NBA standings

National Basketball Association

All Times EST

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

W L Pct GB

Philadelphia 20 10 .667 —

Boston 15 14 .517 4 1/2

New York 15 15 .500 5

Toronto 9 22 .290 11 1/2

New Jersey 8 23 .258 12 1/2

Southeast Division

W L Pct GB

Miami 23 7 .767 —

Atlanta 19 11 .633 4

Orlando 19 11 .633 4

Washington 7 23 .233 16

Charlotte 3 26 .103 19 1/2

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Chicago 25 7 .781 —

Indiana 18 12 .600 6

Milwaukee 12 17 .414 11 1/2

Cleveland 11 16 .407 11 1/2

Detroit 9 22 .290 15 1/2

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Southwest Division

W L Pct GB

San Antonio 21 9 .700 —

Dallas 19 11 .633 2

Houston 17 13 .567 4

Memphis 16 14 .533 5

New Orleans 6 23 .207 14 1/2

Northwest Division

W L Pct GB

Oklahoma City 22 7 .759 —

Denver 17 13 .567 5 1/2

Portland 16 15 .516 7

Utah 14 14 .500 7 1/2

Minnesota 14 16 .467 8 1/2

Pacific Division

W L Pct GB

L.A. Clippers 19 9 .679 —

L.A. Lakers 17 12 .586 2 1/2

Golden State 11 15 .423 7

Phoenix 12 18 .400 8

Sacramento 10 19 .345 9 1/2

Thursday’s Games

Indiana 93, New Jersey 88

Chicago 89, Boston 80

L.A. Clippers 74, Portland 71

Friday’s Games

Charlotte at Toronto, 7 p.m.

Milwaukee at Orlando, 7 p.m.

Miami at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m.

Sacramento at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

Minnesota at Houston, 8 p.m.

Golden State at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m.

Denver at Memphis, 8 p.m.

New Orleans at New York, 8 p.m.

Dallas at Philadelphia, 8 p.m.

Washington at Utah, 9 p.m.

Phoenix at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m.

Saturday’s Games

San Antonio at L.A. Clippers, 3:30 p.m.

New Jersey at Chicago, 4 p.m.

Golden State at Memphis, 8 p.m.

Atlanta at Portland, 10 p.m.

 

 

