Today NBA 6:30 p.m. (BSSW) Pelicans Live Pregame 6:45 p.m. (ESPN) Hawks at Maver- icks 7 p.m. (BSSW) Heat at Pelicans 9:05 p.m. (ESPN) Timberwolves at Nuggets 9:30 p.m.
(BSSW) Pelicans Live Postgame College Basketball 5:30 p.m. (FS1) Connecticut at Seton Hall 5:30 p.m. (ESPN2) Auburn at LSU 5:30 p.m. (SECN) Florida at Texas 7:30 p.m. (FS1) Xavier at DePaul 8 p.m.
(SECN) Arkansas at Missouri 9:30 p.m. (FS1) San Diego St. at Colorado St. NHL 6:30 p.m. (TNT) Bruins at Islanders 9 p.m.
(TNT) Stars at Sharks Tennis Australian Open At Melbourne 2 p.m. (ESPN2) and second round (taped) 8 p.m. (ESPN2) and second round Golf 1:30 a.m. (GOLF) PGA European Tour: Abu Dhabi Championship, first round, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates World University Games 10 a.m. (ESPN2) At Lake Placid, N.Y.
Listings are based on the latest available information. Programs and times are subject to change by networks. TV SPORTS Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division Pct GB Boston 33 12 .733 Philadelphia 27 16 .628 5 Brooklyn 27 16 .628 5 New York 25 20 .556 8 Toronto 20 25 .444 13 Southeast Division Pct GB Miami 24 21 .533 Atlanta 22 22 .500 Washington 18 26 .409 Orlando 16 28 .364 Charlotte 11 34 .244 13 Central Division Pct GB Milwaukee 29 16 .644 Cleveland 28 17 .622 1 Indiana 23 22 .511 6 Chicago 20 24 .455 Detroit 12 35 .255 18 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division Pct GB Memphis 30 13 .698 New Orleans 26 18 .591 Dallas 24 21 .533 7 San Antonio 14 31 .311 17 Houston 10 34 .227 Northwest Division Pct GB Denver 30 13 .698 Utah 23 24 .489 9 Minnesota 22 23 .489 9 Portland 21 22 .488 9 Oklahoma City 21 23 .477 Pacific Division Pct GB Sacramento 24 18 .571 L.A. Clippers 23 22 .511 Golden State 22 22 .500 3 Phoenix 21 24 .467 L.A. Lakers 20 24 .455 5 Late Games L.A.
Lakers 140, Houston 132 Games Milwaukee 130, Toronto 122 San Antonio 106, Brooklyn 98 Portland at Denver, late Philadelphia at L.A. Clippers, late Games Atlanta at Dallas, 6:30 p.m. Washington at New York, 6:30 p.m. Charlotte at Houston, 7 p.m. Cleveland at Memphis, 7 p.m.
Indiana at Oklahoma City, 7 p.m. Miami at New Orleans, 7 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Utah, 8 p.m. Minnesota at Denver, 9 p.m.
Sacramento at L.A. Lakers, 9:30 p.m. Games Chicago at Detroit, 2 p.m. Golden State at Boston, 6:30 p.m. Toronto at Minnesota, 7 p.m.
Brooklyn at Phoenix, 9 p.m. Philadelphia at Portland, 9 p.m. Games New Orleans at Orlando, 6 p.m. Golden State at Cleveland, 6:30 p.m. Miami at Dallas, 6:30 p.m.
New York at Atlanta, 6:30 p.m. L.A. Clippers at San Antonio, 7 p.m. Brooklyn at Utah, 8 p.m. Indiana at Denver, 8 p.m.
Memphis at L.A. Lakers, 9 p.m. Oklahoma City at Sacramento, 9 p.m. Late Games Lakers 140, Rockets 132 HOUSTON (132) Martin Jr. 7-15 1-2 17, Smith Jr.
5-11 3-4 14, Sengun 14-17 3-5 33, Gordon 5-11 9-11 19, Green 7-20 6-8 23, Eason 4-6 0-0 9, Garuba 2-3 0-0 4, Tate 3-8 1-1 7, Christo- pher 0-4 0-0 0, Mathews 2-5 0-0 6. Totals 49-100 23-31 132. L.A. LAKERS (140) Brown Jr. 2-4 0-0 6, James 16-26 11-12 48, Bryant 1-6 4-4 6, Beverley 3-6 2-2 11, Schroder 3-9 3-5 9, Gabriel 5-8 4-4 14, To- scano-Anderson 3-4 0-0 7, Chris- tie 0-0 0-0 0, Nunn 7-12 0-0 15, Westbrook 9-16 6-8 24.
Totals 49-91 30-35 140. Houston 35 26 37 34 132 L.A. Lakers 37 36 29 38 140 3-Point 11- 30 (Green 3-10, Sengun 2-2, Mathews 2-3, Martin Jr. 2-5, Ea- son 1-1, Smith Jr. 1-4, Tate 0-1, Christopher 0-2, Gordon 0-2), L.A.
Lakers 12-33 (James 5-10, Beverley 3-6, Brown Jr. 2-4, To- scano-Anderson 1-2, Nunn 1-5, Bryant 0-1, Gabriel 0-1, Schrod- er 0-1, Westbrook 0-3). Fouled None, L.A. Lakers 1 (Gabriel). 48 (Sengun 15), L.A.
Lakers 39 (Gabriel 9). 28 (Gordon 8), L.A. Lakers 23 (James 9). Total 25, L.A. Lakers 19.
