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.

SAN JOSE SHARKS—Recalled F D Matt Irwin from Worcester (AHL).

WASHINGTON CAPITALS—Recalled F Casey Wellman from Hershey (AHL).

COLLEGE

STANFORD—Named Morgan Turner tight ends coach.

Baseball

major league

Spring Training

Tuesday's games

San Diego 7, Cincinnati 5

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)

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

L.A. Angels 7, Arizona (ss) 7, tie

Arizona (ss) 9, Oakland 4

Wednesday's Reds game

Cincinnati vs. Arizona at Scottsdale, Ariz., 3:10 p.m.

At Peoria, Ariz.

Cincinnati 002 003 000 — 5 6 1

San Diego 000 600 01x — 7 12 3

H.Bailey, Cingrani (2), P.Villarreal (4), C.Contreras (4), Reineke (6), Texeira (7), W.De La Rosa (8) and Mesoraco, Hanigan; Bass, J.De Paula (3), A.Lopez (5), Thatcher (6), Boxberger (6), M.Stites (8), K.Quackenbush (9) and Grandal, R.Rivera. W—J.De Paula. L—P.Villarreal. Sv—K.Quackenbush. HRs—San Diego, Gyorko (3).

College

OVC

Louisville 13 Morehead St. 4

STATE

Belmont 13 Western Ky. 4

Morehead St. 300 000 010— 4 11 3

Louisville 511 015 00x—13 11 0

Whittle, Anderson (1), Hyatt (5), Young (6), Pearcy (6) and Robinson. Kime, Funkhouser (5), McGrath (7), Simons (8), Philley (9) and Gibson, Gershenfeld. W—Kime (2-0). L—Whittle (1-1). Ribonson (MS), Burns (MS), Johnson (UL), White (UL), Gibson (UL). 3B—Pence (MS). HR—Rosenbaum (UL).

Records— Louisville 7-1, Morehead St. 4-5

Western Ky. 000 000 130— 4 8 2

Belmont 080 002 30x—13 12 1

Sowell, Pearson (2), Mercer (7) and Messex. Ludwig, Harbey (8), Snodgrass (9) and Diamond. W—Ludwig (1-1). L—Sowell (0-1). 2B—Kelly (WKU), Messex (WKU), Gerguson (B), Breen (B). 3B—Wilcox (WKU), Eastman (B), Diamond (B).

Records — Belmont 6-2, Eastern Ky. 3-4

Basketball

nba

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

W L Pct GB

New York 33 20 .623 —

Brooklyn 34 24 .586 1½

Boston 30 27 .526 5

Toronto 23 34 .404 12

Philadelphia 22 33 .400 12

Southeast Division

Miami 40 14 .741 —

Atlanta 32 23 .582 8½

Washington 18 37 .327 22½

Orlando 16 41 .281 25½

Charlotte 13 43 .232 28

Central Division

Indiana 36 21 .632 —

Chicago 32 25 .561 4

Milwaukee 26 28 .481 8½

Detroit 22 37 .373 15

Cleveland 19 38 .333 17

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Southwest Division

W L Pct GB

San Antonio 45 13 .776 —

Memphis 37 18 .673 6½

Houston 31 27 .534 14

Dallas 25 30 .455 18½

New Orleans 20 38 .345 25

Northwest Division

Oklahoma City 41 15 .732 —

Denver 36 22 .621 6

Utah 31 26 .544 10½

Portland 26 30 .464 15

Minnesota 20 33 .377 19½

Pacific Division

L.A. Clippers 40 18 .690 —

Golden State 33 24 .579 6½

L.A. Lakers 28 30 .483 12

Sacramento 19 38 .333 20½

Phoenix 18 39 .316 21½

d-division leader

Monday's games

Washington 90, Toronto 84

Atlanta 114, Detroit 103

Denver 119, L.A. Lakers 108

Boston 110, Utah 107 (OT)

Tuesday's games

Orlando 98, Philadelphia 84

Indiana 108, Golden State 97

Sacramento at Miami, 7:30 p.m.

Cleveland 101, Chicago 98

Brooklyn 101, New Orleans 97

Milwaukee at Dallas (n)

Minnesota at Phoenix (n)

Charlotte at L.A. Clippers (n)

Wednesday's games

Toronto at Cleveland, 7 p.m.

Sacramento at Orlando, 7 p.m.

Detroit at Washington, 7 p.m.

Milwaukee at Houston, 8 p.m.

Dallas at Memphis, 8 p.m.

New Orleans at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m.

Golden State at New York, 8 p.m.

Phoenix at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m.

