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A6 THE BULLETIN • THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2021 ON THE AIR SCOREBOARD THURSDAY BASKETBALL Women’s college, Saint Joseph’s at Richmond Women’s college, Penn St. at Iowa Women’s college, Michigan at Indiana Men’s college, Iowa at Wisconsin Men’s college, Houston at Wichita St. Men’s college, Vermont at Maryland-Baltimore Cty. Women’s college, NC State at Wake Forest Women’s college, South Carolina at Tennessee NBA, Toronto at Milwaukee Men’s college, Ohio St. at Penn St. Men’s college, BYU at Pacific Men’s college, Utah at Oregon St. Time 9 a.m. 1 p.m. 3 p.m. 4 p.m. 4 p.m. 4 p.m. 4 p.m. 4 p.m. 4:30 p.m. 5 p.m. 5 p.m. 5:30 p.m. TV NBCSN Big Ten Big Ten ESPN ESPN2 ESPNU Root SEC TNT Big Ten CBSSN Pac-12, Pac-12 (Ore) Men’s college, Saint Mary’s (CA) at Gonzaga 6 p.m. ESPN Men’s college, Arizona at UCLA 6 p.m. ESPN2 Men’s college, Winthrop at High Point 6 p.m. ESPNU Men’s college, Loyola Marymount at San Francisco 6 p.m. Root Men’s college, Rutgers at Michigan 6 p.m. FS1 Men’s college, San Diego St. at Fresno St. 7 p.m. CBSSN NBA, Brooklyn at L.A. Lakers 7 p.m. TNT Men’s college, California at Washington St. 7:30 p.m. Pac-12 Men’s college, Colorado at Oregon 8 p.m. ESPN2 Men’s college, Stanford at Washington 8 p.m. FS1 GOLF PGA Tour, The Genesis Invitational 11 a.m. Golf SOCCER Women’s, SheBelieves Cup, Brazil vs. Argentina 1 p.m. FS1 Women’s, SheBelieves Cup, U.S. vs. Canada 4 p.m. FS1 SAILING Prada Cup 7 p.m. NBCSN TENNIS WTA, Phillip Island Trophy 8 p.m. Tennis Australian Open, women’s doubles final 9 p.m. Tennis Australian Open, men’s semifinals 12:30 a.m. (Fri) ESPN WORLD CUP ALPINE SKIING World Championships, Men’s Giant Slalom 4:30 a.m. (Fri) NBCSN FRIDAY GOLF PGA Tour, The Genesis Invitational BASEBALL College, Seattle at Portland College, Miami at Florida BASKETBALL Women’s college, Arizona at California Women’s college, Oregon St. at USC Men’s college, Akron at Ball St. Men’s college, Saint Louis at Dayton Men’s college, Monmouth at Iona NBA, Chicago at Philadelphia Women’s college, Oregon at UCLA Men’s college, Wyoming vs. New Mexico Men’s college, Toledo at Buffalo Women’s college, Arizona St. at Stanford Men’s college, Utah St. at Boise St. NBA, Utah at L.A. Clippers Men’s college, Cal State Bakersfield at UC Santa Barbara WRESTLING College, Michigan at Michigan St. College, Northwestern at Iowa College, Penn St. at Ohio St. GYMNASTICS Women’s college, Kentucky at Florida Women’s college, Missouri at Arkansas Women’s college, UCLA at Utah MOTOR SPORTS NASCAR Truck Series, Daytona SAILING The PRADA Cup Challenger Selection Series finals TENNIS Australian Open, women’s final Australian Open, mixed doubles final BASKETBALL NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct Phila. 19 10 .655 Brooklyn 18 12 .600 Milwaukee 16 12 .571 Indiana 14 14 .500 Boston 14 14 .500 New York 14 16 .467 Toronto 13 15 .464 Charlotte 13 15 .464 Chicago 12 15 .444 Atlanta 12 16 .429 Miami 11 16 .407 Orlando 11 18 .379 Washington 9 17 .346 Cleveland 10 19 .345 Detroit 8 20 .286 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct Utah 23 5 .821 L.A. Lakers 22 7 .759 L.A. Clippers 21 8 .724 Portland 17 10 .630 Phoenix 17 10 .630 San Antonio 16 11 .593 Denver 15 13 .536 Golden State 15 13 .536 Memphis 11 12 .478 Dallas 13 15 .464 New Orleans 12 15 .444 Sacramento 12 15 .444 Oklahoma City 11 16 .407 Houston 11 17 .393 Minnesota 7 21 .250 Tuesday’s Late Game Brooklyn 128, Phoenix 124 Wednesday’s Games Orlando 107, New York 89 Atlanta 122, Boston 114 Phila. 