Leaders Through Jan. 16 Scoring FG FT PTS AVG Doncic, DAL 40 454 330 1351 33.8 Embiid, PHI 32 358 318 1069 33.4 Tatum, BOS 43 438 319 1337 31.1 Anttknmpo, MIL 35 382 296 1085 31.0 G-Alxndr, OKC 40 405 377 1226 30.7 Durant, BKN 39 410 267 1158 29.7 James, LAL 34 393 157 1010 29.7 Lillard, POR 31 275 223 894 28.8 Mitchell, CLE 40 390 206 1135 28.4 Morant, MEM 36 351 225 989 27.5 Young, ATL 39 336 305 1068 27.4 Brown, BOS 40 407 174 1086 27.2 DeRozan, CHI 41 381 291 1069 26.1 Irving, BKN 32 306 110 820 25.6 Siakam, TOR 34 299 225 869 25.6 Jokic, DEN 39 365 199 963 24.7 Markkann, UTA 42 349 213 1034 24.6 Randle, NY 45 369 244 1100 24.4 LaVine, CHI 40 336 164 957 23.9 Edwards, MIN 45 387 186 1076 23.9 FG Percentage FG FGA PCT Claxton, BKN 208 284 .732 Gobert, MIN 199 293 .679 Plumlee, CHA 199 303 .657 Poeltl, SA 184 291 .632 Allen, CLE 213 338 .630 Zubac, LAC 170 274 .620 Jokic, DEN 365 589 .620 Okongwu, ATL 166 268 .619 Sabonis, SAC 286 469 .610 Williamson, NO 285 469 .608 Rebounds OFF DEF TOT AVG Sabonis, SAC 41 124 393 517 12.6 Anttknmpo, MIL 35 80 338 418 11.9 Gobert, MIN 39 129 319 448 11.5 Adams, MEM 39 193 249 442 11.3 NBA Playoff Schedule Wild-card Playoffs Saturday, Jan. 14 San Francisco 41, Seattle 23 Jacksonville 31, L.A. Chargers 30 Sunday, Jan. 15 Buffalo 34, Miami 31 N.Y.
Giants 31, Minnesota 24 Cincinnati 24, Baltimore 17 Monday, Jan. 16 Dallas 31, Tampa Bay 14 Divisional Playoffs Saturday, Jan. 21 Jacksonville at Kansas City, 3:30 p.m. (NBC) N.Y. Giants at Philadelphia, 7:15 p.m.
(FOX) Sunday, Jan. 22 Cincinnati at Buffalo, 2 p.m. (CBS) Dallas at San Francisco, 5:30 p.m. (FOX) Conference Championships Sunday, Jan. 29 AFC x-AFC lowest remaining seed at AFC highest remaining seed, 2:05 p.m.
(CBS) NFC NFC lowest remaining seed at NFC highest remaining seed, 5:30 p.m. (FOX) Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 12 At Glendale, Ariz. Championship Conference winners, 5:30 p.m. (FOX) Injury Report NEW YORK The National Football League injury report, as provided by the league (OUT: Player will not play; DOUBTFUL: Player is unlikely to play; QUES- TIONABLE: Player is not certain to play; DNP: did not practice; LIMITED: limited participation; FULL: Full participation): Divisional Round Saturday JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS at KANSAS CITY CHIEFS JACK- SONVILLE: DNP: LS Ross Ma- tiscik (back), Brandon Scherff (abdomen).
LIMITED: WR Kend- ric Pryor (shoulder), QB Trevor Lawrence (toe), WR Jamal Ag- new (shoulder), Luke Fortner (back). KANSAS CITY: DNP: WR Mecole Hardman (pelvis). LIM- ITED: DE Frank Clark (groin). FULL: WR Skyy Moore (hand), CB Jarius Sneed (hip). NEW YORK GIANTS at PHIL- ADELPHIA EAGLES NEW YORK GIANTS: LIMITED: DB Landon Collins (ankle), WR Isa- iah Hodgins (ankle), DB Adoree Jackson (back), DB Julian Love (hamstring), DB Fabian Moreau (hip), LB Azeez Ojulari (quad- ricep).
FULL: DB Jason Pinnock (abdomen). PHILADELPHIA: (did not practice-estimation) DNP: CB Avonte Maddox (toe). LIMIT- ED: Lane Johnson (groin), DT Linval Joseph (calf), DE Robert Quinn (back). NFL Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP OT Pts GF GA Boston 43 34 5 4 72 166 94 Toronto 45 27 11 7 61 152 121 42 28 13 1 57 152 122 Tampa Bay Florida 46 21 20 5 47 152 158 Buffalo 42 21 19 2 44 160 146 Detroit 42 18 17 7 43 131 145 Ottawa 43 19 21 3 41 126 139 Montreal 45 19 23 3 41 120 163 Metropolitan Division GP OT Pts GF GA Carolina 44 27 9 8 62 141 120 New Jersey 44 29 12 3 61 156 116 N.Y. Rangers 45 25 13 7 57 144 120 Washington 47 24 17 6 54 150 133 Pittsburgh 43 22 15 6 50 139 130 N.Y.
Islanders 45 23 18 4 50 136 124 Philadelphia 45 19 19 7 45 127 145 Columbus 44 13 29 2 28 111 172 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP OT Pts GF GA Dallas 45 26 12 7 59 156 119 Winnipeg 45 29 15 1 59 149 118 43 25 14 4 54 138 120 Minnesota Nashville 44 21 17 6 48 122 128 Colorado 42 22 17 3 47 131 121 St. Louis 45 22 20 3 47 141 160 Arizona 43 13 25 5 31 115 158 Chicago 41 11 26 4 26 94 154 Pacific Division GP OT Pts GF GA Vegas 45 28 15 2 58 147 130 Seattle 43 26 13 4 56 159 134 Los Angeles 46 25 15 6 56 154 157 Edmonton 45 24 18 3 51 164 150 Calgary 45 21 15 9 51 143 136 Vancouver 43 18 22 3 39 150 173 San Jose 45 13 23 9 35 137 172 Anaheim 45 12 28 5 29 105 190 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. Games Minnesota 4, Washington 2 Montreal 4, Winnipeg 1 Philadelphia 5, Anaheim 2 Toronto 5, Florida 4, OT Nashville 2, Columbus 1 Buffalo at Chicago, late Detroit at Arizona, late Seattle at Edmonton, late Games Pittsburgh at Ottawa, 7 p.m. Boston at N.Y.