Atlanta at Utah, 9 p.m.

Denver at Portland, 10:30 p.m.

College men

Wednesday's schedule

(All times p.m.)

SEC — Mississippi St. at Kentucky, 8; Arkansas at LSU, 8; Georgia at Vanderbilt, 9; Texas A&M at Mississippi, 9

OVC — SIU-Edwardsville at Belmont, 8

STATE — No. 10 Louisville at DePaul, 9

TOP 25 — No. 4 Michigan at Penn St., 6:30; No. 7 Georgetown at UConn, 7; No. 15 Oklahoma St. at TCU, 7; South Florida at No. 23 Pittsburgh, 7; Virginia Tech at No. 5 Miami, 7; Saint Joseph's at No. 18 Saint Louis, 8; No. 11 Arizona at Southern Cal, 9:30; San Diego St. at No. 14 New Mexico, 10:15

EAST — Holy Cross at Army, 7; American U. at Bucknell, 7; Lafayette at Colgate, 7; Delaware at Hofstra, 7; Navy at Lehigh, 7; Baylor at West Virginia, 8

SOUTH — Longwood at Campbell, 7; Winthrop at Coastal Carolina, 7; Davidson at Elon, 7; Charleston Southern at Gardner-Webb, 7; Northeastern at Georgia St., 7; Radford at High Point, 7; George Washington at Richmond, 7; Presbyterian at UNC Asheville, 7; Georgia Southern at UNC Greensboro, 7; William & Mary at UNC Wilmington, 7; Dayton at Charlotte, 7:30; Coppin St. at Morgan St., 7:30; Maryland at Georgia Tech, 8; Boston College at NC State, 8; UAB at Tulane, 8

MIDWEST — Cent. Michigan at Ball St., 7; Miami (Ohio) at Bowling Green, 7; Buffalo at Kent St., 7; Akron at Ohio, 7; W. Michigan at Toledo, 7; Drake at Indiana St., 7:05; E. Michigan at N. Illinois, 8; N. Iowa at S. Illinois, 8; Evansville at Wichita St., 8; Creighton at Bradley, 8:05; Missouri St. at Illinois St., 8:05; Purdue at Iowa, 8:36

SOUTHWEST — Rice at SMU, 8; Oklahoma at Texas, 9; Houston at UTEP, 9

FAR WEST — Nevada at Boise St., 8; Fresno St. at Colorado St., 9; Saint Mary's (Cal) at Pepperdine, 11; Colorado at Stanford, 11; Arizona St. at UCLA, 11:30

Tuesday's scores

SEC

Alabama 61 Auburn 43

OVC

E. Illinois 58 Chicago St. 50

TOP 25

Minnesota 77No. 1 Indiana 73

Xavier 64No. 19 Memphis 62

SOUTH

Towson 85 George Mason 81, OT

UCF 65 Ga. Southwestern 50

VMI 83 Liberty 66

MIDWEST

Detroit 76 Loyola of Chicago 75

N. Dakota St. 63 Utah Valley 56

conference tournaments

(All games in bracket order;all times p.m.,)

Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic

Saturday's first round

Indiana-SE 77 Alice Lloyd 68

Cincinnati Christian 87 Point Park 70

Indiana-East 69 Brescia 68

Asbury 102 Berea 73

Monday's semifinals

Indiana-SE 91 Cincinnati Christian 61

Asbury 87 Indiana East 68

Tuesday's finals

IU Southeast 74 Asbury 62

Mid-South conference

At Frankfort Convention Center.

Friday's quarterfinals

2 p.m. — No. 1 seed Lindsey Wilson (26-4) vs. No. 8 Virginia-Wise (11-14).

4 p.m. — No. 4 Campbellsville (19-11) vs. No. 5 Shawnee State (16-13)

6 p.m. — No. 2 Pikeville (24-5) and No. 7 St. Catharine (13-13)

8 p.m. — No. 3 Georgetown (22-7) vs. No. 6 Cumberlands (19-11)

Saturday's semifinals

6 p.m. — Lindsey Wilson-Virginia-Wise winner vs. Campbellsville-Shawnee State winner

8 p.m. — Pikeville-St. Catharine winner vs. Georgetown-Cumberlands winner

Sunday's finals

5:30 p.m. — Semifinal winners meet

IU Southeast 74, Asbury 62

ASBURY (20-13) — Penny 10, Euton 10, Jones 7, Delph 21, Morris 6, Brauner 2, McLeish 6. Totals 25-56 5-11 62.

