GIRLS REGIONAL SEMIFINALS
at Ohio Northern University
Today’s Games
Lake vs. Fort Recovery, 7 p.m.
at Lexington High School
Seneca East vs. Columbus Africentric, 7 p.m.
REGIONAL FINAL
at Lexington High School
Saturday’s Game
Lake-Fort Recovery winner vs. Seneca East-Columbus Africentric winner, 1:30 p.m.
BOYS DISTRICT SEMIFINALS
DIVISION I
at Liberty-Benton
Thursday’s Game
Perrysburg vs. Findlay, 7 p.m.
at Williard High School
Mansfield Senior vs. Sandusky
DISTRICT FINAL
at BGSU’s Anderson Arena
Saturday’s Game
Perrysburg-Findlay winner vs. Mansfield Senior-Sandusky winner, 7 p.m.
MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE
MEN’S TOURNAMENT
First-round
Today’s Games
No. 10 Northern Illinois (9-20) at No. 7 BOWLING GREEN (13-18), 7 p.m.
No. 12 Toledo (4-27) at No. 5 Ohio (17-14), 7 p.m.
No. 11 Eastern Michigan (9-21) at No. 6 Akron (19-12), 7 p.m.
No. 9 Central Michigan (10-20) at No. 8 Buffalo (17-12), 7 p.m.
Quarterfinals
at Cleveland’s Quicken Loans Arena
Thursday’s Games
BG-NIU winner vs. No. 2 Western Michigan (19-11), noon
No. 3 Miami (16-15) vs. EMU-Akron winner, 2:30 p.m.
No. 1 Kent State (21-10) vs. Buffalo-CMU winner, 7 p.m.
No. 4 Ball State (18-12) vs. Ohio-Toledo winner, 9:30 p.m.
Semifinals
at Cleveland’s Quicken Loans Arena
Friday’s Games
BG-NIU-WMU winner vs. Akron-EMU-Miami winner, 7 p.m.
Buffalo-CMU-Kent State winner vs. Ball-State-Ohio-Toledo winner, 9:30 p.m.
MAC championship
Saturday’s Game
Semifinal winners, 6 p.m.
MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE
WOMEN’S TOURNAMENT
FQuarterfinals
at Cleveland’s Quicken Loans Arena
Wednesday’s Games
No. 2 BOWLING GREEN (25-4) vs. No. 10 Ohio (9-21), noon
No. 3 Central Michigan (19-9) vs. Buffalo (16-14), 2:30 p.m.
No. 1 Toledo (22-7) vs. No 8 Akron (14-15) , 5 p.m.
No. 4 Kent State (20-8) vs. No. 5 Eastern Michigan (20-11), 7:30 p.m.
Semifinals
at Cleveland’s Quicken Loans Arena
Friday’s Games
BG-Ohio-NIU winner vs. Central Michigan-Buffalowinner, noon
Toledo-Akron winner vs. Kent State-Eastern Michigan, 2:30 p.m.
MAC championship
Saturday’s Game
Semifinal winners, 1 p.m.
BIG TEN MEN’S TOURNAMENT
At Conseco Fieldhouse
Indianapolis
First Round
Thursday’s Games
Northwestern vs. Minnesota, 2:30 p.m.
Michigan State vs. Iowa, 5 p.m.
Penn State vs. Indiana, 7:30 p.m.
Quarterfinals
Friday’s Games
Ohio State vs. Northwestern-Minnesota winner, Noon
Michigan vs. Illinois, 2:30 p.m.
Purdue vs. Michigan State-Iowa winner, 6:30 p.m.
Wisconsin vs. Penn State-Indiana winner, 9 p.m.
Semifinals
Saturday’s Games
Ohio State-Northwestern-Minnesota winner vs. Michigan-Illinois winner, 1:40 p.m.
Purdue-Michigan State-Iowa winner vs. Wisconsin-Penn State-Indiana winner, 4 p.m.
Championship
Sunday’s Game
Semifinal winners, 3:30 p.m.
