NBA standings

National Basketball Association

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

W L Pct GB

Philadelphia 20 14 .588 —

New York 17 18 .486 3 1/2

Boston 15 17 .469 4

Toronto 10 23 .303 9 1/2

New Jersey 10 25 .286 10 1/2

Southeast Division

W L Pct GB

Miami 27 7 .794 —

Orlando 22 13 .629 5 1/2

Atlanta 20 14 .588 7

Washington 7 26 .212 19 1/2

Charlotte 4 28 .125 22

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Chicago 27 8 .771 —

Indiana 21 12 .636 5

Cleveland 13 18 .419 12

Milwaukee 13 20 .394 13

Detroit 11 24 .314 16

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Southwest Division

W L Pct GB

San Antonio 24 10 .706 —

Dallas 21 13 .618 3

Houston 20 14 .588 4

Memphis 19 15 .559 5

New Orleans 8 25 .242 15 1/2

Northwest Division

W L Pct GB

Oklahoma City 27 7 .794 —

Portland 18 16 .529 9

Denver 18 17 .514 9 1/2

Minnesota 17 17 .500 10

Utah 15 17 .469 11

Pacific Division

W L Pct GB

L.A. Clippers 20 11 .645 —

L.A. Lakers 20 14 .588 1 1/2

Golden State 13 17 .433 6 1/2

Phoenix 14 20 .412 7 1/2

Sacramento 11 22 .333 10

Friday’s Games

No games scheduled

Saturday’s Games

No games scheduled

Sunday’s Games

All-Star Game, 8 p.m.

Monday’s Games

No games scheduled

 

College scores

Friday’s College Basketball Scores

EAST

Cornell 69, Brown 63

Harvard 67, Princeton 64

Iona 77, Fairfield 72

Manhattan 90, Canisius 77

Marquette 61, West Virginia 60

Niagara 59, St. Peter’s 56

Penn 57, Dartmouth 54

Rider 83, Loyola (Md.) 79

Yale 75, Columbia 67

SOUTH

North Florida 70, Jacksonville 64

MIDWEST

Valparaiso 71, Butler 59

SOUTHWEST

No scores reported

FAR WEST

Utah St. 67, Idaho 50

 

