NBA standings

National Basketball Association

All Times EDT

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

W L Pct GB

Toronto 40 31 .563 —

Brooklyn 37 33 .529 2 1/2

New York 30 42 .417 10 1/2

Boston 23 48 .324 17

Philadelphia 15 57 .208 25 1/2

Southeast Division

W L Pct GB

y-Miami 48 22 .686 —

Washington 36 35 .507 12 1/2

Charlotte 35 37 .486 14

Atlanta 31 40 .437 17 1/2

Orlando 20 52 .278 29

Central Division

W L Pct GB

y-Indiana 52 20 .722 —

Chicago 40 31 .563 11 1/2

Cleveland 29 44 .397 23 1/2

Detroit 26 45 .366 25 1/2

Milwaukee 14 58 .194 38

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Southwest Division

W L Pct GB

x-San Antonio 55 16 .775 —

Houston 49 22 .690 6

Memphis 43 28 .606 12

Dallas 43 30 .589 13

New Orleans 31 40 .437 24

Northwest Division

W L Pct GB

x-Oklahoma City 52 19 .732 —

Portland 46 27 .630 7

Minnesota 35 35 .500 16 1/2

Denver 32 40 .444 20 1/2

Utah 23 49 .319 29 1/2

Pacific Division

W L Pct GB

L.A. Clippers 51 22 .699 —

Golden State 44 27 .620 6

Phoenix 43 29 .597 7 1/2

Sacramento 25 46 .352 25

L.A. Lakers 24 47 .338 26

x-clinched playoff spot

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Thursday’s Games

Portland 100, Atlanta 85

Houston 120, Philadelphia 98

Milwaukee 108, L.A. Lakers 105

L.A. Clippers 109, Dallas 103

Friday’s Games

Charlotte at Orlando, 7 p.m.

Indiana at Washington, 7 p.m.

Boston at Toronto, 7 p.m.

Cleveland at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m.

Miami at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

Portland at Chicago, 8 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Sacramento at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m.

Utah at New Orleans, 8 p.m.

San Antonio at Denver, 9 p.m.

New York at Phoenix, 10 p.m.

Memphis at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.

Saturday’s Games

Detroit at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Houston, 8 p.m.

Atlanta at Washington, 8 p.m.

Sacramento at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

Miami at Milwaukee, 8:30 p.m.

New Orleans at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m.

 

Dayton box

DAYTON 82, STANFORD 72

DAYTON (26-10)

Price 0-4 2-2 2, Oliver 3-9 5-6 12, Pierre 2-6 1-2 6, Sibert 7-12 0-0 18, Kavanaugh 5-6 0-1 10, Davis 1-1 0-0 3, Smith 2-4 0-1 5, Robinson 1-3 2-4 4, Pollard 5-6 2-4 12, Gavrilovic 0-1 0-0 0, Scott 2-2 2-2 6, Sanford 0-4 4-4 4. Totals 28-58 18-26 82.

STANFORD (23-13)

Nastic 5-7 5-7 15, Randle 5-21 8-11 21, Brown 1-5 1-2 4, Huestis 5-11 2-2 13, Powell 6-9 5-7 17, Rimmer 0-0 0-0 0, Mal. Allen 0-0 0-0 0, Lemons 0-0 0-0 0, Mar. Allen 0-1 0-2 0, Morgan 0-0 0-0 0, Verhoeven 0-0 0-0 0, Gage 0-4 2-2 2. Totals 22-58 23-33 72.

Halftime—Dayton 42-32. 3-Point Goals—Dayton 8-23 (Sibert 4-9, Davis 1-1, Smith 1-3, Pierre 1-3, Oliver 1-4, Price 0-3), Stanford 5-21 (Randle 3-11, Brown 1-2, Huestis 1-3, Mar. Allen 0-1, Gage 0-4). Fouled Out—Nastic. Rebounds—Dayton 35 (Oliver 7), Stanford 35 (Powell 9). Assists—Dayton 19 (Sanford 4), Stanford 10 (Brown 4). Total Fouls—Dayton 25, Stanford 23. Technical—Stanford Coach. A—NA.