AP MEN’S TOP 25
Monday’s Games
No games scheduled
AP Women’s Top 25
Monday’s Games
No. 1. Connecticut 75, Rutgers 51
No. 5. Xavier 67, Dayton 60
No. 10. Notre Dame 71, No. 9 DePaul 67
No. 19. Marist 63, Loyola, Md. 45
No. 20. Gonzaga 72, Saint Mary’s, Calif. 46
AP MEN’S TOP 25
The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses,
records through March 6, 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. Ohio St. (52) 29-2 1,612 1
2. Kansas (13) 29-2 1,569 2
3. Pittsburgh 27-4 1,493 4
4. Notre Dame 25-5 1,416 8
5. Duke 27-4 1,265 4
6. North Carolina 24-6 1,209 13
7. San Diego St. 29-2 1,197 9
8. BYU 28-3 1,187 3
9. Purdue 25-6 1,108 6
10. Texas 25-6 1,081 7
11. Syracuse 25-6 984 12
12. Florida 24-6 931 14
13. Wisconsin 23-7 870 10
14. Louisville 23-8 794 11
15. Kentucky 22-8 639 20
16. Arizona 25-6 562 18
17. St. John’s 20-10 462 15
18. Xavier 24-6 437 23
19. Kansas St. 22-9 345 –
20. West Virginia 20-10 294 –
21. Connecticut 21-9 281 16
22. Georgetown 21-9 244 17
23. Utah St. 28-3 234 25
24. Temple 24-6 209 –
25. Cincinnati 24-7 202 –
Others receiving votes: Texas A&M 177, Vanderbilt 101, Villanova 64, UCLA 40, UNLV 29, Missouri
22, George Mason 12, Old Dominion 11, Alabama 10, Belmont 9, Butler 9, Gonzaga 6, Saint Mary’s, Calif.
4, Va. Commonwealth 3, UAB 2, Harvard 1.
USA Today/ESPN men’s Top 25
The top 25 teams in the USA Today-ESPN men’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in
parentheses, records through March 6, 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. Ohio State (17) 29-2 767 1
2. Kansas (14) 29-2 748 2
3. Pittsburgh 27-4 702 5
4. Notre Dame 25-5 678 7
5. Duke 27-4 595 4
6. San Diego State 29-2 592 9
7. North Carolina 24-6 560 13
8. Brigham Young 28-3 546 3
9. Purdue 25-6 537 6
10. Texas 25-6 518 8
11. Syracuse 25-6 492 12
12. Florida 24-6 456 14
13. Wisconsin 23-7 396 10
14. Louisville 23-8 364 11
15. Arizona 25-6 285 18
16. Kentucky 22-8 274 23
17. Utah State 28-3 237 21
18. St. John’s 20-10 230 15
19. Connecticut 21-9 165 16
20. Xavier 24-6 150 NR
21. Texas A&M 23-7 146 22
22. Georgetown 21-9 117 17
23. Kansas State 22-9 113 NR
24. Vanderbilt 21-9 80 20
25. Temple 24-6 77 NR
Others receiving votes: West Virginia (20-10) 64; Villanova (21-10) 43; UCLA (22-9) 36; Cincinnati (24-7)
31; Missouri (22-9) 23; UNLV (23-7) 16; George Mason (26-6) 14; Saint Mary’s (24-7) 11;
Alabama-Birmingham (22-7) 4; Boston College (19-11) 3; Florida State (21-9) 2; Alabama (20-10) 1;
Harvard (23-5) 1; Washington (20-10) 1.
The 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 March 6, 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. Connecticut (37) 30-1 973 1
2. Stanford (2) 27-2 929 2
3. Baylor 28-2 887 3
4. Tennessee 31-2 875 4
5. Xavier 27-2 809 6
6. Duke 29-3 774 8
7. UCLA 26-3 716 9
8. Texas A&M 26-4 715 5
9. DePaul 27-5 651 12
10. Notre Dame 25-6 644 7
11. Miami 27-4 552 10
12. Michigan St. 26-5 503 11
13. Wis.-Green Bay
29-1 465 15
14. North Carolina 25-8 449 19
15. Florida St. 23-7 412 14
16. Maryland 23-6 390 13
17. Kentucky 24-8 335 16
18. Ohio St. 22-9 262 –
19. Marist 28-2 250 21
20. Gonzaga 27-4 197 22
21. Oklahoma 20-10 154 18
22. Houston 25-4 128 25
23. Georgetown 22-10 114 17
24. Georgia Tech 23-10 102 –
25. Marquette 23-8 78 20
Others receiving votes: Iowa 53, Louisiana Tech 41, Iowa St. 40, Penn St. 40, West Virginia 33, Texas
Tech 31, BYU 13, Kansas St. 13, Rutgers 11, Georgia 10, Temple 7, Tulane 7, N. Iowa 4, Princeton 4,
BOWLING GREEN 3, Louisville 1.
