COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Men
NCAA TOURNAMENT
EAST REGIONAL
Regional Semifinals
Thursday
At The Verizon Center
Washington
Marquette 71, Miami 61
Syracuse 61, Indiana 50
Regional Championship
Today
Marquette (26-8) vs. Syracuse (29-9), 4:30 p.m.
SOUTH REGIONAL
Regional Semifinals
Friday
At Cowboys Stadium
Arlington, Texas
Michigan 87, Kansas 85, OT
Florida Gulf Coast (26-10) vs. Florida (28-7), 30 minutes following
Regional Championship
Sunday
Semifinal winners, TBA
MIDWEST REGIONAL
Regional Semifinals
Friday
At Lucas Oil Stadium
Indianapolis
Louisville 77, Oregon 69
Duke 71, Michigan State 61
Regional Championship
Sunday
Semifinal winners, TBA
WEST REGIONAL
Regional Semifinals
Thursday
At The Staples Center
Los Angeles
Ohio State 73, Arizona 70
Wichita State 72, La Salle 58
Regional Championship
Today
Ohio State (29-7) vs. Wichita State (29-8), 7 p.m.
FINAL FOUR
At The Georgia Dome
Atlanta
National Semifinals
Saturday, April 6
Midwest champion vs. West champion, 6 or 8:30 p.m.
South champion vs. East champion, 6 or 8:30 p.m.
National Championship
Monday, April 8
Semifinal winners, 9 p.m.
NIT
At Madison Square Garden
New York
Semifinals
Tuesday, April 2
BYU (24-11) vs. Baylor (21-14), 7 p.m.
Maryland (25-12) vs. Iowa (24-12), 9:30 p.m.
CIT
Semifinals
Today
Evansville (21-14) at East Carolina (21-12), 5 p.m.
CBI
Championship Series
(Best-of-3)
(x-if necessary)
Monday
George Mason (21-14) vs. Santa Clara (24-11), TBA
Women
NCAA Tournament
OKLAHOMA CITY REGIONAL
Regional Semifinals
Oklahoma City
Sunday
Oklahoma (24-10) vs. Tennessee (26-7), 4:35 p.m.
Baylor (34-1) vs. Louisville (26-8), 7:05 p.m.
Tuesday, April 2
Regional Championship
Semifinal winners
SPOKANE REGIONAL
Regional Semifinals
Spokane, Wash.
Today
Stanford (33-2) vs. Georgia (27-6), 9:04 p.m.
California (30-3) vs. LSU (22-11), 11:32 p.m.
Regional Championship
Monday, April 1
Semifinal winners
NORFOLK REGIONAL
Regional Semifinals
Norfolk, Va.
Sunday
Notre Dame (33-1) vs. Kansas (20-13), 12:04 p.m.
Duke (32-2) vs. Nebraska (25-8), 2:32 p.m.
Regional Championship
Tuesday, April 2
Semifinal winners
BRIDGEPORT REGIONAL
Regional Semifinals
Bridgeport, Conn.
Today
Delaware (32-3) vs. Kentucky (29-5), 12:04 p.m.
Connecticut (31-4) vs. Maryland (26-7), 2:30 p.m.
Regional Championship
Monday, April 1
Semifinal winners
FINAL FOUR
At New Orleans Arena
New Orleans
National Semifinals
Sunday, April 7
Oklahoma City champion vs. Spokane champion, 5:30 or 8 p.m.
Norfolk champion vs. Bridgeport champion, 5:30 or 8 p.m.
National Championship
Tuesday, April 9
Semifinal winners, 7:30 p.m.
WNIT
Quarterfinals
Today
Florida (27-8) at James Madison (25-10), 4 p.m.
Utah (21-13) at Saint Mary's (Cal) (23-10), 5 p.m.
Illinois (19-13) at Kansas State (18-17), 5 p.m.
Drexel (25-10) at Auburn (19-14), 7 p.m.
SPORTS NOTE
Swanton High School Athletic Hall of Fame inductees Scott Haselman, Matt Fisher, Sue Camp and Rocky Brown will be honored at a ceremony to take place on Saturday, May 11 at 6 p.m. in the high school gym. Tickets may be purchased in the high school office during school hours from April 15 through May 10 for $20. There will be a social hour immediately following the ceremony, located at Valleywood Golf Club.