Islanders, 7:30 p.m. Colorado at Calgary, 9:30 p.m. Dallas at San Jose, 10 p.m. Tampa Bay at Vancouver, 10 p.m. Games Anaheim at Columbus, 7 p.m.
Boston at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m. Chicago at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Florida at Montreal, 7 p.m. Minnesota at Carolina, 7 p.m.
Winnipeg at Toronto, 7 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Buffalo, 7:30 p.m. Nashville at St. Louis, 8 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Edmonton, 9 p.m. Washington at Arizona, 9 p.m. Detroit at Vegas, 10 p.m. New Jersey at Seattle, 10 p.m. Dallas at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.
Games Ottawa at Pittsburgh, 6 p.m. Colorado at Vancouver, 9 p.m. Scoring Leaders Through Jan. 16 GP A PTS McDavid, EDM 45 37 46 83 Draisaitl, EDM 43 26 42 68 Kucherov, TB 42 17 45 62 Pastrnak, BOS 43 35 27 62 Robertson, DAL 45 29 31 60 Karlsson, SJ 45 14 44 58 Thompson, BUF 42 31 27 58 Tkachuk, FLA 42 22 34 56 Hughes, NJ 44 29 26 55 Ngnt-Hpkns, EDM 45 21 32 53 Connor, WPG 44 21 32 53 Rantanen, COL 42 29 24 53 Marner, TOR 44 16 36 52 Pettersson, VAN 41 18 34 52 Kaprizov, MIN 42 25 27 52 NHL Top 25 Fared Tuesday No. 1 Houston (18-1) beat Tu- lane 80-60.
Next: vs. Temple, Sunday. No. 2 Kansas (16-2) lost to No. 13 Kansas St.
83-82, OT. Next: vs. No. 14 Texas Christian, Sat- urday. No.
3 Purdue (17-1) did not play. Next: at Minnesota, Thurs- day. No. 4 Alabama (16-2) beat Van- derbilt 72-62. Next: at Missouri, Saturday.
No. 5 UCLA (16-2) did not play. Next: at Arizona Thursday. No. 6 Gonzaga (16-3) did not play.
Next: vs. Loyola Mary- mount, Thursday. No. 7 Texas (15-2) at No. 12 Iowa St.
Next: at West Virginia, Saturday. No. 8 Xavier (15-3) did not play. Next: at DePaul, Wednesday. No.
9 Tennessee (15-3) beat Mississippi St. 70-59. Next: at LSU, Saturday. No. 10 Virginia (13-3) did not play.
Next: vs. Virginia Tech, Wednesday. No. 11 Arizona (15-3) did not play. Next: vs.
Southern Cal, Thursday. No. 12 Iowa St. (13-3) vs. No.
7 Texas. Next: at Oklahoma St. Saturday. No. 13 Kansas St.
(16-2) beat No. 2 Kansas 83-82, OT. Next: vs. Texas Tech, Saturday. No.
14 Texas Christian (14-3) did not play. Next: at West Virgin- ia, Wednesday. No. 15 Connecticut (15-4) did not play. Next: at Seton Hall, Wednesday.
No. 16 Auburn (14-3) did not play. Next: at LSU, Wednesday. No. 17 Miami (15-3) did not play.
Next: at Duke, Saturday. No. 18 Charleston (19-1) did not play. Next: at Monmouth, Thursday. No.
19 Clemson (15-3) at Wake Forest. Next: vs. Virginia Tech, Saturday. No. 20 Marquette (14-5) did not play.
Next: vs. No. 22 Provi- dence, Wednesday. No. 21 Baylor (12-5) at Texas Tech.
Next: at. Oklahoma, Sat- urday. No. 22 Providence (14-4) did not play. Next: at Marquette, Wednesday.
No. 23 Rutgers (13-5) did not play. Next: at Michigan Thursday. No. 24 Florida Atlantic (17-1) did not play.
Next: at Texas-San Antonio, Thursday. No. 25 Arkansas (12-5) did not play. Next: at Missouri, Wednes- day. Scores EAST Albertus Magnus 71, Johnson Wales (RI) 55 Alfred 77, Medaille 50 Bates 94, Maine-Farmington 65 Buffalo 100, Bowling Green 71 Caldwell 75, Bloomfield 61 Chestnut Hill 75, Georgian Court 64 Colby 82, Husson 72 Colby Sawyer 68, Rivier 55 Elms 72, Anna Maria 52 Emmanuel 83, Saint (Maine) 78 Farmingdale St.
69, SUNY Mar- itime 57 Franklin Pierce 77, Staten Is- land 69 Holy Family 64, Jefferson 63 Houghton 86, Elmira 82, OT Lasell 92, Regis College 78 Merchant Marine 78, Mount St. Vincent 50 Penn 79, Gallau- det 66 Penn 68, Lan- caster Bible 65 Post (Conn.) 87, Felician 63 Purchast 80, Old Westbury 71 RPI 53, Bard 44 SUNY-Delhi 92, Hartwick 79 SUNY-Morrisville 85, Penn Berks 73 Saint Joseph (Conn.) 81, Dean 54 Sarah Lawrence 88, St. Jo- (NY) 83, OT Thomas (Maine) 90, Maine Maritime 79 Wells 79, Penn College 64 Wilmington (DC) 59, Gold- ey-Beacom 57 SOUTH Houston 80, Tulane 60 LaGrange 74, Covenant 61 Mississippi 70, South Caroli- na 58 NC State 78, Georgia Tech 66 North Carolina 72, Boston Col- lege 64 Richmond 64, Rhode Island 57 Tennessee 70, Mississippi St. 59 VCU 83, UMass 55 MIDWEST Akron 69, Cent. Michigan 51 Ball St.
71, W. Michigan 70 Benedictine (Ill.) 80, Illinois Tech 78 Creighton 73, Butler 52 Dayton 68, Davidson 61 Dominican 75, Concordia (Wis.) 67 Florida St. 84, Notre Dame 71 Iowa St. 78, Texas 67 Kansas St. 83, Kansas 82, OT Kent St.