MEN’S NCAA Automatic Bids
Belmont, Atlantic Sun Conference
Gonzaga, West Coast Conference
Indiana State, Missouri Valley Conference
Morehead State, Ohio Valley Conference
Old Dominion, Colonial Athletic Association
Saint Peter’s, Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
UNC Asheville, Big South Conference
Wofford, Southern Conference
Women’s NCAA Automatic Bids
Duke, Atlantic Coast Conference
Gonzaga, West Coast Conference
Marist, Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Ohio State, Big Ten
Princeton, Ivy League
Samford, Southern Conference
Stetson, Atlantic Sun Conference
Tennessee, Southeastern Conference
Tennessee-Martin, Ohio Valley Conference
Xavier, Atlantic 10
CENTRAL COLLEGIATE
HOCKEY ASSOCIATION
PLAYOFFS
Quarterfinals/Best-of-3
March 11-12-13
No. 11 BOWLING GREEN (10-25-4) at No. 1 Michigan (23-9-4), 7:35 p.m. March 11-12, tba March 13
No 8. Lake Superior (12-15-9) at No. 2 Notre Dame (21-10-5)
No. 7 Alaska (16-15-5) at No. 3 Miami (19-9-6)
No. 5 Ferris State (17-14-5) at No. 4 Western Michigan (16-10-10)
NCAA Division I Hockey Poll
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – The top 20 teams in the NCAA Division I men’s ice hockey poll, compiled by U.S.
College Hockey Online, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through March 6 and previous
ranking:
Record Pts Pvs
1. North Dakota (39)
26-8-3 987 1
2. Boston College (10)
26-7-1 953 2
3. Yale (1) 23-5-1 892 3
4. Union 25-7-4 842 4
5. Michigan 23-9-4 784 5
6. Denver 21-10-5 709 5
7. Miami 19-9-6 666 8
8. Notre Dame 21-10-5 620 10
9. Merrimack 22-8-4 583 9
10. New Hampshire 1
9-9-6 573 7
11. Minn.-Duluth 20-9-6 531 11
12. Neb.-Omaha
21-13-2 488 12
13. Boston University
18-10-8 353 13
14. Maine 17-10-7 345 14
15. Western Michigan
16-10-10 286 15
16. Colorado College
19-16-3 221 17
17. Minnesota 16-12-6 185 19
18. Dartmouth 16-10-3 165 20
19. Wisconsin 20-14-4 164 18
20. Rensselaer 20-12-5 98 16
Others Receiving Votes: St. Cloud State 21, Ferris State 17, Cornell 10, Rochester Institute of
Technology 4, Robert Morris 2, Alaska 1.
STATE HIGH SCHOOL
HOCKEY PLAYOFFS
State Final Four
At Columbus/Nationwide Arena
Semifinals
Saturday’s Games
Toledo St. Francis vs. Powell Olentangy Liberty, noon
Lakewood St. Edward vs. Gates Mills Gilmour Academy, 3 p.m.
Championship
March 13
Semfinal winners, noon
SOFTBALL
BGSU 6, WESTERN KENTUCKY 3
10 innings
BGSU 100 000
020 3 -6 6 2
WESTERN KENTUCKY
010 000
020 0 -3 10 3
Bott, Lines (5, WP, 2-1) and Stratton; Sulaski (LP, 4-2), Nathanson (8) and Williams and Johnson (7).
BASEBALL
BGSU 6, LEHIGH 5
BGSU 101 100
210-6
13
3
LEHIGH 200 012
000-5 8
4
Wooten, Gerdeman (6 WP 1-1) and Losby, Schlater (7); Edwards, Sady (6), Cicconi (8 LP 0-2) and Warga.
