TODAY’S TV SCHEDULE
AUTO RACING
7 a.m. Sprint Cup: Practice for Budweiser Duel SPEED
9:30 a.m. Sprint Cup: Final practice for Budweiser Duel SPEED
GOLF
7 a.m. PGA Tour-WGC: Accenture Match Play Championship (first round) TGC
MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
2 p.m. Providence at Syracuse ESPN2
3 p.m. Vanderbilt at Kentucky MNT
4 p.m. Kansas at Oklahoma State ESPN2
6 p.m. Washington at Arizona ESPN2
NBA BASKETBALL
3 p.m. New Orleans at Cleveland ESPN
5:30 p.m. Boston at L.A. Lakers ESPN/TWCS
NHL HOCKEY
2:30 p.m. Philadelphia at Pittsburgh NBCSN
5 p.m. St. Louis at Colorado NBCSN
5 p.m. Los Angeles at Calgary FOXSP
SOCCER
9:30 a.m. UEFA Champions League: Schalke at Galatasaray FOXSP
THURSDAY’S TV SCHEDULE
AUTO RACING
5 a.m. Nationwide Series: Practice for DRIVE4COPD 300 ESPN2
7 a.m. Truck Series: Practice for NextEra Energy Resources 250 SPEED
9 a.m. Sprint Cup: Budweiser Duel SPEED
1 p.m. Truck Series: Final practice for NextEra Energy Resources 250 SPEED
GOLF
4 a.m. LPGA Thailand (first round) * TGC
8 a.m. PGA Tour-WGC: Accenture Match Play Championship (second round) TGC
HORSE RACING
10:30 a.m. Trackside Live! FOXSP2
MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
2 p.m. Cincinnati at Connecticut ESPN
2 p.m. Georgia at Arkansas ESPN2
2 p.m. Drexel at Delaware NBCSN
4 p.m. Duke at Virginia Tech ESPN
4 p.m. Iowa at Nebraska ESPN2
6 p.m. BYU at Saint Mary’s (Calif.) ESPN2
NBA BASKETBALL
3 p.m. Miami at Chicago TNT
5:30 p.m. San Antonio at L.A. Clippers TNT
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
2 p.m. Arkansas at Georgia FOXSP
4 p.m. LSU at Missouri FOXSP
* Tape-delayed broadcast
Hockey
NHL glance
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
New Jersey 16 9 3 4 22 42 38
Pittsburgh 16 11 5 0 22 52 38
N.Y. Rangers 15 8 6 1 17 39 38
Philadelphia 17 7 9 1 15 45 49
N.Y. Islanders 16 6 9 1 13 46 57
Northeast Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Montreal 16 11 4 1 23 46 35
Boston 13 9 2 2 20 37 31
Ottawa 17 9 6 2 20 40 32
Toronto 17 10 7 0 20 48 40
Buffalo 17 6 10 1 13 47 56
Southeast Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Carolina 14 8 5 1 17 41 40
Tampa Bay 15 8 6 1 17 59 47
Winnipeg 15 6 8 1 13 37 47
Florida 15 4 7 4 12 35 56
Washington 15 5 9 1 11 41 51
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Chicago 16 13 0 3 29 55 34
Nashville 17 8 4 5 21 39 38
St. Louis 16 9 6 1 19 53 50
Detroit 16 7 6 3 17 43 48
Columbus 16 4 10 2 10 36 51
Northwest Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Vancouver 15 8 3 4 20 44 37
Minnesota 15 7 6 2 16 33 38
Edmonton 15 6 6 3 15 36 41
Calgary 14 5 6 3 13 39 51
Colorado 14 6 7 1 13 37 43
Pacific Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Anaheim 15 12 2 1 25 53 39
San Jose 15 8 4 3 19 39 34
Phoenix 16 8 6 2 18 44 41
Dallas 16 8 7 1 17 41 43
Los Angeles 14 6 6 2 14 33 37
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.