IU SOUTHEAST (27-4) — Clark 7, Mitchell 14, Trimnell 5, Simpson 19, Mitchell 19, Billups 10. Totals 26-51 16-21 74.

Halftime—Asbury 41-35.

College women

Wednesday's schedule

(All times p.m.)

OVC — Belmont at Austin Peay, 8

STATE — Seton Hall at No. 16 Louisville, 7; South Alabama at W. Kentucky, 8

TOP 25 — Kansas at No. 23 Iowa St., 8

EAST — Sacred Heart at Bryant, 5:30; Bucknell at American, 7; Maine at Boston U., 7; St. Bonaventure at Fordham, 7; Army at Holy Cross, 7; Duquesne at La Salle, 7; Colgate at Lafayette, 7; Lehigh at Navy, 7; Albany (N.Y.) at New Hampshire, 7; Richmond at Rhode Island, 7; UMass at Saint Joseph's, 7; Hartford at UMBC, 7; Binghamton at Vermont, 7; St. John's at Villanova, 7

MIDWEST — Temple at Butler, 7; George Washington at Xavier, 7

SOUTHWEST — Arkansas St. at North Texas, 8; New Orleans at Texas-Pan American, 8; Oklahoma St. at Texas Tech, 8

FAR WEST — Air Force at Wyoming, 9; CS Bakersfield at Utah Valley, 9:05; Boise St. at Nevada, 9:30; Colorado St. at Fresno St., 10; New Mexico at San Diego St., 10

Wednesday's scores

TOP 25

No. 2 Notre Dame 79No. 22 Syracuse 68

No. 3 UConn 76 Pittsburgh 36

EAST

Marquette 81 Providence 70

Rutgers 68 South Florida 56

West Virginia 66 Kansas St. 57

SOUTH

William & Mary 79 Georgia St. 73

conference tournaments

(All times p.m.,)

Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic

First round

Point Park 54 Cincinnati Christian 44

Indiana-SE 55 Berea 52

Alice Lloyd 76 Midway 69

Asbury 95 Brescia 82

Monday's semifinals

Asbury 74 Alice Lloyd 73

Point Park 76 IU Southeast 51

Tuesday's finals at IU-Southeast

Point Park vs. IU-Southeast (n)

Mid-South conference

At Frankfort Convention Center

Thursday's quarterfinals

2 p.m. — No. 1 seed Cumberland (Tenn.) (27-2) vs. No. 8 Lindsey Wilson (16-14).

4 p.m. — No. 4 Shawnee State (22-8) vs. No. 5 St. Catharine (19-10)

6 p.m. — No. 2 Georgetown (21-8) and No. 7 Bluefield (16-14)

8 p.m. — No. 3 Campbellsville (22-8) vs. No. 6 Cumberlands (18-11)

Saturday's semifinals

2 p.m. — Cumberland (Tenn.)-Lindsey Wilson winner vs. Shawnee State-St. Catharine winner

4 p.m. — Georgetown-Bluefield winner vs. Campbellsville-Cumberlands winner

Sunday's finals

2:30 p.m. — Semifinal winners meet

USA Today 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:

W-L 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 St. 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 S. 19-6 139 24

22. Purdue 20-7 92 21

23. Green Bay 22-2 83 —

24. Florida St. 20-7 69 20

25. Nebraska 21-6 66 —

Others receiving votes: Oklahoma St. 63, Texas Tech 23, Princeton 17, South Florida 12, San Diego St. 11, Kansas 7, Marist 3, Oklahoma 3, Toledo 3, SMU 2, Gonzaga 1, Liberty 1, St. John's 1.

High school boys

Derby Classic Rosters

White Team

Player Pos Ht Wt College

Akoy Agau C 6-9 220 Louisville

Conner Frankamp G 6-1 165 Kansas

Keith Frazier G 6-6 192 Undecided

Anton Gill G 6-4 180 Louisville

Jarell Martin F 6-8 215 LSU

Jordan Mickey F 6-7 210 LSU

Robert Hubbs G 6-4 170 Tennessee

Jajuan Johnson F 6-5 180 Marquette

Rysheed Jordan G 6-3 175 Undecided

Austin Nichols F 6-8 193 Memphis

Coaches: AW Hamilton, Hargrave Military Academy (Va.); Jeff Jones, Madison Preparatory Academy (La.)

Black Team

Player Pos Ht Wt College

Jabari Bird G 6-5 190 California

Stevie Clark G 5-8 160 Oklahoma St.

