NBA standings

National Basketball Association

All Times EST

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

W L Pct GB

Toronto 39 19 .672 —

Boston 36 25 .590 4 1/2

New York 25 36 .410 15 1/2

Brooklyn 17 43 .283 23

Philadelphia 8 52 .133 32

Southeast Division

W L Pct GB

Miami 33 26 .559 —

Atlanta 33 27 .550 1/2

Charlotte 30 28 .517 2 1/2

Washington 29 30 .492 4

Orlando 26 32 .448 6 1/2

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Cleveland 42 17 .712 —

Chicago 30 28 .517 11 1/2

Indiana 31 29 .517 11 1/2

Detroit 31 29 .517 11 1/2

Milwaukee 25 35 .417 17 1/2

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Southwest Division

W L Pct GB

San Antonio 50 9 .847 —

Memphis 35 24 .593 15

Dallas 32 28 .533 18 1/2

Houston 29 31 .483 21 1/2

New Orleans 23 35 .397 26 1/2

Northwest Division

W L Pct GB

Oklahoma City 42 18 .700 —

Portland 32 28 .533 10

Utah 28 31 .475 13 1/2

Denver 23 37 .383 19

Minnesota 19 41 .317 23

Pacific Division

W L Pct GB

x-Golden State 53 5 .914 —

L.A. Clippers 39 20 .661 14 1/2

Sacramento 24 34 .414 29

Phoenix 15 44 .254 38 1/2

L.A. Lakers 11 49 .183 43

x-clinched playoff spot

Monday’s Games

Cleveland 100, Indiana 96

Washington 116, Philadelphia 108

Boston 100, Utah 95

Milwaukee 128, Houston 121

Memphis 103, Denver 96

Oklahoma City 131, Sacramento 116

L.A. Clippers 105, Brooklyn 95

Tuesday’s Games

Phoenix at Charlotte, 7 p.m.

Chicago at Miami, 7:30 p.m.

Portland at New York, 7:30 p.m.

Orlando at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

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

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

Wednesday’s Games

Charlotte at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

Chicago at Orlando, 7 p.m.

Utah at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.

Portland at Boston, 7:30 p.m.

Washington at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Indiana at Milwaukee, 8 p.m.

Detroit at San Antonio, 8 p.m.

Sacramento at Memphis, 8 p.m.

New Orleans at Houston, 8 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Denver, 9 p.m.

Oklahoma City at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.

 

Cavaliers’ box

INDIANA (96)

George 7-16 5-5 23, Turner 4-8 0-0 8, Mahinmi 1-6 0-0 2, G.Hill 4-7 2-2 11, Ellis 10-21 6-7 28, J.Hill 3-9 0-0 6, S.Hill 0-0 0-0 0, Allen 2-3 1-1 5, Budinger 5-6 0-0 11, Stuckey 1-4 0-0 2. Totals 37-80 14-15 96.

CLEVELAND (100)

James 14-22 3-5 33, Love 4-14 4-4 13, Mozgov 0-1 1-2 1, Irving 5-13 11-11 22, Smith 4-14 0-0 11, Dellavedova 2-6 0-0 6, Thompson 6-7 2-3 14, Shumpert 0-6 0-0 0, Jefferson 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 35-83 21-25 100.

Indiana 19 24 30 23 = 96

Cleveland 18 26 30 26 = 100

3-Point Goals-Indiana 8-18 (George 4-9, Ellis 2-3, Budinger 1-2, G.Hill 1-4), Cleveland 9-29 (Smith 3-10, James 2-4, Dellavedova 2-5, Irving 1-2, Love 1-5, Shumpert 0-3). Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-Indiana 42 (George 8), Cleveland 54 (Thompson 11). Assists-Indiana 23 (George, Stuckey 6), Cleveland 22 (Love, Irving 6). Total Fouls-Indiana 23, Cleveland 15. Technicals-George, Cleveland defensive three second. A-20,562 (20,562).

