A6 The BulleTin • Monday, March 21, 2022
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SCOREBOARD
MONDAY
BASKETBALL
Women’s ncaa, Kansas St. at nc State
Women’s ncaa, notre dame at oklahoma
Women’s ncaa, Villanova at Michigan
Women’s ncaa, Belmont at Tennessee
nBa, Portland at detroit
nBa, utah at Brooklyn
Women’s ncaa, ohio St. vs. lSu
Women’s ncaa, Princeton at indiana
Women’s ncaa, ucF at connecticut
Women’s ncaa, north carolina at arizona
SOFTBALL
college, arizona at ucla
college, South carolina at auburn
BASEBALL
college, Stanford at arizona
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Golf
Continued from A5
Both made pars on the
18th in the playoff, with Riley
saving par from a front bun-
ker. Neither looked to be in
great birdie position on the
16th until Burns’ putt caught
the left edge and went 180 de-
grees around the cup before
falling in the back side. Riley
hit a strong pitch needing to
hole it to extend the playoff
and missed long.
Justin Thomas (70) and
Matthew NeSmith (71) fin-
ished a shot out of the play-
off.
Also Sunday:
EUROPEAN TOUR/SUN-
SHINE TOUR: JOHANNES-
BURG, South Africa —
Shaun Norris of South Africa
lost a four-shot lead in the
final round and then rallied
at the end to close with a
2-under 70 to hold off Dean
Burmester in the Steyn City
Championship for his first
European Tour title.
Burmester stormed into the
lead with a birdie on the par-5
sixth and then an eagle on the
par-4 seventh, and stretched
his lead to two shots with a
birdie on the 10th.
Norris answered with
three birdies on his next six
holes, and they were tied go-
ing to the 17th. Norris made
a fourth birdie on the back
nine as Burmester took dou-
ble bogey, and the three-shot
swing gave Norris some
breathing room going to the
last.
Norris finished at 25-un-
der 263 for his 10th world-
wide title.
Burmester closed with a 69.
The tournament also was
Women’s
Continued from A5
Two double-digit seeds in
the Sweet 16 already matches
the record that’s been ac-
complished a few times.
And there’s a chance for a
few more to win Monday
to break the mark when the
regional semifinals field is
completed.
Creighton was able to pull
off its win thanks in part to
sophomore Lauren Jensen,
who transferred from Iowa
after her freshman year. She
scored 19 points, including
a 3-pointer with 12 seconds
left that gave the Bluejays the
lead for good.
“I’ve gotten the question
a lot,” Creighton coach Jim
Flanery said. “‘How is Lauren
going to feel today, what’s Lau-
ren going to play like, da da da
da?’ Those last few minutes
had to be magical and special,
and we’re super proud of her
and we’re super proud that
she’s part of our program.”
While Creighton needed
last-minute heroics from
Jensen, South Dakota took
it right at Baylor and never
let up. The Coyotes’ 14-point
road win was the largest by a
10-seed over a No. 2 accord-
ing to STATS.
Here are a few other tidbits
from Sunday’s games:
Showing up
An average of 6,449
fans came to first-round
games this year, including
a sellout crowd of 14,382 at
Carver Arena in Iowa. The
Hawkeyes also sold out their
second-round game against
Creighton.
“To get that many people
into a gym to watch women’s
sports, I think that’s huge,”
Iowa center Monika Czinano
said.
sanctioned by the Sunshine
Tour.
KORN FERRY TOUR:
BROUSSARD, La. — Carl
Yuan of China won the Chiti-
macha Louisiana Open for
his first Korn Ferry Tour title,
beating Peter Uihlein with
a 12-foot birdie putt on the
first hole of a playoff.
Yuan closed with a 6-under
65 to match Uihlein at 14-un-
der 270 at Le Triomphe Golf
and Country Club. Uihlein
shot a 70.
Jose de Jesus Rodríguez
(68) and Trevor Werbylo (70)
were a stroke back.
