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SPORTS Tuesday, March 22, 2016 From Saturday East Oregonian Page 3B Men’s College Basketball SWaQ¿eOG 8psets create new FinaO Four paths for 1seeds SRXQGV 'eSaOeV ingweekend e[its “There was a Oot of moti vation from Oast year, that feeOing that we had,” Kansas senior Perry EOOis said, “and we Must want to continue to pOay the way we are and have fun and take it game Ey game” By AARON BEARD Associated Press Tigers EeOt out 32 runs in douEOeheader By SAM BARBEE East Oregonian STANFIELD — The Stan¿eOd Tigers EaseEaOO teaP sZeSt a douEOeheader Zith :ashington sPaOO schooO SoZerhouse DeSaOes :A Zith a Sair oI EOoZouts on Saturday at Madigan FieOd in Stan¿eOd The Tigers tooN the ¿rst gaPe 100 Eehind Iourrun second and third innings, and took the nightcap Baseball 220 Eehind a seYenrun second DeSales inning and nine run Iourth Stan¿eOd pounded out ten Stanfield hits in the opener T h y O e r Monkus Zent Ior Zith tZo douEOes and three runs scored, Tony FOores, Zho aOso pitched, Zas 2Ior Zith three 5%I and tZo runs scored, DyOan *rogan Zas 2Ior2 Zith a douEOe, a tripOe, tZo runs and an 5%I, and 5yan %aiOey had %rody :oods had tZo 5%I apiece :oods aOso douEOed, and %aiOey hit a tripOe FOores tossed aOO ¿Ye innings, aOOoZing three hits, striking out 12 Irish and ZaOking onOy one on pitches In the nightcap, Hermiston reaOOy poured it on, Oashing 1 hits and Eeing heOped Ey seYen DeSaOes errors Monkus, %aiOey, :oods and Jason Fitzpatrick each had three hits in the EOoZout, and Monkus, Fitzpatrick and :oods each had three 5%I Monkus hit tZo tripOes and a douEOe to pace Stan¿eOd Woods started on the Eump, going 0 innings aOOoZing Must one hit and striking out Iour %aiOey reOieYed, tossing a cOean inning with a hit and two strike outs Stan¿eOd wiOO pOay at the 5iYerside Tournament March 222 at 5iYerside High SchooO Opponents and game times are yet to Ee determined ——— 0-0 10-22 Game 1 R H E DHS 000 00 — 0 3 3 SHS 104 4X — 10 10 1 T. Flores and T. Monkus; Z. Leahy, B. Holtzinger (3), M. Baumqart (5), Z. Leahy. W — T. Flores (SHS). L — Z. Leahy (DHS). 2B — M. Baumqart (DHS); B. Woods, T. Monkus 2, D. Grogan. 3B — R. Bailey, D. Grogan (SHS). Game 2 R H E DHS 000 00 — 0 2 7 SHS 175 9X — 22 10 0 B. Woods, R. Bailey (5), D. Grogan, M. Blakenship; M. Baumqart, Z. Leahy (2), C. Leahy (3), B. Holtzinger (4). W — B. Woods. L — M. Baumqart. 2B — B. Woods, T. Monkus, T. Flores, J. Fitzpatrick (SHS). 3B — R. Bailey, T. Monkus 2 (SHS). 5ALEI*H, N& — 8psets and wiOd ¿nishes haYe aOtered the N&AA Tournament Oandscape Ior No 1 seeds 9irginia and North &aroOina in their Eids Ior the FinaO Four Ten of the top 16 seeds have reached the Sweet 16, and seven of those are with feOOow top seeds Oregon in the West 5egion or .ansas in the South %ut the Midwest and East have Oost severaO e[pected roadEOocks for the &avaOiers and Tar HeeOs, respectiveOy Here¶s a Oook at those new tournament paths: MIDWEST No one taOked much aEout 9irginia thanks to the presence of secondseeded Michigan State, which had ousted the higherseeded &avaOiers the past two years Now the &avaOiers 2 have a favoraEOe draw after the Spartans Oost to 1seed MiddOe Tennessee in the tournament¶s Eiggest upset “It was something to take note of and to recognize,” 9irginia star MaOcoOm %rogdon said Saturday after a win against %utOer in 5aOeigh, “Eut at the same time, we’re not reaOOy a team that, you know, focuses on everything eOse” That taskathand focus is one of the