 

NHL standings

National Hockey League

All Times EDT

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

x-Boston 73 50 17 6 106 233 153

Montreal 75 42 26 7 91 195 188

Tampa Bay 73 40 24 9 89 217 195

Detroit 73 33 26 14 80 195 209

Toronto 74 36 30 8 80 216 231

Ottawa 72 29 29 14 72 205 243

Florida 74 27 39 8 62 178 240

Buffalo 73 20 45 8 48 139 218

Metropolitan Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Pittsburgh 73 46 22 5 97 226 183

N.Y. Rangers 74 41 29 4 86 197 179

Philadelphia 72 38 27 7 83 206 204

Columbus 72 37 29 6 80 204 196

Washington 73 34 27 12 80 212 218

New Jersey 73 31 28 14 76 177 190

Carolina 73 32 32 9 73 184 205

N.Y. Islanders 73 28 35 10 66 204 246

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Central Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

x-St. Louis 73 50 16 7 107 238 164

Chicago 74 42 17 15 99 244 191

Colorado 73 46 21 6 98 224 200

Minnesota 74 37 26 11 85 183 188

Dallas 72 34 27 11 79 203 207

Nashville 74 32 31 11 75 183 219

Winnipeg 74 33 32 9 75 206 216

Pacific Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

x-San Jose 75 47 19 9 103 230 181

x-Anaheim 72 47 18 7 101 231 182

Los Angeles 74 43 25 6 92 185 157

Phoenix 74 36 26 12 84 205 209

Vancouver 75 34 30 11 79 183 201

Calgary 73 30 36 7 67 185 214

Edmonton 73 25 39 9 59 180 2411

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

x-clinched playoff spot

Wednesday’s Games

Vancouver 5, Minnesota 2

N.Y. Rangers 3, Philadelphia 1

Anaheim 3, Calgary 2

Thursday’s Games

Phoenix 3, New Jersey 2, SO

Tampa Bay 3, N.Y. Islanders 2, SO

Boston 3, Chicago 0

Los Angeles 3, Pittsburgh 2

Montreal 5, Detroit 4

Carolina 3, Florida 0

St. Louis 5, Minnesota 1

Nashville 6, Buffalo 1

Colorado 3, Vancouver 2, OT

Winnipeg 4, San Jose 3

Friday’s Games

Toronto at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Columbus, 7 p.m.

Chicago at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m.

Nashville at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

N.Y. Rangers at Calgary, 9 p.m.

Anaheim at Edmonton, 9:30 p.m.

Saturday’s Games

Boston at Washington, 12:30 p.m.

San Jose at Colorado, 3 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Buffalo, 7 p.m.

Detroit at Toronto, 7 p.m.

Montreal at Florida, 7 p.m.

New Jersey at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m.

Columbus at Carolina, 7 p.m.

Dallas at St. Louis, 8 p.m.

Minnesota at Phoenix, 9 p.m.

Anaheim at Vancouver, 10 p.m.

Winnipeg at Los Angeles, 10 p.m.

 

MLB exhibition

Major League Baseball

All Times EDT

Spring Training

NATIONAL LEAGUE

W L Pct

Miami 18 11 .621

San Francisco 17 11 .607

Pittsburgh 14 10 .583

Washington 15 13 .536

Arizona 12 11 .522

Colorado 14 13 .519

New York 14 14 .500

St. Louis 11 13 .458

San Diego 10 12 .455

Cincinnati 14 17 .452

Chicago 13 18 .419

Milwaukee 12 17 .414

Atlanta 12 18 .400

Los Angeles 6 11 .353

Philadelphia 9 17 .346

AMERICAN LEAGUE

W L Pct

Tampa Bay 16 6 .727

Cleveland 19 8 .704

Los Angeles 18 10 .643

Seattle 17 11 .607

Baltimore 13 9 .591

New York 16 12 .571

Detroit 14 12 .538

Oakland 14 13 .519

Toronto 14 13 .519

Kansas City 11 15 .423

Houston 10 15 .400

Texas 10 15 .400

Chicago 9 14 .391

Boston 10 16 .385

Minnesota 8 15 .348

NOTE: Split-squad games count in the standings; games against non-major league teams do not.

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Thursday’s Games

Washington 4, N.Y. Mets 0

Miami 6, St. Louis 4

Detroit 9, Atlanta 3

Toronto 3, Philadelphia 0

N.Y. Yankees 4, Pittsburgh 2

Chicago Cubs 4, Chicago White Sox 3

Cincinnati (ss) 9, Arizona (ss) 1

Cincinnati (ss) 8, Milwaukee 2

Cleveland 3, Arizona (ss) 2

Boston 4, Minnesota 1

Tampa Bay 4, Baltimore 3

L.A. Angels 7, L.A. Dodgers 5

Oakland 4, San Francisco 0

Friday’s Games

Tampa Bay vs. Detroit at Lakeland, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Boston vs. Minnesota at Fort Myers, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets vs. Toronto at

Miami vs. N.Y. Yankees at Tampa, Fla., 7:05 p.m.

