All Hawaii times
All Hawaii times
Pro basketball
National Basketball Association
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
W L Pct GB
Philadelphia 28 22 .560 —
Boston 28 22 .560 —
New York 26 25 .510 2½
Toronto 17 34 .333 11½
New Jersey 17 35 .327 12
Southeast Division
Miami 35 13 .729 —
Orlando 32 19 .627 4½
Atlanta 30 22 .577 7
Washington 11 38 .224 24½
Charlotte 7 41 .146 28
Central Division
x-Chicago 41 11 .788 —
Indiana 29 20 .592 10½
Milwaukee 23 27 .460 17
Detroit 18 32 .360 22
Cleveland 17 31 .354 22
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Southwest Division
W L Pct GB
San Antonio 35 14 .714 —
Dallas 29 22 .569 7
Memphis 27 21 .563 7½
Houston 27 24 .529 9
New Orleans 13 37 .260 22½
Northwest Division
Oklahoma City 38 12 .760 —
Utah 27 24 .529 11½
Denver 27 24 .529 11½
Minnesota 25 27 .481 14
Portland 23 27 .460 15
Pacific Division
L.A. Lakers 31 19 .620 —
L.A. Clippers 29 21 .580 2
Phoenix 25 26 .490 6½
Golden State 20 29 .408 10½
Sacramento 17 33 .340 14
Wednesday’s results
Detroit 87, Cleveland 75
Minnesota 88, Charlotte 83
Toronto 105, Denver 96
New York 108, Orlando 86
Chicago 98, Atlanta 77
Boston 94, Utah 82
New Jersey 100, Indiana 84
San Antonio 117, Sacramento 112
New Orleans 102, Golden State 87
L.A. Clippers 103, Phoenix 86
Today’s games
Washington at Indiana, 1 p.m.
Dallas at Miami, 2 p.m.
New Orleans at Portland, 4 p.m.
Oklahoma City at L.A. Lakers, 4:30 p.m.
Glantz-Culver line
NCAA basketball tournament
Saturday
Final Four
At New Orleans
Favorite Line O/U Underdog
Kentucky 8½ (138) Louisville
Ohio St. 2½ (136½) Kansas
Pro baseball
Major leagues
American League
Wednesday’s results
Seattle 3, Oakland 1, 11 innings
Seattle vs. Oakland at Tokyo, (n)
Spring training
AMERICAN LEAGUE
W L Pct
Toronto 21 4 .840
Oakland 14 5 .737
Detroit 15 6 .714
Los Angeles 15 10 .600
Seattle 12 8 .600
New York 13 10 .565
Minnesota 15 12 .556
Boston 12 10 .545
Kansas City 14 12 .538
Baltimore 10 11 .476
Chicago 11 15 .423
Texas 9 16 .360
Tampa Bay 8 15 .348
Cleveland 6 17 .261
NATIONAL LEAGUE
W L Pct
St. Louis 14 7 .667
San Diego 17 12 .586
San Francisco 15 11 .577
Colorado 14 11 .560
Los Angeles 12 10 .545
Houston 13 12 .520
Chicago 14 14 .500
Milwaukee 11 13 .458
Miami 9 11 .450
Philadelphia 11 14 .440
Cincinnati 11 16 .407
Arizona 10 15 .400
Atlanta 9 14 .391
Washington 8 14 .364
Pittsburgh 8 16 .333
New York 6 16 .273
NOTE: Split-squad games count in the standings; games against non-major league teams do not.
Wednesday’s results
Toronto 9, Baltimore 3
St. Louis 9, Detroit 5
Minnesota 11, Philadelphia 7
Atlanta 5, N.Y. Yankees 5, tie, 10 innings
Houston 6, Miami 3
Washington 3, N.Y. Mets 2
Chicago Cubs 2, Cleveland 0
Cincinnati 5, L.A. Angels 4
Milwaukee 7, Arizona 1
San Francisco 4, L.A. Dodgers 1
San Diego 13, Chicago White Sox (ss) 2
Colorado 8, Chicago White Sox (ss) 5
Tampa Bay 6, Pittsburgh 4
Texas 7, Kansas City 6, 10 innings
College basketball
MEN
NCAA tournament
FINAL FOUR
At New Orleans
National Semifinals
Saturday
Kentucky (36-2) vs. Louisville (30-9), 12:09 p.m.
