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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