Houston vs. Texas at San Antonio, Texas, 8:05 p.m.

Kansas City at Milwaukee, 8:10 p.m.

Cleveland vs. San Diego a

Chicago Cubs at Arizona, 9:40 p.m.

Colorado vs. Seattle at Peoria, Ariz., 10:05 p.m.

L.A. Angels at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m.

Oakland at San Francisco, 10:15 p.m.

Saturday’s Games

Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, 1:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets vs. Toronto at Montreal, Quebec, 1:05 p.m.

Miami vs. N.Y. Yankees at Tampa, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Minnesota vs. Boston at Fort Myers, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Houston vs. Texas at San Antonio, Texas, 2:05 p.m.

Detroit at Washington, 2:05 p.m.

Kansas City at Milwaukee, 2:10 p.m.

Seattle vs. Colorado at Scottsdale, Ariz., 3:10 p.m.

San Francisco vs. Oakland at Phoenix, 4:05 p.m.

Chicago Cubs at Arizona, 4:10 p.m.

Cleveland vs. San Diego at San Diego, Calif., 4:10 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at L.A. Angels, 9:05 p.m.

 

Reds’ boxscore

Reds 9, Diamondbacks 1

Arizona Cincinnati

ab r h bi ab r h bi

J.Greene cf 4 0 1 0 B.Hamiltn cf 4 1 3 1

Cuningham lf 2 0 0 0 R.LaMarre cf 1 0 0 0

Evans 1b 4 1 1 1 Phillips 2b 3 0 1 1

A.Marte 3b 4 0 2 0 Gotay 2b 1 2 1 0

G.Weber 2b 3 0 0 0 Votto 1b 1 0 0 0

M.Freemn 2b 0 0 0 0 Costanzo 1b 3 2 1 2

J.Parraz rf 3 0 0 0 Ludwick lf 1 0 1 0

B.Wilson c 3 0 1 0 M.Wilson lf 2 1 2 2

L.Davis c 0 0 0 0 Heisey rf 3 0 1 0

N.Ahmed ss 2 0 1 0 F.Perez rf 2 1 1 1

Delgado p 1 0 0 0 T.Frazier 3b 3 0 0 0

T.Bortnick ph 1 0 0 0 R.Chang 3b 2 0 2 2

Rwlnd-Smth p 0 0 0 0 Cozart ss 3 1 1 0

Carrillo p 0 0 0 0 Diaz ss 2 0 0 0

E.Marshall p 0 0 0 0 T.Barnhart c 4 0 1 0

Jacobs ph 1 0 0 0 M.Ramirez c 0 0 0 0

Todd p 0 0 0 0 Cingrani p 1 0 0 0

M.Serrano p 0 0 0 0 Wang p 0 0 0 0

Neal ph 1 1 1 0

L.Hyde p 0 0 0 0

Totals 28 1 6 1 Totals 37 9 16 9

 

Arizona (ss) 000 100 000 — 1

Cincinnati (ss) 110 000 43x — 9

 

DP—Arizona 3, Cincinnati 1. LOB—Arizona 3, Cincinnati 10. 2B—N.Ahmed (1), Ludwick (2), M.Wilson (1), F.Perez (1), Neal (1). 3B—B.Hamilton 2 (3). HR—Evans (1), Costanzo (1). CS—N.Ahmed (2). S—Cingrani 2.

IP H R ER BB SO

Arizona

Delgado L,0-1 4 7 2 2 1 3

Rowland-Smith 2 1 0 0 1 0

Carrillo 0 5 4 4 0 0

E.Marshall 1 0 0 0 0 1

Todd 2-3 3 3 3 2 0

M.Serrano 1-3 0 0 0 0 1

Cincinnati

Cingrani W,3-1 7 5 1 1 2 6

Wang 1 1 0 0 0 0

L.Hyde 1 0 0 0 1 2

WP—L.Hyde.

Umpires—Home, Nick Marley; First, David Rackley; Second, Brad Myers; Third, Brian Hertzog.

T—2:48. A—4,037 (10,311).