118, Houston 113 Chicago 105, Detroit 102 Washington 130, Denver 128 Chicago at Charlotte, ppd. San Antonio at Cleveland, ppd Detroit at Dallas, ppd Indiana at Minnesota, late Oklahoma City at Memphis, late Portland at New Orleans, late Miami at Golden State, late Utah at L.A. Clippers, late Thursday’s Games Toronto at Milwaukee, 4:30 p.m. Brooklyn at L.A. Lakers, 7 p.m. Miami at Sacramento, 7 p.m. GB — 1½ 2½ 4½ 4½ 5½ 5½ 5½ 6 6½ 7 8 8½ 9 10½ GB — 1½ 2½ 5½ 5½ 6½ 8 8 9½ 10 10½ 10½ 11½ 12 16 Men’s college 11 a.m. noon noon Golf NBCSNW SEC 12:30 p.m. 2:30 p.m. Pac-12 Pac-12, Pac-12 (Ore) 4 p.m. CBSSN 4 p.m. ESPN2 4 p.m. ESPNU 4:30 p.m. ESPN 5 p.m. Pac-12 6 p.m. CBSSN 6 p.m. ESPN2 7 p.m. Pac-12 7 p.m. FS1 7:05 p.m. ESPN 8 p.m. ESPNU 2 p.m. 2 p.m. 4 p.m. Big Ten ESPNU Big Ten 4 p.m. 5:30 p.m. 6 p.m. SEC SEC ESPNU 4:30 p.m. FS1 7 p.m. NBCSN 12:30 a.m. (Sat) ESPN 2:30 a.m. (Sat) Tennis Listings are the most accurate available. The Bulletin is not responsible for late changes made by TV stations. SPORTS BRIEFING PAC-12 CONFERENCE Conference All Games W L Pct W L Pct Southern Cal 12 2 .857 18 3 .857 UCLA 10 3 .769 14 5 .737 Oregon 7 3 .700 12 4 .750 Colorado 10 5 .667 16 6 .727 Stanford 9 6 .600 13 8 .619 Arizona 8 7 .533 14 7 .667 Utah 6 7 .462 9 8 .529 Oregon St. 6 8 .429 10 10 .500 Arizona St. 4 7 .364 7 10 .412 Washington St. 5 10 .333 12 10 .545 Washington 3 12 .200 4 16 .200 California 3 13 .188 8 15 .348 Wednesday’s Game No. 17 Southern Cal 89, Arizona St. 71 Thursday’s Games Utah at Oregon St., 5:30 p.m. Arizona at UCLA, 6 p.m. California at Washington St., 7:30 p.m. Colorado at Oregon, 8 p.m. Stanford at Washington, 8 p.m. TOP 25 SCORES Wednesday’s Games No. 6 Houston vs. East Carolina, ppd. No. 19 Tennessee vs. South Carolina No. 22 Loyola Chicago 54, Valparaiso 52 No. 23 Kansas 59, Kansas St. 41 Women’s college PAC-12 CONFERENCE Conference All Games W L Pct W L Pct Stanford 16 2 .889 19 2 .905 Arizona 12 2 .857 14 2 .875 UCLA 10 3 .769 12 3 .800 Oregon 9 5 .643 12 5 .706 Southern Cal 8 7 .533 10 8 .556 Washington St. 7 9 .438 9 9 .500 Colorado 6 8 .429 8 9 .471 Arizona St. 5 7 .417 10 7 .588 Oregon St. 4 6 .400 6 6 .500 Utah 4 13 .235 5 13 .278 Washington 2 11 .154 5 11 .312 California 0 10 .000 0 13 .000 Friday’s Games Colorado at Washington St., noon No. 10 Arizona at California, 12:30 p.m. Oregon St. at Southern Cal, 2:30 p.m. No. 13 Oregon at No. 8 UCLA, 5 p.m. Arizona St. at No. 6 Stanford, 7 p.m. Utah at Washington, 7 p.m. TOP 25 SCORES Wednesday’s Games No. 1 UConn 77, St. John’s 32 No. 7 Baylor vs. No. 19 West Virginia, ppd. No. 9 Maryland 103, Illinois 58 No. 12 South Florida 69, Cincinnati 65, OT No. 19 DePaul 83, Xavier 75 Nebraska 71, No. 24 Northwestern 64 TENNIS Australian Open HOCKEY NHL East GP Boston 14 N.Y. Islanders 15 Philadelphia 13 Washington 14 Pittsburgh 14 New Jersey 10 N.Y. Rangers 14 Buffalo 12 Central GP Florida 14 Chicago 18 Tampa Bay 14 Carolina 14 Columbus 17 Dallas 12 Nashville 15 Detroit 18 West GP W L OT Pts GF GA Vegas 14 10 3 1 21 43 31 St. Louis 16 9 5 2 20 52 49 Colorado 13 8 4 1 17 41 27 Arizona 15 7 6 2 16 40 42 Anaheim 16 6 7 3 15 32 42 Los Angeles 14 5 6 3 13 44 44 San Jose 14 6 7 1 13 38 51 Minnesota 12 6 6 0 12 30 34 North GP W L OT