 

NHL standings

National Hockey League

All Times EST

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Florida 62 35 19 8 78 171 146

Tampa Bay 63 37 22 4 78 175 151

Detroit 63 32 20 11 75 161 163

Boston 63 34 23 6 74 195 175

Ottawa 63 30 27 6 66 185 196

Montreal 63 30 28 5 65 173 175

Buffalo 63 25 31 7 57 147 170

Toronto 61 21 30 10 52 147 182

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Washington 61 45 12 4 94 202 142

N.Y. Rangers 63 37 20 6 80 180 159

N.Y. Islanders 60 33 20 7 73 171 149

Pittsburgh 61 32 21 8 72 165 157

Philadelphia 62 29 22 11 69 157 168

New Jersey 63 30 26 7 67 139 153

Carolina 64 28 26 10 66 155 173

Columbus 64 26 30 8 60 167 196

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Central Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Chicago 64 39 20 5 83 180 153

Dallas 64 38 19 7 83 206 184

St. Louis 65 36 20 9 81 162 159

Nashville 63 31 21 11 73 167 158

Colorado 64 32 28 4 68 172 181

Minnesota 63 28 25 10 66 164 159

Winnipeg 61 26 31 4 56 159 183

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Los Angeles 62 37 21 4 78 165 143

Anaheim 61 34 19 8 76 153 144

San Jose 62 34 22 6 74 188 167

Vancouver 61 24 25 12 60 148 175

Arizona 63 27 30 6 60 168 198

Calgary 62 26 32 4 56 169 195

Edmonton 64 23 34 7 53 156 193

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

Monday’s Games

N.Y. Rangers 2, Columbus 1

Philadelphia 5, Calgary 3

Pittsburgh 6, Arizona 0

Tampa Bay 2, Toronto 1

Detroit 3, Dallas 2, OT

San Jose 6, Montreal 2

Tuesday’s Games

Calgary at Boston, 7 p.m.

Edmonton at Buffalo, 7 p.m.

Carolina at New Jersey, 7 p.m.

St. Louis at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Washington, 7:30 p.m.

Dallas at Nashville, 8 p.m.

Colorado at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Florida at Winnipeg, 8 p.m.

N.Y. Islanders at Vancouver, 10 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games

Toronto at Washington, 7 p.m.

Chicago at Detroit, 8 p.m.

Montreal at Anaheim, 10 p.m.

 

Blue Jackets’ box

Columbus 0 0 1 = 1

N.Y. Rangers 1 0 1 = 2

First Period-1, N.Y. Rangers, Zuccarello 21 (Boyle), 17:41. Penalties-None.

Second Period-None. Penalties-Boll, Clm, major (fighting), 10:35; McIlrath, NYR, major (fighting), 10:35.

Third Period-2, Columbus, Atkinson 20, 3:46. 3, N.Y. Rangers, Stepan 14 (McDonagh), 17:12 (sh). Penalties-Dubinsky, Clm (delay of game), 5:56; M.Staal, NYR (tripping), 15:19.

Shots on Goal-Columbus 13-8-6-27. N.Y. Rangers 8-5-10-23.

Power-play opportunities-Columbus 0 of 1; N.Y. Rangers 0 of 1.

Goalies-Columbus, Korpisalo 12-8-4 (23 shots-21 saves). N.Y. Rangers, Raanta 6-4-2 (27-26).

A-18,006 (18,006). T-2:26.

Referees-Kevin Pollock, Francois St. Laurent. Linesmen-Shane Heyer, Matt MacPherson.

Men’s AP poll

The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Feb. 28, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking:

Record Pts Prv

1. Kansas (63) 25-4 1,623 2

2. Michigan St. (2) 24-5 1,510 6

3. Villanova 25-4 1,479 1

4. Virginia 22-6 1,405 3

5. Xavier 25-4 1,356 5

6. Oklahoma 22-6 1,297 3

7. Miami 23-5 1,211 12

8. North Carolina 23-6 1,205 7

9. Oregon 23-6 1,065 13

10. West Virginia 22-7 1,056 14

11. Louisville 22-7 822 11

12. Indiana 23-6 819 18

13. Utah 23-7 751 22

14. Maryland 23-6 733 10

15. Purdue 22-7 613 20

16. Iowa 20-8 572 8

17. Duke 21-8 495 15

18. Arizona 22-7 450 9

19. Baylor 21-8 447 19

20. Texas A&M 22-7 419 21

21. Iowa St. 20-9 413 17

22. Kentucky 21-8 405 16

23. Texas 19-10 338 25

24. SMU 24-4 196 24

25. California 21-8 178 —

Others receiving votes: Wisconsin 93, Seton Hall 60, Wichita St. 43, Saint Joseph’s 29, Notre Dame 14, Texas Tech 12, Cincinnati 4, Saint Mary’s (Cal) 3, Vanderbilt 3, UALR 2, Valparaiso 2, Dayton 1, Stephen F. Austin 1.

