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Show cs CONFERENCE CHAMP ROUNDUP Western Kentucky takes Sun Belt with victoiy over Middle Tennessee W ' L W im.ii. . hi p. iil. " a big deal for Bui ler anymore. superstars "We've done a lot so far, but King hacked in for a lauip we want more," guard Mike 'tnpuUValRcibefls up Green said. with 2:51 left, and Jarvis added Green matched his career a juniX'r in the 'lane on tlx1 next tlie with 24 points Tuesday Golden down as high Eagles trip took the lead to stay . night, leading the No. 12 BullSummit League player of the dogs to 5 victory against year George Hill answered With .'Cleveland State in the Horizon a driving layup for 11111 (26-7League tournament championbut Jarvis the ship. Butler earned an automatic bid in the NCAA tournament reserve in tlie count ry confor the first time since 2001. from the nected on a ill The match side and couldn't Bulldogs have, made the right tournament as an at large team him on the other end. twice since, but waiting for the King was fouled on the reselect ion committee to make up . bound and hit both of his free its mind Isn't as much fun as getthrows, pushing the lead to for the Golden Eagles (24-8-) with ting into the field of 65 like this.: "This is what it's all about," 120 left. Hill cruised in for a right handed guard Mike Green said ,," Butler (29-3- ) blew a dunk on the Jaguars' next lead in the first half but pulled possession, but couldn't convert on another drive or a away again midway through in the final minute to close the tne secona nau ana tooK control with a 17-- run while a key deficit. Oral Roberts went Cleveland State player was out from the free throw line in the with an ankle injury, final 63 seconds to seal the win. "We stuck to our game plan," Fans stormed the court to Green said. "We've been here celebrate the third consecutive before. We took everything ..' NCAA tournament bid for the tiny Tulsa school founded by a ; they could throw at us, and we had the experience to carry it televangelist. , "It feels fantastic," said Jarvis, Off." v :';. The Bulldogs took a 6044 a freshman. "It's going to feel better whenever our name pops lead with six minutes to go on consecutive by Drew up on that board." Streicher and reserve Zach Hahn. Horizon League XNathan Bullock, who led championship Cleveland State with 21 points, scored the next five for the Vikings, but they never I No. 1 2 Butler 70, Cleveland St. 55: At Indianapolis, just getting came closer than 13 points the into the NCAA tournament isn't rest of the game. Enter a new lino of sharps shooters and a solid post presX MOBILE. Ala. ence, and tlw. Golden Eagles are Jeremy bracket-humiEvans had 20 points and 14 reagain, ,.' bounds as Western Kentucky Moses Ehambe hit seven defeated Middle Tennessee and scored 25 points, " " (,,"',,v to win the Sun Belt Conference and Oral Roberts earned an autotournament championship and matic NCAA tournament berth an NCAA bid on Tuesday night. by beating IUPUI 7 Tuesday Tyrone Brazelton and Courtnight to win its third straight Summit League tournament title. ney Lee added 13 points apiece for Western Kentucky "They're part of the reason which won the Sun Belt for the why I really wanted to get to the sixth time. tournament. When people would "This is a special group of say that we couldn't do it without Caleb and Ken kids," Western Kentucky coach granted, they Darrin Horn said. "From day are great players, and everything but I knew one, we sought to build the program with character. The kids deep down inside we could do it, have been through an awful lot and we did," Ehambe said both off and on the court, but "Now we're about to go in, JOHN DAVID MERCERAssociated Press and we're about to make some they never stopped believing in noise." themselves. I'm happy for our Western Kentucky players celebrate their 7 victory over The departure of Green, a Middle Tennessee in the Sun Belt Conference basketball guys more than anything." three-tim- e Desmond Yates had 16 points conference player championship game Tuesday. of the year, and Tutt left the for Middle Tennessee Golden Eagles to depend on a Demetrus Green scored 12 points us to get points on the board." cast of characters this seasoa and Theryn Hudson added 10 for Middle Tennessee went up Ehambe was a streaky shooter, with about six minutes left in the Blue Raiders.: Evans, a sophomore, was selected tournament MVP. Western Kentucky started the the first half, but the Hilltoppers hitting eight 3s in the quarter"I didn't want to leave here second half with an finals and then getting shut run over the next run to go went on a without winning," he said "I just out in the semis before another three minutes to trim the lead to up by 10 and built the lead to as thank God for bringing us this solid performance. Robert Jarvis one. many as 14. Middle Tennessee far." would get no closer than eight Hudson's dunk temporarily again excelled off the bench, and Shawn King came through with as it was forced to foul in the last ended the run, but WKU eventuthe inside play that Green used to on a pair of free two minutes and the Hilltoppers ally tied it Summit League connected on 12 straight free throws by Evans with 1:10 left, provide. championship s throws. "It's always a sweet moment," Orlando "I thought our team got off to Oral Roberts coach Scott Sutjust before the buzzer Oral Roberts 71, IUPUI 64: At ton said. "They're all different a good start tonight and had a lot gave the Hilltoppers a 1 of energy, but we went through Tulsa, Okla., without stars Caleb but this year, for this team to do "I told our guys at the half that Green and Ken Tutt, the NCAA what they've done after what we a period of time where Westtournament was supposed to be lost last year, speaks volumes we had to defend and rebound," ern Kentucky kept us off the a much more difficult goal for about the character and toughboards," Middle Tennessee coach Horn said. "If we kept reboundness and that this was a team. No Kermit Davis said. ing and defending, it would help Oral Roberts to achieve. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 67-5- 7 59-5- (, 70-5- (27-6)- , 1 1 66-5- 9 67-5- 3 (17-15- ), 28-2- 1 6-- 0 8-- 1 31-a- ll Mendez-Valdez'- ; 34-3- scOREBOARD (21-1- FAST FACT On this date in 1985, Larry Bird scored 60 points, including Boston's last 16, to set a Celtics record and lead them to a victory over Atlanta. 126-11- 5 Source: AP San Prep schedule Diego Force, 7:30 p.m. State-Ai- r win- vs. Mew winner ner, Mid Championship Saturday, March Today BASEBALL Semifinal Grow at Viewmont, 3 p.m. Granger at Prow. 3:30 p.m. Bountiful at Timpanogos, 3:30 p.m. Kanal) at Gunnison, 3:30 p.m. North Sanpete at North Sevier, 3 p.m, North Summit at Juab, 3:30 p m. 7 p.m. winners, Pleasant 15 schedule Pan American Center Las Cruces, N.M. First Round Tuesday, March 11 At The BOYS SOCCER UN at Hunter, 3:30 p.m. 3:30 p.m. Bingham at Timpanogos, SOFTBALL 3:30 p.m. Timpvlew at Timpanogos, Hlllcrest at Provo, 4 p.m. North Summit at Juab. 3:30 p.m. Jose San Quarterfinals Thursday, March at Orem, 3:30 p.m. Wasatch at Highland, 3:30 p.m. ALA 14 12 19 375 St. 357 , 181 25-- p.m. NO 65, Loyola. 