Sunday’s results
St. Louis 4, Vancouver 3, SO
Pittsburgh 4, Buffalo 3
Chicago 3, Los Angeles 2
Boston 3, Winnipeg 2
Calgary 4, Dallas 3
Minnesota 3, Detroit 2
N.Y. Rangers 2, Washington 1
Monday’s results
Ottawa 2, New Jersey 1, SO
Philadelphia 7, N.Y. Islanders 0
Colorado 6, Nashville 5
Montreal 3, Carolina 0
Toronto 3, Florida 0
Phoenix 4, Calgary 0
Anaheim 3, Columbus 2
Tuesday’s results
Chicago 4, Vancouver 3, SO
Winnipeg 2, Buffalo 1
Montreal 3, N.Y. Rangers 1
Ottawa 3, N.Y. Islanders 1
Tampa Bay 4, Toronto 2
San Jose 2, St. Louis 1
Nashville 4, Detroit 3, OT
Los Angeles 3, Edmonton 1
Today’s games
Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, 2:30 p.m.
St. Louis at Colorado, 5 p.m.
Los Angeles at Calgary, 5 p.m.
Thursday’s games
Buffalo at Toronto, 2 p.m.
Florida at Philadelphia, 2 p.m.
New Jersey at Washington, 2 p.m.
Winnipeg at Carolina, 2 p.m.
N.Y. Islanders at Montreal, 2:30 p.m.
N.Y. Rangers at Ottawa, 2:30 p.m.
Boston at Tampa Bay, 2:30 p.m.
Columbus at Detroit, 2:30 p.m.
Vancouver at Dallas, 3:30 p.m.
Minnesota at Edmonton, 4:30 p.m.
Men’s College Basketball
Major Scores
Tuesday’s results
EAST
Boston College 69, Maryland 58
Marquette 67, Seton Hall 46
Stony Brook 83, UMBC 39
SOUTH
Campbell 72, Radford 66, OT
Charleston Southern 72, Presbyterian 54
Coastal Carolina 65, UNC Asheville 64
Gardner-Webb 65, Winthrop 52
High Point 78, VMI 67
Longwood 102, Liberty 101
McNeese St. 65, SE Louisiana 58
Miami 54, Virginia 50
NC State 84, Florida St. 66
North Carolina 70, Georgia Tech 58
Tennessee 82, LSU 72
MIDWEST
Butler 68, Duquesne 49
Creighton 59, S. Illinois 45
Indiana 72, Michigan St. 68
Missouri 63, Florida 60
N. Iowa 69, Missouri St. 63
Nebraska-Omaha 79, Chicago St. 75
Saint Louis 76, VCU 62
Valparaiso 85, Loyola of Chicago 76
Wichita St. 66, Indiana St. 62
SOUTHWEST
Nicholls St. 74, Lamar 63
Northwestern St. 82, Texas A&M-CC 71
Oral Roberts 94, Cent. Arkansas 65
Texas 68, TCU 59
FAR WEST
BYU 70, Utah St. 68
Fresno St. 69, Nevada 64, OT
San Diego St. 79, Wyoming 51
AP Top 25
Record Pts Prv
1. Indiana (43) 23-3 1,597 1
2. Miami (20) 21-3 1,571 3
3. Gonzaga (2) 25-2 1,428 5
4. Michigan St. 22-4 1,416 8
5. Florida 21-3 1,387 7
6. Duke 22-3 1,308 2
7. Michigan 22-4 1,264 4
8. Syracuse 21-4 1,125 6
9. Kansas 21-4 1,077 14
10. Louisville 21-5 1,011 12
11. Georgetown 19-4 952 15
12. Arizona 21-4 924 9
13. Kansas St. 20-5 848 10
14. Oklahoma St. 19-5 786 17
15. Butler 21-5 659 11
16. New Mexico 22-4 654 19
17. Marquette 18-6 524 18
18. Ohio St. 18-7 458 13
19. Wisconsin 18-8 406 20
20. Pittsburgh 20-6 370 16
21. Memphis 22-3 362 22
22. Colorado St. 21-4 307 24
23. Oregon 21-5 216 23
24. VCU 21-5 123 —
25. Notre Dame 20-6 79 21
Others receiving votes: Saint Louis 58, Minnesota 52, Louisiana Tech 48, Illinois 46, Cincinnati 20, NC State 20, Akron 16, Missouri 4, Middle Tennessee 3, Maryland 2, Saint Mary’s (Cal) 2, Creighton 1, Wichita St. 1.
