A6 The BulleTin • Tuesday, March 30, 2021
ON THE AIR
SCOREBOARD
TUESDAY
BASEBALL
MLB Preseason, Milwaukee Brewers at Texas Rangers
College Baseball, Texas at Texas A&M
MLB Preseason, L.A. Angels at L.A. Dodgers
BASKETBALL
NCAA Women’s Tournament, Regional Final:
Texas vs South Carolina
NCAA Tournament, Regional Final: USC vs. Gonzaga
NCAA Women’s Tournament, Regional Final:
Louisville vs Stanford
NCAA Tournament, Regional Final: UCLA vs Michigan
HOCKEY
NHL, Carolina Hurricanes at Chicago Blackhawks
CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship, Final:
TENNIS
ATP/WTA Tennis, Miami Open
Time
11 a.m.
4 p.m.
6 p.m.
TV
MLB
ESPNU
MLB
Prep Sports
4 p.m.
4 p.m.
ESPN
TBS
6 p.m.
6:45 p.m.
ESPN
TBS
4:30 p.m. NBCSN
6 p.m.
FS1
8 a.m.
TENNIS
WEDNESDAY
BASKETBALL
NBA, Portland Trail Blazers at Detroit Pistons
NBA, Dallas Mavericks at Boston Celtics
NBA, Milwaukee Bucks at Los Angeles Lakers
GOLF
Women’s Golf, ANA Inspiration Charity Match
HOCKEY
NHL, Philadelphia Flyers at Buffalo Sabres
NHL, Los Angeles Kings at Vegas Golden Knights
SOCCER
UEFA U-21 Euro Championship, Croatia vs England
FIFA World Cup 2022 Qualifying, England vs Poland
Men’s College, Ohio State at Michigan
Men’s College, Penn State at Maryland
TENNIS
ATP/WTA Tennis, Miami Open
WATER SPORTS
World Surf League, Championship Tour:
Newcastle Cup - Day 1
ON DECK
Time
TV
4 p.m. NBCSNW
4:30 p.m. ESPN
7:05 p.m. ESPN
4 p.m.
GOLF
4:30 p.m. NBCSN
7 p.m.
NBCSN
8:50 a.m. ESPNU
11:30 a.m. ESPN2
noon
BIG10
2 p.m.
BIG10
10 a.m.
TENNIS
2 p.m.
FS2
Listings are the most accurate available.
TUESDAY
Volleyball: ridgeview at hood river Valley, 6:30 p.m.;
Pendleton at crook county, 6:30 p.m.; redmond at The
dalles, 6:30 p.m.; Gladstone at Madras, 6 p.m.; Pleasant
hill at la Pine, 6 p.m.; hosanna-Triad at Gilchrist, 4 p.m.
Boys soccer: crook county at ridgeview, 6 p.m.; sisters
at cascade, 6 p.m.; Willamette Valley christian at central
christian/Trinity lutheran, 4 p.m.
Girls soccer: Bend at Mountain View, 4 p.m.; redmond at
The dalles, 4:30 p.m.; cascade at sisters, 6 p.m.
Cross-Country: Madras at estacada.
WEDNESDAY
Volleyball: Bend at Mountain View, 6:30 p.m.; sisters
at sweet home, 6:30 p.m.; santiam at culver, 4:30 p.m.;
rogue Valley adventist at Trinity lutheran, 4 p.m.; rogue
Trinity lutheran at Gilchrist, 7 p.m.
Boys soccer: Mountain View at summit, 6 p.m.; Madras
at Gladstone, 6:30 p.m.
Girls soccer: ridgeview at crook county, 4:30 p.m.;
Gladstone at Madras, 4 p.m.
Cross-country: crook county at hood river Valley; red-
mond at The dalles.
THURSDAY
Football: culver at regis, 5 p.m.
Volleyball: crook county at ridgeview, 6:30 p.m.; Ma-
dras at Gladstone, 6 p.m.
Boys soccer: ridgeview at Pendleton, 4:30 p.m.; new-
port at sisters, 6 p.m.