reasons the &ava Oiers are here, aOong with an ef¿cient offense and a defense that seems to tighten its grip as the games go on .en3om’s topranked team meets No seed Iowa State 2311 in &hicago on Friday WEST AP Photo/Gerry Broome Virginia guard London Perrantes (32) and Butler forward Andrew Chrabascz (45) chase a loose ball during the second half of a second-round men’s college bas- ketball game in the NCAA Tournament, Saturday, March 19, 2016, in Raleigh, N.C. Win that, and the &avaOiers wiOO face a douEOedigit seed — either 10seed and A&& Oeaguemate Syracuse 2113 or 11seed *onzaga 2 — for their ¿rst FinaO Four since 1 EAST 3reseason No 1ranked North &aroOina 306 did the e[pected Ey reaching Friday’s games in 3hiOadeO phia The other top seeds — No 2 ;avier, No 3 West 9irginia and No .entucky — weren’t so Oucky 8N& faces No seed and %ig Ten reguOarseason champion Indiana 2 in the ¿rst tournament meeting Eetween the two since 1, when the Hoosiers upset the Tar HeeOs to end MichaeO Jordan’s coOOege career The Eracket aOso features No 6 Notre Dame 2311 and No Wisconsin 2212 And if the seeds hoOd, there wouOd Ee an aOOAtOantic &oast &onference ¿naO for a Oeague with a tournamentre cord si[ Sweet 16 teams “I proEaEOy think we’ve pOayed our Eest EasketEaOO the entire season in these Oast coupOe of weeks,” 8N& coach 5oy WiOOiams said after Saturday’s homestate win against Providence in 5aOeigh “Now is that going to transfer when we pOay in PhiOadeOphia" I have no idea Eecause they’re 1, 1, 20 or 21yearoOds %ut the appreciation I have for them is Eecause they’ve earned it” SOUTH .ansas’ Eracket OargeOy went according to pOan entering Thursday’s games in LouisviOOe, .entucky The Jayhawks 32 draw a dangerous team in No MaryOand 2, a team ranked third in the preseason Top 2 and peaked at second in FeEruary No 2 seed 9iOOanova 31, a contender for its own 1seed entering SeOection Sunday, Ourks in the other end of the Eracket The WiOdcats meet No 3 seed Miami 2 to give this region three of the top 11 teams in KenPom’s rank ings, the toughest of the four ¿eOds So much for the Jayhawks getting a favoraEOe draw as the tournament’s top overaOO seed, even as they’re savoring Eeing Eack in the Sweet 16 after two open This is the onOy Eracket that went chaOk with aOO four top seeds advancing, which has happened Must 16 times since 1, according to STATS Oregon 306 pOays in Anaheim, &aOifornia, on Thursday against seed Duke 210, which is vuOneraEOe to fouO trouEOe or fatigue with OargeOy a si[man rotation %ut the %Oue DeviOs can hit the 3, whiOe highscoring guard *rayson AOOen 220 points and OikeOy oneanddone taOent %randon Ingram are scary matchups in a winor gohome setting The Eottom of the Eracket features nationaO pOayer of the year candidate %uddy HieOd and No 2 seed OkOa homa 2, one of si[ teams to hoOd the No 1 spot in the AP Top 2 this year The Sooners face 3seed Te[as AM 2 fresh off the Aggies’ miracOe come Eack to Eeat Northern Iowa in douEOe overtime “We go to a new four team tournament,” Ducks coach Dana AOtman said after Sunday’s comeEack win against St Joseph’s “We know we’re going to have to pOay Eetter than we did tonight, Eut it’s an opportunity” SCOREBOARD Local slate PREP BASEBALL Today Stanfield vs. Weston-McEwen (Columbia Bash, Irrigon), 10 a.m. Riverside vs. TBD (Columbia Bash, Boardman), 12:30 p.m. Weston-McEwen vs. TBD (Columbia Bash, Boardman), 12:30 p.m. Stanfield vs TBD (Columbia Bash, Irrigon), 12:30 p.m. Irrigon vs TBD (Columbia