Devin Davis F 6-6 190 Indiana

Tyler Ennis G 6-2 175 Syracuse

Luke Fischer C 6-11 210 Indiana

Zakarie Irvin F 6-7 180 Michigan

Stanford Robinson G 6-3 175 Indiana

Sindarius Thornwell G 6-4 175 S. Carolina

Troy Williams F 6-6 180 Indiana

Derek Willis F 6-9 200 Kentucky

Coaches: Troy Barr, Bullitt East (Ky.); Paul Melnik, Father Henry Carr Catholic Secondary School (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)

Golf

Professional

This week's tournaments

PGA TOUR

Honda Classic

Where: Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.

When: Thursday-Sunday

Course: PGA National Resort and Spa, The Champion (7,110 yards, par 70)

Purse: $6 million ($1.08 million to the winner)

TV: Golf (3-6 p.m. Thursday-Friday) and NBC-18 (3-6 p.m. Saturday-Sunday)

Last year: Rory McIlroy won to take the top spot in the world ranking from Luke Donald. McIlroy finished with a 69 to beat Tiger Woods and Tom Gillis by two strokes. Woods closed with a 62, his lowest final round ever.

LPGA TOUR

HSBC WOMEN'S CHAMPIONS

Where: Singapore

When: Thursday-Sunday

Course: Sentosa Golf Club, The Serapong Course (6,606 yards, par 72)

Purse: $1.4 million ($210,000 to the winner)

TV: Golf (12:30-2:30 p.m., 6:30-8:30 p.m. Thursday-Friday; 6:30-9:30 p.m. Saturday; 7-9:30 p.m. Sunday)

Last year: Angela Stanford won her fifth LPGA Tour title, beating Jenny Shin with a birdie on the third hole of a playoff at Tanah Merah. Shanshan Feng was eliminated on the first extra hole, and Na Yeon Choi dropped out on the second.

EUROPEAN TOUR/SUNSHINE TOUR

TSHWANE OPEN

Where: Centurion, South Africa

When: Thursday-Sunday

Course: The Els Club at Copperleaf Golf & Country Estate (7,791 yards, par 72)

Purse: $1.96 million ($311,070 to the winner)

TV: Golf (9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Thursday-Sunday)

Last year: Inaugural event

WEB.COM TOUR

COLOMBIA CHAMPIONSHIP

Where: Bogota, Colombia

When: Thursday-Sunday

Course: Bogota Country Club (7,237 yards, par 71)

Purse: $700,000 ($126,000 to the winner)

TV: None

Last year: Skip Kendall holed a 25-foot birdie putt on the final hole for a one-stroke victory. At 47 years, 5 months, 10 days, he became the fourth-oldest winner in tour history.

Hockey

nhl

Scores, schedule

Tuesday's games

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

Calgary at Minnesota (n)

Phoenix at Vancouver (n)

Colorado at San Jose (n)

Wednesday's games

Washington at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m.

Montreal at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.

Detroit at Los Angeles, 10 p.m.

Nashville at Anaheim, 10 p.m.

Softball

College women

Tuesday's scores

STATE

Lindsey Wilson 17-15 Union 2-1

USA Today poll

(First-place votes in parentheses)

Rank, School W-L Pts Prev.

1 Alabama (20) 16-0 764 1

2 Oklahoma (11) 15-0 755 2

3 Arizona St. 16-0 712 3

4 Florida 16-1 661 5

5 Texas 16-1 611 6

6 Missouri 9-1 587 7

7 Tennessee 13-2 582 4

8 California 11-2 559 8

9 Texas A&M 17-0 549 10

10 Oregon 13-3 514 9

11 LSU 14-2 470 11

12 UCLA 13-1 439 16

13 La.-Lafayette 12-2 416 12

14 Michigan 10-3 369 15

15 Louisville 12-2 313 18

16 Stanford 14-3 298 20

17 Arizona 10-5 238 14

18 Washington 10-5 215 22

19 Kentucky 11-3 210 21

20 Hawaii 8-4 200 19

21 Tulsa 11-4 166 24

22 Baylor 15-2 139 25

23 Georgia 7-6 134 13

24 Oregon St. 13-3 76 NR

25 Florida St. 9-6 43 23

ESPN poll

(First-place votes in parentheses)

Rank, School W-L Pts Prev.