Girls soccer: summit at Bend, 4 p.m.; Pendleton at rid-
geview, 4:30 p.m.; crook county at redmond, 4 p.m.;
sisters at newport, 4 p.m.
FRIDAY
Football: Bend at summit, 7 p.m.; Mountain View at
ridgeview, 7 p.m.; crook county at estacada, 7 p.m.;
Gladstone at Madras, 7 p.m; la Pine at sisters, 7 p.m.
Volleyball: Mountain View at summit, 6:30 p.m.
Boys soccer: redmond at crook county, 4:30 p.m.
SATURDAY
Football: redmond at la salle Prep, 3 p.m.; north lake/
Paisley at Gilchrist, noon.
Volleyball: redmond vs. Bend (at ridgeview), 11 a.m.;
Bend at ridgeview, 12:30 p.m.; redmond at ridgeview,
6:30 p.m.; The dalles at crook county, TBd; la Pine at
creswell, 1 p.m.; north Bend vs. la Pine (at creswell),
2:45 p.m.; crane at central christian, 10 a.m.; st. Paul at
central christian, 2 p.m.
Boys soccer: Bend at summit, 1 p.m.; Pendleton at crook
county, noon; damascus christian at central christian/
Trinity lutheran, 1 p.m.
Girls soccer: crook county at Pendleton, noon; la Pine
at Pleasant hill, 1 p.m.
Cross-country: central Oregon Xc classic, at Bend Pine
nursery Park; Warner Pacific Xc classic.
PREP SPORTS
Volleyball
Monday’s games
sisters at stayton, late
salem academy at culver, late
SPORTS BRIEFING
Boys Soccer
Monday’s game
Gladstone 1, Madras 1
BASKETBALL
NBA picks July 29 as date for this season’s draft — The
NBA has scheduled this year’s draft for July 29, though it has
yet to announce the location for the event. Other key dates
going into the draft were also revealed Monday: The draft
combine is scheduled for June 21 through June 27, the draft
lottery will be held June 22 and July 19 is the deadline for ear-
ly-entry candidates to withdraw from the draft. Early-entry
candidates must apply for the draft by May 30, the NBA said.
The locations for the draft combine and lottery are also still
undecided. In recent years prior to the pandemic, those events
took place in Chicago and the lottery preceded a game in ei-
ther the Eastern or Western conference finals. This season’s
NBA Finals, if they go the full seven games, are scheduled to
end July 22.
BASEBALL
MLB to relax virus protocols when 85% on field vac-
cinated — Card games, car pools and eating at restaurants
may be back in the major leagues later this season. Trips to
church and sponsor events may return, too. Mask use would
be dropped from dugouts and bullpens, and electronic trac-
ing devices would be eliminated when 85% of major league
players and primary field staff are vaccinated. Communal
clubhouse video would return before and after games. Pool
tables would be restored, along with team saunas. A three-
page memorandum from Major League Baseball and the
players’ association sent to players and staff on Monday and
obtained by The Associated Press also stated “all players and
staff are strongly encouraged to receive one of the approved
COVID-19 vaccines when eligible.” Not many players have
been vaccinated, according to MLB, but it expects the pace to
increase after teams return to their home cities from spring
training. Opening day is Thursday.
MOTORSPORTS
Logano takes the checkered flag in a haze of Bristol
dirt — Somewhere under the thick red haze floating over
Bristol Motor Speedway, Joey Logano took the checkered flag
for NASCAR’s first Cup Series race at a dirt track in 50 years.
He couldn’t see much — visibility was next to nothing during
this Monday dust storm — but Logano clung to the familiar
bottom lane around the bullring to collect the checkered flag
on this NASCAR experiment. Logano got a jump on Denny
Hamlin on the overtime restart to earn his third career victory
at Bristol. But this was not the Bristol of old, the track had been
covered with 2,300 truckloads of red Tennessee clay so that
NASCAR could add a dirt track to the Cup schedule for the
first time since 1970. Logano became the seventh race winner
through seven races this season and gave Team Penske back-
to-back victories. Ryan Blaney won in a Penske Ford last week.