H.S. scores

Ohio High School Basketball

Friday’s Boys’ Tournament Scores

Division I

Cin. Mt. Healthy 60, Cin. Anderson 55

Cin. Sycamore 69, Cin. NW 65

Cin. Western Hills 51, Liberty Twp. Lakota E. 50

Cin. Withrow 55, Cin. Elder 34

Cols. Walnut Ridge 91, Cols. Whetstone 40

Hamilton Ross 58, Cin. Oak Hills 46

Miamisburg 57, Huber Hts. Wayne 54

Middletown 68, Oxford Talawanda 39

Milford 68, Mt. Orab Western Brown 45

Pickerington N. 47, Dresden Tri-Valley 41

Riverside Stebbins 55, Kettering Fairmont 52

Springboro 69, Piqua 45

W. Carrollton 65, Springfield 56

Westerville Cent. 60, Logan 49

Westerville S. 62, Ashville Teays Valley 38

Worthington Kilbourne 59, Hilliard Darby 43

Zanesville 41, Cols. St. Charles 26

Division II

Athens 40, Circleville Logan Elm 38

Bellbrook 61, Clarksville Clinton-Massie 51

Cin. Aiken 84, Bethel-Tate 36

Cin. McNicholas 52, Cin. Hughes 49

Circleville 45, Chillicothe Unioto 33

Day. Thurgood Marshall 81, Day. Ponitz Tech. 36

Lancaster Fairfield Union 63, McArthur Vinton County 55

Proctorville Fairland 64, Hillsboro 44

Trotwood-Madison 77, Spring. NW 63

Urbana 55, Milton-Union 46

Division III

Casstown Miami E. 59, Brookville 35

Chesapeake 95, S. Point 45

Chillicothe Huntington 67, Seaman N. Adams 40

Cin. Deer Park 55, Lees Creek E. Clinton 40

Hamilton Badin 74, Cin. SCPA 30

Lucasville Valley 48, Minford 34

Nelsonville-York 51, Bidwell River Valley 32

Ripley-Union-Lewis-Huntington 73, Cin. Mariemont 66

Sardinia Eastern 68, McDermott Scioto NW 34

Southeastern 48, Stewart Federal Hocking 47

St. Bernard Roger Bacon 89, Williamsburg 51

Tipp City Bethel 50, Covington 36

Division IV

Botkins 50, Ft. Loramie 49

Day. Jefferson 89, Lewisburg Tri-County N. 36

Sidney Lehman 70, Ansonia 27

Troy Christian 64, Cedarville 29

 

Friday’s Girls Tournament Scores

Division I

Cin. Princeton 61, W. Chester Lakota W. 46

Cle. Glenville 55, Euclid 48

Eastlake N. 51, Painesville Riverside 46

Division II

Carrollton 64, Richmond Edison 47

Cols. Centennial 52, Cols. East 40

Cols. DeSales 52, Caledonia River Valley 43

Cols. Eastmoor 54, Cols. Hamilton Twp. 39

Dover 41, Zanesville Maysville 38

Dresden Tri-Valley 56, Steubenville 35

Plain City Jonathan Alder 71, Linden McKinley 9

Division III

Beverly Ft. Frye 36, Belmont Union Local 30

Centerburg 66, Milford Center Fairbanks 19

Cols. Africentric 81, Heath 34

Johnstown Northridge 34, Marion Elgin 31

Mt. Gilead 78, Cols. Horizon Science 25

Division IV

Danville 58, Tree of Life 51

Fairfield Christian 46, Cols. Wellington 28

Morral Ridgedale 54, Granville Christian 24

Shekinah Christian 68, Groveport Christian 27

 

NHL standings

National Hockey League

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

N.Y. Rangers 59 38 15 6 82 164 122

New Jersey 60 35 21 4 74 169 164

Philadelphia 60 33 20 7 73 198 183

Pittsburgh 60 34 21 5 73 186 160

N.Y. Islanders 61 26 27 8 60 144 179

Northeast Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Boston 59 36 20 3 75 195 136

Ottawa 62 32 22 8 72 190 185

Toronto 61 29 25 7 65 182 186

Buffalo 61 27 27 7 61 152 177

Montreal 62 24 28 10 58 161 171

Southeast Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Winnipeg 63 30 26 7 67 161 178

Florida 59 27 20 12 66 146 165

Washington 61 30 26 5 65 165 174

Tampa Bay 60 27 27 6 60 169 201

Carolina 61 23 26 12 58 160 184

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Central Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Detroit 62 41 18 3 85 194 145

St. Louis 61 37 17 7 81 155 123

Nashville 61 35 19 7 77 170 158

Chicago 62 33 22 7 73 192 182

Columbus 61 18 36 7 43 142 203

Northwest Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Vancouver 62 40 16 6 86 201 151

Calgary 61 28 23 10 66 146 165

Colorado 62 31 27 4 66 160 169

Minnesota 61 27 25 9 63 135 160

Edmonton 60 24 30 6 54 161 178

Pacific Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

San Jose 59 32 20 7 71 172 149

Phoenix 61 31 21 9 71 161 154

Dallas 62 32 26 4 68 162 169

Los Angeles 61 27 22 12 66 129 135

Anaheim 61 26 25 10 62 157 173

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

Friday’s Games

N.Y. Islanders 4, N.Y. Rangers 3, SO

Buffalo 2, Boston 1, SO

Vancouver 2, New Jersey 1

Washington 4, Montreal 1

Colorado 5, Columbus 0

Dallas 4, Minnesota 1

Saturday’s Games

Tampa Bay at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m.

St. Louis at Winnipeg, 2 p.m.

Phoenix at Edmonton, 4 p.m.

Washington at Toronto, 7 p.m.

Boston at Ottawa, 7 p.m.

Buffalo at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m.

Florida at Carolina, 7 p.m.

Colorado at Detroit, 7 p.m.