 

Men’s USA Today

The top 25 teams in the USA Today men’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Feb. 28, points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking:

Record Pts Prv

1. Kansas (31) 25-4 799 2

2. Villanova 25-4 734 1

3. Michigan State (1) 24-5 733 7

4. Virginia 22-6 673 3

5. Xavier 25-4 637 5

6. Oklahoma 22-6 623 4

7. Miami 23-5 607 11

8. North Carolina 23-6 584 6

9. West Virginia 22-7 518 12

10. Oregon 23-6 510 13

11. Indiana 23-6 434 15

12. Maryland 23-6 405 9

13. Utah 23-7 330 23

13. Purdue 22-7 330 19

15. Iowa 20-8 321 8

16. Arizona 22-7 307 10

17. Baylor 21-8 288 16

18. Texas A&M 22-7 261 21

19. Kentucky 21-8 226 14

20. Iowa State 20-9 221 17

21. Duke 21-8 211 18

22. Texas 19-10 187 25

23. Wichita State 23-7 68 —

24. Saint Mary’s 24-4 61 —

25. California 21-8 58 —

Others receiving votes: Wisconsin 52, Notre Dame 42, Seton Hall 39, Texas Tech 36, Providence 28, Pittsburgh 17, Saint Joseph’s 17, South Carolina 16, Dayton 14, Valparaiso 6, St. Bonaventure 4, Colorado 2, UALR 1.

 

Women’s AP poll

The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ women’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Feb. 28, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking:

Record Pts Prv

1. UConn (32) 28-0 800 1

2. Notre Dame 28-1 756 2

3. South Carolina 28-1 747 3

4. Baylor 29-1 704 4

5. Maryland 27-3 662 6

6. Texas 26-2 642 8

7. Louisville 24-6 578 10

8. Oregon St. 25-4 550 7

9. Ohio St. 23-6 549 5

10. Arizona St. 25-5 499 9

11. Stanford 24-6 469 13

12. UCLA 22-7 437 14

13. Kentucky 21-6 415 15

14. Florida St. 23-6 414 12

15. Texas A&M 21-8 356 11

16. Mississippi St. 24-6 326 16

17. Syracuse 23-6 272 18

18. DePaul 24-7 236 19

19. Michigan St. 22-7 233 20

20. South Florida 21-7 157 21

21. Miami 22-7 150 17

22. Colorado St. 26-1 96 25

22. West Virginia 22-8 96 —

24. Oklahoma 19-9 81 23

25. Florida 22-7 76 —

Others receiving votes: Oklahoma St. 38, UTEP 23, Green Bay 12, Arkansas St. 8, Florida Gulf Coast 6, BYU 4, Army 3, Indiana 3, James Madison 1, Princeton 1.

 

Baseball poll

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — The top 25 teams in the Baseball America poll through Feb. 28 (voting by the staff of Baseball America):

Record Prv

1. Florida 7-1 1

2. Texas A&M 7-1 3

3. Oregon State 7-1 5

4. Louisville 5-2 2

5. Vanderbilt 8-0 7

6. Miami (Ohio) 5-2 6

7. LSU 5-2 8

8. Virginia 4-3 4

9. Texas Christian 6-1 17

10. California 5-2 11

11. Oregon 6-1 12

12. North Carolina 5-1 20

13. Mississippi 6-1 21

14. UCLA 3-4 15

15. Florida State 5-1 16

16. Louisiana-Lafayette 4-3 10

17. Arkansas 8-0 NR

18. N.C. State 5-2 18

19. Coastal Carolina 4-2 19

20. Michigan 5-2 14

21. Houston 4-3 9

22. Oklahoma State 2-5 13

23. Georgia Tech 7-0 23

24. Mississippi State 6-2 24

25. East Carolina 6-1 NR

 