Pts GF GA Toronto 17 12 3 2 26 60 45 Montreal 15 9 4 2 20 52 39 Winnipeg 15 9 5 1 19 53 43 Edmonton 17 9 8 0 18 60 58 Calgary 15 8 6 1 17 44 40 Vancouver 19 7 11 1 15 57 71 Ottawa 18 4 13 1 9 41 71 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. The top four teams in each division will qualify for playoffs under this season’s temporary realignment. Tuesday’s Late Games Colorado 3, Vegas 2 Los Angeles 4, Minnesota 0 Nashville at Dallas, ppd. Wednesday’s Games Florida 4, Carolina 3, OT Toronto 2, Ottawa 1 Chicago 2, Detroit 0 Vancouver at Calgary, late Winnipeg at Edmonton, late Thursday’s Games Buffalo at Washington, 4 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Pittsburgh, 4 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. Nashville at Columbus, 4 p.m. New Jersey at Boston, 4 p.m. Ottawa at Toronto, 4 p.m. San Jose at St. Louis, 5 p.m. Tampa Bay at Dallas, ppd. Los Angeles at Arizona, 6 p.m. Minnesota at Anaheim, 7 p.m. NHL Glance NHL W L OT Pts GF GA 10 2 2 22 42 30 8 4 3 19 38 34 8 3 2 18 46 41 7 4 3 17 50 52 7 6 1 15 44 50 5 3 2 12 28 28 4 7 3 11 33 39 4 6 2 10 31 38 W L OT Pts GF GA 10 2 2 22 48 43 9 5 4 22 52 51 10 3 1 21 54 32 10 3 1 21 53 40 7 6 4 18 50 60 5 3 4 14 40 34 6 9 0 12 36 52 4 11 3 11 35 56 Wednesday at Melbourne, Australia (Seedings in parentheses) MEN’S SINGLES Quarterfinals — Daniil Medvedev (4), Russia, def. Andrey Rublev (7), Russia, 7-5, 6-3, 6-2. Stefanos Tsit- sipas (5), Greece, def. Rafael Nadal (2), Spain, 3-6, 2-6, 7-6 (4), 6-4, 7-5. WOMEN’S SINGLES Quarterfinals — Karolina Muchova (25), Czech Re- public, def. Ashleigh Barty (1), Australia, 1-6, 6-3, 6-2. Jennifer Brady (22), United States, def. Jessica Pegula, United States, 4-6, 6-2, 6-1. DEALS Transactions BASEBALL Major League Baseball American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Agreed to terms with RHP Matt Harvey on a minor league contract. BOSTON RED SOX — Acquired C Ronaldo Hernan- dez and minor league INF Nick Sogard from Tampa Bay in exchange for LHP Jeffrey Springs, RHP Chris Mazza and undisclosed money. Placed C Kevin Plawecki on the COVID-19 related IL. NEW YORK YANKEES — Agreed to terms with RHPs Kyle Barraclough, Jhoulys Chacin, Luis Garcia, Nick Goody, Adam Warren and Asher Wojciechowski, OFs Michael Bel- tre, Socrates Brito, Jay Bruce, Ryan LaMarre and Thomas Milone, Cs Rob Brantly, Robinson Chirinos and Kellin De- glan, LHP Nestor Cortes, Lucas Luetge and Tyler Lyons, INFs Derek Dietrich, Chris Gittens and Andrew Velazquez on minor league contracts. TAMPA BAY RAYS — Placed LHPs Jalen Beeks and Colin Poche on the 60-day IL. Traded RHP John Curtiss to Miami in exchange for minor league 1B Evan Edwards. Agreed to terms with LHP Rich HIll and RHP Oliver Drake on one- year contracts. National League CHICAGO CUBS — Agreed to terms with RHP Jake Arrieta on a one-year contract. Placed LHP Kyle Ryan on the COVID-19 related IL. MIAMI MARLINS — Agreed to terms with OF Adam Du- vall on a one-year contract. Placed RHP Jeff Brigham on the 60-day IL. Designated OF Harold Ramirez for assignment. NEW YORK METS — Announced the retirement of OF Tim Tebow. PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Agreed to terms with INF Brad Miller on a one-year contract. Placed RHP Seranthony Dominguez on the 60-day IL. Agreed to terms with LHP Tony Watson on a minor league contract. PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Agreed