March 8 scoreboard
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Pro basketball
National Basketball Association
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
W L Pct GB
Philadelphia 23 17 .575 —
Boston 20 18 .526 2
New York 18 21 .462 4½
Toronto 13 26 .333 9½
New Jersey 13 27 .325 10
Southeast Division
Miami 30 9 .769 —
Orlando 25 15 .625 5½
Atlanta 23 16 .590 7
Washington 9 29 .237 20½
Charlotte 5 32 .135 24
Central Division
Chicago 33 8 .805 —
Indiana 23 14 .622 8
Milwaukee 15 24 .385 17
Cleveland 14 23 .378 17
Detroit 13 26 .333 19
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Southwest Division
W L Pct GB
San Antonio 26 12 .684 —
Memphis 23 15 .605 3
Dallas 23 17 .575 4
Houston 21 19 .525 6
New Orleans 9 30 .231 17½
Northwest Division
Oklahoma City 31 8 .795 —
Denver 22 18 .550 9½
Minnesota 21 19 .525 10½
Utah 19 19 .500 11½
Portland 19 20 .487 12
Pacific Division
L.A. Clippers 22 15 .595 —
L.A. Lakers 23 16 .590 —
Phoenix 17 21 .447 5½
Golden State 15 21 .417 6½
Sacramento 13 26 .333 10
Wednesday’s results
Utah 99, Charlotte 93
Toronto 116, Houston 98
Washington 106, L.A. Lakers 101
Philadelphia 103, Boston 71
Miami 89, Atlanta 86
Oklahoma City 115, Phoenix 104
Minnesota 106, Portland 94
Chicago 106, Milwaukee 104
New Jersey 101, L.A. Clippers 100
San Antonio 118, New York 105
Cleveland 100, Denver 99
Sacramento 99, New Orleans 98
Memphis 110, Golden State 92
Today’s games
Orlando at Chicago, 3 p.m.
Dallas at Phoenix, 5:30 p.m.
Pro hockey
National Hockey League
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
N.Y. Rangers 65 42 16 7 91 180 137
Pittsburgh 66 40 21 5 85 212 170
Philadelphia 65 37 21 7 81 213 193
New Jersey 66 37 24 5 79 184 176
N.Y. Islanders 66 28 29 9 65 155 195
Northeast Division
Boston 65 39 23 3 81 214 154
Ottawa 68 35 25 8 78 209 201
Buffalo 67 31 28 8 70 166 188
Toronto 67 30 30 7 67 200 209
Montreal 67 25 32 10 60 174 189
Southeast Division
Florida 65 31 22 12 74 163 184
Winnipeg 67 32 27 8 72 176 187
Washington 66 32 28 6 70 175 188
Tampa Bay 66 31 29 6 68 187 226
Carolina 67 25 27 15 65 177 203
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
St. Louis 67 42 18 7 91 174 132
Detroit 67 43 21 3 89 211 156
Nashville 66 38 21 7 83 188 171
Chicago 68 36 25 7 79 203 200
Columbus 66 21 38 7 49 156 216
Northwest Division
Vancouver 67 41 18 8 90 211 166
Colorado 68 35 29 4 74 178 181
Calgary 67 30 25 12 72 164 185
Minnesota 67 28 29 10 66 144 187
Edmonton 66 26 34 6 58 175 198
Pacific Division
Dallas 67 36 26 5 77 179 180
Phoenix 67 33 25 9 75 173 170
San Jose 65 33 24 8 74 181 166
Los Angeles 66 31 23 12 74 147 143
Anaheim 67 29 28 10 68 170 188
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.
Wednesday’s results
Buffalo 3, Carolina 2, OT
Pittsburgh 3, Toronto 2
Today’s games
Buffalo at Boston, 2 p.m.
N.Y. Islanders at New Jersey, 2 p.m.
Florida at Philadelphia, 2 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Washington, 2 p.m.
Los Angeles at Columbus, 2 p.m.
N.Y. Rangers at Ottawa, 2:30 p.m.
Anaheim at St. Louis, 3 p.m.
Colorado at Nashville, 3 p.m.
San Jose at Dallas, 3:30 p.m.
Minnesota at Phoenix, 4 p.m.
Montreal at Edmonton, 4:30 p.m.