OTHER TOURS: Fatima Fer-
nandez Cano of Spain won
the Carlisle Arizona Women’s
Golf Classic in Mesa for her
second career Epson Tour
victory. She shot an 11-under
61 at Longbow in the third
round and closed with a 70
to finish at 17-under 271. As
an LPGA Tour member and
non-member of the Epson
Tour, Fernandez Cano isn’t
eligible to qualify for the Race
for the Card. Dani Holmqvist
(66), Sofia Garcia (68) and
Laura Restrepo (72) were
three strokes back. ... Former
Women’s British Open cham-
pion Georgia Hall closed
with a 1-under 71 for a five-
shot victory in the Aramco
Saudi Ladies International
on the Ladies European
Tour. Kristyna Napoleaova of
Czech Republic and Johanna
Gustavsson each shot 70 to
tie for second. ... Harrison
Crowe, a 20-year-old Austra-
lian amateur, shot a 4-under
67 and held on for a one-shot
victory over Blake Windred
in the New South Wales
Open on the PGA Tour of
Australasia.
With crowds expected to
be high in the remaining sec-
ond-round games, the atten-
dance is on pace for the most
in the opening two rounds
since the 2004 season when
the average was nearly 6,700
a game.
Holding form
It wasn’t all about the up-
sets Sunday, with No. 1 seeds
South Carolina and Louisville
advancing to the Sweet 16.
The Gamecocks continued
playing stellar defense, hold-
ing Miami to just 33 points in
a 16-point win. The 54 points
allowed by South Carolina
in the first two rounds of the
women’s NCAAs is 17 fewer
than any other team has al-
lowed in its first two games.
“There’s a nastiness to us
on that side of the basketball,”
Gamecocks coach Dawn Sta-
ley said. “It wins basketball
games for us,”
Saying goodbye
Texas and the NCAA
Tournament are saying fare-
well to the Longhorns’ home
court at the Frank Erwin
Center, also known as “The
Drum.”
Sunday’s game was the last
one at the 45-year-old build-
ing, which is being closed as
Texas moves to new arena
just a few blocks away. Texas
has won eight consecutive
tournament games at the Er-
win Center and is 27-9 over-
all there. The Longhorns
hadn’t lost an NCAA Tourna-
ment game at home since the
first round in 2009.
“It was an honor for me to
play there,” Texas freshman
Rori Harmon said.
In all 72 games had been
played at that site — tied for
third-most of any arena in
NCAA women’s basketball
history.
ON DECK
Prep sports
MONDAY
Baseball: St. Mary’s (Ariz.) vs. Mountain View, 3
p.m.; TBD vs. Summit; TBD vs. Bend; Redmond vs.
Pueblo West, noon.
Softball: Canby at Bend, 4:30 p.m.; Mountain View
vs. Mountainside, 9 a.m.; Madras vs. South Albany, 7
p.m.; Corvallis vs. Crook County, 2 p.m.; South Albany
vs. Madras, 9 a.m.; Corbett at Redmond, 4 p.m.; TBD vs.
Ridgeview; TBD vs. Madras, 11:30 a.m.; La Pine vs. TBD.
TUESDAY
Baseball: Mountain View vs. Littleton (Colo.), noon;
TBD vs. Summit; TBD vs. Bend; Redmond vs. Boulder
(Colo.), 3:30 p.m.
Softball: Mountain View vs. TBD; Corbett at Red-
mond, 7 p.m.; TBD vs. Ridgeview; La Pine vs. TBD.
WEDNESDAY
Baseball: Apollo (Ariz.) vs. Mountain View, 6 p.m.;
Summit. vs. TBD; TBD vs. Bend; Redmond vs. Wheat
Ridge (Colo.), 1 p.m.; Sisters vs. Grant Union, noon.
THURSDAY
Baseball: Mountain View vs. TBD; Summit vs. TBD;
TBD vs. Bend; Redmond vs. Thunder Ridge (Colo.), 4
p.m.; Ridgeview vs. Cascade, 1:30 p.m.; Burns vs. Sis-
ters, 2 p.m.; TBD vs. Madras; La Pine vs. Glide, 3 p.m.;
La Pine vs. TBD.
FRIDAY
Baseball: TBD vs. Bend; Cascade vs. Crook County,
11 a.m.; Tillamook vs. Ridgeview, 1:30 p.m.; Joseph vs.
Sisters, 1 p.m.; TBD vs. Madras; La Pine vs. TBD.