Ohio State (31-7) vs. Kansas (31-6), 2:49 p.m.
National Championship
Monday, April 2
Semifinal winners, 9 p.m.
NIT At New York
Tuesday’s semifinals
Stanford 74, UMass 64
Minnesota 68, Washington 67, OT
Today’s championship
Stanford (25-11) vs. Minn. (23-14), 1 p.m.
CollegeInsider.com tournament
Wednesday’s championship
Mercer 70, Utah State 67
College Basketball Invitational
Championship Series
(Best-of-3)
Monday
Washington State 67, Pittsburgh 66
Wednesday
Pittsburgh 57, Washington State 53, series tied 1-1
Friday
Washington State at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m., if necessary
WOMEN
NCAA tournament
FINAL FOUR
At National Semifinals
Sunday
Notre Dame (34-3) vs. UConn (33-4), 12:30 p.m.
Baylor (38-0) vs. Stanford (35-1), 3 p.m.
National Championship
Tuesday
Semifinal winners, 2:30 p.m.
WNIT
Wednesday’s semifinals
James Madison 74, Syracuse 71
Oklahoma State 73, San Diego 57
Saturday’s championship
James Madison (29-7) at Oklahoma State (21-12), 9 a.m.
Transactions
BASEBALL
Major League Baseball
MLB—Suspended free agent SS Jose Torres 50 games after testing positive for Dehydroepiandrosterone under the minor league drug prevention and treatment program.
American League
CLEVELAND INDIANS—Released INF Cristian Guzman. Reassigned OF Fred Lewis to their minor league camp.
KANSAS CITY ROYALS—Placed RHP Felipe Paulino on the 15-day DL.
MINNESOTA TWINS—Released RHP Joel Zumaya.
NEW YORK YANKEES—Claimed C Craig Tatum off waivers from Arizona.
TORONTO BLUE JAYS—Optioned INF Mike McCoy to Las Vegas (PCL).
National League
CINCINNATI REDS—Announced RHP Josh Judy cleared waivers and was sent outright to Louisville (IL).
HOUSTON ASTROS—Optioned RHP Enerio Del Rosario to Oklahoma City (PCL). Reassigned INF Brian Bixler, INF Scott Moore and INF Angel Sanchez to minor league camp. Released INF Joe Thurston from his minor league contract.
PITTSBURGH PIRATES—Agreed to terms with OF Tito Polo, 2B Fredys Padilla, 3B Gustavo Barrios, SS Jesus Ronco and OF Angelo Del Castillo on minor league contracts.
SAN DIEGO PADRES—Optioned C Yasmini Grandal to Tucson (PCL). Reassigned LHP Alex Hinshaw to minor league camp.
WASHINGTON NATIONALS—PLaced RHP Drew Storen on the 15-day DL.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
NBA—Fined Orlando F Glen Davis $35,000 for making an obscene gesture during a March 26 game at Toronto.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
CHICAGO BEARS—Agreed to terms with WR Devin Thomas on a one-year contract.
MINNESOTA VIKINGS—Re-signed WR Devin Aromashodu to a one-year contract.
TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS—Signed CB Ronde Barber.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS—Assigned G Carter Hutton to Rockford (AHL).
COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS—Signed C Boone Jenner and G Shawn Hunwick.
OTTAWA SENATORS—Signed D Chris Wideman to a two-year entry-level contract.
ST. LOUIS BLUES—Re-signed F Adam Cracknell to a one-year contract extension.
TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING—Signed F J.T. Brown to a two-year contract. Reassigned F Pierre-Cedric Labrie to Norfolk (AHL).
WASHINGTON CAPITALS—Recalled F Cody Eakin from Hershey (AHL).
SOCCER
Major League Soccer
MLS—Suspended Houston M Colin Clark for three games and fined him an undisclosed amount for using unacceptable and offensive language toward a ball boy during Friday’s game against Seattle.
COLORADO RAPIDS—Signed F Kamani Hill.
NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION—Signed F Bjorn Runstrom.
COLLEGE
WEST COAST CONFERENCE—Announced the University of Pacific will join the conference on July 1, 2013, and start play in nine sports in the 2013-14 academic year.
ARIZONA STATE—Announced the resignation of athletic director Lisa Love. Named Steve Patterson athletic director.
ARKANSAS TECH—Promoted assistant football coach Jo Nixon to defensive coordinator and graduate assistant football coach Matt Kitchens to linebackers coach.