77, E. Michigan 63 Marian 86, Lakeland 70 N. Illinois 81, Miami (Ohio) 77 Principia 53, Spalding 43 S. Illinois 78, Evansville 70 St. Norbert 55, Milwaukee En- gineering 48 Toledo 90, Ohio 75 Valparaiso 76, 66 Wisconsin 63, Penn St.
60 FAR WEST Hawaii Hilo 68, Azusa Pacific 59 NET Rankings NCAA Evaluation Tool is used as the primary sorting tool for selection and seeding for the NCAA Tournament. There are 362 Division I schools. Through Jan. 17 Team Rec. Rnk Prv.
Houston 17-1 1 1 Tennessee 14-3 2 2 Alabama 15-2 3 3 Purdue 17-1 4 4 Kansas 16-1 5 5 UCLA 16-2 6 6 Connecticut 15-4 7 7 Saint (Calf.) 15-4 8 8 Gonzaga 15-3 9 9 Texas 15-2 10 11 SEC Auburn 14-3 26 26 Arkansas 12-5 27 27 Kentucky 11-6 41 41 Florida 10-7 50 48 Missouri 13-4 53 53 Mississippi St. 12-5 54 54 Texas 12-5 57 57 Vanderbilt 9-8 90 91 Georgia 13-4 92 93 LSU 12-5 107 109 Ole Miss 8-9 109 113 South Carolina 8-9 269 272 State Tulane 12-5 98 96 Louisiana-Lafayette 11-4 103 102 Louisiana Tech 7-8 151 150 Southern U. 7-9 195 192 Grambling St. 8-7 204 205 Louisiana-Monroe 5-11 302 300 SLC Texas 7-7 202 201 Northwestern St. 9-8 211 210 Nicholls St.
4-9 235 232 SE Louisiana 7-8 240 240 TAMU-Commerce 6-12 301 298 McNeese St. 4-13 335 334 New Orleans 4-10 347 348 Incarnate Word 3-12 350 351 Houston Christian 3-12 353 352 Lamar 2-13 355 355 Schedule Games SEC Auburn at LSU, 6 p.m. Florida at Texas 6 p.m. Arkansas at Missouri, 8 p.m. EAST Bucknell at Army, 5 p.m.
Hartford at Morgan 5 p.m. at 5 p.m. Connecticut at Seton Hall, 5:30 p.m. Boston U. at Navy, 6 p.m.
Colgate at Holy Cross, 6 p.m. Duquesne at St. Bonaventure, 6 p.m. E. Carolina at Temple, 6 p.m.
Lafayette at American, 6 p.m. Texas Christian at W. Virginia, 6 p.m. SOUTH Cincinnati at S. Florida, 6 p.m.
Furman at Chattanooga, 6 p.m. Gardner-Webb at Longwood, 6 p.m. Pittsburgh at Louisville, 6 p.m. Presbyterian at S.C.-Upstate, 6 p.m. Radford at Campbell, 6 p.m.
Samford at E. Tennessee 6 p.m. UNC-Asheville at Charleston Southern, 6 p.m. Virginia Tech at Virginia, 6 p.m. Winthrop at High Point, 6 p.m.
Wofford at W. Carolina, 6 p.m. MIDWEST Bradley at Indiana 6 p.m. Ohio St. at Nebraska, 6 p.m.
Saint Louis at Loyola Chicago, 6 p.m. Illinois St. at N. Iowa, 7 p.m. Missouri St.
at Drake, 7 p.m. Xavier at DePaul, 7:30 p.m. Northwestern at Iowa, 8 p.m. Providence at Marquette, 8 p.m. SOUTHWEST N.
Alabama at Cent. Arkansas, 7 p.m. Southern Methodist at Tulsa, 7 p.m. Oklahoma at Oklahoma 8 p.m. FAR WEST Abilene Christian at Utah Val- ley 7 p.m.
Utah Tech at Grand Canyon, 8 p.m. Oregon at California, 9 p.m. San Diego St. at Colorado 9:30 p.m. COLLEGE BASKETBALL Top 25 Fared Tuesday No.
1 South Carolina (18-0) did not play. Next: at Vanderbilt, Thursday. No. 2 Ohio St. (18-0) did not play.
Next: vs. Northwestern, Thursday. No. 3 LSU (18-0) did not play. Next: vs.
Arkansas, Thursday. No. 4 Stanford (17-2) did not play. Next: vs. No.
10 Utah, Fri- day. No. 5 Connecticut (16-2) at Se- ton Hall 109-58. Next: vs. Butler, Saturday.
No. 6 Indiana (16-1) did not play. Next: at Illinois, Wednes- day. No. 7 Notre Dame (14-2) did not play.
Next: at Clemson, Thursday. No. 8 Utah (15-1) did not play. Next: at No. 2 Stanford, Friday.
No. 9 UCLA (15-3) did not play. Next: at Washington, Friday. No. 10 Iowa (14-4) did not play.
Next: at Michigan Wednes- day. No. 11 Maryland (14-4) did not play. Next: at Wisconsin, Thurs- day. No.
12 Virginia Tech (14-3) did no play. Next: at Pittsburgh, Thursday. No. 13 Duke (16-1) did not play. Next: at No.
22 North Carolina, Thursday. No. 14 Michigan (15-3) did not play. Next: at Rutgers, Thursday. No.
15 Oklahoma (14-2) did not play. Next: at Texas Christian, Wednesday. No. 16 Gonzaga (17-2) did not play. Next: at Pacific, Thursday.
No. 17 North Carolina (12-5) did not play. Next: vs. No. 16 Duke, Thursday.
No. 18 Iowa St. (11-4) did not play. Next: vs. Oklahoma Wednesday.
No. 19 Arizona (14-4) did not play. Next: at Arizona Sun- day. No. 20 N.C.
State (13-5) did not play. Next: vs. Miami, Thursday. No. 21 Illinois (15-3) did not play.
Next: vs. Indiana, Wednes- day. No. 22 Villanova (17-3) vs. Xavier 76-38.
Next: at Creighton, Friday. No. 23 Oregon (13-5) did not play. Next: at Oregon Friday. No.