Women’s College Basketball
Major Scores
Tuesday’s results
EAST
Drexel 59, UNC Wilmington 47
Rhode Island 45, UMass 42
Syracuse 58, Rutgers 45
Towson 69, Hofstra 60
SOUTH
Delaware 69, George Mason 55
McNeese St. 75, SE Louisiana 67
SOUTHWEST
Lamar 59, Nicholls St. 57
Northwestern St. 68, Texas A&M-CC 58
Oral Roberts 76, Cent. Arkansas 69
FAR WEST
Arizona St. 81, Arizona 77, 2OT
UCLA 68, Southern Cal 54
AP Top 25
Record Pts Prv
1. Baylor (38) 24-1 998 1
2. Notre Dame 24-1 955 2
3. UConn (2) 24-1 927 3
4. Stanford 24-2 868 4
5. Duke 24-1 843 5
6. California 23-2 805 6
7. Penn St. 21-3 724 8
8. Kentucky 22-3 698 9
8. Maryland 21-4 698 7
10. Texas A&M 20-5 622 11
11. Tennessee 20-5 599 12
12. Louisville 21-5 540 10
13. Georgia 21-4 530 13
14. Dayton 21-1 448 17
15. South Carolina 21-5 412 16
16. North Carolina 23-4 383 14
17. UCLA 19-6 372 15
18. Delaware 22-3 295 20
19. Florida St. 20-5 267 19
20. Colorado 20-5 253 21
21. Syracuse 21-3 196 23
22. Purdue 19-6 151 18
23. Oklahoma St. 18-6 103 25
24. Nebraska 19-6 81 —
25. Green Bay 21-2 65 —
Others receiving votes: Iowa St. 64, Michigan 36, Oklahoma 29, Toledo 15, Washington 7, West Virginia 5, SMU 4, LSU 3, San Diego St. 3, Michigan St. 1.
GOLF
pga tour statistics
Scoring Average
Roundup>1, Brandt Snedeker, 68.83. 2, Fredrik Jacobson, 68.92. 3, Chris Kirk, 69.28. 4, Charles Howell III, 69.40. 5, Jimmy Walker, 69.56. 6, Jim Furyk, 69.64. 7, Brian Gay, 69.72. 8, Brian Stuard, 69.73. 9, Robert Garrigus, 69.74. 10, Kevin Stadler, 69.79.
Driving Distance
Roundup>1, Ryan Palmer, 309.6. 2, Nicolas Colsaerts, 307.2. 3, Steven Bowditch, 306.3. 4, Sean O’Hair, 304.9. 5, John Daly, 304.7. 6, Luke List, 304.2. 7, Gary Woodland, 303.9. 8 (tie), Robert Garrigus and J.B. Holmes, 303.7. 10, Brad Fritsch, 303.6.
Driving Accuracy Percentage
Roundup>1, Jim Furyk, 75.68%. 2, Kevin Sutherland, 75.26%. 3, David Toms, 72.73%. 4, Jeff Maggert, 72.24%. 5, Tim Clark, 71.19%. 6, Jin Park, 71.08%. 7, Bart Bryant, 70.10%. 8, Ken Duke, 69.71%. 9, D.J. Trahan, 69.47%. 10, Richard H. Lee, 69.08%.
Greens in Regulation Pct.