ILLINOIS—Named Matt Bollant women’s basketball coach.
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS—Named Barry Hinson men’s basketball coach.
TEXAS-TYLER—Announced the resignation of women’s basketball coach Stasha Richards, effective May 31.
WAGNER—Named Custavious Patterson wide receivers coach.
WISCONSIN—Announced graduate QB Danny O’Brien is transferring from Maryland.
Pro hockey National Hockey League
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
x-N.Y. Rangers 77 49 21 7 105 213 172
x-Pittsburgh 76 47 23 6 100 256 200
x-Philadelphia 76 44 24 8 96 241 213
New Jersey 77 43 28 6 92 208 201
N.Y. Islanders 76 32 33 11 75 185 227
Northeast Division
Boston 76 45 28 3 93 249 186
Ottawa 77 39 28 10 88 236 227
Buffalo 77 38 29 10 86 202 210
Toronto 77 33 35 9 75 217 242
Montreal 77 29 34 14 72 199 214
Southeast Division
Florida 76 37 24 15 89 189 208
Washington 77 38 31 8 84 206 219
Winnipeg 77 35 34 8 78 207 227
Tampa Bay 76 35 34 7 77 216 260
Carolina 77 31 31 15 77 205 228
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
x-St. Louis 77 48 20 9 105 199 147
x-Detroit 77 46 26 5 97 239 191
x-Nashville 77 44 25 8 96 219 202
Chicago 77 42 26 9 93 231 222
Columbus 77 25 45 7 57 181 252 Northwest Division
y-Vancouver 77 47 21 9 103 231 187
Colorado 79 40 33 6 86 201 208
Calgary 78 35 28 15 85 191 215
Minnesota 76 31 35 10 72 161 210
Edmonton 77 31 37 9 71 207 226
Pacific Division
Dallas 77 42 30 5 89 205 204
Los Angeles 77 38 27 12 88 178 165
San Jose 77 39 28 10 88 211 199
Phoenix 77 37 27 13 87 200 202
Anaheim 77 33 33 11 77 194 213
x-clinched playoffs; y-clinched division
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.
Wednesday’s results
N.Y. Rangers 4, Winnipeg 2
Columbus 4, Detroit 2
Los Angeles 3, Calgary 0
Dallas 3, Edmonton 1
Vancouver 1, Colorado 0
Anaheim 3, San Jose 1
Today’s games
Washington at Boston, 1 p.m.
Philadelphia at Toronto, 1 p.m.
Tampa Bay at New Jersey, 1 p.m.
Pittsburgh at N.Y. Islanders, 1 p.m.
Florida at Minnesota, 2 p.m.
St. Louis at Chicago, 2:30 p.m.
San Jose at Phoenix, 4 p.m.
Tennis
Sony Ericsson Open At Key Biscayne, Fla.
Men’s quarterfinals
Andy Murray (4), Britain, def. Janko Tipsarevic (9), Serbia, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
Rafael Nadal (2), Spain, def. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (6), France, 6-2, 5-7, 6-4.
Women’s quarterfinals
Agnieszka Radwanska (5), Poland, def. Venus Williams, United States, 6-4, 6-1.
Marion Bartoli (7), France, def. Victoria Azarenka (1), Belarus, 6-3, 6-3.
Soccer
Major League Soccer
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
Sport. K.C. 3 0 0 9 6 1
Houston 2 1 0 6 2 2
Chicago 1 0 1 4 2 1
New York 1 2 0 3 5 5
Columbus 1 1 0 3 2 2
New Engl. 1 2 0 3 1 4
D.C. 0 2 1 1 1 4
Montreal 0 2 1 1 1 5
Philadelphia 0 3 0 0 2 6
Toronto FC 0 2 0 0 1 6
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
Vancouver 2 0 1 7 3 0
Seattle 2 0 0 6 5 1
Real S.L. 2 1 0 6 5 2
San Jose 2 1 0 6 4 1
Colorado 2 1 0 6 5 5
Portland 1 1 1 4 4 3
FC Dallas 1 1 1 4 4 4
Los Angeles 1 1 0 3 4 4
Chivas USA 1 2 0 3 1 2
NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.
Sunday’s results
New York 4, Colorado 1
Sporting Kansas City 2, FC Dallas 1
Friday’s game
FC Dallas at D.C. United, 1:30 p.m.