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Miami 000 010 010--2-9-3
Toledo 001 031 41x--10-10-1
W: Shaw (3-3). L: Fiala (3-3). Grogg 3-5.
Bowling Green 000 100 000--1-5-0
Central Michigan 000 000 000--0-5-2
W: Apthorpe (1-2). L: Foley (4-1). Kubuski 1-4.
HOLE IN ONE
Mike Blaskiewicz, No. 13 at Heather Downs, 118 yards, wedge.
ECHL
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
W L OL SL Pts GF GA
y-Reading 46 19 3 3 98 244 182
x-Elmira 39 25 3 4 85 244 218
Wheeling 31 29 3 8 73 190 221
Trenton 31 32 4 4 70 222 244
North Division
W L OL SL Pts GF GA
y-Cincinnati 42 21 5 3 92 227 191
x-Toledo 37 26 5 4 83 224 195
Kalamazoo 34 29 4 4 76 203 211
Fort Wayne 32 35 1 3 68 201 244
Evansville 24 40 3 4 55 203 272
South Division
W L OL SL Pts GF GA
x-Gwinnett 42 26 2 1 87 207 190
x-Florida 38 22 4 7 87 254 238
x-S. Carolina 38 26 5 3 84 198 171
x-Greenville 36 27 2 6 80 225 215
Orlando 28 36 3 4 63 194 247
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Mountain Division
W L OL SL Pts GF GA
Alaska 48 15 3 4 103 223 167
x-Idaho 44 19 1 6 95 255 194
x-Colorado 33 31 3 3 72 229 216
x-Utah 28 29 4 9 69 209 267
Pacific Division
W L OL SL Pts GF GA
y-Ontario 45 18 3 4 97 241 187
x-Stockton 36 26 5 4 81 219 214
x-Las Vegas 36 30 2 3 77 191 188
x-San Francisco 24 37 2 7 57 186 246
Bakersfield 22 43 2 3 49 166 237
x-clinched Playoff Berth
y-clinched Divisional Title
FRIDAY
Toledo 8, Wheeling 5
South Carolina 3, Greenville 1
Elmira 4, Trenton 1
Kalamazoo 3, Fort Wayne 2
Florida 5, Orlando 1
Cincinnati 5, Evansville 4, OT
Colorado at Utah, 9:05
Alaska at Ontario, 10
Bakersfield at Las Vegas, 10:05
Idaho at San Francisco, 10:15
Today
Trenton at Wheeling, 7
Orlando at Florida, 7
Elmira at Reading, 7:05
Greenville at Gwinnett, 7:05
Kalamazoo at Fort Wayne, 7:30
Evansville at Cincinnati, 7:35
Alaska at Ontario, 9
Colorado at Utah, 9:05
San Francisco at Bakersfield, 10
Idaho at Stockton, 10:30
NHL
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
W L OT Pts GF GA
Pittsburgh 27 8 0 54 121 84
New Jersey 15 11 8 38 86 94
N.Y. Rangers 16 14 3 35 78 81
N.Y. Islanders 16 15 3 35 100 110
Philadelphia 13 17 3 29 87 103
Northeast Division
W L OT Pts GF GA
Montreal 21 7 5 47 104 83
Boston 21 7 4 46 94 72
Ottawa 19 9 6 44 89 72
Toronto 19 12 4 42 108 100
Buffalo 13 16 5 31 91 107
Southeast Division
W L OT Pts GF GA
Winnipeg 18 15 2 38 88 103
Carolina 15 15 2 32 89 96
Washington 15 17 1 31 94 93
Tampa Bay 15 18 1 31 110 103
Florida 10 19 6 26 85 123
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division
W L OT Pts GF GA
Chicago 25 5 3 53 109 73
Detroit 17 12 5 39 90 85
St. Louis 17 14 2 36 94 93
Columbus 14 14 7 35 85 96
Nashville 14 14 6 34 87 95
Northwest Division
W L OT Pts GF GA
Vancouver 19 9 6 44 92 86
Minnesota 20 11 2 42 93 83
Edmonton 13 13 7 33 83 95
Calgary 13 16 4 30 93 114
Colorado 11 18 4 26 83 108
Pacific Division
W L OT Pts GF GA
Anaheim 23 7 4 50 106 88
Los Angeles 19 12 2 40 97 82
San Jose 16 11 6 38 82 82
Dallas 16 14 3 35 92 100
Phoenix 14 15 5 33 92 98
FRIDAY
Tampa Bay 5, New Jersey 4, SO
Dallas 5, Minnesota 3
Anaheim 2, Chicago 1
Columbus 6, Calgary 4
Today
Boston at Philadelphia, 1
N.Y. Islanders at Pittsburgh, 1
Nashville at Colorado, 3
Carolina at Winnipeg, 3
N.Y. Rangers at Montreal, 7
Washington at Buffalo, 7
Toronto at Ottawa, 7
New Jersey at Florida, 7:30
Los Angeles at Minnesota, 8
Vancouver at Edmonton, 10
THURSDAY
Detroit 0 0 0 – 0
San Jose 1 0 1 – 2
First Period – 1, San Jose, Pavelski 10 (Galiardi, Clowe), 18:59.