H.S. scores

Ohio High School Athletic Association

Monday’s Boys’ Basketball Scores

Division II

Alliance 68, Akr. Buchtel 55

Division III

Beachwood 91, Elyria Cath. 66

Garrettsville Garfield 75, Leavittsburg LaBrae 70

Louisville Aquinas 70, New Middletown Spring. 59

Oberlin 74, W. Salem NW 69

Division IV

Cle. Hts. Lutheran E. 63, Jeromesville Hillsdale 59

Cornerstone Christian 76, Vienna Mathews 28

Glouster Trimble 68, Portsmouth Clay 65, OT

McDonald 56, Lowellville 53

Mogadore 75, Richmond Hts. 34

Waterford 69, Beaver Eastern 57

 

Big Ten standings

BIG TEN CONFERENCE

Conference All Games

W L PCT W L PCT

Indiana 13 3 .813 23 6 .793

Michigan St. 11 5 .688 24 5 .828

Maryland 11 5 .688 23 6 .793

Iowa 11 5 .688 20 8 .714

Wisconsin 11 5 .688 19 10 .655

Ohio St. 11 6 .647 19 11 .633

Purdue 10 6 .625 22 7 .759

Michigan 10 7 .588 20 10 .667

Northwestern 6 10 .375 18 11 .621

Penn St. 6 10 .375 15 14 .517

Nebraska 6 10 .375 14 15 .483

Illinois 5 11 .313 13 16 .448

Minnesota 2 14 .125 8 20 .286

Rutgers 0 16 .000 6 23 .207

Sunday’s Games

Michigan St. 88, Penn St. 57

Ohio St. 68, Iowa 64

Wisconsin 68, Michigan 57

Illinois 84, Minnesota 71

Monday’s Games

No games scheduled

Tuesday’s Games

Purdue at Nebraska, 8 p.m.

Indiana at Iowa, 9 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games

Michigan St. at Rutgers, 7 p.m.

Wisconsin at Minnesota, 9 p.m.

Thursday’s Games

Illinois at Maryland, 7 p.m.

Northwestern at Penn St., 9 p.m.

 

MAC standings

MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE

East Division

Conference All Games

W L PCT W L PCT

Akron 11 5 .688 22 7 .759

Ohio 10 6 .625 19 9 .679

Kent St. 9 7 .563 18 11 .621

Buffalo 9 7 .563 16 13 .552

Bowling Green 5 11 .313 14 15 .483

Miami (Ohio) 5 11 .313 11 18 .379

West Division

Conference All Games

W L PCT W L PCT

Ball St. 10 6 .625 19 10 .655

Cent. Michigan 9 7 .563 16 13 .552

N. Illinois 8 8 .500 19 10 .655

Toledo 8 8 .500 17 12 .586

E. Michigan 7 9 .438 15 14 .517

W. Michigan 5 11 .313 11 18 .379

Saturday’s Games

Ball St. 115, E. Michigan 79

Miami (Ohio) 74, Kent St. 65

Ohio 103, Buffalo 96, OT

N. Illinois 76, W. Michigan 67

Cent. Michigan 76, Toledo 74

Sunday’s Games

No games scheduled

Monday’s Games

No games scheduled

 

C-USA standings

CONFERENCE USA

Conference All Games

W L PCT W L PCT

UAB 14 2 .875 24 5 .828

Louisiana Tech 11 5 .688 22 7 .759

Mid. Tenn. 11 5 .688 19 9 .679

Marshall 11 5 .688 15 14 .517

Old Dominion 10 6 .625 17 12 .586

UTEP 9 8 .529 17 13 .567

Charlotte 8 8 .500 12 17 .414

FIU 7 9 .438 13 16 .448

Rice 7 9 .438 12 17 .414

W. Kentucky 6 10 .375 14 15 .483

North Texas 6 10 .375 11 18 .379

Southern Miss. 5 11 .313 8 19 .296

FAU 5 11 .313 7 22 .241

UTSA 3 14 .176 5 25 .167

Saturday’s Games

UAB 71, W. Kentucky 67

FIU 71, FAU 63

Middle Tennessee 83, Marshall 74

Charlotte 88, UTEP 78

Louisiana Tech 88, Rice 69

Old Dominion 78, UTSA 56

Southern Miss. 81, North Texas 70

Monday’s Games

No games scheduled

 