College scores

Thursday’s College Basketball Scores

EAST

Bloomfield 75, Post (Conn.) 72, OT

CCSU 65, St. Francis (Pa.) 60

Castleton St. 116, New England Coll. 68

Dominican (NY) 79, Caldwell 57

Felician 89, Nyack 76

Indiana-Southeast 94, Indiana-East 73

LIU 103, Sacred Heart 91, OT

Lehigh 56, Bucknell 53

Mount St. Mary’s 77, Fairleigh Dickinson 63

Penn St. 69, Iowa 64

Robert Morris 69, Bryant 40

Sciences (Pa.) 76, Philadelphia 74

St. Francis (NY) 64, Quinnipiac 56

Wagner 74, Monmouth (NJ) 67

West Virginia 66, Pittsburgh 48

SOUTH

Duke 78, NC State 73

Faulkner 62, Spring Hill 57

Fayetteville St. 88, Barber-Scotia 62

Florida St. 48, Virginia Tech 47

Georgetown (Ky.) 71, Cumberlands 63

Kentucky Wesleyan 72, N. Kentucky 65

Lee 93, Southern Poly St. 68

Louisiana Tech 58, North Dakota 53

Loyola NO 74, Belhaven 70

Maryland 81, Boston College 65

Pikeville 67, Rio Grande 62

Tougaloo 76, Mobile 55

Trevecca Nazarene 84, Freed-Hardeman 77

Vanderbilt 102, Mississippi 76

W. Carolina 70, The Citadel 53

W. Kentucky 64, FAU 57

MIDWEST

Ashland 73, Michigan Tech 59

Findlay 68, Grand Valley St. 54

Graceland 74, Culver-Stockton 55

Harris-Stowe 70, Park 61

Hillsdale 70, Ohio Dominican 59

Lake Erie 74, N. Michigan 62

Michigan St. 69, Wisconsin 55

Wayne (Mich.) 72, Ferris St. 69, OT

SOUTHWEST

Arkansas St. 83, Troy 59

Chicago St. 65, Houston Baptist 56

Hardin-Simmons 94, Sul Ross St. 74

Mary Hardin-Baylor 79, Schreiner 74

McMurry 101, Howard Payne 89

North Texas 86, Louisiana-Monroe 51

Texas Lutheran 85, Concordia-Austin 80

Texas-Pan American 75, NJIT 67

UALR 78, FIU 64

FAR WEST

Alaska-Anchorage 81, St. Martin’s 59

Arizona 76, Washington St. 72

BYU 85, San Francisco 84

California 86, Oregon 83

Cent. Washington 92, Simon Fraser 79

Denver 77, Louisiana-Lafayette 52

Gonzaga 73, Santa Clara 62

San Diego 78, Portland 75, OT

Seattle 81, Pepperdine 70

Stanford 87, Oregon St. 82

W. Oregon 60, Alaska 42

W. Washington 77, NW Nazarene 67

Washington 77, Arizona St. 69

 

 

H.S. scores

Ohio High School Basketball

Thursday’s Girls’ Tournament Scores

Division I

Cin. Mercy 43, Kings Mills Kings 29

Cin. Turpin 51, Harrison 37

Cin. Winton Woods 59, Batavia Amelia 46

Cin. Withrow 53, Seton 40

Dublin Coffman 63, Marysville 26

Hilliard Bradley 60, Westerville N. 42

Hilliard Davidson 51, Westerville S. 38

Pickerington N. 75, Westerville Cent. 25

Reynoldsburg 90, Groveport-Madison 32

Zanesville 60, Thomas Worthington 24

Division II

Bellefontaine 38, Spring. Shawnee 31

Chillicothe Unioto 56, Waverly 22

Cols. Centennial 45, Hebron Lakewood 34

Cols. DeSales 47, Pataskala Licking Hts. 15

Cols. Eastmoor 45, Cols. Bexley 35

Day. Carroll 81, Spring. NW 25

Dresden Tri-Valley 58, Lisbon Beaver 29

Lancaster Fairfield Union 47, Athens 42

Milan Edison 59, Huron 40

Millersburg W. Holmes 53, Cambridge 39

New Richmond 42, Hamilton Ross 20

Oxford Talawanda 58, Norwood 15

Plain City Jonathan Alder 75, Cols. Beechcroft 34

S. Point 52, Jackson 46

Steubenville 41, Wintersville Indian Creek 31

Warsaw River View 60, Philo 37

Washington C.H. 40, Williamsport Westfall 14

Division III

Centerburg 57, Cardington-Lincoln 32

Heath 41, Cols. Grandview Hts. 19

Ironton 37, Nelsonville-York 30

Lucasville Valley 64, Albany Alexander 34

Mt. Gilead 50, Columbus Academy 44

Peebles 59, Minford 41

Portsmouth 69, Chillicothe Huntington 27

Woodsfield Monroe Cent. 48, Martins Ferry 28

Zanesville W. Muskingum 56, Sarahsville Shenandoah 41

Division IV

Bowerston Conotton Valley 51, Strasburg-Franklin 48

Bridgeport 36, Beallsville 33

Groveport Madison Christian 36, Powell Village Academy 31

Hannibal River 47, Bellaire St. John 38

Portsmouth Clay 46, Leesburg Fairfield 34

Portsmouth Sciotoville 28, New Boston Glenwood 26

Reedsville Eastern 65, Stewart Federal Hocking 20

S. Webster 64, Crown City S. Gallia 59

Sugarcreek Garaway 41, Malvern 18

Worthington Christian 56, Northside Christian 14

 