Girls Soccer
Monday’s game
Madras at Gladstone, late
Monday’s Box Score
BASKETBALL
No. 6 Houston 67, Oregon St. 61
NBA
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W
l
Pct
Phila.
32
14
.696
Brooklyn
32
15
.681
Milwaukee
29
16
.644
charlotte
23
22
.511
new york
24
23
.511
atlanta
23
23
.500
Boston
23
24
.489
Miami
23
24
.489
indiana
21
24
.467
chicago
19
25
.432
Toronto
18
29
.383
Washington
17
28
.378
cleveland
17
29
.370
Orlando
15
31
.326
detroit
13
33
.283
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W
l
Pct
utah
34
11
.756
Phoenix
31
14
.689
l.a. clippers
31
16
.660
l.a. lakers
30
17
.638
denver
28
18
.609
Portland
28
18
.609
dallas
24
21
.533
san antonio
23
21
.523
Memphis
22
22
.500
Golden state
22
24
.478
sacramento
22
25
.468
new Orleans
21
25
.457
Oklahoma city
19
27
.413
houston
13
33
.283
Minnesota
11
36
.234
Monday’s Games
Washington 132, indiana 124
Brooklyn 112, Minnesota 107
Miami 98, new york 88
new Orleans 115, Boston 109
dallas 127, Oklahoma city 106
Memphis 120, houston 110
detroit 118, Toronto 104
sacramento 132, san antonio 115
cleveland at utah, late
chicago at Golden state, late
Milwaukee at l.a. clippers, late
Tuesday’s Games
charlotte at Washington, 4 p.m.
Phila. at denver, 6 p.m.
atlanta at Phoenix, 7 p.m.
Orlando at l.a. clippers, 7 p.m.
GB
—
½
2½
8½
8½
9
9½
9½
10½
12
14½
14½
15
17
19
GB
—
3
4
5
6½
6½
10
10½
11½
12½
13
13½
15½
21½
24
Men’s College
NCAA Tournament
ELITE EIGHT
All Games at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis
Monday’s Games
MIDWEST REGION
houston 67, Oregon st. 61
SOUTH REGION
arkansas vs Baylor, late
Tuesday’s Games
WEST REGION
sourthern cal vs. Gonzaga, 4:15 p.m. (TBs)
EAST REGION
ucla vs Michigan, 6:57 p.m. (TBs)
OREGON ST. (20-13)
alatishe 4-9 0-2 8, silva 2-2 0-0 4, lucas 3-7 0-0 8, reich-
le 0-1 3-3 3, Thompson 3-12 5-8 11, hunt 3-5 0-0 7, an-
dela 2-3 0-2 4, calloo 4-7 3-5 13, silver 1-1 0-0 3, Tucker
0-0 0-0 0. Totals 22-47 11-20 61.
HOUSTON (28-3)
chaney 2-2 1-3 5, Gorham 1-6 4-8 6, Grimes 5-15 4-4
18, Jarreau 4-13 0-0 10, sasser 5-19 5-6 20, White 3-4
2-3 8, Mark 0-2 0-0 0, Gresham 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 20-62
16-24 67.
Halftime —houston 34-17. 3-Point Goals —Oregon
st. 6-16 (calloo 2-4, lucas 2-5, silver 1-1, hunt 1-3,
reichle 0-1, Thompson 0-2), houston 11-32 (sasser
5-13, Grimes 4-10, Jarreau 2-6, Gorham 0-1, Mark 0-2).
Fouled Out —alatishe. Rebounds —Oregon st. 27
(Thompson 7), houston 38 (Gorham 10). Assists —Ore-
gon st. 14 (Thompson 6), houston 17 (Jarreau 8). Total
Fouls —Oregon st. 20, houston 12.