154 128 21 NO 64 MWC 60 W Athletic Conference First Round Florida ASM 69, Howard 59 Morgan St. 86, Norfolk St. 65 S. Carolina St. 66, TCU SDSU BYU 45 Mountain West Conference First Round Colorado College Basketball winner. Men's scores Semifinal TOURNAMENT MWC vs. 1 p.m. San Dtego BYU UNLV New Mexico San Diego St. Air Force Utah tournament standingsGames Conference L W Pel. 14 2 .875 12 4 750 11 5 .688 7 9 .563 8 8 .500 7 9 .438 6 5 TCU Wyoming Colorado St. 0 10 .375 11 16 .313 .000 All W 25 23 L Pet 6 .806 .767 .774 .633 .552 .552 .483 .414 .200 7 24 19 16 7 11 16 14 12 13 13 15 17 6 24 Men's polls ASSOCIATED PRESS TOP 25 Record 1. Norlti Carolina (52) 2 Memphis (13) 3. UCLA 151 4. Tennessee (2) 5. Kansas 6. Texas 7. Duke State vs. Air Force, 3:30 p.m. UNLV vs. TCU, 7 p m. New Mexico vs. Utah. 9:30 p.m. Semifinals Friday, March 14 o State winner vs. BYU automatic bids MWC schedule BYU 1. North Carolina Cornell, Ivy League Davidson, Southern Conference Drake, Missouri Valley Conference George Mason, Colonial Athletic Association San Diego, West Coast Conference Siena, Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Winthrop, Big South Conference Thomas ft Mack Center Us Vegas First Round Today, March 12 Colorado State, 12 p.m. Quarterfinals Thursday, March 13 State winner, vs. Record 15 Austin Peay. Ohio Valley Conference Belmont, Atlantic Sun Conference At The Wyoming Mexico 10 30 p.m. Championship Saturday, March winners, 9 p.m. NCAA Sky Conferenct Semifinals N.Arizona 75, Weber St 70 Horizon League Championship Butler 70, Cleveland St. 55 Athletic Conference First Round Coppin St. 55, Howard 54 S. Carolina St. 78, 69 Summtt league Championship Oral Roberts 71 tUPUl 64 Sun Bed Conference Championship W. Kentucky 67, Middle Tennessee 57 Western Athletic Conference First Round San Jose St. 64, Louisiana Tech 62 Big State-Sa-n USA TodayESPN Top 25 The top 25 teams in the USA men's votes in college basketball pol, with March 9. records parentheses, through ports based vote through one port on 25 points for a vote and previous ranking: for a Pts Pvs 1.776 1.693 1.646 2 1.626 1.517 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. Tennessee Kansas 111 Wisconsin Duke Texas 8. Wisconsin 9 Georgetown 10. Xavier 1,300 1,043 11 Georgetown Butler Stanford Xavier Louisville Noire Dame Connecticut Purdue Vanderbilt Drake State Michigan Indiana Continued from C2 I The new Splash Dogs contest ($1,000 in cash prizes) ' I The new "Frost Bite Challenge" barbeque contest ($1,500 cash prizes) I The new Utah National Wild Turkey Federation-sanctione- d calling contest 23. BYU 24 Marquette 25. Davidson 25-' . . 4 6 8 5 9 10 12 7 11 13 19 14 317 296 272 15 235 188 175 165 18 17 153 127 16 21 22 23 91 24 20 60 NR Others receiving votes: Clemson 33: Mississippi Slate 26; Southern California 24; Saint Mary's 7; Kentucky 0; South Alabama 10; Araona State 6; Kent State 2; Western Kentucky 2; Pittsburgh . Women's scores TOURNAMENT Big 12 Conference First Round Iowa St 76, Colorado 50 Missouri 70. Oklahoma 64, 0T Texas 75, Texas Tech 63 Big 8 Championship water-j- umping State Washington Gonzaga ($1,000 cash prizes) I The new Shed Mountain contest ($500 in prizes) I Best of the West Distance Hunting 26-- 720 697 650 582 569 565 564 452 444 408 383 344 2 3 ($2,000 cash prizes) Best of the West Championship ($10,000 Elk-Calli- cash and prizes) I Best of the West Duck-an- d Goose-CallinContest and State Championship ($1,000 in cash and prizes) g East Conference Championship 0 0 0 0 GB .