24 Colorado (14-3) (12-4) did not play. Next: at California, Friday. No. 25 Texas (13-5) did not play. Next: Vs Texas Tech, Wednesday.
Scores EAST Tulsa 69, Temple 57 UConn 103, Seton Hall 58 Villanova 76, Xavier 38 SOUTH Tulane 64, UCF 50 MIDWEST Chicago St. 108, Olivet 50 Coaches Top 25 Poll The top 25 teams in the USA Today college bas- ketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Monday, points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last ranking: Record Pts Pvs 1. S. Carolina (32) 18-0 800 1 2. Ohio State 18-0 758 3 3.
Stanford 17-2 702 2 4. LSU 18-0 699 5 5. Connecticut 15-2 686 4 6. Indiana 16-1 655 6 7. Notre Dame 14-2 613 7 8.
Utah 16-1 571 8 9. Iowa 14-4 529 9 10. Virginia Tech 14-3 473 13 11. Maryland 14-4 428 11 12. Oklahoma 14-2 409 16 13.
UCLA 15-3 399 14 14. Duke 16-1 379 19 15. Arizona 14-4 298 10 16. Michigan 15-3 285 20 17. Iowa State 11-4 282 15 18.
N.C. State 13-5 256 12 19. Gonzaga 17-2 234 21 20. North Carolina 12-5 219 22 21. Oregon 13-5 132 18 22.
Arkansas 17-3 121 23 23. Illinois 15-3 120 24 24. Baylor 12-5 84 17 25. Texas 13-5 59 Dropped out: No. 25 Kansas (12-4).
Others receiving votes: Florida Gulf Coast (17-2) 35; Villanova (16-3) 34; Colorado (15-3) 33; South Florida (16-4) 31; Florida State (16-4) 18; Middle Tennes- see (14-2) 13; Creighton (12-5) St. (14-3) Kansas (12- 4) Louisville (14-6) Miami (Fla.) (12-6) Tennessee (14-6) Southern California (13-4) Cleveland State (16-2) Colum- bia (15-3) UNLV (17-2) 1. NET Rankings NCAA Evaluation Tool is used as the primary sorting tool for selection and seeding for the NCAA Tournament. There are 362 Division I schools. Through Jan.
17 Team Rec. Rnk Prv. South Carolina 18-0 1 1 LSU 18-0 2 2 Connecticut 15-2 3 3 Stanford 17-2 4 4 Indiana 16-1 5 5 Notre Dame 14-2 6 6 Utah 15-1 7 7 Ohio St. 18-0 8 8 Duke 16-1 9 9 Texas 13-5 10 10 SEC Alabama 14-4 16 16 Tennessee 14-6 17 17 Ole Miss 16-3 32 31 Mississippi St. 13-5 35 35 Arkansas 17-3 38 37 Missouri 14-5 52 53 Georgia 13-7 53 52 Florida 12-6 85 85 Auburn 10-7 86 86 Kentucky 9-9 93 94 Vanderbilt 9-10 98 101 Texas 5-11 140 139 State Tulane 10-7 75 74 Louisiana Tech 10-6 130 130 Louisiana-Lafayette 6-9 183 185 Grambling St.
4-12 274 276 Southern U. 5-9 294 293 Louisiana-Monroe 3-11 332 334 SLC SE Louisiana 6-7 146 148 Lamar 5-8 222 221 Texas 6-7 227 230 TAMU-Commerce 6-10 232 232 Incarnate Word 3-8 265 268 Houston Christian 4-9 285 285 Northwestern St. 4-8 307 306 McNeese St. 3-11 316 315 New Orleans 2-12 335 336 Nicholls St. 3-12 349 350 Schedule Games EAST American at Lafayette, 10 a.m.
Holy Cross at Colgate, 10 a.m. at more-County, 10 a.m. Bryant at New Jersey Institute of Technology, 9:30 a.m. Army at Bucknell, 5 p.m. Ball St.
at Buffalo, 5 p.m. Loyola (Md.) at Lehigh, 5 p.m. Navy at Boston 5 p.m. Richmond at Rhode Island, 5 p.m. Saint Louis at Duquesne, 5 p.m.
Albany (N.Y.) at Binghamton, 6 p.m. DePaul at Georgetown, 6 p.m. La Salle at Saint 6 p.m. Marquette at St. 6 p.m.
Minnesota at Penn 6 p.m. Massachusetts at Fordham, 6 p.m. Vermont at Maine, 6 p.m. SOUTH Cincinnati at E. Carolina, 5 p.m.
Davidson at Virginia Common- wealth, 5 p.m. High Point at Winthrop, 5 p.m. Charleston Southern at UNC-Asheville, 5:30 p.m. S.C.-Upstate at Presbyterian, 5:30 p.m. Campbell at Radford, 6 p.m.
Longwood at Gardner-Webb, 6 p.m. MIDWEST Cent. Michigan at Akron, 6 p.m. E. Michigan at Kent 6 p.m.
Iowa at Michigan 6 p.m. Miami (Ohio) at N. Illinois, 6 p.m. Nebraska at Purdue, 6 p.m. Oakland at Detroit, 6 p.m.
Providence at Butler, 6 p.m. Southern Methodist at Wichita 6 p.m. Toledo at Bowling Green, 6 p.m. W. Michigan at Ohio, 6 p.m.
Oklahoma St. at Iowa 6:30 p.m. Indiana at Illinois, 7 p.m. W. Virginia at Kansas, 7 p.m.
SOUTHWEST Oklahoma at Texas Christian, 6:30 p.m. Kansas St. at Baylor, 7 p.m. S. Florida at Houston, 7 p.m.
Texas at Texas Tech, 7 p.m. COLLEGE BASKETBALL Australian Open Tuesday At Melbourne Park Melbourne, Australia Purse: Surface: Hardcourt outdoor MELBOURNE, Australia Re- sults Tuesday from Australian Open at Melbourne Park (seed- ings in parentheses): Singles First Round Andrey Rublev (5), Russia, def. Dominic Thiem, Austria, 6-3, 6-4, 6-2. Grigor Dimitrov (27), Bulgaria, def. Aslan Karatsev, Russia, 7-6 (3), 7-5, 6-2.