Women’s College
NCAA Tournament
ELITE EIGHT
All Games at the Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas
Monday’s games
RIVER WALK REGION
uconn 69,. Baylor 67
MERCADO REGION
arizona 66, indiana 53
Tuesday’s games
HEMISFAIR REGION
south carolina vs. Texas, 4 p.m. (esPn)
ALAMO REGION
stanford vs. louisville, 6 p.m. (esPn)
HOCKEY
NHL
East
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Washington 34 23 7 4 50 119 99
n.y. islanders 36 22 10 4 48 106 84
Pittsburgh
36 23 11 2 48 117 94
Boston
31 17 9 5 39 83 73
Philadelphia 34 17 13 4 38 106 123
n.y. rangers 34 15 15 4 34 107 92
new Jersey
33 13 16 4 30 79 101
Buffalo
34 6 23 5 17 71 122
Central
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Tampa Bay
34 24 8 2 50 123 82
carolina
33 23 7 3 49 112 84
Florida
35 22 9 4 48 115 98
nashville
36 18 17 1 37 92 107
chicago
36 16 15 5 37 104 114
columbus
36 13 15 8 34 91 117
dallas
32 11 12 9 31 89 88
detroit
36 12 20 4 28 79 115
West
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Vegas
32 23 8 1 47 104 74
colorado
33 21 8 4 46 113 75
Minnesota
32 21 10 1 43 94 78
st. louis
35 16 13 6 38 100 113
arizona
35 16 14 5 37 92 103
los angeles 32 13 13 6 32 91 90
san Jose
33 13 16 4 30 91 115
anaheim
36 11 19 6 28 81 118
Beavs
DEALS
Monday’s Transactions
BASEBALL
MLB — American League
MinnesOTa TWins — Optioned OF Brent rooker to al-
ternate training site. reassigned lhP Brandon Waddell
and rhP derek law to minor league camp. Placed rhP
edwar colina on ir.
neW yOrK yanKees — agreed to terms with c robin-
son chirinos and inF derek dietrich on minor league
contracts. released rhP Jhoulys chacin from minor
league contract.
MLB — National League
cincinnaTi reds — selected the contract of rhP cam
Bedrosian and OF Tyler naquin from louisville. Placed
rhP Brandon Bailey on ir.
PiTTsBurGh PiraTes — Optioned rhP Geoff hartlieb
to indianapolis (Triple-a Midwest). reassigned OF Brian
Goodwin, inF/OF Wilmer difo and rhP steven Wright.
WashinGTOn naTiOnals — reassigned inF Jake noll,
rhPs dakota Bacus and chase de Jong and lhP chasen
shreve to alternate training site.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
san anTOniO sPurs — signed c Gorgui dieng.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
ariZOna cardinals — agreed to terms with s shawn
Williams and s chris Banjo to one-year contracts.
cincinnaTi BenGals — signed s ricardo allen to a one
cleVeland BrOWns — re-signed cB Brian allen.
indianaPOlis cOlTs — signed T Julien davenport and
re-signed c Joey hunt.
MinnesOTa ViKinGs — agreed to terms with cB Mack-
ensie alexander and s Xavier Woods, pending passing
the physical exam.
PiTTsBurGh sTeelers — re-signed P Jordan Berry to
a one-year contract.
san FranciscO 49ers — signed lB nathan Gerry to
a one-year contract.
COLLEGE
uniVersiTy OF Tennessee — named alicia longworth
and Brady hart senior associate athletic directors.
uniVersiTy OF TeXas riO Grande Valley — named
Matt Figger men’s basketball head coach.
Meanwhile, Houston was
cooking from the perimeter.
Led by Sasser, the Cougars hit
five threes during the first 16
minutes to take a 28-17 lead.
OSU found some rhythm at
the offensive end, as Maurice
Calloo and Tariq Silver hit
three-pointers. But the Beavers
couldn’t stop the Cougars, and
were merely trading points.
Houston closed out the half
on a 9-0 run for a 34-17 half-
time lead. The Cougars shot
only 35 percent during the first
half, but held OSU scoreless
during the final 4:48. The Bea-
vers had only seven first-half
field goals and made 1 of 6 free
throws.