Bash, Irrigon), 12:30 p.m. Wednesday Weston-McEwen vs. TBD (Columbia Bash, Boardman), 1 p.m. Riverside vs. TBD (Columbia Bash, Boardman), 2 p.m. Irrigon vs. TBD (Columbia Bash, Irrigon), TBD Stanfield vs. TBD (Columbia Bash, Boardman), 2 p.m. Thursday Umatilla at Pilot Rock (DH), Noon/1 p.m. Pendleton vs. Madison (at Boise, Idaho), Noon Friday Pendleton vs. Skyline (at Boise, Idaho), 10:30 a.m. Hermiston at Kamiakin, 2 p.m. Orofino at Mac-Hi, 2 p.m. Pendleton vs. Jerome (at Boise, Idaho), 3:30 p.m. Hermiston at Kennewick, 4 p.m. Saturday Pendleton vs. Canyon Ridge (at Boise, Idaho), 10:30 a.m. PREP SOFTBALL Today Willamina at Irrigon, 10 a.m. Toledo at Riverside, 10 a.m. Mac-Hi vs. Crook County (at Bend), 11:30 a.m. Pendleton vs. Central Catholic (at Happy Valley), Noon Hermiston vs. Aloha (at Happy Valley), Noon Echo vs. Willamina (at Riverside), 1 p.m. Mac-Hi vs. Madras (at Bend), 2 p.m. Hermiston vs. David Douglas (at Happy Valley), 2 p.m. Pendleton vs. Putnam (at Happy Valley), 2 p.m. Touchet at Weston-McEwen (DH), 3/5 p.m. Burns at Irrigon, 3:30 p.m. Wednesday Knappa at Riverside, 10 a.m. Pendleton at Sandy, Noon Hermiston JV at Heppner, Noon Toledo at Irrigon, 1 p.m. Burns at Riverside, 1 p.m. Knappa at Irrigon, 3:30 p.m. Enterprise at Heppner, 4 p.m. Thursday Knappa at Heppner, Noon Colton at Echo, 3 p.m. Enterprise at Heppner, 4 p.m. Friday Pilot Rock vs. Bonanza (at Union), 12:30 p.m. Hermiston at Pasco (DH), 4/6 p.m. Stayton at Mac-Hi, 6:30 p.m. Saturday Twin Falls at Mac-Hi, 9:45 a.m. North Douglas at Pilot Rock, 10 a.m. Estacada at Mac-Hi, 3 p.m. Colton at Pilot Rock, 3:30 p.m. PREP GOLF Wednesday Mac-Hi at Wine Valley GC, 2:30 p.m. PREP TRACK & FIELD Wednesday Irrigon at Oregon City, Noon PREP LACROSSE Today Central Valley at Hermiston, 5:30 p.m. Saturday Mt. Spokane at Hermiston, 3 p.m. COLLEGE BASEBALL Saturday Grays Harbor at Blue Mountain (DH), 11 a.m./2 p.m. Sunday Linn-Benton at Blue Mountain (DH), 11 a.m./2 p.m. COLLEGE SOFTBALL Wednesday Lower Columbia at Blue Mountain (DH), Noon/2 p.m. Friday Northwest Christian at Eastern Oregon (DH), 2/4 p.m. Saturday Corban at Eastern Oregon (DH), 11 a.m./1 p.m. Edmonds at Blue Mountain (DH), Noon/2 p.m. Prep scores BASEBALL Saturday, March 19 Hermiston 13, Roosevelt 0 (5 innings) Weston-McEwen 25, Dayton (WA) 0 Monday Pilot Rock 22, Elgin 2 Pilot Rock 11, Elgin 1 SOFTBALL Monday Franklin 10, Hermiston 5 Hermiston 7, Madison 1 Basketball NCAA Men’s Tournament EAST REGIONAL Round of 32 Saturday North Carolina 85, Providence 66 Indiana 73, Kentucky 67 Sunday Notre Dame 76, Stephen F. Austin 75 Wisconsin 66, Xavier 63 Regional Semifinals Friday Wisconsin (22-12) vs. Notre Dame (23- 11), 4:27 p.m. North Carolina (30-6) vs. Indiana (27-7), 6:40 p.m. ——— SOUTH REGIONAL Round of 32 Saturday Miami 65, Wichita State 57 Kansas 73, UConn 61 Sunday Villanova 87, Iowa 68 Maryland 73, Hawaii 60 Regional Semifinals Thursday Villanova (31-5) vs. Miami (27-7), 4:10 p.m. Kansas (32-4) vs. Maryland (27-8), 6:40 p.m. ——— MIDWEST REGIONAL Round of 32 Saturday Virginia 77, Butler 69 Iowa State 78, UALR 61 Gonzaga 82, Utah 59 Sunday Syracuse 75, Middle Tennessee 50 Regional Semifinals Friday Virginia (28-7) vs. Iowa State (23-11), 4:10 p.m. Syracuse (21-13) vs. Gonzaga (28-7), 6:40 p.m. ——— WEST REGIONAL Round of 32 Saturday Duke 71, Yale 64 Sunday Oklahoma 85, VCU 81 Texas A&M 92, Northern Iowa 88, 2OT Oregon 69, Saint Joseph’s 64 Regional Semifinals Thursday Oklahoma (27-7) vs. Texas A&M (28-8), 4:37 p.m. Oregon (30-6) vs. Duke (25-10), 6:40 p.m. NIT Second Round Valparaiso 81, Florida State 69 BYU 80, Virginia Tech 77 Creighton 87, Wagner 54 Florida 74, Ohio State 66 Saint Mary’s (Cal) 77, Georgia 65 George Washington 87, Monmouth 71 Georgia Tech 83, South Carolina 66 San Diego State 93, Washington 78 Quarterfinals Today Saint Mary’s (Cal) (29-5) at Valparaiso (28-6), 4 p.m. Creighton (20-14) at BYU (25-10), 6 p.m. Wednesday George Washington (25-10) vs. Florida (21-14), 4 p.m. Georgia Tech (21-14) vs. San Diego State, 6 p.m. NBA Sunday’s Games Dallas 132, Portland 120, OT Toronto 105, Orlando 100 New Orleans 109, L.A. Clippers 105 Boston 120, Philadelphia 105 Utah 94, Milwaukee 85 Sacramento 88, New York 80 Monday’s Games Cleveland 124, Denver 91 Indiana 91, Philadelphia 75 Charlotte 91, San Antonio 88 Boston 107, Orlando 96 Detroit 92, Milwaukee 91 Chicago 109, Sacramento 102 Golden State 109, Minnesota 104 Washington 117, Atlanta 102 Memphis 103, Phoenix 97 Today’s Games Charlotte at Brooklyn, 4:30 p.m. Miami at New Orleans, 5 p.m. Houston at Oklahoma City, 5 p.m. Memphis at L.A. Lakers, 7:30 p.m. Hockey NHL Sunday’s Games Minnesota 3, Chicago 2, SO Anaheim 3, Winnipeg 2, OT New Jersey 2, Columbus 1 Pittsburgh 6, Washington 2 Calgary 4, Montreal 1 Colorado 3, Edmonton 2 San Jose 3, Arizona 0 Monday’s Games N.Y. Rangers 4, Florida 2 Philadelphia 4, N.Y. Islanders 1 Toronto 5, Calgary 2 Nashville 5, Los Angeles 2 Today’s Games Buffalo at Carolina, 4 p.m. Philadelphia at Columbus, 4 p.m. Anaheim at Montreal, 4:30 p.m. Washington at Ottawa, 4:30 p.m. Detroit at Tampa Bay, 4:30 p.m. Vancouver at Winnipeg, 5 p.m. Los Angeles at Minnesota, 5:30 p.m. Dallas at Chicago, 5:30 p.m. Edmonton at Arizona, 7 p.m. St. Louis at San Jose, 7:30 p.m. Tennis BNP Paribas Open Sunday At The Indian Wells Tennis Garden Indian Wells, Calif. Purse: Men: $7.04 million (Masters 1000); Women: $6.84 million (Premier) Surface: Hard-Outdoor Singles Men Championship Novak Djokovic (1), Serbia, def. Milos Raonic (12), Canada, 6-2, 6-0. Women Championship Victoria Azarenka (13), Belarus, def. Sere- na Williams (1), United States, 6-4, 6-4. Motorsports NASCAR Sprint Cup-Auto Club 400 Top 10 Sunday At Auto Club Speedway Fontana, Calif. Lap length: 2 miles (Start position in parentheses) 1. (19) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 205 laps, 44 points. 2. (2) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 205, 41. 3. (3) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 205, 39. 4. (9) Joey Logano, Ford, 205, 38. 5. (18) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 205, 36. 6. (8) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, 205, 36. 7. (5) Carl Edwards, Toyota, 205, 35. 8. (11) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 205, 33. 9. (15) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 205, 32. 10. (10) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 205, 31. ——— Race Statistics Average Speed of Race Winner: 137.213 mph. Time of Race: 2 hours, 59 minutes, 17 seconds. Margin of Victory: 0.772 seconds. Caution Flags: 6 for 33 laps. Lead Changes: 26 among 8 drivers. Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Led, Laps Led): K.Harvick, 9 times for 142 laps; J.Johnson, 6 times for 25 laps; M.Truex Jr., 3 times for 21 laps; C.Edwards, 3 times for 9 laps; J.Logano, 2 times for 3 laps; D.Hamlin, 1 time for 2 laps; M.Kenseth, 1 time for 2 laps; C.Elliott, 1 time for 1 lap. 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