4:13.67, Blanshan (WSU) 4:15.97, C. Williams (WSU) 4:16.93, Lemenager (WSU) 4:17.65, Coyle (WSU) 4:18.67. Non-D-I: Roberts (CCS) 4:21.45.
3,000–Suver (EWU) 8:07.39, C. Williams (WSU) 8:20.35, Smargiassi (WSU) 8:22.83, Grant (WSU) 8:33.88, Smyth (EWU) 8:35.33. Non-D-I: Moeller (CCS) 8:47.24.
5,000–Suver (EWU) 14:03.64, Grant (WSU) 14:25.77, Geib (WSU) 14:31.15, Polley (WSU) 14:32.34, Racine (I) 14:56.39.
60 hurdles–Dittmer (I) 7.97, Anderson (WSU) 8.01, R. Williams (WSU) 8.04, E. Williams (I) 8.16, Moody (WSU) 8.22. Non-D-I: Spaun (Whit) 8.41.
4x400 relay–Washington State 3:13.16, Eastern Washington 3:21.36, CC Spokane 3:31.34, Whitworth 3:35.77.
High jump–Arrivey (WSU) 7-1/4, Stelzer (Whit) and Deese (WSU) 6-103/4, D. Edwards (CCS) 6-83/4, Eaton (WSU) 6-8.
Pole vault–Carpenter (I) 16-63/4, L. Pope (I) 16-3/4, Uhlenkott (EWU) 15-7, Brown (WSU) 15-51/2, Lind (EWU) 15-11/2. Non-D-I: Carillo (CCS) 14-71/4.
Long jump– Pabst (I) 24-3/4, Moody (WSU) 24-11/2, E. Williams (I) 23-63/4, Schauble (WSU) 22-9, Zapata (WSU) 22-3/4. Non-D-I: K. Williams (CCS) 21-0. Open: Penrod (unat) 22-33/4.
Triple jump–Holmon (I) 50-10, Zapata (WSU) 50-51/4, Brady (I) 46-111/2, A. Edwards (EWU) 43-111/4, D. Edwards (CCS) 43-41/4. Open: Moore (unat) 47-41/2.
Shot put–Winger (I) 66-61/2, Wauters (I) 55-101/2, Lamb (WSU) 54-71/2, Rogan (I) 53-101/2, Howard (CCS) 53-61/2.
Weight–Wauters (I) 68-10, Winger (I) 67-31/2, Wood (I) 61-4, Mattox (I) 60-33/4, Rogan (I) and MacArthur (WSU) 58-2. Non-D-I: Kintner (Whit) 50-11/4. Open: Ruud (unat) 56-91/4, Dixon (unat) 51-81/2.
Heptathlon–Moody (WSU) 5,216, Schauble (WSU) 5,032, Habberstad (WSU) 4,611, Lind (EWU) 4,470, Lattin (EWU) 3,853.
WOMEN
60 meters–Griffey (WSU) 7.54, James (CCS) 7.71, Missouri (WSU) and Porter-Red (WSU) 7.77, Goodman (I) 7.85. Open: Whyte (unat) 7.36.
200–Porter-Red (WSU) 24.63, Griffey (WSU) 24.70, Goodman (I) 25.59, Long (EWU) and James (CCS) 25.62. Open: Whyte (unat) 23.98.
400–King (WSU) 56.74, Galaviz (WSU) 57.51, Rey (I) 57.88, Hedel (WSU) 57.91, Elseroad-Wall (WSU) 58.06. Non-D-I: Mattila (Whit) 1:00.84. Open: Frey (unat) 58.51.
800–Egami (WSU) 2:13.99, DeMartini (WSU) 2:17.04, Layman (WSU) 2:18.07, Elseroad-Wall (WSU) 2:20.97, Hedel (WSU) 2:23.22. Non-D-I: Eckstein (CCS) 2:32.66. Open: D. Pickler (Asics) 2:17.61.
Mile–Egami (WSU) 4:55.83, Gonzalez (WSU) 4:57.78, Lee-Painter (I) 5:01.42, Macalister (I) 5:03.15, Leonard (WSU) 5:03.48. Non-D-I: Eckstein (CCS) 5:31.82. Open: Moseley (unat) 5:11.33.