ACC standings

ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE

Conference All Games

W L PCT W L PCT

North Carolina 13 4 .765 24 6 .800

Miami 12 4 .750 23 5 .821

Virginia 11 5 .688 22 6 .786

Louisville 11 5 .688 22 7 .759

Duke 10 6 .625 21 8 .724

Notre Dame 10 6 .625 19 9 .679

Pittsburgh 9 7 .563 20 8 .714

Clemson 9 7 .563 16 12 .571

Syracuse 9 8 .529 19 11 .633

Virginia Tech 8 8 .500 16 13 .552

Georgia Tech 7 9 .438 17 12 .586

Florida St. 7 10 .412 17 12 .586

NC State 4 12 .250 14 15 .483

Wake Forest 2 15 .118 11 18 .379

Boston College 0 16 .000 7 22 .241

Sunday’s Games

Pittsburgh 76, Duke 62

Virginia Tech 81, Wake Forest 74

Monday’s Games

North Carolina 75, Syracuse 70

Tuesday’s Games

Virginia at Clemson, 7 p.m.

Wake Forest at Duke, 8 p.m.

Georgia Tech at Louisville, 8 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games

Pittsburgh at Virginia Tech, 7 p.m.

Miami at Notre Dame, 7 p.m.

Boston College at NC State, 9 p.m.

 

AAC standings

AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE

Conference All Games

W L PCT W L PCT

SMU 12 4 .750 24 4 .857

Temple 12 4 .750 18 10 .643

Cincinnati 11 5 .688 21 8 .724

Houston 11 6 .647 21 8 .724

Tulsa 11 6 .647 19 10 .655

UConn 10 6 .625 20 9 .690

Memphis 7 9 .438 16 13 .552

UCF 5 11 .313 11 16 .407

South Florida 4 12 .250 7 22 .241

East Carolina 3 13 .188 11 18 .379

Tulane 3 13 .188 10 19 .345

Saturday’s Games

Temple 63, UCF 61

Cincinnati 65, East Carolina 56

Sunday’s Games

Houston 75, UConn 68

SMU 74, Tulane 53

Memphis 92, Tulsa 82

 

A-10 standings

ATLANTIC 10 CONFERENCE

Conference All Games

W L PCT W L PCT

St. Joseph’s 13 3 .813 24 5 .828

VCU 13 3 .813 21 8 .724

Dayton 12 4 .750 22 6 .786

St. Bonaventure 12 4 .750 20 7 .741

George Washington 10 6 .625 21 8 .724

Davidson 9 7 .563 17 10 .630

Rhode Island 8 8 .500 16 13 .552

Richmond 7 9 .438 15 13 .536

Fordham 6 10 .375 15 12 .556

Duquesne 5 11 .313 15 14 .517

UMass 5 11 .313 12 16 .429

St. Louis 5 11 .313 10 18 .357

George Mason 4 12 .250 10 19 .345

La Salle 3 13 .188 7 20 .259

Saturday’s Games

Rhode Island 75, Dayton 66

VCU 69, George Washington 65

Fordham 91, Davidson 82

La Salle 76, George Mason 68

St. Bonaventure 85, UMass 83

Richmond 83, Duquesne 67

Sunday’s Games

Saint Joseph’s 77, Saint Louis 63

Monday’s Games

No games scheduled

 

Big East standings

BIG EAST CONFERENCE

Conference All Games

W L PCT W L PCT

Villanova 14 2 .875 25 4 .862

Xavier 13 4 .765 25 4 .862

Seton Hall 11 5 .688 21 7 .750

Creighton 9 7 .563 18 11 .621

Providence 8 8 .500 20 9 .690

Butler 8 8 .500 19 9 .679

Marquette 7 9 .438 18 11 .621

Georgetown 7 9 .438 14 15 .483

DePaul 3 13 .188 9 19 .321

St. John’s 1 16 .059 8 22 .267

Saturday’s Games

Butler 90, Georgetown 87, OT

Villanova 89, Marquette 79

Providence 87, DePaul 66

Sunday’s Games

Seton Hall 90, Xavier 81

Creighton 100, St. John’s 59