Softball: TBD vs. Bend; La Pine at Sutherlin (DH),
noon.
SATURDAY
Baseball: TBD vs. Ridgeview; TBD vs. Madras; La
Pine vs. TBD.
Softball: Sandy at Mountain View (DH), noon; Bend
vs. TBD.
BASKETBALL
Men’s college
NCAA TOURNAMENT
Second Round
Houston 68, Illinois 53
Villanova 71, Ohio St. 61
Duke 85, Michigan St. 76
Iowa St. 54, Wisconsin 49
Texas Tech 59, Notre Dame 53
Miami 79, Auburn 61
Purdue 81, Texas 71
Arizona 85, TCU 80, OT
NIT
Second Round
Xavier 72, Florida 56
Washington St. 75, SMU 63
Vanderbilt 70, Dayton 68, OT
Virginia 71, North Texas 69
St. Bonaventure 70, Oklahoma 68
Sunday’s Box Score
Indiana 129, Portland 98
PORTLAND (98)
Elleby 1-3 0-0 2, Watford 7-13 1-2 17, Eubanks 5-9 2-2
12, Hart 11-13 1-1 26, Williams 2-10 4-7 10, Brown III 2-6
0-0 4, Blevins 0-0 0-0 0, Dunn 5-7 1-1 11, Hughes 0-2
0-0 0, Johnson 1-4 2-2 5, McLemore 4-14 2-3 11. Totals
38-81 13-18 98.
INDIANA (129)
Anderson 6-10 3-3 18, Brissett 8-10 6-6 24, Bitadze
6-10 0-0 12, Haliburton 4-8 0-0 10, Hield 2-9 3-3 9, Ste-
phenson 1-1 0-0 2, Smith 7-10 1-2 17, Sykes 3-10 0-0
7, Taylor 7-7 2-3 17, Washington Jr. 4-9 3-4 13. Totals
48-84 18-21 129.
Portland
22 26 34 16 — 98
Indiana
35 34 25 35 — 129
3-Point Goals—Portland 9-33 (Hart 3-5, Watford 2-3,
Williams 2-9, Johnson 1-3, McLemore 1-9, Brown III 0-1,
Elleby 0-1, Eubanks 0-1, Hughes 0-1), Indiana 15-35
(Anderson 3-6, Brissett 2-3, Smith 2-3, Haliburton 2-4,
Washington Jr. 2-5, Hield 2-9, Taylor 1-1, Sykes 1-3, Bit-
adze 0-1). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Portland
32 (Eubanks, Watford 8), Indiana 41 (Brissett 9). As-
sists—Portland 23 (Dunn 9), Indiana 38 (Stephenson
11). Total Fouls—Portland 19, Indiana 19. A—16,067
(20,000)
GOLF
PGA Tour
Women’s college
NCAA TOURNAMENT
Second Round
Creighton 64, Iowa 62
Maryland 89, Florida Gulf Coast 65
South Carolina 49, Miami 33
Texas 78, Utah 56
South Dakota 61, Baylor 47
Louisville 68, Gonzaga 59
Iowa St. 67, Georgia 44
Stanford 91, Kansas 65
NBA
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W
L
Pct
y-Miami
47
24
.662
Phila.
43
26
.623
Milwaukee
44
27
.620
Boston
44
28
.611
Chicago
41
29
.586
Cleveland
41
30
.577
Toronto
39
31
.557
Brooklyn
37
34
.521
Charlotte
36
35
.507
Atlanta
35
36
.493
Washington
30
40
.429
New York
30
41
.423
Indiana
25
47
.347
Detroit
19
52
.268
Orlando
19
53
.264
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W
L
Pct
x-Phoenix
58
14
.806
Memphis
49
23
.681
Golden State
47
23
.671
Utah
45
26
.634
Dallas
43
28
.606
Minnesota
42
30
.583
Denver
42
30
.583
L.A. Clippers
36
37
.493
New Orleans
30
41
.423
L.A. Lakers
30
41
.423
San Antonio
27
44
.380
Portland
26
44
.371
Sacramento
25
48
.342
Oklahoma City
20
51
.282
Houston
17
54
.239
x-clinched playoff spot
y-clinched division
Sunday’s Games
Indiana 129, Portland 98
Memphis 122, Houston 98
New Orleans 117, Atlanta 112
Orlando 90, Oklahoma City 85
Phoenix 127, Sacramento 124, OT
Utah 108, New York 93
Boston 124, Denver 104
San Antonio 110, Golden State 108
Toronto 93, Phila. 88
Monday’s Games
L.A. Lakers at Cleveland, 4 p.m.