3,000–Bridgmon (EWU) 9:48.87, Lawrence (WSU) 9:50.37, Leonard (WSU) 9:53.28, Gonzalez (WSU) 9:58.81, Andrews (WSU) 10:09.04. Non-D-I: Agee (CCS) 11:44.62.
5,000–Leonard (WSU) 16:53.59, Macalister (I) 17:40.93, McFadden (I) 17:52.72, VanDeBrake (WSU) 17:59.32, Lawrence (WSU) 18:14.88.
60 hurdles–Bergland (I) 8.52, Gordon (I) 8.69, Jensen (WSU) 8.79, King (WSU) 8.84, Draser (I) 8.86. Non-D-I: Mattila (Whit) 9.59. Open: Whyte (unat) 7.92, D. Pickler (Asics) 8.20.
4x400 relay–Washington State 3:48.85, Idaho 3:51.42, Eastern Washington 4:01.74, CC Spokane 4:07.96.
High jump–Jungmark (WSU) 6-11/2, Collins (I) 5-7, Hanson (WSU) 5-6, Chadez (I) 5-5, Jensen (WSU) 5-41/2. Non-D-I: Lumpkin (CCS) 5-3.
Pole vault–Dahlgren (I) 13-33/4, Huestis (WSU) 12-21/2, Moore (WSU) and Mays (WSU) 11-8, Fuller (WSU) 11-61/2. Non-D-I: Harless (CCS) 10-2. Open: Owen (unat) 13-53/4.
Long jump–Missouri (WSU) 18-10, James (CCS) and Schuetzle (WSU) and Draser (I) 18-61/2, Burns (WSU) 18-41/4. Open: Whyte (unat) 20-41/2, D. Pickler (Asics) 19-31/2.
Triple jump–Burns (WSU) 40-6, Schuetzle (WSU) 39-103/4, Missouri (WSU) 39-1/4, Davis (EWU) 37-31/4, Halsen (EWU) 34-41/4. Non-D-I: Pridgen (Whit) 32-33/4.
Shot put–Bothum (I) 49-91/4, Garberg (WSU) 48-1/2, Zita (WSU) 46-2, Chaney (EWU) 43-9, Garcia (CCS) 41-103/4. Open: Hale (unat) 44-6.
Weight–Garberg (WSU) 54-31/4, Luckenbach (EWU) 54-1/2, Carroll (EWU) 50-1/2, Kirley-Price (EWU) 49-113/4, Amy (I) 48-8. Non-D-I: Garcia (CCS) 47-21/2. Open: Hale (unat) 48-71/4.
Pentathlon–Draser (I) 3,388, Collins (I) 3,345, Burt (I) 3,247, Goodman (I) 3,140, Jensen (WSU) 2,814.
MOVES
BASEBALL
American League
KANSAS CITY ROYALS—Agreed to terms with LHP Tyler Lumsden, LHP Neal Musser, RHP Julio Pimentel, C Matt Tupman, INF Justin Huber, INF Mario Lisson and OF Mitch Maier on one-year contracts.
National League
CHICAGO CUBS—Agreed to terms with INF Alex Cintron on a minor league contract.
WASHINGTON NATIONALS—Agreed to terms with 2B Bret Boone on a minor league contract.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
ATLANTA HAWKS—Signed G Jeremy Richardson to a 10-day contract.
MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES—Recalled F Chris Richard from Sioux Falls (NBADL).
FOOTBALL
National Football League
CHICAGO BEARS—Released WR Muhsin Muhammad.
KANSAS CITY CHIEFS—Signed K Billy Cundiff, S Erick Harris, DT T.J. Jackson, CB Chad Johnson, OT Joe Lobdell and G Rob Smith to two-year contracts.
Canadian Football League
CALGARY STAMPEDERS—Signed LB JoJuan Armour
EDMONTON ESKIMOS—Signed OL Garrick Jones and DL Dario Romero.
WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS—Re-signed OG Matt Sheridan to a multiyear contract.