Winnipeg at Vancouver, 5 p.m.
College basketball
MEN
TOURNAMENT
Big 12 Conference
First Round
Oklahoma St. 76, Texas Tech 60
Texas A&M 62, Oklahoma 53
Big East Conference
Second Round
Georgetown 64, Pittsburgh 52
Louisville 61, Seton Hall 55
South Florida 56, Villanova 47
UConn 71, West Virginia 67, OT
Big Sky Conference
Championship
Montana 85, Weber St. 66
Conference USA
First Round
East Carolina 68, Rice 66
Marshall 74, SMU 56
UTEP 67, Houston 62, OT
Mid-American Conference
Second Round
Toledo 75, Cent. Michigan 72
W. Michigan 71, N. Illinois 54
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Quarterfinals
Hampton 59, Savannah St. 46
Norfolk St. 71, Howard 61
Northeast Conference
Championship
LIU 90, Robert Morris 73
Pacific-12 Conference
First Round
Oregon St. 69, Washington St. 64
Stanford 85, Arizona St. 65
UCLA 55, Southern Cal 40
Colorado 53, Utah 41
Patriot League
Championship
Lehigh 82, Bucknell 77
Southland Conference
Quarterfinals
Lamar 76, Northwestern St. 69
First Round
McNeese St. 78, UTSA 74, OT
S.F. Austin 68, Sam Houston St. 46
Texas-Arlington 96, Nicholls St. 48
Southwestern Athletic Conference
First Round
MVSU 63, Jackson St. 60
Texas Southern 75, Alabama A&M 62
Women
STATE
Louisiana Tech 63, Hawaii 54
TOURNAMENT
Big 12 Conference
First Round
Missouri 72, Oklahoma St. 68
Texas Tech 81, Texas 58
Conference USA
First Round
East Carolina 59, Tulsa 49
Rice 64, Houston 50
SMU 53, Marshall 52
Southern Miss. 71, UCF 49
Horizon League
Quarterfinals
Detroit 79, Cleveland St. 43
Green Bay 77, Valparaiso 53
Ill.-Chicago 66, Butler 53
Wright St. 91, Loyola of Chicago 67
Mid-American Conference
Second Round
Cent. Michigan 58, Ohio 55
N. Illinois 61, Akron 60
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Quarterfinals
Hampton 61, Norfolk St. 40
Howard 57, SC State 42
Mountain West Conference
First Round
Boise St. 68, Colorado St. 63
New Mexico 61, UNLV 58
San Diego St. 68, Air Force 58
Wyoming 61, TCU 44
Pacific-12 Conference
First Round
Arizona 61, UCLA 57
Colorado 55, Utah 41
Washington 72, Oregon 56
Washington St. 65, Oregon St. 56
Southwestern Athletic Conference
Quarterfinals
Alcorn St. 54, Southern U. 44
MVSU 70, Texas Southern 47
Western Athletic Conference
First Round
Louisiana Tech 63, Hawaii 54
Idaho 67, San Jose St. 63
Louisiana Tech 63, Hawaii 54
Utah St. 75, Nevada 66
Transactions
BASEBALL
National League
BASEBALL
American League
NEW YORK YANKEES—Agreed to terms with 2B David Adams, OF Zoilo Almonte, RHP Dellin Betances, LHP Cesar Cabral, C Francisco Cervelli, 2B Corban Joseph, RHP George Kontos, 3B Brandon Laird, OF Justin Maxwell, OF Melky Mesa, RHP Brad Meyers, RHP William Mitchell, RHP Ivan Nova, SS Eduardo Nunez, SS Ramiro Pena, RHP David Phelps, RHP Michael Pineda, C Austin Romine and RHP Cory Wade on one-year contracts.
SEATTLE MARINERS—Announced the retirement of INF Carlos Guillen.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
NBA—Fined Dallas G Jason Kidd $25,000 for for public criticism of officiating after Monday’s game.
LOS ANGELES LAKERS—Assigned G Darius Morris to Los Angeles of the D-League.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
BUFFALO BILLS—Re-signed WR Ruvell Martin.
INDIANAPOLIS COLTS—Released QB Peyton Manning.