Oregon State wasn’t without
hope, though, as the Beavers
have won five times this season
after trailing by double figures.
Oregon State had a chance to
strike some doubt in Houston.
The Beavers started the second
half on a 7-2 run. But the Cou-
gars pounded the boards, and
twice hit three-pointers after
multiple offensive rebounds to
keep a healthy 42-27 lead and
14:54 remaining.
Eight minutes into the sec-
ond half, OSU scored more
points than it had during the
entire first half. Yet the Bea-
vers were only able to trim four
points off the deficit as Hous-
ton continued to make threes.
Trailing 48-33, Oregon State
finally started getting some
stops as it changed defenses
to a 1-3-1 zone. The Beavers
inched closer, getting the defi-
cit down to 10 when Calloo hit
a pair of free throws with eight
minutes left.
Oregon State continued to
surge, with Houston in foul
trouble. The Beavers went on
a 10-0 run, capped on a put-
back by Roman Silva, to cut the
Houston lead to 52-48 and 6:15
remaining.
Following a three-pointer
from Houston’s Kiyron Pow-
ell, Oregon State got to within
55-52 on baskets by Hunt and
Alatishe.
Oregon State pulled even at
55 on a three-pointer by Hunt
with 3:46 left. But the Cougars
responded with their next pos-
session, when Grimes knocked
down a three to give Houston
the lead.
The magic came to an end
down the stretch. The Beavers
were unable to counter Grimes’
go-ahead basket, and Houston’s
defense put away the game.
motely until training camp last
year.
“I’m not that concerned
about it, honestly,” new Lions
coach Dan Campbell said. “If
there was a concern, it would
be strength and conditioning,
that part of it, and your guys
working together a little bit.
But if that’s the case, you give
them a plan and you keep tabs
on them and make sure they’re
staying on top of what they
need to do.
“But listen, we’re not going
to use that as an excuse for us.
If we can’t start until training
camp, then you know what,
we’ll be ready to go and we’ll
hit the ground running and
we’ll get what we need to get
out of it and adapt as fast as
possible.”
League and union research
has revealed that the games
with the most injuries are in
the preseason. Dropping one
exhibition, the NFL believes,
removes the most vulnerable
game for players and replaces it
with a week of regular-season
practices and a game.
The 17th game will be inter-
conference, with specific divi-
sions matching up first-place
finishers in 2020 on down to
fourth-place clubs. In 2022, the
league hopes to add interna-
tional games to that format.
Another major offshoot of
playing 17 games will be mov-
ing the Super Bowl back one
week, in this case from Feb. 6
in Los Angeles to Feb. 13. That
would place the title game
in the middle of the Winter
Olympics in Beijing. Coinci-
dentally — or maybe not to the
network — NBC has both.
There will be no discussions
on rules changes at these meet-
ings. Those will occur in mid-
April, when the competition
committee presents any rec-
ommendations.
Also on this week’s agenda:
— An in-depth rundown of
the media rights agreements
that run through 2033, includ-
ing placing Thursday night
games on Amazon’s streaming
service.
— A review of 2020
COVID-19 protocols and
what the league and union
learned. Much of the basis of
future protocols will concern
vaccines and the data players
and coaches need to make in-
formed decisions. It’s possible
that players and coaches who
are vaccinated will be given
more freedom from protocols.
— Specifics regarding plans
for next month’s draft in Cleve-
land. The league said this draft
will approach a normal one,
albeit with health and safety
protocols in place and limited
participation by prospects.
— Updates on health and
safety developments, including
equipment such as helmets,
pads and cleats.
Continued from A5
OSU came up short of the
school’s third Final Four berth,
the last coming in 1963. This
was the Beavers’ first Elite
Eight appearance since 1982,
when Oregon State lost to
Georgetown 69-45 in the West
Regional final.
The Beavers won 20 games
this season for the first time
during coach Wayne Tinkle’s
seven-year tenure. The confer-
ence title was the first in school
history.