Laslo Djere, Serbia, def. Zizou Bergs, Belgium, 6-4, 1-6, 6-4, 6-1. Taylor Fritz (8), United States, def. Nikoloz Basilashvili, Geor- gia, 6-4, 6-2, 4-6, 7-5. Jeremy Chardy, France, def.
Daniel Elahi Galan, Colombia, 1-6, 7-5, 6-1, 6-4. Nicolas Jarry, Chile, def. Mio- mir Kecmanovic (26), Serbia, 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (3). Benjamin Bonzi, France, def. Mattia Bellucci, Italy, 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5), 6-4.
Daniel Evans (25), Britain, def. Facundo Bagnis, Argentina, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4. Pablo Carreno Busta (14), Spain, def. Pedro Cachin, Argen- tina, 7-6 (4), 6-1, 7-6 (3). Diego Schwartzman (23), Ar- gentina, def.
Oleksii Krutykh, Ukraine, 6-4, 6-7 (6), 6-3, 7-6 (5). Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (30), Spain, def. Alexander Bub- lik, Kazakhstan, 6-0, 6-7 (3), 3-6, 6-4, 6-3. Andy Murray, Britain, def. Mat- teo Berrettini (13), Italy, 6-3, 6-3, 4-6, 6-7 (7), 7-6 (6).
Holger Rune (9), Denmark, def. Filip Krajinovic, Serbia, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4. Tommy Paul, United States, def. Jan-Lennard Struff, Germa- ny, 6-1, 7-6 (6), 6-2. Jeffrey John Wolf, United States, def.
Jordan Thompson, Australia, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4, 7-5. Alexander Zverev (12), Ger- many, def. Juan Pablo Varillas, Peru, 4-6, 6-1, 5-7, 7-6 (3), 6-4. Alex de Minaur (22), Australia, def. Yu Hsiou Hsu, Taiwan, 6-2, 6-2, 6-3.
Brooksby, United Jenson States, def. Christopher nell, Australia, 3-6, 6-2, 6-3, 6-2. Ben Shelton, United States, def. Zhang Zhizhen, China, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, 2-6, 7-6 (4). Novak Djokovic (4), Serbia, def.
Roberto Carballes Baena, Spain, 6-3, 6-4, 6-0. Casper Ruud (2), Norway, def. Tomas Machac, Czech Republic, 6-3, 7-6 (6), 6-7 (5), 6-3. Alexei Popyrin, Australia, def. Chun Hsin Tseng, Taiwan, 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-7 (5), 7-6 (4), 6-1.
Singles First Round Ekaterina Alexandrova (19), Russia, def. Ysaline Bonaven- ture, Belgium, 6-2, 6-1. Camila Giorgi, Italy, def. Anas- tasia Pavlyuchenkova, Russia, 6-0, 6-1. Taylor Townsend, United States, def.
Diane Parry, France, 6-1, 6-1. Anna-Karolina Schmiedlova, Slovakia, def. Martina Trevisan (21), Italy, 6-3, 6-2. Aryna Sabalenka (5), Belarus, def. Tereza Martincova, Czech Republic, 6-1, 6-4.
Shelby Rogers, United States, def. Arianne Hartono, Nether- lands, 6-4, 6-3. Leylah Annie Fernandez, Can- ada, def. Alize Cornet, France, 7-5, 6-2. Linda Fruhvirtova, Czech Re- public, def.
Jaimee Fourlis, Aus- tralia, 6-0, 6-4. Kimberly Birrell, Australia, def. Kaia Kanepi (31), Estonia, 3-6, 7-6 (4), 6-1. Elise Mertens (26), Belgium, def. Garbine Muguruza, Spain, 3-6, 7-6 (3), 6-1.
Caroline Garcia (4), France, def. Katherine Sebov, Canada, 6-3, 6-0. Karolina Pliskova (30), Czech Republic, def. Wang Xiyu, China, 6-1, 6-3. Katie Volynets, United States, def.
Evgeniya Rodina, Russia, 6-3, 6-2. Anett Kontaveit (16), Estonia, def. Julia Grabher, Austria, 6-2, 6-3. Veronika Kudermetova (9), Russia, def. Maryna Zanevska, Belgium, 6-2, 7-6 (4).
Liudmila Samsonova (18), Rus- sia, def. Jasmine Paolini, Italy, 6-2, 6-4. Belinda Bencic (12), Switzer- land, def. Viktoriya Tomova, Bul- garia, 6-1, 6-2. Petra Martic, Croatia, def.
Viktorija Golubic, Switzerland, 6-3, 6-4. Ons Jabeur (2), Tunisia, def. Tamara Zidansek, Slovenia, 7-6 (8), 4-6, 6-1. Yulia Putintseva, Kazakhstan, def. Sorana Cirstea, Romania, 2-6, 6-4, 6-3.
TENNIS Basketball Boys District 3-3A LC College Prep 68 Kinder 16 Simon 18, Riley Daboval 17, Kinder (4-14, 0-4): E. Lavan Avery Marcantel 10. Welsh 7. Lake Charles College Prep (7-20, 1-2): Tylyn Porter 8, (17-7, 4-0): Elijah Garrick 10, Martin Young 16, Dre Polidore 22. District 6-B Lacassine 87 Hathaway 41 Reeves 66 Lacassine: Aaron Garcia 31, Kane Broussard 14, Gavin Moore 13, Alex Thomas 13.
Ha- Ford 14, Faith Cauthron 18, thaway: Aiden Monceaux 12. Girls District 3-5A Barbe 56 Southside 34 Merryville 43 Southside (15-8, 1-1): Karrington Eugene 13, Eymani Key 10. Barbe (20-4, 1-1): Areil Williams 24, Mikaylah Manley 18. District 3-4A LaGrange 69 leau 56 Leesville 56 Leesville (10-11, 2-1). La- Grange (17-7, 3-0): Katelynn Wilson 24, Kylei LeBlanc 17, Keniya Jerro 11.