to terms with LHP Tyler Anderson on a one-year contract. Placed RHP Jose Soriano on the 60-day IL. SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Agreed to terms with LHP Jake McGee on a two-year contract. Placed RHP John Brebbia on the 60-day IL. Agreed to terms with RHPs Jay Jackson and Nick Tropeano on minor league contracts. WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Signed LF Gerardo Parra and LHP T.J. McFarland to minor league contracts. FOOTBALL National Football League ARIZONA CARDINALS — Signed OL Branden Bowen. Canadian Football League WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS — Signed WR/R Qua- dree Henderson. HOCKEY National Hockey League BUFFALO SABRES — Loaned F Rasmus Asplund and D William Borgen to the taxi squad. Reassigned Fs Seven Fogarty, Andrew Ogleivie, C.J. Smith and D Jacob Bryson to Rochester (AHL). CALGARY FLAMES — Recalled RW Brett Ritchie and G Evan Cormier from loan to Stockton (AHL). MONTREAL CANADIANS — Recalled LW Grandon Bad- dock from Laval (AHL) NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Loaned Fs Nick Merkley and Mikhail Maltsev to the taxi squad. Reassigned G Evan Cormier and D Jeremy Groleau from the taxi squad to Binghamton (AHL). VEGAS KNIGHTS — Recalled G Logan Thompson from Henderson (AHL). SOCCER Major League Soccer CF MONTREAL — Signed F Erik Hurtado to a one- year contract. CHARLOTTE FC — Signed D Jan Sobocinski. LA GALAXY — Signed MF Carlos Harvey from Tauro FC (Panama). NASHVILLE SC — Signed D Robert Castellanos. REAL SALT LAKE — Announced MF Luke Mulholland is retiring and being named club’s scout. Named Kurt Schmid technical director. SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES — Signed RB Luciano Abe- casis to a one-year contract. VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC — Signed LB Javain Brown. National Women’s Soccer League ORLANDO PRIDE — Agreed to terms with F Marta on a one-year contract. COLLEGE TEXAS RIO GRANDE VALLEY — Announced MF Mari Liis Lillemae was called up to join the Estonian National Soccer Team for the UEFA Women’s Championship Qual- ification. WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL Beavers hope to play their way into postseason at USC (Friday), at UCLA (Sunday), at Oregon (Feb. 28). A win over any of those teams should improve the Beavers’ cur- rent NCAA NET ranking of No. 52. At the moment, all are Quad 1 wins, which the NCAA tournament committee covets. In addition, Rueck mentioned the possi- bility of playing a makeup game next week. He didn’t disclose the opponent, but said it is a team that “will help us.” There’s also a possibility of playing one or more makeup games following the Pac-12 tournament. And there’s the conference tournament, where Oregon State could play as many as four games. The Beavers could signifi- cantly enhance their resume playing any of the Pac-12’s top eight teams, as all rank among the top 75 in NET ranking. “We need to win games, bottom line, then take (the decision) out of people’s hands. That’s been my philosophy forever,” Rueck said. “I don’t want to be a bubble team. I want this team to compete and earn a spot like we’ve done for so many years now. … We’re in a position where we could play our way in.” by both Joe Lunardi of ESPN (playing No. 7 Arkansas) and Jerry Palm of CBSsports. com (playing No. 7 Purdue). Andy Katz of NCAA.com had the Ducks as a No. 9 