New Orleans at Charlotte, 4 p.m.
Portland at Detroit, 4 p.m.
Miami at Phila., 4:30 p.m.
Utah at Brooklyn, 4:30 p.m.
Boston at Oklahoma City, 5 p.m.
Toronto at Chicago, 5 p.m.
Washington at Houston, 5 p.m.
Minnesota at Dallas, 5:30 p.m.
GB
—
3
3
3½
5½
6
7½
10
11
12
16½
17
22½
28
28½
GB
—
9
10
12½
14½
16
16
22½
27½
27½
30½
31
33½
37½
40½
Valspar Championship Scores
Sunday at Innisbrook Resort-Copperhead
Palm Harbor, Fla.
Purse: $7.8 Million
Yardage: 7,340; Par: 71
Individual FedExCup Points in Parentheses
FINAL ROUND
Sam Burns (500), $1,404,000
64-67-67-69—267
Davis Riley (300), $850,200
65-68-62-72—267
Justin Thomas (163), $460,200
66-66-66-70—268
Matthew NeSmith (163), $460,200 67-61-69-71—268
Matt Fitzpatrick (105), $301,275 67-68-67-68—270
Brian Harman (105), $301,275
67-67-68-68—270
Sahith Theegala (80), $228,930
67-71-67-67—272
Stewart Cink (80), $228,930
67-68-69-68—272
Kevin Streelman (80), $228,930
67-69-68-68—272
Adam Hadwin (80), $228,930
64-66-70-72—272
Robert Streb (80), $228,930
68-69-65-70—272
Brooks Koepka (59), $159,900
67-70-71-65—273
Shane Lowry (59), $159,900
69-68-68-68—273
Alex Noren (59), $159,900
68-70-65-70—273
Xander Schauffele (59), $159,900 67-67-68-71—273
Brian Stuard (49), $118,950
68-69-69-68—274
Luke Donald (49), $118,950
68-71-67-68—274
Scott Stallings (49), $118,950
65-66-74-69—274
Matt Kuchar (49), $118,950
67-72-66-69—274
Tommy Fleetwood (49), $118,950 67-68-68-71—274
Richy Werenski (40), $85,020
65-70-72-68—275
Brandon Hagy (40), $85,020
70-67-70-68—275
Gary Woodland (40), $85,020
67-68-71-69—275
Tyrrell Hatton (40), $85,020
68-68-70-69—275
Austin Smotherman (35), $65,910 68-71-70-67—276
Tyler Duncan (35), $65,910
69-69-65-73—276
Jhonattan Vegas (29), $54,600
64-71-72-70—277
Mito Pereira (29), $54,600
69-70-68-70—277
J.J. Spaun (29), $54,600
67-71-69-70—277
Brice Garnett (29), $54,600
67-71-68-71—277
Nate Lashley (29), $54,600
71-68-67-71—277
Troy Merritt (29), $54,600
68-67-67-75—277
Kevin Kisner (21), $41,600
70-66-73-69—278
Kramer Hickok (21), $41,600
66-71-70-71—278
Viktor Hovland (21), $41,600
69-70-68-71—278
Patton Kizzire (21), $41,600
69-67-70-72—278
Brandon Wu (21), $41,600
72-65-69-72—278
Bernd Wiesberger (0), $41,600
69-70-66-73—278
Curtis Thompson (13), $29,250
70-69-72-68—279
Seung-Yul Noh (13), $29,250
70-67-73-69—279
Dustin Johnson (13), $29,250
67-71-72-69—279
Doc Redman (13), $29,250
66-72-71-70—279
Kiradech Aphibarnrat (13), $29,250 69-68-71-71—279
Chez Reavie (13), $29,250
67-72-69-71—279
Joel Dahmen (13), $29,250
68-69-70-72—279
Harry Higgs (13), $29,250
70-68-68-73—279
Adam Svensson (13), $29,250
71-68-67-73—279
Webb Simpson (8), $19,439
67-67-76-70—280
Martin Kaymer (8), $19,439