National Basketball
Association
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
W L Pct GB
x-Boston 46 15 .754 –
New York 33 29 .532 131â„2
Philadelphia 32 30 .516 141â„2
New Jersey 19 43 .306 271â„2
Toronto 17 46 .270 30
Southeast Division
W L Pct GB
Miami 43 20 .683 –
Orlando 40 24 .625 31â„2
Atlanta 37 26 .587 6
Charlotte 26 37 .413 17
Washington 16 46 .258 261â„2
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Chicago 44 18 .710 –
Indiana 27 35 .435 17
Milwaukee 23 38 .377 201â„2
Detroit 23 41 .359 22
Cleveland 12 50 .194 32
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Southwest Division
W L Pct GB
San Antonio 51 12 .810 –
Dallas 46 17 .730 5
New Orleans 37 29 .561 151â„2
Memphis 36 29 .554 16
Houston 33 32 .508 19
Northwest Division
W L Pct GB
Oklahoma City 39 23 .629 –
Denver 37 27 .578 3
Portland 36 27 .571 31â„2
Utah 33 31 .516 7
Minnesota 15 50 .231 251â„2
Pacific Division
W L Pct GB
L.A. Lakers 45 19 .703 –
Phoenix 32 29 .525 111â„2
Golden State 27 35 .435 17
L.A. Clippers 24 40 .375 21
Sacramento 15 46 .246 281â„2
x-clinched playoff spot
Monday’s Games
L.A. Clippers 92, Charlotte 87
Portland 89, Orlando 85
New York 131, Utah 109
Chicago 85, New Orleans 77
Memphis 107, Oklahoma City 101
Dallas 108, Minnesota 105
Houston 123, Sacramento 101
Today’s Games
L.A. Lakers at Atlanta, 7 p.m.
Golden State at Cleveland, 7 p.m.
Philadelphia at Indiana, 7 p.m.
Milwaukee at Washington, 7 p.m.
Portland at Miami, 7:30 p.m.
Houston at Phoenix, 9 p.m.
Wednesday’s Games
Chicago at Charlotte, 7 p.m.
Golden State at New Jersey, 7 p.m.
Oklahoma City at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
Utah at Toronto, 7 p.m.
L.A. Clippers at Boston, 7:30 p.m.
New York at Memphis, 8 p.m.
Cleveland at Milwaukee, 8 p.m.
Indiana at Minnesota, 8 p.m.
Dallas at New Orleans, 8 p.m.
Detroit at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m.
Orlando at Sacramento, 10 p.m.
National Hockey League
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Philadelphia
65 40 19 6 86 208 174
Pittsburgh 67 38 21 8 84 193 166
N.Y. Rangers
68 35 29 4 74 193 164
New Jersey 65 30 31 4 64 139 168
N.Y. Islanders
67 25 32 10 60 184 213
Northeast Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Boston 65 38 19 8 84 199 152
Montreal 66 36 23 7 79 176 167
Buffalo 65 32 25 8 72 189 187
Toronto 66 29 28 9 67 173 202
Ottawa 65 22 34 9 53 147 206
Southeast Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Washington 67 37 20 10 84 178 167
Tampa Bay 66 37 21 8 82 196 200
Carolina 66 31 26 9 71 191 201
Atlanta 66 27 28 11 65 184 214
Florida 66 26 31 9 61 165 184
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Detroit 66 39 19 8 86 219 193
Chicago 66 37 23 6 80 218 182
Nashville 66 33 24 9 75 167 156
Columbus 65 31 26 8 70 180 196
St. Louis 66 29 28 9 67 182 198
Northwest Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Vancouver 67 42 16 9 93 216 155
Calgary 68 35 24 9 79 207 193
Minnesota 66 34 25 7 75 171 174
Colorado 65 26 31 8 60 185 224
Edmonton 66 23 35 8 54 169 215
Pacific Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
San Jose 66 38 22 6 82 185 167
Dallas 66 36 23 7 79 184 186
Phoenix 67 34 23 10 78 191 194
Los Angeles
66 36 25 5 77 183 163
Anaheim 66 35 26 5 75 182 193
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.
Monday’s Games
Washington 2, Tampa Bay 1, SO
St. Louis 5, Columbus 4, SO
Dallas 4, Los Angeles 3, OT
Today’s Games
Ottawa at New Jersey, 7 p.m.
Toronto at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m.
Edmonton at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
Buffalo at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
Boston at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.
Chicago at Florida, 7:30 p.m.
Colorado at Minnesota, 8 p.m.
Vancouver at Phoenix, 9 p.m.
Nashville at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.
Wednesday’s Games
Edmonton at Washington, 7 p.m.
Atlanta at Carolina, 7 p.m.
St. Louis at Columbus, 7 p.m.
Los Angeles at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.