 

Reds 8, Brewers 2

Cincinnati Milwaukee

ab r h bi ab r h bi

Bourgeois lf 3 1 2 2 L.Schafer lf 3 1 1 0

J.Duran rf 2 1 1 2 R.Weeks 2b 2 0 0 0

R.Santiago ss 3 0 0 0 M.Raterre rf 1 0 0 0

D.Lohman ss 2 0 0 0 Braun rf 2 0 1 1

Bernadina cf 2 0 1 0 Mattison cf 3 0 0 0

Lutz ph-lf 3 1 1 0 Ar.Rmrez 3b 2 0 0 0

N.Soto 1b 2 0 1 0 C.Medlen p 0 0 0 0

T.Mattair 1b 2 2 1 0 N.Shaw ss 1 0 0 0

Nelson 3b 2 0 0 0 AWisnbrgr ph 0 0 0 0

J.Silverio 3b 3 1 2 1 Overbay 1b 2 0 1 0

Y.Rdrigez rf-cf 5 0 2 2 H.Morris 1b 2 1 1 1

Negron 2b 2 0 0 0 Maldonado c 3 0 0 0

M.Lorenzen p 1 0 0 0 EHrera cf-3b 3 0 0 0

B.Smith ph 1 0 0 0 Falu ss 3 0 1 0

R.Navarro 2b 1 0 0 0 Leach p 0 0 0 0

C.Miller c 3 0 0 0 M.Reed ph 1 0 0 0

Bry.Andersn c 1 0 0 0 K.Hckathrn p 0 0 0 0

Hoover p 0 0 0 0 Lohse p 2 0 0 0

Beato p 0 0 0 0 Gennett 2b 1 0 1 0

S.Selsky ph 1 1 1 0

J.Diaz p 0 0 0 0

B.Greene 2b 3 1 2 0

D.Hayes p 0 0 0 0

F.Williamsn p 0 0 0 0

Totals 42 8 14 7 Totals 31 2 6 2

 

Cincinnati (ss) 001 012 301 — 8

Milwaukee 100 000 010 — 2

 

E—Maldonado (3), M.Ratterree (1). DP—Milwaukee 2. LOB—Cincinnati 8, Milwaukee 12. 2B—T.Mattair (1), J.Silverio (1), Y.Rodriguez (2), S.Selsky (2), L.Schafer (3), Braun (4). HR—Bourgeois (1), J.Duran (1), H.Morris (1).

IP H R ER BB SO

Cincinnati

Hoover 1 2 1 1 2 0

Beato 1 0 0 0 0 0

J.Diaz 1 0 0 0 0 1

M.Lorenzen W,2-0 4 3 0 0 5 2

D.Hayes 1 1-3 1 1 1 2 0

F.Williamson 2-3 0 0 0 1 2

Milwaukee

Lohse L,0-2 5 5 2 2 0 4

C.Medlen 1 5 4 4 0 0

Leach 2 2 1 0 0 3

K.Heckathorn 1 2 1 1 1 0

WP—C.Medlen.

Umpires—Home, David Soucy; First, Ted Barrett; Second, Hal Gibson; Third, Ben May.

T—2:59. A—4,016 (7,000).

 

NIT pairings

National Invitation Tournament

First Round

Tuesday, March 18

Robert Morris 89, St. John’s 78

Florida State 58, Florida Gulf Coast 53

Georgetown 77, west Virginia 65

Belmont 80, Green Bay 65

Minnesota 88, High Point 81

Clemson 78, Georgia State 66

Arkansas 91, Indiana State 71

Missouri 85, Davidson 77

Saint Mary’s (Calif.) 70, Utah 58

Wednesday, March 19

Illinois 66, Boston University 62

Louisiana Tech 89, Iona 88

Georgia 63, Vermont 56

Southern Miss 66, Toledo 59

SMU 68, UC Irvine 54

LSU 71, San Francisco 63

Utah Valley (20-11) at California (19-13), 10:30 p.m.

Second Round

Friday, March 21

Belmont 82, Robert Morris 71

Sunday, March 23

Clemson 50, Illinois 49

Minnesota 63, Saint Mary’s (Calif.) 55

Southern Miss 71, Missouri 63

Monday, March 24

Florida State 101, Georgetown 90

SMU 80, LSU 67

California 75, Arkansas 64

Quarterfinals

Tuesday, March 25

Clemson 73, Belmont 68

Minnesota 81, Southern Miss 73

Wednesday, March 26

Florida State 78, Louisiana Tech 75

SMU 67, California 65

Semifinals

At Madison Square Garden in New York

Tuesday, April 1

Minnesota (23-13) vs. Florida State (22-13), 7 p.m.