seed playing No. 8 Louisville. Of course, those projections could swing dramatically in either direction before Se- lection Sunday on March 14 as the Ducks work their way through the final five games of the regular season and then the Pac-12 Tournament in Las Vegas. “I think (the players) understand that we have to have a good stretch here,” Altman said. “Our job as coaches is just to get them ready for Colorado. We don’t talk about the whole thing, we just talk about continuing to get better and the next one on the sched- ule is Colorado.” One potential wildcard over the remain- ing 17 days of the regular season is if the Ducks will get a chance to make up any of their five postponed games — two against UCLA and one each against USC, Arizona State and Arizona. Chances are Oregon could fit at least one game in during the week between the Feb. 27 game at Califor- nia and the March 6 season-finale at Ore- gon State, though nothing has been sched- uled. “I still want to play a couple of those games,” Altman said. “But that’s the league’s decision and not mine. Hopefully we can get a couple games added yet and just swing away down the stretch and get better, win our share of them and improve as a team.” When: 8 p.m., Thursday TV: ESPN2 Mickelson and Bubba Watson, each with five. “I feel like it’s a tough golf course,” John- son said. “You’ve got to drive it well, you’ve got to be really spot on with your irons and distance control, shot shapes into the green. I think it kind of makes you think on every shot you’re hitting off the tee, coming into the greens and then even when you’re on the greens.” Only two players from the top 10 in the world — Tyrrell Hatton of England and Webb Simpson — are not at Riviera. Nei- ther is the tournament host, Tiger Woods, who is still recovering from his most re- cent back surgery. It speaks to the love of Riviera, and the prestige that comes with winning can feel equal to the World Golf Championship that is being played next week in Florida. “To win on quality golf courses is just a little something extra,” Adam Scott said. His victory last year was his second at Riviera, at least in his books, though not in the PGA Tour tally. Scott won in 2005 when there was so much rain the tourna- ment was cut to 36 holes (he won in a play- off) and not deemed official. But there’s no doubt he’d like to win again, because of the course, because of the field. “I think everyone, or certainly top play- ers, have such a big focus on major cham- pionships, then a few other champion- ships,” Scott said. “Generally, the quality of golf course they’re played on is at a very high standard and Riviera fits that cate- gory. I feel like if you’ve had a good week here, it’s a good measure certainly gener- ally of where your game is at.” BY NICK DASCHEL The Oregonian The view is unfamiliar to Oregon State. The view of being on the outside, looking in at the potential NCAA women’s basket- ball tournament field. As of today, the Beavers are not in the 64-team tourney. The pandemic has tak- ing a wrecking ball to OSU’s season and the schedule. OSU is 6-6 overall, and sit in ninth place in the Pac-12 standings at 4-6. The Beavers have played as many as eight fewer conference games than team above them in the standings because of numer- ous postponements. Is there a path to the NCAAs, where the Beavers have made six consecutive appear- ances? Oregon State