Chicago at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m.
Calgary at Dallas, 9 p.m.
N.Y. Rangers at Anaheim, 10:30 p.m.
BLUES 5, BLUE JACKETS 4, SO
Columbus 3 1 0 0 – 4
St. Louis 3 1 0 0 – 5
St. Louis won shootout 3-2
First Period-1, St. Louis, Berglund 18, 1:24. 2, Columbus, Voracek 13 (Nash), 6:46. 3, Columbus, Calvert
11 (Umberger, Russell), 7:32. 4, Columbus, Tyutin 6 (Clitsome, Vermette), 10:10 (pp). 5, St. Louis,
McDonald 15 (Stewart, Berglund), 12:42 (pp). 6, St. Louis, Oshie 7 (D’Agostini, Backes), 13:57 (pp).
Second Period-7, St. Louis, McDonald 16 (Backes, Shattenkirk), 6:53. 8, Columbus, MacKenzie 5 (Nash,
Voracek), 10:28.
Third Period-None.
Overtime-None.
Shootout-Columbus 2 (Nash G, Wilson NG, Tyutin G, Vermette NG), St. Louis 3 (Oshie G, McDonald G, Stewart
NG, Steen G).
Shots on Goal-Columbus 8-13-4-3-28. St. Louis 16-9-7-4-36.
Goalies-Columbus, Mason. St. Louis, Conklin, Bishop. A-19,150 (19,150). T-2:41.
MLB SPRING TRAINING
Today’s Games
Pittsburgh vs. Minnesota at Fort Myers, Fla., 1:05 p.m.
Florida vs. Detroit at Lakeland, Fla., 1:05 p.m.
Houston (ss) vs. Boston (ss) at Fort Myers, Fla., 1:05 p.m.
Boston (ss) vs. St. Louis at Jupiter, Fla., 1:05 p.m.
N.Y. Mets (ss) vs. Houston (ss) at Kissimmee, Fla., 1:05 p.m.
Toronto vs. Tampa Bay at Port Charlotte, Fla., 1:05 p.m.
Baltimore vs. Philadelphia at Clearwater, Fla., 1:05 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees vs. Atlanta at Kissimmee, Fla., 1:05 p.m.
Washington vs. N.Y. Mets (ss) at Port St. Lucie, Fla., 1:10 p.m.
Colorado (ss) vs. Chicago White Sox at Glendale, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.
San Diego vs. Oakland at Phoenix, 3:05 p.m.
Cincinnati vs. Kansas City at Surprise, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.
San Francisco vs. Seattle at Peoria, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers vs. Milwaukee at Phoenix, 3:05 p.m.
Arizona vs. Cleveland at Goodyear, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.
Texas vs. L.A. Angels at Tempe, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.
Chicago Cubs vs. Colorado (ss) at Scottsdale, Ariz., 3:10 p.m.
TODAY
CYCLING
4 p.m.
VERSUS – Paris-Nice, stage 3, Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire to Nuits-Saint-Georges, France (same-day tape)
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
3 p.m.
STO – Preseason, Arizona vs. Cleveland, at Goodyear, Ariz.
MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Noon
ESPN2 – Big East Conference, first round, Connecticut vs. DePaul, at New York
2 p.m.
ESPN2 – Big East Conference, first round, Seton Hall vs. Rutgers, at New York
7 p.m.
ESPN2 – Sun Belt Conference, championship game, Arkansas-Little Rock vs. North Texas, at Hot Springs,
Ark.
9 p.m.
ESPN – Horizon League, championship game, Butler at Wisconsin-Milwaukee
ESPN2 – Summit League, championship game, at Sioux Falls, S.D.
Oakland vs. Oral Roberts,
NBA BASKETBALL
7 p.m.
FOXSN – Golden State at Cleveland (may not be shown by all FOXSN affiliates)
NHL HOCKEY
8 p.m.
VERSUS – Colorado at Minnesota
SOCCER
2:30 p.m.
FOXSN – UEFA Champions League, Roma at Shakhtar Donetsk (may not be shown by all FOXSN affiliates)
8 p.m.
FOXSN – UEFA Champions League, Arsenal at Barcelona (same-day tape, may not be shown by all FOXSN
affiliates)
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
7 p.m.
ESPN – Big East Conference, championship game, Connecticut vs. Notre Dame, at Hartford, Conn.