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 ALL GAMES L W PCT 5 .615 8 5 .583 ,7 7 6 6 6 7 7 3 7 .538 .462 .462 .485 .300 St. 68, UNLV 49 Summit League Championship Oral Roberts IUPUI 66, 31 29 5, Utah at Gonzaga, late Southern Utah at UNLV. late Texas Tech at New Mexico, late TCU. late Prairie View A&M W 38 36 37 35 34 Colorado Caigary Minnesota Vancouver Edmonton L 27 23 26 24 31 Pacific W 41 San Jose Dallas 42 39 34 27 Two points for loss or shootout a L 18 28 30 26 Division OT Pts 98 6 78 8 73 7 11 73 11 69 Division 30 Northwest Anaheim Phoenix Los Angeles Tuesday's results Utah Valley 4 BYU 53 Conference Sun Championship W. Kentucky 65, Middle Tennessee 49 Western Athletic Conference First Round San Jose St. 70, Idaho 63 Pis Pvs 1 766 721 (4) Memphis (3) 5 9 6 0 26-- 15. 16. 17. (23) UCLA 3 4 1,360 1.316 309 26-- 2. 3. 4 5. 6 7 8. 9 10 11. 12. 13. 14. UNLV AFA Utah Belt Friday, March 14 Boise winner vs. Utah Jose State winner, 8 p.m. State winner vs. New 0 0 0 0 UNM Chicago ColumbusSt. Louis standings MWC L PCT 35 33 Nashville Baseball Conference Quarterfinals Bowling Green 85, Kent St. 57 Miami (Ohio) 65, W. Michigan 76, E. Michigan 62 Tolecto 65, Ball St 60 W 46 Detroit Championship Xavier, 20 15 16 17 22 23 18 25 Central 2. TCU 1. Carolina AST 2. Temple Connecticut 65, Louisville 59 Guff Coast Athletic Conference 13 Others receiving votes: Clemson 64. Southern Cal 57. South Alabama 43, Mississippi St. 21 Kent St 11. Baylor 7, Pittsburgh 6, Oklahoma 4, Cornell 3, Kentucky 3, West Virginia 3, Kansas St, W. Kentucky Saint Mary's. Calif . 13 Boise State vs. Hawaii, 2 p.m. Utah State vs. San Jose State, 4:30 Nevada vs. Fresno State. 8 p.m. New Mexico State vs. Idaho, 10:30 Louisville Notre Dame Connecticut Drake Purdue Vanderbilt Michigan St. 25. Marquette Tech 62 State 64, Louisiana 7 1.036 976 959 802 767 672 646 565 497 474 Stanford Butler 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. Gomaga 21. Washington 22. Indiana 23. Davidson 24. BYU tournament WAC 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. a L 0T Pts 6 82 10 82 7 81 10 80 5 73 Division 0T Pts 21 25 25 30 38 8 5 7 GF SportlightAssociated Press GA 220 155 206 204 202 202 70 173 GF 82 201 195 GA 187 190 187 185 195 190 174 214 194 Vancouver 2. Los Angeles The BYU 19. George Washington Vanderbilt Manst 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 759 691 12 17 27-- 3 657 15 26-- 641 621 23-- 505 485 466 456 380 23-- 241 UTEP Louisville 27-- 209 205 Virginia Ohio St. 23-- 141 114 23-- 82 Friday's games NHL Worrell, 5 60 200 234 overtime National Basketball Association Exercised contract ot Don Nelson, coach SEATTLE SUPERS0NICS Signed G Mike contract. WNks to a GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS their 2008-0option on the 21 24 18 25 22 Georgia 75, Pittsburgh 56. Wyoming 54. Hartford 16, Anzona St 13, 2, Xavier 10. DePaul 8, SMU 8. Chattanooga Syracuse 8, Liberty 6. Purdue 6 Wis Green . Bay 4, Iowa 3, Boise St. 2. Michigan St. 2. N i World Championship presented by the International Dutch Oven Society Also included in this year's International Sportsmen's Exposition, something new is the Recreational Boating & Fishing Foundation. The Recreational Boating & Fishing Foundation (RBFF) recently announced its partnership with ISE to promote the 30 Atlanta Tampa Bay 27 WESTERN 33 35 8 68 8 62 CONFERENCE Anglers' Legacy program. ISE, which has more than 30 years experience producing America's premier fishing shows, will encourage boaters and anglers at their Phoenix Expo (March and Salt Lake City Expo to "Take (Thursday-Sunday- ) the Pledge" and introduce at least one newcomer to the sport of fishing. ISE staff will also promote the pro 7-- Football National Football League ARIZONA CARDINALS Agreed to terms with WR Larry Fitzgerald on a contract. CAROLINA PANTHERS Released C Justin Hartwig. CLEVELAND BROWNS-Sig-ned OL Lennte contract. Friedman to a DETROIT