March 28 scoreboard
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Pro basketball
National Basketball Association
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
W L Pct GB
Philadelphia 28 22 .560 —
Boston 27 22 .551 ½
New York 25 25 .500 3
Toronto 16 34 .320 12
New Jersey 16 35 .314 12½
Southeast Division
Miami 35 13 .729 —
Orlando 32 18 .640 4
Atlanta 30 21 .588 6½
Washington 11 38 .224 24½
Charlotte 7 40 .149 27½
Central Division
x-Chicago 40 11 .784 —
Indiana 29 19 .604 9½
Milwaukee 23 27 .460 16½
Cleveland 17 30 .362 21
Detroit 17 32 .347 22 3
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Southwest Division
W L Pct GB
San Antonio 34 14 .708 —
Dallas 29 22 .569 6½
Memphis 27 21 .563 7
Houston 27 24 .529 8½
New Orleans 12 37 .245 22½
Northwest Division
Oklahoma City 38 12 .760 —
Utah 27 23 .540 11
Denver 27 23 .540 11
Minnesota 24 27 .471 14½
Portland 23 27 .460 15
Pacific Division
L.A. Lakers 31 19 .620 —
L.A. Clippers 28 21 .571 2½
Phoenix 25 25 .500 6
Golden State 20 28 .417 10
Sacramento 17 32 .347 13½
Tuesday’s results
Philadelphia 103, Cleveland 85
Memphis 93, Minnesota 86
Milwaukee 108, Atlanta 101
Dallas 90, Houston 81
Oklahoma City 109, Portland 95
San Antonio 107, Phoenix 100
L.A. Lakers 104, Golden State 101
Today’s games
Detroit at Cleveland, 1 p.m.
Minnesota at Charlotte, 1 p.m.
Denver at Toronto, 1 p.m.
Orlando at New York, 1 p.m.
Chicago at Atlanta, 1:30 p.m.
Utah at Boston, 1:30 p.m.
Indiana at New Jersey, 1:30 p.m.
San Antonio at Sacramento, 4 p.m.
New Orleans at Golden State, 4:30 p.m.
Phoenix at L.A. Clippers, 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
Today’s games
Seattle (Hernandez 0-0) vs. Oakland (McCarthy 0-0) at Tokyo, 12:10 a.m.
Seattle vs. Oakland at Tokyo, 5:10 a.m.
Spring training
AMERICAN LEAGUE
W L Pct
Toronto 20 4 .833
Detroit 15 5 .750
Oakland 14 5 .737
Los Angeles 15 9 .625
Seattle 12 8 .600
New York 13 10 .565
Kansas City 14 11 .560
Boston 12 10 .545
Minnesota 14 12 .538
Baltimore 10 10 .500
Chicago 11 13 .458
Texas 8 16 .333
Tampa Bay 7 15 .318
Cleveland 6 16 .273
NATIONAL LEAGUE
W L Pct
St. Louis 13 7 .650
Los Angeles 12 9 .571
San Diego 16 12 .571
San Francisco 14 11 .560
Colorado 13 11 .542
Houston 12 12 .500
Chicago 13 14 .481
Miami 9 10 .474
Philadelphia 11 13 .458
Milwaukee 10 13 .435
Arizona 10 14 .417
Atlanta 9 14 .391
Cincinnati 10 16 .385
Pittsburgh 8 15 .348
Washington 7 14 .333
New York 6 15 .286
NOTE: Split-squad games count in the standings; games against non-major league teams do not.
Tuesday’s results
Minnesota 5, Baltimore 0
Philadelphia 5, Pittsburgh 4
Houston 14, Detroit 7
Miami 3, Washington 1
Atlanta 7, N.Y. Mets 5
Boston 8, Tampa Bay 0
Chicago Cubs 7, Cincinnati 4
Texas 10, San Diego (ss) 9
L.A. Angels 5, San Francisco 3
San Diego (ss) 6, L.A. Dodgers 5
Chicago White Sox 7, Cleveland 1
Kansas City 9, Milwaukee 7
Arizona 7, Colorado 3
Toronto 4, N.Y. Yankees 3
College basketball
MEN
NCAA tournament
FINAL FOUR
At New Orleans
National Semifinals
Saturday, March 31
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
Thursday’s championship
Stanford (25-11) vs. Minn. (23-14), 1 p.m.