NOTES: Kylei Wilson had 19 40 rebounds. District 3-3A S. Beauregard 53 Westlake 20 55 Westlake (13-9, 3-2). South Beauregard (19-7, 6-0): Raelyn Gunter 10, Kenzie Hudler 21. NOTES: Hudler had 10 re- bounds for a double-double.
District 5-2A Lake Arthur 63 op St. Welsh 27 Lake Arthur (12-10, 2-0): Vivian Sketoe 18, Kendra Gilayah Begnaud 8. NOTES: Sketoe had 12 assists, Marcantel had 13 rebounds. District 4-C Plainview 50 Reeves (20-3, 2-0): Maddi Hope Cauthron 11, Kelsey Williams 11. Plainview (12-14, 2-1): C.
Sutton 10, B. Bunn 10. Nondistrict Church Point 39 Merryville (12-11): Avery Conouyer 22. Church Point (16-8): Akirra Hagger 13. State Scores Boys Bonnabel 85, Fontaineb- Calvary Baptist Academy 60, ion 54 Loyola Prep 39 Claiborne Christian 64, Kilbourne 37 David Thibodaux 48, Elton Delhi 65, Sicily Island 5 Doyle 64, Loranger 43 Jesuit 68, Brother Martin 55 Loreauville 59, Delcambre Parkview Baptist 53, East Feliciana 42 Pickering 74, Oakdale 72 Pine Prairie 76, Basile 46 South Plaquemines 80, Rosenwald Collegiate 38 St.
Augustine 56, Archbish- Rummel 49 Martinville 72, Kaplan 34 St. Thomas Aquinas 64, Denham Springs 60 Vinton 52, Grand Lake 28 Welsh 61, Lake Arthur 52 Wossman 62, Sterlington 50 Girls Bastrop 51, Richwood 43 C.E. Byrd 47, Captain Shreve 30 Claiborne Christian 52, Kilbourne 16 Delta Charter 72, Tensas 25 Doyle 52, Dutchtown 49 Evans 68, Simpson 40 Grand Lake 44, Vinton 20 Hahnville 66, H.L. Bourgeois 30 Hathaway 67, Lacassine 40 Houma Christian 37, Cove- nant Christian Academy 33 Huntington 68, Bossier 23 Jena 34, Caldwell Parish 31 King 51, Sophie B. Wright 27 LaSalle 58, Logansport 38 Lake Arthur 63, Welsh 27 Loyola Prep 36, Calvary Baptist Academy 20 Oakdale 61, Pickering 25 Parkway 57, Haughton 29 Rayne 57, Washington-Mar- Riverdale 59, Willow School 7 Riverside Academy 48, Crescent City 18 Shreveport Northwood 60, Minden 47 Late Monday Basketball Boys Nondistrict Barbe 55 Sam Houston 30 Barbe (14-7): Richmond 19, Ethan Marque 14.
Sam Houston (14-9): Chris on the game. Harmon 8. Girls District 3-5A Sulphur 42 the second half. Sam Houston 37 Sulphur: Payton Prince 16, Emma Thomson 12. Sam Houston: Macy Bailey 15.
Tournament MLK Classic at Burton Coliseum Boys New Iberia 57 Iowa 52 the third quarter and doink! right on New Iberia (19-1): Wayne Randall-Bashay 19, Kylan Dugas 15. Iowa (17-4): Desa- monte Gradney 23, Dashawn Ceaser 18. a Franklin 64 LCC Prep 49 Franklin (10-3): Johnson 21. Lake Charles College Prep (16-4): Elijah Garrick 12, Ryan Batiste 12. Schedule Basketball Thursday District 3-5A: Lafayette at Barbe (girls).
District 6-B: J.S. Clark at Bell City (boys). District 4-C: South Cameron at Singer. Nondistrict: Johnson Bayou at Kaplan (girls) Soccer Wednesday Nondistrict: South Beaure- gard at Barbe (boys). HIGH SCHOOLS this time overcompensated for with a duck hook.
It was all harmless fun. No real effect With Brady playing and looking his age, there much reason to watch But I hung around. By then just there for the extra points. Morbid curi- osity, I guess they call it. Mainly, I was wondering if the Cow- boys and their kicker might milk this gag too far.
And danged if the Cowboys score yet a fourth touchdown early in cue, right off the crossbar. Four tries, four in a row missed. Elias had likely short-circuited its computer banks trying to find three in a row it had to go back to 1950, back when offensive linemen doubled as kickers for that and shortly afterwards declared 0-for-4 collar as an NFL first regular season, postseason, anytime. Brilliant entertainment. Must-see TV.
And Brady was suddenly aging, get- ting older by the minute. So now this show heads to San Fran- cisco and a date with the 49ers. The Jerry Jones might just promote himself to man- a Scooter Hobbs covers LSU athletics. Email him at scooter.hobbs@americanpress.com Continued from B1 HOBBS is such a big difference from last Goff said. were really scrambling just to get people in here.
Now we can pick and choose a little McNeese opens practice on March 8 with the spring game set for April 1. Continued from B1 MCNEESE Jan. 18 1938 Grover Cleveland Alex- ander is elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. His 90 shutouts is second on the all-time list to Walter Johnson and his 16 shut- outs in 1916 is the major league record. 1958 Canadian born Willie becomes the first Black player for the Boston Bruins.
1972 The Jerry West, hits a last second, 20-foot jump- er to lead the West team to a 112-110 NBA All-Star victory over the East, as he garners the MVP award. 1973 Orlando Cepeda be- comes the first player signed specifically to be a designated hitter. He signs with the Boston Red Sox one week after the des- ignated hitter rule is approved. 1976 Pittsburgh wins the Super Bowl for a second con- secutive year. Terry 64-yard touchdown pass to Lynn Swann and Glen inter- ception on the last play of the game gives the Steelers a 21-17 win over the Dallas Cowboys.