69-66-74-71—280
Max McGreevy (8), $19,439
70-69-70-71—280
Denny McCarthy (8), $19,439
69-70-70-71—280
Bill Haas (8), $19,439
71-66-71-72—280
Joseph Bramlett (8), $19,439
69-67-71-73—280
Danny Lee (8), $19,439
65-74-68-73—280
C.T. Pan (8), $19,439
71-66-69-74—280
Greyson Sigg (8), $19,439
67-72-67-74—280
Michael Thompson (5), $17,706
72-66-74-69—281
Paul Barjon (5), $17,706
68-71-70-72—281
Henrik Stenson (5), $17,706
70-69-70-72—281
Harold Varner III (5), $17,706
72-67-70-72—281
Russell Knox (5), $17,706
Christiaan Bezuidenhout (4), $17,004
Louis Oosthuizen (4), $17,004
Cameron Tringale (4), $17,004
Wesley Bryan (4), $17,004
Ryan Brehm (4), $16,536
John Huh (4), $16,536
Collin Morikawa (3), $16,224
David Lipsky (3), $16,224
Pat Perez (3), $15,912
Nick Taylor (3), $15,912
Blake Kennedy (0), $15,678
71-68-67-75—281
70-69-73-70—282
67-68-74-73—282
68-71-70-73—282
68-71-70-73—282
71-68-75-69—283
71-67-72-73—283
68-70-74-73—285
64-71-74-76—285
67-70-75-74—286
69-70-68-79—286
67-72-72-76—287
SOCCER
MLS
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF
Phila.
3 0 1
10
7
Columbus
2 0 2
8 10
Chicago
2 0 2
8
5
New York
2 1 1
7
8
Orlando City
2 1 1
7
4
Atlanta
2 1 1
7
8
D.C. United
2 2 0
6
5
Cincinnati
2 2 0
6
5
NY City FC
1 2 1
4
4
New England
1 2 1
4
6
Toronto FC
1 2 1
4
5
Charlotte FC
1 3 0
3
4
CF Montréal
0 3 1
1
5
Inter Miami CF
0 3 1
1
2
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF
Real SL
3 0 1 10
6
Minnesota United 2 0 2
8
4
LA FC
2 0 1
7
6
FC Dallas
2 1 1
7
7
Colorado
2 1 1
7
6
Austin FC
2 1 0
6 10
LA Galaxy
2 2 0
6
4
Houston
1 1 2
5
3
Portland
1 1 2
5
5
Nashville
1 2 1
4
3
Seattle
1 2 0
3
3
Sporting KC
1 3 0
3
3
San Jose
0 3 1
1
4
Vancouver
0 2 1
1
1
NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.
Sunday
Columbus 1, New York 1, tie
Seattle 1, Austin FC, 1, tie
Vancouver at LA FC, late
Saturday, March 26
Cincinnati at Charlotte FC, 2 p.m.
Real SL at Sporting KC, 4 p.m.
GA
2
5
1
4
2
8
4
8
4
8
8
7
11
10
GA
3
2
1
3
4
2
4
3
7
5
4
8
9
6
MOTOR SPORTS
NASCAR Cup Series
Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 Results
Sunday at Atlanta Motor Speedway
Hampton, Ga.
Lap length: 1.54 miles
(Start position in parentheses)
1. (12) William Byron, Chevrolet, 325 laps, 52 points.
2. (7) Ross Chastain, Chevrolet, 325, 36.
3. (9) Kurt Busch, Toyota, 325, 39.
4. (13) Daniel Suárez, Chevrolet, 325, 46.
5. (33) Corey Lajoie, Chevrolet, 325, 32.
6. (6) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, 325, 40.
7. (14) Chris Buescher, Ford, 325, 30.
8. (26) Martin Truex Jr, Toyota, 325, 33.
9. (3) Joey Logano, Ford, 325, 28.
10. (11) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet, 325, 31.