NHL standings

National Hockey League

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

N.Y. Rangers 56 37 14 5 79 158 114

Philadelphia 57 32 18 7 71 189 171

Pittsburgh 57 32 20 5 69 176 150

New Jersey 56 32 20 4 68 158 156

N.Y. Islanders 57 24 25 8 56 135 165

Northeast Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Boston 55 35 18 2 72 188 126

Ottawa 60 30 22 8 68 179 183

Toronto 58 29 23 6 64 176 174

Montreal 58 23 25 10 56 155 158

Buffalo 57 24 27 6 54 139 169

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Florida 56 27 18 11 65 143 158

Washington 56 28 23 5 61 156 160

Winnipeg 59 27 26 6 60 144 167

Tampa Bay 57 25 26 6 56 161 194

Carolina 57 21 25 11 53 147 175

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Central Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Detroit 58 39 17 2 80 185 136

St. Louis 57 35 15 7 77 145 114

Nashville 57 33 18 6 72 161 150

Chicago 58 30 21 7 67 180 176

Columbus 57 17 34 6 40 133 186

Northwest Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Vancouver 57 36 15 6 78 183 140

Calgary 58 27 22 9 63 141 155

Colorado 58 28 26 4 60 147 162

Minnesota 57 25 23 9 59 129 150

Edmonton 56 22 28 6 50 150 169

Pacific Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

San Jose 55 31 17 7 69 163 136

Phoenix 58 28 21 9 65 150 146

Los Angeles 58 27 20 11 65 124 125

Dallas 57 29 25 3 61 149 162

Anaheim 57 24 24 9 57 148 165

NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Thursday’s Games

Winnipeg 4, Minnesota 3, SO

Chicago 4, N.Y. Rangers 2

Philadelphia 7, Buffalo 2

Tampa Bay 6, San Jose 5, OT

St. Louis 5, N.Y. Islanders 1

Dallas 3, Calgary 2, OT

Phoenix 1, Los Angeles 0

Friday’s Games

Anaheim at New Jersey, 7 p.m.

San Jose at Carolina, 7 p.m.

Montreal at Buffalo, 7:30 p.m.

Washington at Florida, 7:30 p.m.

Nashville at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

Boston at Winnipeg, 8 p.m.

Colorado at Edmonton, 9:30 p.m.

Saturday’s Games

Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, 1 p.m.

Chicago at Columbus, 1 p.m.

Minnesota at St. Louis, 2 p.m.

Carolina at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m.

Washington at Tampa Bay, 7 p.m.

Toronto at Vancouver, 7 p.m.

Dallas at Phoenix, 8 p.m.

Calgary at Los Angeles, 10 p.m.

 

Spring training

2012 Spring Training Dates

American League

P&C Full Squad

1st Workout 1st Workout

Baltimore Feb. 19 Feb. 24

Boston Feb. 21 Feb. 25

Chicago White Sox Feb. 23 Feb. 28

Cleveland Feb. 22 Feb. 25

Detroit Feb. 20 Feb. 24

Kansas City Feb. 21 Feb. 25

L.A. Angels Feb. 20 Feb. 27

Minnesota Feb. 19 Feb. 24

N.Y. Yankees Feb. 20 Feb. 25

Oakland Feb. 19 Feb. 25

Seattle Feb. 12 Feb. 18

Tampa Bay Feb. 21 Feb. 26

Texas Feb. 23 Feb. 26

Toronto Feb. 22 Feb. 25

National League

P&C Full Squad

1st Workout 1st Workout

Arizona Feb. 20 Feb. 25

Atlanta Feb. 20 Feb. 25

Chicago Cubs Feb. 19 Feb. 24

Cincinnati Feb. 19 Feb. 24

Colorado Feb. 20 Feb. 27

Houston Feb. 20 Feb. 26

L.A. Dodgers Feb. 22 Feb. 28

Miami Feb. 22 Feb. 26

Milwaukee Feb. 20 Feb. 25

N.Y. Mets Feb. 22 Feb. 27

Philadelphia Feb. 19 Feb. 24

Pittsburgh Feb. 19 Feb. 24

St. Louis Feb. 19 Feb. 24

San Diego Feb. 20 Feb. 25

San Francisco Feb. 19 Feb. 24

Washington Feb. 20 Feb. 25

 

MLB free agents

Major League Baseball

Remaining Free Agents List

NEW YORK (AP) — The 33 remaining free agents:

AMERICAN LEAGUE

BALTIMORE (1) — Vladimir Guerrero, dh.