Roundup>1, Camilo Villegas, 78.40%. 2, Nick Watney, 77.38%. 3, Brandt Snedeker, 77.19%. 4, Bubba Watson, 76.54%. 5, Peter Tomasulo, 75.46%. 6, Justin Hicks, 75.35%. 7, Robert Garrigus, 75.00%. 8, Nicholas Thompson, 74.81%. 9, Richard H. Lee, 74.44%. 10, Bill Haas, 74.38%.
Total Driving
Roundup>1, Boo Weekley, 37. 2, D.J. Trahan, 49. 3, Brendon de Jonge, 62. 4, Kevin Streelman, 65. 5, Kevin Stadler, 76. 6 (tie), Billy Horschel, Henrik Norlander and Peter Tomasulo, 79. 9, Matt Jones, 87. 10, Ross Fisher, 92.
Putting Average
Roundup>1, Kevin Na, 1.641. 2, Chris Kirk, 1.643. 3, Russell Henley, 1.654. 4, Bryce Molder, 1.660. 5, Charlie Wi, 1.668. 6, Aaron Baddeley, 1.676. 7, Phil Mickelson, 1.679. 8, Brian Gay, 1.682. 9, Robert Garrigus, 1.685. 10, Brandt Snedeker, 1.686.
Birdie Average
Roundup>1, Brandt Snedeker, 5.63. 2, Robert Garrigus, 5.13. 3, Russell Henley, 5.07. 4, Brian Gay, 5.00. 5, Billy Horschel, 4.95. 6, Kevin Na, 4.87. 7 (tie), John Rollins and Phil Mickelson, 4.80. 9, Jeff Overton, 4.78. 10, David Toms, 4.75.
Eagles (Holes per)
Roundup>1, Joe Ogilvie, 45.0. 2, Doug LaBelle II, 48.0. 3, Chris Kirk, 48.9. 4, Jim Herman, 54.0. 5, D.H. Lee, 57.6. 6, Dustin Johnson, 58.5. 7, Five tied with 63.0.
Sand Save Percentage
Roundup>1, Brad Fritsch, 76.67%. 2, Kevin Chappell, 76.47%. 3, Patrick Reed, 72.00%. 4 (tie), Jason Day, Matt Kuchar and Kevin Sutherland, 71.43%. 7, K.J. Choi, 70.83%. 8, Nicholas Thompson, 70.59%. 9, Hank Kuehne, 68.75%. 10, Six tied with 66.67%.
All-Around Ranking
Roundup>1, Robert Garrigus, 209. 2, Russell Henley, 238. 3, Brandt Snedeker, 277. 4, Kevin Stadler, 316. 5, Jason Day, 319. 6, Billy Horschel, 320. 7, Brad Fritsch, 324. 8, Kevin Streelman, 345. 9, Jimmy Walker, 349. 10, Brian Stuard, 356.
PGA TOUR Official Money Leaders
Roundup>1, Brandt Snedeker, (5), $2,859,920. 2, John Merrick, (5), $1,296,014. 3, Phil Mickelson, (5), $1,232,760. 4, Dustin Johnson, (5), $1,154,125. 5, Tiger Woods, (1), $1,098,000. 6, Brian Gay, (4), $1,089,181. 7, Russell Henley, (4), $1,033,080. 8, Charles Howell III, (5), $991,944. 9, Chris Kirk, (5), $990,013. 10, Josh Teater, (6), $870,934.
FedExCup Leaders
1, Brandt Snedeker, 1282. 2, Phil Mickelson, 605. 3, Brian Gay, 582. 4, John Merrick, 565. 5, Dustin Johnson, 516. 6, Russell Henley, 515. 7, Charles Howell III, 508. 8, Tiger Woods, 500. 9, Chris Kirk, 480. 10, Jimmy Walker, 427.
TRANSACTIONS
BASEBALL
American League
BALTIMORE ORIOLES—Promoted Brady Anderson to vice president of baseball operations, Ned Rice director of major league administration, Mike Snyder assistant director of player personnel and Bill Wilkes manager of baseball operations.
SEATTLE MARINERS—Agreed to terms with RHP Carter Capps, RHP Brandon Maurer, INF Alex Liddi and OF Michael Saunders on one-year contracts.