Arena Football League
ARIZONA RATTLERS—Traded OL Isaiah Ross to New Orleans for future considerations.
CHICAGO RUSH—Waived K Paul Edinger, QB Blayne Baggett, WR Dan Sheldon, DB Chris Goffer, OL-DL Antonio Hall, OL-DL Ellery Moore and OL-DL Chad Ruffin.
COLUMBUS DESTROYERS—Signed OL David Dean. Waived DB DeMario Williams.
GEORGIA FORCE—Waived DB Donnie Amadi.
GRAND RAPIDS RAMPAGE—Signed OL T.J. Watkins.
LOS ANGELES AVENGERS—Waived WR Clarence Cunningham.
NEW ORLEANS VOODOO—Signed DL Estus Hood and OL Albert Stinson.
NEW YORK DRAGONS—Waived DL Aki Jones and FB Chris Mizell.
ORLANDO PREDATORS—Signed QB Andy Hall.
SAN JOSE—Signed DB Nashville Dyer.
TAMPA BAY STORM—Signed DL Clifford Dukes, WR James Panui, WR Jovon Russell and DB Ricky Williams.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
CAROLINA HURRICANES—Placed C Rod Brind’Amour on injured reserve. Recalled C Joe Jensen from Albany (AHL).
CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS—Signed D Brent Seabrook to a three-year contract extension. Assigned G Michael Brodeur to Pensacola (ECHL).
DALLAS STARS—Aassigned D Dan Jancevski to Iowa (AHL).
PHILADELPHIA FLYERS—Recalled F Claude Giroux from Gatineau of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League and F Stefan Ruzicka from Philadelphia (AHL).
SAN JOSE SHARKS—Recalled C Mike Iggulden and G Thomas Greiss from Worcester (AHL). Assigned G Dimitri Patzold to Worcester.
COLLEGE
HARDIN-SIMMONS—Named Rodney Smith track coach.
MINNESOTA—Announced the resignation of Everett Withers, defensive coordinator, to take the same job at North Carolina.
PITTSBURGH—Named Joe Tumpkin linebackers coach.
SUL ROSS STATE—Named Wayne Schroeder football coach.
TEXAS-EL PASO—Named Allen Johnson cornerbacks coach.
TEXAS STATE—Named Fred Bleil co-defensive coordinator and safeties coach.
TULSA—Named Galen Scott linebackers coach, Bill Blankenship special teams coordinator and Mike Norvell receivers coach.
Today’s odds
America’s Line
CIRCULAR REPORT: On the NBA board, the Celtics - Nuggets circle is for Boston forward Kevin Garnett (questionable/probable) and forward Glen Davis (doubtful).
NO LINE REPORT: On the NBA board, there is no line on the Lakers - Hawks game due to Los Angeles guard Kobe Bryant (probable/questionable), Atlanta guard Mike Bibby (probable) and guard Josh Childress (doubtful).
NBA
Favorite | Pts | Underdog |
WIZARDS | 6 | Knicks |
CAVALIERS | PK | Rockets |
PISTONS | 6.5 | T’WOLVES |
SPURS | 13.5 | Bobcats |
NUGGETS | (2) | Celtics |
JAZZ | 6.5 | Warriors |
BLAZERS | 3 | Kings |
SONICS | 5 | Grizzlies |
LAKERS | NL | Hawks |
College basketball
Favorite | Pts | Underdog |
INDIANA | 4 | Purdue |
CONNECTICUT | 13 | DePaul |
Kent St | 7.5 | BUFFALO |
OHIO U | 11.5 | Bowling Green |
Clemson | 4.5 | FLORIDA ST |
INDIANA ST | 5 | Wichita St |
MIAMI-OHIO | 4.5 | Akron |
OKLAHOMA | 4 | Baylor |
DRAKE | 6.5 | Bradley |
IOWA | 9.5 | Northwestern |
San Diego St | 2 | WYOMING |
KENTUCKY | 6 | Georgia |
CREIGHTON | 7 | Missouri St |
DAVIDSON | 13 | NC-Greensboro |
Home teams in capital letters.