Chicago at Los Angeles, 8 p.m.

San Jose at Nashville, 8 p.m.

Philadelphia at Calgary, 10 p.m.

Sunday’s Games

Tampa Bay at New Jersey, 1 p.m.

Columbus at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m.

Vancouver at Dallas, 3 p.m.

N.Y. Islanders at Ottawa, 5 p.m.

Montreal at Florida, 5 p.m.

San Jose at Minnesota, 6 p.m.

Chicago at Anaheim, 7 p.m.

 

Notre Dame box

ST. JOHN’S 61, No. 20 NOTRE DAME 58

NOTRE DAME (20-9)

Martin 9-15 0-0 18, Connaughton 3-12 0-0 7, Cooley 7-9 4-5 18, Atkins 2-9 0-2 5, Grant 1-8 0-0 2, Dragicevich 2-9 0-0 6, Knight 1-4 0-0 2, Brooks 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 25-66 4-7 58.

ST. JOHN’S (13-16)

Harkless 8-16 5-7 22, Pointer 1-3 1-2 4, Garrett 4-8 3-4 11, Greene 2-7 0-0 4, Harrison 5-10 4-6 15, Achiuwa 2-3 1-2 5. Totals 22-47 14-21 61.

Halftime—St. John’s 31-25. 3-Point Goals—Notre Dame 4-31 (Dragicevich 2-8, Atkins 1-5, Connaughton 1-9, Martin 0-4, Grant 0-5), St. John’s 3-11 (Pointer 1-1, Harkless 1-3, Harrison 1-4, Garrett 0-1, Greene 0-2). Fouled Out—Connaughton. Rebounds—Notre Dame 35 (Cooley 11), St. John’s 37 (Harkless 9). Assists—Notre Dame 15 (Grant 7), St. John’s 8 (Garrett, Harrison, Pointer 2). Total Fouls—Notre Dame 16, St. John’s 13. A—11,436.

 

Transactions

Friday’s Sports Transactions

BASEBALL

American League

KANSAS CITY ROYALS—Agreed to terms with INF Alcides Escobar and INF Johnny Giavotella on one-year contracts.

National League

HOUSTON ASTROS—Agreed to terms with OF Fernando Martinez, LHP Sergio Escalona and RHP Wilton Lopez on one-year contracts.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

KANSAS CITY CHIEFS—Signed DB Jacques Reeves.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League

CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS—Signed G Carter Hutton to a one-year contract and assigned him to Rockford (AHL).

COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS—Recalled RW Cam Atkinson from Springfield (AHL).

DALLAS STARS—Assigned F Matt Fraser to Texas (AHL).

EDMONTON OILERS—Signed F Ales Hemsky to a two-year contract extension.

LOS ANGELES KINGS—Agreed to a two-year contract extension with D Willie Mitchell.

NASHVILLE PREDATORS—Traded F Jerred Smithson to Florida for a 2012 sixth-round draft pick. Reassigned D Ryan Ellis to Milwaukee (AHL).

NEW JERSEY DEVILS—Sent LW Stephane Veilleux to Albany (AHL). Acquired D Marek Zidlicky from the Minnesota Wild in exchange for D Kurtis Foster, F Nick Palmieri, F Stephane Veilleux, Washington’s second-round draft choice in the 2012 draft and a conditional choice in 2013.

COLLEGE

NCAA—Placed Radford on probation for two years for rules violations in men’s basketball and tennis and imposed a five-year, show-cause sanction on former basketball coach Brad Greenberg for attempting to conceal violations. Took away two men’s basketball scholarships over the next two seasons and forced the school to vacate four victories earned with an ineligible player during the 2010-11 season.

ALCORN STATE—Fired football coach Melvin Spears. Named defensive line coach Todd McDaniel interim football coach. Named Patric Simon athletic director.

FLORIDA—Signed football coach Will Muschamp to a contract extension through 2016.

MONTANA—Named Timm Rosenbach offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach, and Leon Burtnett safeties coach.

STANFORD—Named Pete Alamar special teams coordinator.