coach Scott Rueck believes so, and not necessarily one that re- quires the Beavers to win the Pac-12 tour- nament, either. OSU has three resume-building games to finish its schedule. All are on the road: Taylor Balkom/The Oregonian/TNS file Oregon State women’s basketball coach Scott Rueck during the Beavers’ game against Stan- ford in Corvallis. BASKETBALL Lillard to participate in 3-point contest — Portland Trail Blazers star Damian Lillard is participating in the 3-point contest in Atlanta on March 7, according to NBA In- sider Chris Haynes of Yahoo! Sports. This will be Lillard’s third time participating in the contest. Lillard is currently at- tempting 10.6 3s per game, shooting 38% from that area this season. The NBA plans to hold the 3-point contest and skills challenge before the All-Star game on the same day. The slam dunk contest will reportedly take place during halftime. BASEBALL Tatis Jr. agrees to 14-year deal with Padres — Fernando Tatis Jr. has agreed to a 14-year deal that will keep the electrify- ing shortstop with the San Diego Padres until he’s 35 years old, according to two people familiar with the situation. Reports from The Athletic and others indicate the contract is worth $340 million. The two people spoke on condition of anonymity Wednesday night because the deal hadn’t been announced. Ducks Continued from A5 “He has not practiced the last two days,” Altman said Wednesday morning. “I’m hoping he’ll be able to practice a little today and go, but it’ll be a game-time (decision). He wanted to go against Arizona and he just couldn’t, and I know he’ll want to go to- morrow. We’ll see what he can do today.” The Ducks’ road sweep of the Wildcats and Arizona State last weekend certainly helped their NCAA Tournament prospects, and they’ll get even better if they can beat the Buffaloes. Oregon is No. 46 in the latest NET rank- ings, while Colorado is No. 20. In this week’s round of bracket projec- tions, Oregon was listed as a No. 10 seed GOLF Former LPGA commissioner Whan hired as USGA CEO — The USGA announced Wednesday it has hired former LPGA commissioner Mike Whan as its next CEO, making him the eighth top executive in its 127-year history. USGA President Stu Francis said the ruling body of golf in Amer- ica wanted a leader who was well-versed in golf and loved the game, along with someone with a business perspective. — Bulletin wire reports POWERBALL The numbers drawn Wednesday night are: 1 15 21 32 46 1 Oregon Lottery results As listed at oregonlottery.org and individual lottery websites The estimated jackpot was not available at press time. MEGABUCKS The numbers drawn Wednesday night are: 5 8 15 20 30 39 The estimated jackpot is now $2.1 million. Golf Continued from A5 Johnson won in Saudi Arabia two weeks ago. Not only was it his third victory in his last nine events — one of those at Augusta National in the Masters — only twice in that span has he finished worse than sec- ond. He is on one of his favorite courses. A lot of players feel that way, but not to the point of naming their son after Riviera (Johnson’s youngest is River). Johnson won the Genesis Invitational in 2017 by five shots when he first rose to No. 1 in the world. He has been runner-up on two other occasions, along with two other finishes in the top five. Dating to 2008, his rookie year, Johnson has 12 rounds of 66 or lower at Riviera. Next on that list is Phil