Clemson (23-13) vs. SMU (26-9), 9:30 p.m.

Championship

Thursday, April 3

Semifinal winners, 7 p.m.

 

CIT pairings

CollegeInsider.com Tournament

First Round

Monday, March 17

Holy Cross 68, Brown 65

Tuesday, March 18

VMI 111, Canisius 100

Wright State 73, East Carolina 59

Eastern Michigan 58, Norfolk State 54

ETSU 79, Chattanooga 66

Columbia 58, Valparaiso 56

Sam Houston State 71, Alabama State 49

San Diego 87, Portland State 65

Wednesday March 19

Yale 69, Quinnipiac 68

Towson 63, S.C. Upstate 60

Ohio 64, Cleveland State 62

IPFW 97, Akron 91

Murray State 66, Missouri State 63

Nebraska-Omaha 91, North Dakota 75

Texas A&M Corpus Christi 82, Northern Colorado 71

Pacific 69, Grand Canyon 67

Second Round

Friday, March 21

Towson 83, ETSU 77

Saturday, March 22

VMI 106, IPFW 95

Ohio 56, Wright State 54

Yale 71, Holy Cross 66

Columbia 69, Eastern Michigan 56

San Diego 77, Sam Houston State 72

Pacific 89, Texas A&M Corpus Christi 60

Monday, March 24

Murray State 86, Nebraska-Omaha 62

Quarterfinals

Wednesday, March 26

VMI 92, Ohio 90

Yale 72, Columbia 69

Pacific 75, San Diego 60

Thursday, March 27

Towson State (25-10) at Murray State (20-11), 8 p.m.

Semifinals

Tuesday, April 1

TBD

Championship

Thursday, April 3

TBD

 

CBI pairings

College Basketball Invitational

Semifinals

Wednesday, March 26

Siena 61, Illinois State 49

Fresno State 71, Old Dominion 64

Championship Series

(Best-of-3)

x-if necessary

Monday, March 31

Siena (18-17) at Fresno State (20-16), 10 p.m.

Wednesday, April 2

Fresno State at Siena, 7 p.m.

April 4

x-Fresno State at Siena, TBA

 

NFL draft order

NFL Draft May 8-10

FIRST ROUND

1. Houston

2. St. Louis (from Was.)

3. Jacksonville

4. Cleveland

5. Oakland

6. Atlanta

7. Tampa Bay

8. Minnesota

9. Buffalo

10. Detroit

11. Tennessee

12. N.Y. Giants

13. St. Louis

14. Chicago

15. Pittsburgh

16. Dallas

17. Baltimore

18. N.Y. Jets

19. Miami

20. Arizona

21. Green Bay

22. Philadelphia

23. Kansas City

24. Cincinnati

25. San Diego

26. Cleveland (from Ind.)

27. New Orleans

28. Carolina

29. New England

30. San Francisco

31. Denver

32. Seattle

 

 

 

AFL standings

Arena Football League

NATIONAL CONFERENCE

West Division

W L T Pct PF PA

Arizona 2 0 0 1.000 130 104

Los Angeles 1 1 0 .500 104 107

San Antonio 0 2 0 .000 83 89

Pacific Division

W L T Pct PF PA

San Jose 2 0 0 1.000 134 67

Spokane 1 1 0 .500 113 103

Portland 0 2 0 .000 70 104

AMERICAN CONFERENCE

South Division

W L T Pct PF PA

Orlando 2 0 0 1.000 118 110

Tampa Bay 2 0 0 1.000 110 102

Jacksonville 0 1 0 .000 47 49

New Orleans 0 1 0 .000 57 62

East Division

W L T Pct PF PA

Cleveland 1 0 0 1.000 63 53

Iowa 1 1 0 .500 75 100

Pittsburgh 0 1 0 .000 53 63

Philadelphia 0 2 0 .000 88 132

Friday, March 21

Orlando 69, Los Angeles 63

Tampa Bay 48, San Antonio 45

Sunday, March 23

Arizona 68, Spokane 49

San Jose 70, Philadelphia 33

Monday, March 24

Iowa 40, Portland 36

Saturday, March 29

San Jose at Pittsburgh, 5 p.m.

San Antonio at Jacksonville, 7 p.m.

Orlando at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m.

Cleveland at New Orleans, 8 p.m.