11. (22) Justin Haley, Chevrolet, 325, 26.
12. (24) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 325, 31.
13. (19) Bubba Wallace, Toyota, 325, 27.
14. (23) Erik Jones, Chevrolet, 325, 29.
15. (1) Chase Briscoe, Ford, 325, 30.
16. (36) Josh Bilicki, Chevrolet, 325, 0.
17. (2) Ryan Blaney, Ford, 325, 30.
18. (35) David Ragan, Ford, 325, 19.
19. (34) BJ McLeod, Ford, 325, 18.
20. (37) Greg Biffle, Chevrolet, 325, 17.
21. (8) Kevin Harvick, Ford, 325, 16.
22. (10) Aric Almirola, Ford, 325, 22.
23. (27) Christopher Bell, Toyota, 325, 15.
24. (29) Michael McDowell, Ford, 321, 13.
25. (31) Harrison Burton, Ford, 321, 12.
26. (32) Cody Ware, Ford, accident, 300, 11.
27. (25) Todd Gilliland, Ford, dvp, 297, 10.
28. (5) Tyler Reddick, Chevrolet, accident, 245, 12.
29. (15) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, accident, 212, 17.
30. (21) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, accident, 212, 9.
31. (28) Ricky Stenhouse Jr, Chevrolet, accident, 200,
13.
32. (16) Austin Cindric, Ford, accident, 200, 5.
33. (4) Kyle Busch, Toyota, accident, 171, 4.
34. (20) Cole Custer, Ford, accident, 150, 3.
35. (17) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, accident, 101, 2.
36. (18) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet, accident, 101, 1.
37. (30) Noah Gragson, Chevrolet, accident, 23, 0.
Race Statistics
Average Speed of Race Winner: 126.586 mph.
Time of Race: 3 hours, 57 minutes, 14 seconds.
Margin of Victory: .145 seconds.
Caution Flags: 11 for 65 laps.
Lead Changes: 46 among 20 drivers.
Lap Leaders: C.Briscoe 0; R.Blaney 1; C.Briscoe 2-6;
Ky.Busch 7-12; C.Elliott 13-15; Ky.Busch 16-30; R.
Chastain 31-34; W.Byron 35-40; R.Chastain 41-42;
W.Byron 43-45; R.Chastain 46; R.Blaney 47-48; J.Logano
49-50; D.Hamlin 51; J.Logano 52-54; R.Chastain 55-64;
J.Logano 65-69; R.Chastain 70-94; W.Byron 95-105; C.
Bell 106-121; K.Harvick 122-124; M.Truex 125; J.Logano
Men’s
WEST
Chase Center, San Francisco,
Thursday-Saturday
No. 1 Gonzaga (28-3) plays
No. 4 Arkansas (27-8) after
overcoming slow starts against
Georgia State and Mem-
phis. The Zags had to erase
a 12-point deficit early in the
second half to get past ninth-
seeded Memphis and advance
to the Sweet 16 for a seventh
straight time.
“From here on out, they’re
all tough,” coach Mark Few
said.
Arkansas was pushed to the
HOCKEY
NHL
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Florida
62 42 14 6 90 254 180
Tampa Bay
61 39 16 6 84 205 174
Toronto
62 39 18 5 83 229 189
Boston
62 38 19 5 81 188 167
Detroit
62 25 30 7 57 178 232
Buffalo
62 21 33 8 50 164 218
Ottawa
62 22 35 5 49 162 204
Montreal
62 17 36 9 43 158 235
Metropolitan GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Carolina
62 41 15 6 88 203 148
N.Y. Rangers
63 40 18 5 85 189 160
Pittsburgh
63 38 16 9 85 205 167
Washington
64 35 19 10 80 214 180
Columbus
63 32 28 3 67 210 234
N.Y. Islanders 60 26 25 9 61 162 166
Philadelphia
62 20 31 11 51 156 214
New Jersey
62 22 35 5 49 188 226
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Colorado
62 44 13 5 93 241 173
St. Louis
61 34 18 9 77 217 173
Minnesota
60 36 20 4 76 225 196
Nashville
62 36 22 4 76 204 175
Dallas
61 34 24 3 71 179 182
Winnipeg
63 29 24 10 68 197 198
Chicago
63 22 32 9 53 167 219
Arizona
62 20 38 4 44 162 224
Pacific
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Calgary
62 38 16 8 84 215 149
Los Angeles 64 34 22 8 76 182 181
Edmonton
62 35 23 4 74 212 196
Vegas
64 34 26 4 72 205 194
Vancouver
63 30 26 7 67 181 183
Anaheim
64 27 26 11 65 183 204
San Jose
62 27 27 8 62 163 195
Seattle
63 19 38 6 44 164 226
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.