CollegeInsider.com tournament
Sunday’s semifinal
Utah State 105, Oakland 81
Today’s championship
Mercer (26-11) at Utah State (21-15), 3 p.m.
College Basketball Invitational
Championship Series
(Best-of-3)
Monday
Washington State 67, Pittsburgh 66, Washington St. leads series 1-0
Today
Washington State (19-16) at Pittsburgh (20-17), 1 p.m.
Friday
Washington State at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m., if necessary
WOMEN
NCAA tournament
DES MOINES REGIONAL
Regional Championship
Monday
Baylor 77, Tennessee 58
FRESNO REGIONAL
Regional Championship
Monday
Stanford 81, Duke 69
RALEIGH REGIONAL
Tuesday
Regional Championship
Notre Dame 80, Maryland 49
KINGSTON REGIONAL
Regional Championship
Tuesday
UConn 80, Kentucky 65
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
Today’s semifinals
Syracuse (22-14) AT James Madison (28-7), 1 p.m.
Oklahoma State (20-12) AT San Diego (26-8), 2 p.m.
Saturday’s championship
Semifinal winners, 9 a.m.
Women’s Basketball Invitational
Sunday’s championship
Minnesota 88, Northern Iowa 74
Transactions
BASEBALL
Major League Baseball
MLB—Suspended St. Louis C Cody Stanley (Quad Cities-MWL) 50 games after testing positive for methylhexaneamine and tamoxifen and Minnesota LHP Aaron Thompson (Rochester-IL) 50 games after a second violation for a drug of abuse under the minor league drug prevention and treatment program.
American League
BOSTON RED SOX—Optioned 1B Lars Anderson and SS Jose Iglesias to Pawtucket (IL). Reassigned RHP Justin Germano, RHP Doug Mathis and OF Josh Kroeger to minor league camp.
CHICAGO WHITE SOX—Reassigned OF Jordan Danks, INF Jim Gallagher, INF Dan Johnson, INF Dallas McPherson, C Josh Phegley and INF Tyler Saladino to their minor league camp.
CLEVELAND INDIANS—Optioned INF Lonnie Chisenhall and INF Matt Laporta to Columbus (IL). Reassigned OF Chad Huffman to their minor league camp.
MINNESOTA TWINS—Optioned RHP Jeff Manship and OF Joe Benson to Rochester (IL). Reassigned C Rene Rivera and INF Pedro Florimon to minor league camp.
NEW YORK YANKEES—Released 1B-OF Preston Mattingly. Reassigned INF Jorge Vazquez to minor league camp.
National League
COLORADO ROCKIES—Released 3B Casey Blake unconditionally.
HOUSTON ASTROS—Released 1B-OF Jack Cust unconditionally and LHP Zach Duke from his minor league contract.
LOS ANGELES DODGERS—Optioned INF-OF Jerry Sands to their minor league camp. Placed RHP Blake Hawksworth on the 60-day DL. Selected the contract of RHP Jamey Wright.
MILWAUKEE BREWERS—Agreed to terms with C Jonathan Lucroy on a five-year contract.
PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES—Assigned RHP Scott Elarton and RHP Brian Sanches to their minor league camp. Optioned LHP Jake Diekman to their minor league camp.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
SAN ANTONIO SPURS—Signed G Patrick Mills.
TORONTO RAPTORS—Signed G Ben Uzoh to a 10-day contract.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
ATLANTA FALCONS—Agreed to terms with C Todd McClure on a one-year contract.
DETROIT LIONS—Agreed to terms with RB Kevin Smith on a one-year contract.
MINNESOTA VIKINGS—Re-signed LB Erin Henderson to a one-year contract. Signed CB Zack Bowman to a one-year contract.
NEW YORK JETS—Re-signed WR Scotty McKnight.
OAKLAND RAIDERS—Signed CB Pat Lee.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
FLORIDA PANTHERS—Agreed to terms with C Drew Shore and assigned him to San Antonio (AHL).
MINNESOTA WILD—Signed F Jason Zucker.