Oregon State took a long,
winding path to Monday’s re-
gional final.
The Beavers were on the
outside looking in at the
NCAAs for the entire regu-
lar season. But Oregon State
caught fire during the postsea-
son, winning the Pac-12’s au-
tomatic NCAA Tournament
berth by claiming the school’s
first-ever conference tourna-
ment title. Then, as the 12-
seed, the Beavers tore through
the Midwest bracket, beating
Tennessee, Oklahoma State
and Loyola of Chicago by a
collective margin of 31 points
to land in the Elite Eight.
As was the case during Sat-
urday’s regional semifinal
against Loyola, Oregon State’s
offense stumbled early. The
Beavers had five turnovers in
the first seven minutes. OSU
had only six points during the
first 10 minutes.
North
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Toronto
35 22 10 3 47 116 91
edmonton
36 22 13 1 45 122 103
Winnipeg
35 21 12 2 44 114 98
Montreal
31 14 8 9 37 100 87
calgary
36 16 17 3 35 95 107
Vancouver
37 16 18 3 35 100 120
Ottawa
36 12 20 4 28 94 135
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.
Monday’s Games
edmonton 3, Toronto 2, OT
Pittsburgh 2, n.y. islanders 1
Philadelphia 4, Buffalo 3, OT
anaheim at colorado, late
los angeles at Vegas, late
Winnipeg at calgary, late
Minnesota at san Jose, late
Tuesday’s Games
columbus at Tampa Bay, 4 p.m.
detroit at Florida, 4 p.m.
edmonton at Montreal, 4 p.m.
new Jersey at Boston, 4 p.m.
Washington at n.y. rangers, 4 p.m.
carolina at chicago, 4:30 p.m.
dallas at nashville, 5 p.m.
Michael Conroy/AP
Oregon State center Roman Silva fights for a rebound with three Houston
players on Monday in Indianapolis. Houston had a 41-29 rebounding edge.
Big Picture
Picked to finish last in the Pac-12, the Beavers beat five AP Top 25
teams, the most since their 1975-76 team won the same number.
They won their first game in the Big Dance since 1982, tied the 1963
Final Four team for the most tourney wins in school history with
three, and matched Missouri in 2002 as the worst-seeded team to
reach the Elite Eight.
— Associated Press
SOCCER
Olympic failures show structural issues for US Soccer,
MLS — The Catch-22 for U.S. men’s soccer in the Olympics is
this: The better a player gets, the less likely he is to play. And
compounding the difficulty is a structural issue, according to
American under-24 coach Jason Kreis: Major League Soccer
does not adhere to the international calendar of a season that
runs from August to May, leaving most of his players trying to
regain fitness while facing opponents in midseason form. The
Americans failed to qualify for their third straight Olympics
when they lost 2-1 to Honduras on Sunday. For the second
time in three Olympic cycles, a goalkeeping blunder helped
sink the U.S. when David Ochoa gifted the second goal, sim-
ilar to goalkeeper Sean Johnson fumbling a shot against El
Salvador that cost the Americans a trip to the 2012 London
Games. In addition, the U.S. streak of seven World Cup ap-
pearances ended in 2018.
—Bulletin wire reports
MEGABUCKS
The numbers drawn Monday night are:
12 18 24 26 28 45
Oregon
Lottery
results
The estimated jackpot is now $3.8 million.
As listed at OregonLottery.org and individual lottery websites
NFL
Continued from A6
With the preseason reduced,
plans basically call for a bye
week after the final August
games and before the season
begins in the second week of
September. Also coming is a
reduction in such offseason
events as minicamps, orga-
nized team activities and pre-
season work.
“There will be automatic
changes to the offseason and
in-season workout schedules as
a result,” said George Atallah,
the NFL Players Association
spokesman.
Just how expansive those
changes will be is uncertain.
By early April, clubs with new
coaches — this year, the Jag-
uars, Texans, Jets, Chargers,
Eagles, Lions, Falcons — nor-
mally are meeting with players
before the entire league begins
OTAs. All of that occurred re-