Top three teams in each division and two wild cards per
conference advance to playoffs.
Saturday’s Late Games
Calgary 5, Vancouver 2
Seattle 4, Detroit 2
Sunday’s Games
Philadelphia 2, N.Y. Islanders 1
Dallas 3, Washington 2
N.Y. Rangers 2, Carolina 0
San Jose 4, Arizona 2
Winnipeg 6, Chicago 4
Buffalo at Vancouver, late
Monday’s Games
Boston at Montreal, 4 p.m.
Vegas at Minnesota, 5 p.m.
Edmonton at Colorado, 6:30 p.m.
Nashville at Anaheim, 7 p.m.
DEALS
Transactions
National Football League
CHICAGO BEARS — Signed WR Byron Pringle to a one-
year contract.
CAROLINA PANTHERS — Agreed to terms with LB Cory
Littleton on a one-year contract.
CINCINNATI BENGALS — Signed OT La’el Collins to a
three-year contract.
CLEVELAND BROWNS — Acquired QB Deshaun Watson
and a 2024 fifth-round draft pick from Houston in ex-
change for a 2022 first-round draft pick, 2023 first-round
draft pick, 2023 third-round draft pick, 2024 first-round
draft pick and a 2024 fourth-round draft pick. Acquired a
2022 seventh-round draft pick from Buffalo in exchange
for QB Case Keenum.
LOS ANGELES RAMS — Re-signed C Brian Allen to a
three-year contract extension.
14th Sweet 16, and third since
2019.
Sampson’s teams just what
it takes to win. They’re top-10
nationally in scoring, they take
care of the ball, force turnovers,
rebound and get after it on de-
fense. They’ll be a tough out.
Continued from A5
EAST REGION
Wells Fargo Center,
Philadelphia, Friday-Sunday
The Peacocks (21-11) will
face No. 3 seed Purdue. This
group of New Jersey toughs
won’t be intimidated.
“Everybody keeps saying
we can’t do that, we can’t do
that, we don’t have this and we
don’t have that,” coach Shaheen
Holloway said. “We got heart.
That’s what matters.”
Two of the college game’s
biggest brands, No. 8 North
Carolina (26-9) and No. 4
UCLA (27-7), will square off in
the other semifinal.
First-year coach Hubert
Davis’ Tar Heels are the hot-
test team in the tournament,
having won eight of nine after
their rout of Marquette and
overtime win over defend-
ing champion Baylor. UCLA
turned back Akron’s upset bid
and rolled past Saint Mary’s.
126-127; Ku.Busch 128-129; R.Stenhouse 130; Ku.Busch
131-132; R.Stenhouse 133-137; J.Haley 138; T.Reddick
139-143; W.Byron 144-148; B.McLeod 149-150; W.Byron
151-153; K.Harvick 154-161; W.Byron 162-183; R.Blaney
184; R.Stenhouse 185-200; R.Blaney 201-207; K.Larson
208; R.Blaney 209-212; D.Suárez 213-224; M.Truex
225-228; C.Elliott 229-254; D.Suárez 255; A.Almirola
256-261; W.Byron 262-312; B.Wallace 313-315; W.Byron
316-325
Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Led, Laps Led): W.By-
ron, 8 times for 111 laps; R.Chastain, 5 times for 42 laps;
C.Elliott, 2 times for 29 laps; R.Stenhouse, 3 times for
22 laps; Ky.Busch, 2 times for 21 laps; C.Bell, 1 time for
16 laps; R.Blaney, 5 times for 15 laps; D.Suárez, 2 times
for 13 laps; J.Logano, 4 times for 12 laps; K.Harvick, 2
times for 11 laps; A.Almirola, 1 time for 6 laps; M.Truex,
2 times for 5 laps; C.Briscoe, 1 time for 5 laps; T.Reddick,
1 time for 5 laps; Ku.Busch, 2 times for 4 laps; B.Wallace,
1 time for 3 laps; B.McLeod, 1 time for 2 laps; J.Haley,
1 time for 1 lap; D.Hamlin, 1 time for 1 lap; K.Larson,
1 time for 1 lap.