BOSTON (3) — J.D. Drew, of; Jason Varitek, c; Tim Wakefield, rhp.

CHICAGO (1) — Ramon Castro, c.

DETROIT (1) — Magglio Ordonez, of.

KANSAS CITY (1) — Jason Kendall, c.

LOS ANGELES (1) — Horacio Ramirez, lhp.

NEW YORK (4) — Eric Chavez, 3b; Damaso Marte, lhp; Sergio Mitre, rhp; Jorge Posada, dh.

OAKLAND (2) — Rich Harden, rhp; Hideki Matsui, of.

SEATTLE (1) — Jamey Wright, rhp.

TAMPA BAY (1) — Johnny Damon, of.

TEXAS (2) — Mike Gonzalez, lhp; Brandon Webb, rhp.

———

NATIONAL LEAGUE

ARIZONA (1) — Xavier Nady, of.

CINCINNATI (1) — Edgar Renteria, ss.

LOS ANGELES (1) — Aaron Miles, 2b.

MIAMI (1) — Javy Vazquez, rhp.

MILWAUKEE (1) — Craig Counsell, 2b.

NEW YORK (2) — Jason Isringhausen, rhp; Chris Young, rhp.

PHILADELPHIA (3) — Ross Gload, of; Raul Ibanez, of; Roy Oswalt, rhp.

PITTSBURGH (1) — Derrek Lee 1b.

ST. LOUIS (1) — Arthur Rhodes, lhp.

SAN FRANCISCO (2) — Pat Burrell, of; Orlando Cabrera, ss.

WASHINGTON (1) — Ivan Rodriguez, c.

 

Transactions

Thursday’s Sports Transactions

BASEBALL

American League

BOSTON RED SOX—Agreed to terms with 1B Mauro Gomez and RHP Ross Ohlendorf on minor league contracts and assigned them to Pawtucket (IL).

National League

PITTSBURGH PIRATES—Agreed to terms with 3B Casey McGehee on a one-year contract.

SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS—Agreed to terms with RHP Ramon Ortiz, OF Justin Christian and LHP Travis Blackley on minor league contracts.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

DENVER BRONCOS—Signed WR Jason Hill.

OAKLAND RAIDERS—Signed DB Brandon Underwood.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League

DETROIT RED WINGS—Recalled F Tomas Tatar from Grand Rapids (AHL). Placed F Dan Cleary on the injured reserve list, retroactive to Feb. 8.

NASHVILLE PREDATORS—Agreed to terms with Milwaukee (AHL) on an extension of their developmental affiliation through the 2013-2014 season.

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS—Acquired D Nicklas Grossman from Dallas for a 2012 second-round pick and a 2013 third-round pick.

WASHINGTON CAPITALS—Recalled F Keith Aucoin from Hershey (AHL).

COLLEGE

CONNECTICUT—Suspended senior S Jerome Junior, who is no longer enrolled at the school.

IOWA STATE—Named Troy Douglas secondary coach.

KENTUCKY—Announced the resignation of wide receivers coach Tee Martin to take a similar position at Southern California.

MOUNT ST. MARY’S—Announced men’s basketball coach Robert Burke was placed on paid administrative leave at his request.

SAINT FRANCIS (PA.)—Named Scott Benzel co-defensive coordinator and assistant head coach.

TULSA—Named Terry Boss men’s assistant soccer coach.