1 Oklahoma (18) 15-0 498 1

2 Alabama (2) 16-0 480 2

3 Arizona St. 16-0 462 3

4 Florida 16-1 405 5

5 Texas A&M 17-0 385 9

6 Missouri 9-1 379 7

7 California 11-2 376 8

8 Texas 16-1 367 6

9 Tennessee 13-2 359 4

10 UCLA 13-1 342 13

11 LSU 14-2 317 10

12 Oregon 14-3 293 11

13 La.-Lafayette 12-2 241 12

14 Michigan 10-3 232 15

15 Stanford 14-3 209 17

16 Louisville 12-2 187 18

17 Kentucky 11-3 174 20

18 Washington 10-5 150 22

19 Tulsa 11-4 118 24

20 Baylor 15-2 102 25

21 Arizona 10-5 101 19

22 Hawaii 8-4 91 21

23 Virginia Tech 11-1 58 NR

24 Georgia 7-6 43 16

25 Nebraska 11-4 31 NR

Tennis

College women

At Lexington

Kentucky 4, Eastern Kentucky 0

Singles — Nadia Ravita def. Amandine Faouzi 6-1, 6-0. Jessica Stiles def. Kristina Labeja 6-4, 6-3. Caitlin McGraw def. Saioa Oscoz 6-2, 6-1. Melissa Gerritsen (EKU) led Kirsten Lewis 6-2, 2-4 DNF. Stephanie Fox (UK) led Milena Poffo 1-0 DNF. CeCe Witten (UK) vs. Carmen Rodriguez DNF.

Doubles — McGraw/Ravita def. Gerritsen/Labeja 8-2. Lewis/Witten led Oscoz/Poffo 6-3 DNF. Fox/Stiles (UK) def. Faouzi/Jimenez 8-1.

Kentucky 4, Northern Kentucky 0

Singles — Nadia Ravita (UK) def. Claire Spradlin 6-0, 6-0. Caitlin McGraw (UK) def. Marta Romeo 6-0, 6-3. Kirsten Lewis (UK) def. Holly Robinson 6-0, 6-0. Stephanie Fox (UK) def. Kristina Abramovich 6-0, 6-0. Grace Trimble (UK) def. Jamie Diaz (abd.)

Kentucky 5, Abilene Christian 2

Singles — Nadia Ravita (UK) def. Julia Mongin 6-2, 6-2. Jessica Stiles (UK) def. Micah Hermsdorf 6-0, 6-0. Caitlin McGraw (UK) def. Brittney Reed 7-6 (7-5), 6-1. Laura Mongin (ACU) def. Kirsten Lewis 7-5, 3-6, 6-3. Stephanie Fox (UK) vs. Nada Marjanovic 6-2, 6-3. CeCe Witten (UK) vs. Hannah Kelly 6-3, 6-4.

Doubles — Brittney Reed/Julia Mongin (ACU) def. Caitlin McGraw/Nadia Ravita 8-3. Khristina Blajkevitch/CeCe Witten (UK) vs. Micah Hermsdorf/Hannah Kelly 6-5 (abd.). Kaysie Hermsdorf/Laura Mongin (ACU) def. Stephanie Fox/Jessica Stiles 9-7.

Odds

Glantz-Culver line

NCAA basketball

Favorite Today Underdog

Michigan 14 at Penn St.

Delaware 4 at Hofstra

at UNC Wilmington pk William & Mary

Georgetown 1½ at UConn

at Miami 18 Virginia Tech

Oklahoma St. 15 at TCU

at Georgia St. 4 Northeastern

at Richmond 6 George Washington

at Indiana St. 8 Drake

at Ball St. 5½ Cent. Michigan

at Toledo 1½ W. Michigan

at Pittsburgh 18 South Florida

at Bowling Green 6½ Miami (Ohio)

at Ohio 2 Akron

at Kent St. 6½ Buffalo

at Charlotte 1 Dayton

at Saint Louis 11 Saint Joseph's

at West Virginia pk Baylor

Maryland 1 at Georgia Tech

at NC State 11 Boston College

at Tulane 6½ UAB

Creighton 7½ at Bradley

at N. Illinois 1 E. Michigan

at Wichita St. 11½ Evansville

at Illinois St. 13 Missouri St.

N. Iowa 2½ at S. Illinois

at LSU 2 Arkansas

at SMU 14 Rice

at Boise St. 10 Nevada

at Iowa 8½ Purdue

Louisville 14½ at DePaul

Oklahoma 1½ at Texas

at Mississippi 9½ Texas A&M

at Colorado St. 16 Fresno St.

at Kentucky 18 Mississippi St.

at Vanderbilt 5½ Georgia

at UTEP 10½ Houston

Arizona 7 at Southern Cal

at New Mexico 4 San Diego St.

Saint Mary's (Cal) 12½ at Pepperdine

at Stanford 4 Colorado

at UCLA 8 Arizona St.

Davidson 6 at Elon

at UNC Greensboro 4½ Georgia Southern

at Belmont 27 SIU-Edwardsville