Second Period – None.
Third Period – 2, San Jose, Burns 5 (Thornton), 2:07.
Goalies – Detroit, Howard. San Jose, Niemi.
NBA
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
W L Pct GB
New York 45 26 .634 —
Brooklyn 42 29 .592 3
Boston 38 34 .528 71/2
Philadelphia 29 43 .403 161/2
Toronto 27 45 .375 181/2
Southeast Division
W L Pct GB
Miami 56 15 .789 —
Atlanta 40 33 .548 17
Washington 26 46 .361 301/2
Orlando 19 54 .260 38
Charlotte 17 55 .236 391/2
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Indiana 46 27 .630 —
Chicago 39 31 .557 51/2
Milwaukee 35 36 .493 10
Detroit 24 49 .329 22
Cleveland 22 49 .310 23
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Southwest Division
W L Pct GB
San Antonio 54 17 .761 —
Memphis 48 24 .667 61/2
Houston 39 33 .542 151/2
Dallas 35 37 .486 191/2
New Orleans 25 47 .347 291/2
Northwest Division
W L Pct GB
Oklahoma City 53 20 .726 —
Denver 49 24 .671 4
Utah 36 36 .500 161/2
Portland 33 38 .465 19
Minnesota 26 45 .366 26
Pacific Division
W L Pct GB
L.A. Clippers 49 23 .681 —
Golden State 41 32 .562 81/2
L.A. Lakers 37 36 .507 121/2
Sacramento 27 46 .370 221/2
Phoenix 23 50 .315 261/2
Friday
Orlando 97, Washington 92
New York 111, Charlotte 102
Boston 118, Atlanta 107
Philadelphia 97, Cleveland 87
Toronto 99, Detroit 82
Miami at New Orleans, 8
Minnesota 101, Oklahoma City 93
Memphis 103, Houston 94
L.A. Clippers at San Antonio, 8:30
Brooklyn at Denver, 9
Utah at Portland, 10
Today
Chicago at Dallas, 2
Orlando at Atlanta, 7
Charlotte at Philadelphia, 8
Memphis at Minnesota, 8
L.A. Clippers at Houston, 8
Oklahoma City at Milwaukee, 8:30
Brooklyn at Utah, 9
Indiana at Phoenix, 10
L.A. Lakers at Sacramento, 10
Portland at Golden State, 10:30
Philadelphia 19 26 32 20 – 97
Cleveland 24 21 21 21 – 87
Philadelphia: Young 9-13 0-2 18, Turner 9-17 3-4 23, Hawes 7-17 0-0 16, Wilkins 2-3 3-4 7, Holiday 9-20 0-0 20, Wright 1-6 0-0 3, Allen 2-4 0-0 4, Ivey 1-3 0-0 2, Moultrie 1-1 0-0 2, Pargo 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 42-86 6-10 97.
Cleveland: Gee 3-10 0-0 6, Thompson 4-11 2-7 10, Zeller 7-10 0-0 14, Livingston 5-15 0-0 10, Ellington 5-14 0-0 10, Miles 7-11 3-4 19, Gibson 2-2 0-0 5, Walton 2-4 0-0 5, Speights 1-6 4-4 6, Quinn 1-3 0-0 2. Totals 37-86 9-15 87.