Wins: C.Briscoe, 1; W.Byron, 1; A.Bowman, 1; K.Larson,
1; A.Cindric, 1.
Top 16 in Points: 1. C.Elliott, 171; 2. J.Logano, 164; 3.
C.Briscoe, 156; 4. W.Byron, 150; 5. R.Blaney, 148; 6.
Ku.Busch, 148; 7. A.Almirola, 144; 8. M.Truex, 142; 9.
A.Bowman, 140; 10. R.Chastain, 137; 11. Ky.Busch, 136;
12. K.Larson, 135; 13. D.Suárez, 127; 14. K.Harvick, 127;
15. T.Reddick, 126; 16. B.Keselowski, 122.
NASCAR Driver Rating Formula
A maximum of 150 points can be attained in a race.
The formula combines the following categories: Wins,
Finishes, Top-15 Finishes, Average Running Position
While on Lead Lap, Average Speed Under Green, Fast-
est Lap, Led Most Laps, Lead-Lap Finish.
Jeffrey Phelps/aP
Iowa State’s Aljaz Kunc reacts during the second half of a second-round
NCAA college basketball tournament game against Wisconsin on Sun-
day in Milwaukee. Iowa State won 54-49.
limit by double-digit seeds Ver-
mont and New Mexico State.
The Razorbacks struggled of-
fensively in both games but
their defense has been nails.
The other West game pits sec-
ond-seeded Duke (30-6) against
No. 3 Texas Tech (27-9). A hard-
earned 85-76 win over Tom Izzo
and Michigan State sends Mike
Krzyzewski west to his record
26th Sweet 16. The Red Raid-
ers, with first-year coach Mark
Adams, made it past the second
round for the first time since
their run to the 2019 national
championship game.
SOUTH
AT&T Center, San Antonio,
Thursday-Saturday
No. 11 Michigan (19-14) will
face second-seeded Villanova
(28-7) in a rematch of the 2018
national championship game
won by the Wildcats. Like Saint
Peter’s, the Wolverines are a
pretty good story, too.
They underperformed in the
regular season, coach Juwan
Howard was suspended five
games for a postgame dust-up
with Ohio State and going one-
and-done at the Big Ten Tour-
nament made for a nervous Se-
lection Sunday.
Here they are in a fifth
straight Sweet 16 after rally-
ing to beat Colorado State and
then revving up in the second
half to knock out third-seeded
Tennessee.
No. 5 Houston (31-5), de-
spite having been bitten hard
by the injury bug this season,
just keeps rolling along under
Kelvin Sampson and will play
No. 1 Arizona. It’s the Cougars’
MIDWEST
United Center, Chicago,
Friday-Sunday
No. 1 seed Kansas (30-6)
will face a physical challenge
against No. 4 Providence (27-
5), which took care of business
against South Dakota State and
blew out Richmond. Kansas
got all it could handle from
ninth-seeded Creighton in
the second round and is in the
Sweet 16 for the first time since
2018.
The game features an in-
triguing matchup of big men
in the Jayhawks’ David Mc-
Cormack and the Friars’ Nate
Watson.
The other Midwest semifinal
pits two double-digit seeds: No.
11 Iowa State (22-12) against
No. 10 Miami (25-10).
The Cyclones, who won just
two games last season, are in
for the first time since 2016
under first-year coach T.J. Ot-
zelberger. They’ve given up just
103 points in two games — 49
in their upset of Wisconsin,
the Badgers’ lowest total since
2018.
Miami’s 79-61 takedown of
No. 2 Auburn puts the Hurri-
canes in a regional semifinal
for the third time under Jim
Larrañaga, who would love to
recapture the magic of his 2006
George Mason team’s run to the
Final Four as a No. 11 seed.