Swann, with four receptions for 161 yards, is the MVP. 1992 Brett Hull scores two goals with the help of linemate Wayne Gretzky to lead the Campbell Conference to a 10-6 victory over the Wales Confer- ence in the NHL All-Star game. 1996 Baseball owners break with more than a century of tra- dition by unanimously approving interleague play in 1997. 2003 Michelle Kwan wins her sixth consecutive title, and sev- enth overall, at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships.
Michael Weiss, despite splattering on his quad lutz, two-footing a quad toe and not doing a triple axel the entire competition, gets his third U.S. title. 2004 The New England Patri- ots earn their second trip to the Super Bowl in three seasons by defeating the Indianapolis Colts 24-14 in the AFC championship game. The Philadelphia Eagles fall one win short of the Super Bowl for a third consecutive year as the Carolina Panthers post a 14-3 win. 2005 Earl Boykins breaks the NBA record for points in an overtime, scoring 15 of 21 points in the extra period as the Nuggets beat the Seattle Su- perSonics 116-110.
The 5-foot-5 guard, the smallest player, broke the record of 14 overtime points set by Butch Carter of Indiana against Boston on March 20, 1984. 2011 Kim Clijsters starts her Australian Open run with a 6-0, 6-0 romp of three-time Grand Slam finalist and former No. 1-ranked player Dinara Safina. the first time a woman who was once the top-ranked player in the world had ever lost by that score. 2014 The NBA fines Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban $100,000 for confronting ref- erees and using inappropriate language toward them after the Mavericks blew a 17-point lead in the final 5 minutes of a 129-127 loss at the Los Angeles Clippers on Jan.
15. 2015 Russell Wilson hits Jermaine Kearse for a 35-yard touchdown 3:19 into overtime to lift the Seattle Seahawks to an improbable 28-22 victory over Green Bay in the NFC champi- onship game. Outplayed much of the game and plagued by five turnovers, the Seahawks trail 16-7 with 2:09 remaining. 2015 Tom Brady throws for three touchdowns and LeGar- rette Blount runs in three more to lead the New England Patriots into the Super Bowl with a 45-7 victory over the Indianapolis Colts. 2016 Duke, after losing three of its last five games, fall out of The Associated Press basketball poll after 312 con- secutive weeks.
The Blue Devils entered on Nov. 29, 1999. the third longest streak in the histo- ry of the poll since the rankings began in 1976. I AY I Transactions BASEBALL Major League Baseball American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES Sent INF Lewis Diaz outright to Nor- folk (IL). BOSTON RED SOX Traded RHP Connor Seabold to Colo- rado in exchange for a player to be named later and cash considerations.
Named Shawn Smith general manager, Florida operations. KANSAS CITY ROYALS Agreed to terms with RHP Bran- don Herbold on a minor league contract. MARINERS SEATTLE Claimed RHP J.B. Bukauskas off waivers from Arizona. Desig- nated OF Alberto Rodriguez for assignment.
National League CINCINNATI REDS Agreed to terms with SS Richie Martin on a minor league contract. ROCKIES COLORADO Agreed to terms with RHP Nate Hadley on a minor league con- tract. ST. LOUIS CARDINALS Ac- tivated RHP James Naile, OF Alec Burleson and RHP Jake Woodford. Minor League Baseball Frontier League OTTERS EVANSVILLE Signed RHP Jayson Summers.
QUEBEC CAPITALES Named T.J. White hitting coach. FOOTBALL National Football League BUFFALO BILLS Signed WRs Cortez Broughton and Dezmon Patmon to the practice squad. Released WR Tanner Gentry and LB Joe Giles-Harris from the practice squad. Recalled Peyton Krebs from Rochester (AHL).
Loaned Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen to Rochester. KANSAS CITY CHIEFS Des- ignated RB Clyde Edwards-He- laire and TE Jody Fortson to return to practice from injured reserve. Signed RB Jerrion Ealy to the practice squad. Released DE Daniel Wise from the practice squad. PHILADELPHIA EAGLES Signed WR Tyrie Cleveland to the practice squad.
PITTSBURGH STEELERS Signed WR Anthony Miller to a one-year contract. SEATTLE SEAHAWKS Signed Joey Hunt to a futures contract. TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS Signed Ts Dylan Cook, Justin Skule and Grant Hermanns, CBs Don Gardner and Duron Lowe, WR Kaylon Geiger, DL Mike Greene, RB Patrick Laird and OLBs Hamilcar Rashed and Charles Snowden to tures contracts. TENNESSEE TITANS Signed OL John Leglue to a tures contract. HOCKEY National Hockey League BOSTON BRUINS Recalled LW Joona Koppanen from Prov- idence (AHL).
BUFFALO SABRES Recalled Peyton Krebs from Rochester (AHL). Loaned Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen to Rochester. CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS Re- called Jaxson Stauber from Rockford (AHL). LOS ANGELES KINGS Re- called Rasmus Kupari from Ontario (AHL). MONTREAL CANADIENS Recalled RW Rem Pitlick and Rafael Harvey-Pinard from Laval (AHL).
NEW YORK RANGERS As- signed Ryan Carpenter to Hartford (AHL). VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS Assigned Connor Corcoran from Henderson (AHL) to Savan- nah (ECHL). American Hockey League BAKERSFIELD CONDORS Assigned Ryan Fanti and Sam Dove-McFalls to Fort Wayne (ECHL). COLORADO EAGLES Re- called RW Tarun Fizer from Utah (ECHL). HARTFORD WOLFPACK Re- leased LW Brandon Cutler from a professional tryout contract (PTO).
TORONTO MARLIES Re- called Orrin Centazzo from Newfoundland (ECHL). East Coast Hockey League ATLANTA GLADIATORS Acti- vated Derek Topatigh from re- serve. Placed Malcolm Hayes on reserve. FLORIDA EVERBLADES Re- leased Joe Widmar. Returned Levko Koper from family leave.
DEALS B2 AMERICAN PRESS WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 2023 FINER POINTS.