Toronto 19 27 36 17 – 99
Detroit 26 19 15 22 – 82
Toronto: Johnson 9-11 2-2 20, Gay 7-14 4-6 21, Valanciunas 7-11 0-0 14, DeRozan 10-20 1-1 21, Lowry 2-4 0-0 4, Anderson 3-8 0-0 7, Fields 3-7 0-0 6, Lucas 0-2 0-0 0, Ross 3-5 0-0 6. Totals 44-82 7-9 99.
Detroit: Singler 5-12 2-4 13, Monroe 3-11 5-6 11, Drummond 8-10 1-4 17, Calderon 3-7 0-0 8, Knight 1-4 2-3 4, Jerebko 9-14 2-2 20, Stuckey 0-3 0-0 0, English 2-7 0-0 6, Maxiell 0-3 0-0 0, Middleton 0-4 2-2 2, Kravtsov 0-1 1-2 1. Totals 31-76 15-23 82.
Transactions
BASEBALL
American League
BALTIMORE ORIOLES–Agreed to terms with RHP Freddy Garcia on a minor league contract. Reassigned OF Chris Dickerson to their minor league camp.
DETROIT TIGERS–Agreed to terms with Justin Verlander on a seven-year contract.
KANSAS CITY ROYALS–Announced C Brett Hayes cleared waivers and was sent outright to Omaha (PCL).
MINNESOTA TWINS–Placed RHP Tim Wood on the 15-day DL, retroactive March 24. Reassigned RHP Rich Harden and LHP Rafael Perez to their minor league camp.
NEW YORK YANKEES–Optioned OF Melky Mesa to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL). Sent RHP Sam Demel outright to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Announced RHP Danny Otero was claimed off waivers by Oakland. Re-signed INF David Adams to a minor league contract. Designated RHP David Aardsma for assignment. Selected the contracts of INF Jayson Nix and OF Ben Francisco from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL). Reassigned RHP Jim Miller, RHP Preston Claiborne, RHP Branden Pinder, LHP Juan Cedeno, LHP Vidal Nuno, LHP Josh Spence, C Bobby Wilson, INF Dan Johnson, INF Jose Pirela, INF Gil Velazquez and OF Thomas Neal to their minor league camp.
OAKLAND ATHLETICS–Claimed RHP Josh Stinson off waivers from Milwaukee. Optioned RHP Josh Stinson to Midland (Texas).
TORONTO BLUE JAYS–Claimed RHP Alex Burnett off waivers from Minnesota and optioned him to Buffalo (IL). Claimed 1B Clint Robinson off waivers from the Pittsburgh and optioned him to New Hampshire (EL).
National League
CHICAGO CUBS–Sent Guillermo Moscoso outright to AZL Cubs.
MIAMI MARLINS–Optioned C Kyle Skipworth to New Orleans (PCL).
NEW YORK METS–Assigned 2B Reese Havens and LHP Darin Gorski outright to Las Vegas (PCL). Optioned LHP Rob Carson to Las Vegas. Reassigned C Landon Powell and INF Omar Quintanilla to Las Vegas.
SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS–Agreed to terms with C Buster Posey on a nine-year contract.
ST. LOUIS CARDINALS–Placed RHP Jason Motte on the 15-day DL, retroactive to March 22. Optioned RHP Maikel Cleto and OF Adron Chambers to the Memphis (PCL). Reassigned C Rob Johnson, INF Greg Garcia and OF Oscar Taveras to their minor league camp.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
CHICAGO BULLS–Re-signed F Malcolm Thomas to a second 10-day contract.
LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS–Signed G Maalik Wayns for the remainder of the season.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
CHICAGO BEARS–Agreed to terms with G Matt Slauson on a one-year contract. Re-signed QB Josh McCown to a one-year contract.
DALLAS COWBOYS–Agreed to terms with QB on a six-year contract extension.
WASHINGTON REDSKINS–Re-signed TE Fred Davis.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
DETROIT RED WINGS–Agreed to terms with D Dan DeKeyser on a two-year contract. Assigned D Carlo Colaiacovo to Grand Rapids (AHL).