SEATTLE SEAHAWKS—Released CB Marcus Trufant.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
DETROIT RED WINGS—Assigned F Chris Connor to Grand Rapids (AHL). Extended their affiliation agreement with Grand Rapids (AHL) for five years through the 2016-17 season.
MONTREAL CANADIENS—Reassigned F Andreas Engqvist and F Louis Leblanc to Hamilton (AHL).
TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING—Recalled G Dustin Tokarski from Norfolk (AHL).
SOCCER
Major League Soccer
CHICAGO FIRE—Signed D Arne Friedrich.
D.C. UNITED—Signed M Lance Rozeboom.
FC DALLAS—Named Fernando Clavijo technical director.
NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION—Placed MF Sainey Nyassi on the DL.
COLLEGE
BIG EAST CONFERENCE—Announced Temple will join the conference for football next season and all other sports in 2013.
ARIZONA—Suspended G Josiah Turner indefinitely for violating team rules.
LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE—Announced the resignation of Errol Rogers woman’s basketball coach.
NEBRASKA—Named Terry Joseph defensive secondary coach.
Pro baseball
Major League spring training
AMERICAN LEAGUE
W L Pct
Boston 3 0 1.000
Detroit 5 0 1.000
Seattle 5 1 .833
Los Angeles 2 1 .667
Oakland 4 2 .667
Kansas City 3 2 .600
Toronto 3 2 .600
Baltimore 2 2 .500
Cleveland 2 2 .500
Minnesota 3 3 .500
Texas 2 2 .500
New York 2 3 .400
Tampa Bay 1 4 .200
Chicago 0 3 .000
NATIONAL LEAGUE
W L Pct
Houston 4 1 .800
Milwaukee 2 1 .667
San Francisco 3 2 .600
Chicago 2 2 .500
Cincinnati 2 2 .500
Los Angeles 1 1 .500
New York 2 2 .500
Washington 2 2 .500
Philadelphia 2 3 .400
Pittsburgh 2 3 .400
Colorado 1 2 .333
Miami 1 2 .333
Arizona 1 4 .200
Atlanta 1 4 .200
San Diego 1 4 .200
St. Louis 0 2 .000
NOTE: Split-squad games count in the standings; games against non-major league teams do not.
Wednesday’s results
Tampa Bay 4, N.Y. Yankees 0
Washington 3, St. Louis 3, tie
Houston 10, Philadelphia 3
N.Y. Mets 7, Miami 0
Baltimore 6, Minnesota 0
Detroit 5, Atlanta 1
Toronto (ss) 3, Boston 3, tie
Toronto (ss) 8, Pittsburgh 6
Chicago Cubs 6, Kansas City 4
San Francisco 8, Colorado 6
Texas 6, San Diego (ss) 2
Milwaukee 10, Chicago White Sox 6
Seattle 6, L.A. Angels 4
Oakland 3, L.A. Dodgers 3, tie
San Diego (ss) 5, Cincinnati 0
Cleveland 10, Arizona 2
Tennis
BNP Paribas Open
At Indian Wells, Calif.
Singles
Women
First Round
Jamie Hampton, United States, def. Polona Hercog, Slovenia, 6-0, 6-1.
Kimiko Date-Krumm, Japan, def. Pauline Parmentier, France, 6-1, 6-3.
Galina Voskoboeva, Kazakhstan, def. Marina Erakovic, New Zealand, 5-7, 6-3, 7-5.
Timea Bacsinszky, Switzerland, def. Anne Keothavong, Britain, 6-4, 2-6, 7-5.
Klara Zakopalova, Czech Republic, def. Laura Pous-Tio, Spain, 6-1, 6-1.
Jarmila Gajdosova, Australia, def. CoCo Vandeweghe, United States, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3.
Mona Barthel, Germany, def. Jill Craybas, United States, 6-1, 6-2.
Sorana Cirstea, Romania, def. Iveta Benesova, Czech Republic, 4-6, 7-5, 7-6 (5).
Elena Baltacha, Britain, def. Arantxa Rus, Netherlands, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3.
Carla Suarez Navarro, Spain, def. Tsvetana Pironkova, Bulgaria, 6-4, 6-2.
Vania King, United States, def. Sara Errani, Italy, 7-6 (3), 6-4.
Elena Vesnina, Russia, def. Casey Dellacqua, Australia, 6-4, 7-5.