TORONTO BLUE JAYS—Named Paul Quantrill as a consultant to the organization.
National League
PITTSBURGH PIRATES—Exercised the 2014 club option for manager Clint Hurdle and have added a club option for 2015.
American Association
AMARILLO SOX—Acquired RHP Celson Polanco and INF Leivi Ventura from Fort Worth for future considerations.
FARGO-MOORHEAD REDHAWKS—Signed INF Jose G. Garcia and C Todd Jennings.
LAREDO LEMURS—Traded INF Anthony Scelfo and INF Eric Groff to Florence for two players to be named.
LINCOLN SALTDOGS—Sold the contract of RHP Brandon Sinnery to Arizona (NL).
WICHITA WINGNUTS—Signed RHP Lincoln Holdzkom and RHP Kyle Wahl.
Can-Am League
NEWARK BEARS—Signed 1B/OF Matt Huggins and C Elvin Millan.
Frontier League
FLORENCE FREEDOM—Signed LHP Andres Caceres to a contract extension.
JOLIET SLAMMERS—Signed LHP Corey Kimes.
NORMAL CORNBELTERS—Signed INF Jamie Liebowitz and RHP Michael Russo. Released INF Yasel Gomez and C Bubby Williams.
BASKETBALL
Women’s National Basketball Association
ATLANTA DREAM—Acquired G Jasmine Thomas and a 2013 second-round draft pick from Washington for its 2013 first- and second-round draft picks.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
NFL—Named Alberto Riveron senior director of officiating.
BUFFALO BILLS—Re-signed OL Colin Brown.
KANSAS CITY CHIEFS—Released TE Kevin Boss and WR Steve Breaston.
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS—Signed DL Jason Vega.
NEW ORLEANS SAINTS—Released TE David Thomas and CB Johnny Patrick.
NEW YORK JETS—Released LB Bart Scott, LB Calvin Pace, S Eric Smith, OL Jason Smith and TE Josh Baker.
Canadian Football League
MONTREAL ALOUETTES—Named Dan Hawkins coach.
WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS—Signed S Cauchy Muamba.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
NHL—Fined Minnesota F Devin Setoguchi $8,108.11 for high-sticking Detroit D Kyle Quincey in a Feb. 17 game at Minnesota.
ANAHEIM DUCKS—Assigned D Nate Guenin and D Hampus Lindholm to Norfolk (AHL). Reassigned G Jeff Deslauriers to Fort Wayne (ECHL).
BOSTON BRUINS—Called up F Lane MacDermid from Providence (AHL).
NASHVILLE PREDATORS—Acquired D Scott Ford from St. Louis for F Jani Lajunen and assigned Ford to Milwaukee.
American Hockey League
PEORIA RIVERMEN—Acquired F Andre Bouvet-Morrissett and G Zoltan Hetenyi from Milwaukee for future considerations.
ECHL
IDAHO STEELHEADS—Announced D Jace Coyle was reassigned to Texas (AHL).
SOCCER
Major League Soccer
FC DALLAS—Acquired Houston MF Je-Vaughn Watson for a 2015 second-round SuperDraft pick. Signed F Michel.
SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC—Acquired MF Shalrie Joseph, the No. 3 Allocation ranking, a 2014 second-round SuperDraft pick and a 2015 second-round SuperDraft pick from Chivas USA for Seattle’s No. 15 Allocation ranking.
VANCOUVER WHITECAPS—Announced the addition of D Johnny Leveron to the roster.
COLLEGE
FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON—Promoted Ray Skjold to part-time assistant baseball coach. Named Ryan Kresky volunteer assistant baseball coach.
NEW MEXICO—Named Apollo Wright running backs coach.
RUTGERS—Named Ron Prince offensive coordinator and Dave Cohen defensive coordinator.
STANFORD—Named Kurt Svoboda senior assistant athletics director of media relations and communications.
THIEL—Named Chris Limle men’s soccer coach.