GOLF
Houston Open
Humble, Texas, par 72
Steve Wheatcroft 67-67 – 134
Jason Kokrak 66-69 – 135
D.A. Points 64-71 – 135
Brian Davis 67-70 – 137
Stewart Cink 71-66 – 137
Bill Haas 68-70 – 138
Angel Cabrera 66-72 – 138
Cameron Tringale 65-73 – 138
John Rollins 65-74 – 139
Scott Stallings 70-69 – 139
Dustin Johnson 69-70 – 139
Henrik Stenson 69-70 – 139
Ben Crane 69-70 – 139
Brendon de Jonge 71-68 – 139
Charley Hoffman 68-71 – 139
Jimmy Walker 68-71 – 139
Boo Weekley 70-69 – 139
Kevin Chappell 70-70 – 140
Keegan Bradley 70-70 – 140
Hunter Haas 69-71 – 140
Bob Estes 71-69 – 140
Billy Horschel 68-72 – 140
John Merrick 68-72 – 140
Lee Westwood 68-72 – 140
Scott Verplank 72-68 – 140
Jeff Overton 67-73 – 140
Josh Teater 74-67 – 141
Steve Stricker 73-68 – 141
Wes Short, Jr. 71-70 – 141
Greg Owen 68-73 – 141
Ricky Barnes 73-68 – 141
Robert Streb 70-71 – 141
Matt Jones 68-73 – 141
Charles Howell III 69-72 – 141
Chris Kirk 71-70 – 141
Aaron Baddeley 70-71 – 141
Brendan Steele 70-71 – 141
Nick Watney 71-71 – 142
Gary Woodland 72-70 – 142
Troy Matteson 71-71 – 142
Graham DeLaet 71-71 – 142
Jordan Spieth 72-70 – 142
Ross Fisher 73-69 – 142
Doug LaBelle II 71-71 – 142
Henrik Norlander 74-68 – 142
Kelly Kraft 70-72 – 142
David Lynn 72-70 – 142
Brandt Jobe 69-73 – 142
Russell Henley 72-70 – 142
Louis Oosthuizen 70-72 – 142
Tim Herron 69-73 – 142
Chez Reavie 72-70 – 142
Bud Cauley 68-74 – 142
COLLEGE HOCKEY
NCAA Div. I
Midwest Regional
Huntington Center
Today
St. Cloud State (23-15-1) vs. Notre Dame (25-12-3), 1:30 p.m.
Miami (Ohio) (24-11-5) vs. Minnesota St. (Mankato) (24-13-3), 5 p.m.
Championship
Sunday
St. Cloud State-Notre Dame winner vs. Miami (Ohio)-Minnesota St. (Mankato) winner, 4 p.m.
East Regional
At Providence, R.I.
Semifinals
Today
Quinnipiac (27-7-5) vs. Canisius (19-18-5), 5:30 p.m.
Union (NY) (21-12-5) vs. Boston College (22-11-4), 9 p.m.
Northeast Regional
At Manchester, N.H.
Semifinals
Friday
UMass-Lowell 6, Wisconsin 1
New Hampshire 5, Denver 2
West Regional
At Grand Rapids, Mich.
Semifinals
Friday
Yale 3, Minnesota 2, OT
North Dakota 2, Niagara 1
GLANTZ-CULVER LINE
NCAA Basketball Tournament
Regional Finals
At Washington
FAVORITE LINE O/U UNDERDOG
Syracuse 3½ (127½) Marquette
At Los Angeles
Ohio St. 4½ (129) Wichita St.
College Insider Tournament
Semifinals
Evansville 1½ (151½) at East Carolina
at N. Iowa 4 (137) Weber St.
BASEBALL
Exhibition
FRIDAY
Tampa Bay 000?000?030– 3 6 1
Detroit 341?000?00x– 8 10 0
Hellickson, Lueke (4), C.Ramos (6), B.Lara (8) and L.Bailey, J.Molina. Scherzer, Coke (7), Dotel (8), Villarreal (9) and Avila, B.Pena. W–Scherzer. L–Hellickson. HRs–Tampa Bay, Fuld (1). Detroit, Fielder (4), Avila (1), Infante (1).
Cleveland 000?100?000– 1 11 0
Kansas City 100?020?02x– 5 6 1
U.Jimenez, R.Hill (5), Hagadone (7), Gil (8) and Marson, O.Santos. Guthrie, Collins (5), J.Gutierrez (6), Crow (7), Hochevar (7), K.Herrera (8), G.Holland (9) and S.Perez, Kottaras. W–Collins. L–U.Jimenez. HRs–Kansas City, Gordon (8), E.Johnson (2), R.Hernandez (1), Francoeur (3).