PITTSBURGH PENGUINS—Recalled D Simon Despres and D Brian Strait from Wilkes Barre/Scranton (AHL).
WASHINGTON CAPITALS—Signed D Cameron Schilling to a two-year contract.
WINNIPEG JETS—Signed D Will O’Neill.
SOCCER
Major League Soccer
MONTREAL IMPACT—Announced the retirement of D Nevio Pizzolitto.
COLLEGE
CARLETON—Named Dick Tressel as offensive coordinator.
CINCINNATI—Named Shannon Morrison cornerbacks coach.
COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON—Named Natasha Adair women’s basketball coach.
CONNECTICUT—Announced junior C Alex Oriakhi has been granted his release from the basketball program.
GEORGETOWN—Announced junior F Hollis Thompson will enter the NBA draft.
GEORGIA SOUTHERN—Named Chris Vozab women’s basketball coach.
MEMPHIS—Signed men’s basketball coach Josh Pastner to a one-year contract extension through the 2017 season and women’s basketball coach Melissa McFerrin to a one-year contract extension.
MIAMI—Signed women’s basketball coach Katie Meier to a contract extension through April 30, 2018.
NOTRE DAME—Announced sophomore basketball F Alex Dragicevich is transferring.
POST—Named Dan Petrosky director of football operations.
SOUTH CAROLINA—Named Frank Martin men’s basketball coach.
Pro hockey
National Hockey League
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
x-N.Y. Rangers 76 48 21 7 103 209 170
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 76 35 33 8 78 205 223
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 76 46 25 5 97 237 187
Nashville 77 44 25 8 96 219 202
Chicago 77 42 26 9 93 231 222
Columbus 76 24 45 7 55 177 250
Northwest Division
y-Vancouver 76 46 21 9 101 230 187
Colorado 78 40 32 6 86 201 207
Calgary 77 35 27 15 85 191 212
Minnesota 76 31 35 10 72 161 210
Edmonton 76 31 36 9 71 206 223
Pacific Division
San Jose 76 39 27 10 88 210 196
Dallas 76 41 30 5 87 202 203
Phoenix 77 37 27 13 87 200 202
Los Angeles 76 37 27 12 86 175 165
Anaheim 76 32 33 11 75 191 212
x-clinched playoffs; y-clinched division
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.
Tuesday’s results
New Jersey 2, Chicago 1, SO
Florida 3, Montreal 2, SO
Carolina 3, Toronto 0
N.Y. Islanders 5, Pittsburgh 3
Buffalo 5, Washington 1
Boston 5, Tampa Bay 2
St. Louis 3, Nashville 0
N.Y. Rangers 3, Minnesota 2
Today’s games
N.Y. Rangers at Winnipeg, 1 p.m.
Detroit at Columbus, 1:30 p.m.
Los Angeles at Calgary, 9:30 p.m.
Dallas at Edmonton, 9:30 p.m.
Colorado at Vancouver, 10 p.m.
San Jose at Anaheim, 10 p.m.
Tennis
Sony Ericsson Open At Key Biscayne, Fla.
Men’s fourth round
Rafael Nadal (2), Spain, def. Kei Nishikori (16), Japan, 6-4, 6-4.
Janko Tipsarevic (9), Serbia, def. Grigor Dimitrov, Bulgaria, 7-6 (3), 6-2.
Mardy Fish (8), United States, def. Nicolas Almagro (12), Spain, 6-3, 6-7 (2), 6-3.
Novak Djokovic (1), Serbia, def. Richard Gasquet (17), France, 7-5, 6-3.
Andy Murray (4), Britain, def. Gilles Simon (13), France, 6-3, 6-4.
Juan Monaco (21), Argentina, def. Andy Roddick (31), United States, 7-5, 6-0.
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (6), France, def. Florian Mayer (19), Germany, 6-3, 6-2.
David Ferrer (5), Spain, def. Juan Martin del Potro (11), Argentina, 6-3, 6-3.
Women’s quarterfinals
Maria Sharapova (2), Russia, def. Li Na (8), China, 6-3, 6-0.
Caroline Wozniacki (4), Denmark, def. Serena Williams (10), United States, 6-4, 6-4.
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.