LIONS Signed 0T Chuck Darby to GF GA 163 206 192 186 171 215 201 174 212 Transactions 180 GF GA 227 197 227 210 184 195 211 204 200 219 GF GA 216 221 203 209 190 200 188 235 197 229 Baseball Signed WR Devard Darling. MIAMI DOLPHINS Signed DB Keith Davis. NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS Re signed S Ray Ventrone. NEW ORLEANS SAINTS Announced the retirement ot S Steve Gleason. American League LOS ANGELES ANGELS Assigned RHP Jose Arredondo fo iheir minor league camp, NEW YORK YANKEES Optioned INF Juan Miranda to ScrantonWilkes-BarrflU. C P J Piitttere, OF Colin Curtis, OF Reassigned Austin Jackson and OF Jose Tabata to their minor league camo OAKLAND ATHLETICS Assigned INF Jeff Baisiey and INF Wes Bankston to their minor learme camp TAMPA BAY RAYS Optioned LHP David Pnce. OF Justm Riigrjiano and RhP Jae Kuk tw minor league camp Ryu to TORONTO BLUE JAYS Agreed to terms with RHP Armando Bervte? or a minor league contract Optioned INF Russ Adams and INF Sergio Santos to Syracuse IL), Assigned INF on their Web site and run video public service announcements (PSAs) during the events, strengthening their commitment to the Anglers' Legacy message and protecting the legacy of the sport. This year's schedule and hours are as follows: Hours: Thursday and Friday, Noon to 9 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Sun gram Hockey National Hockey League DETROIT RED WINGS Signed RW Dan Deary to a contract, ST. LOUIS BLUES Recalled 0 Roman Polak from Peoria AHL). Assigned G Ben Bishop to Peoria American Hockey League TORONTO MARLIES Signed C Max Taylor. Hockey League GORILLAS Activated F Jason Central AMARILL0 Chafe from leave LAREDO DUCKS on waivers. of absence. Placed F Corey Courchene ECHL ELMIRA JACKALS Boisciair. Signed RW Maxime 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. I Location: South Towne Expo Center, 9575 S. State St., Sandy, UT 84070 Admission: $10; Youth 12 day, and under are admitted free. Tickets are available online at SaltLakeCity.SportsExpos. com or at the gate. There will e be free parking. on-sit- I Dallas John can be reached at djohnftheraldextra.com TP m JM 1 Si j; i I ;l ji fCJiP IPC r '( ...Interest No August2y i lUMrTft V Expires 032908 : Mime Guarantee Energy Efficient I . 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Toronto at Philadelphia. 5 p m. Buffalo at Pittsburgh, 5 30 p m, N Y. islanders at Florida. 5:30 p m. Carolina al Chicago. 6 30 p m. Vancouver at Anaheim. 8pm EASTERN 16 19 14 9 20 13 CHICAGO CUBS Optioned RHP Juan Mateo and OF Jake Fox to Iowa PCL and RHP Jeff Samardziia to Tennessee (SU. Assigned LHP Ed Campusano, INF Luis Figueroa and C JD Closser to their minor league camp. Released RHP Shmgo Takatsu. COLORADO ROCKIES Reassigned INF 66 176 182 Today's games Hockey Others receiving votes: Cook-Of- f, ' at San Diego State, 7 p.m. Utah at Fresno Slate South Dakota State at Air Force UNLV at New Mexico TCU at Wichita State BYU Jeroloman to their GA 5, Atlanta 2 Ottawa 4. Boston Detroit 3, Chicago Montreal 4, New Jeisey 0 Toronto 4. Philadelphia 3. OT Tampa Bay 8 N Y Islanders 4 San Jose 2, Nashville Edmonton 4, St Louis 3. 0T Anaheim at Phoenix, late (MT) Jamie National League 176 170 185 Tuesday's results vs. Utah Indiana top women's college basketball poll, with votes in parentheses, records through March 9. total points based on 25 points for a vote through one point for a vote and previous ranking: Record Pts Pvs 1. Connecticut 1.249 (49) 2 2. North Carolina (1 1.189 3 3. Tennessee 1.157 4. Stanford 6 1,087, 30-5. Maryland 5 1.012 27-7 6. LSU 1.010 24-4 7. Rutgers 953 10 8. California 879 8 773 9. Baylor 10. Duke Texas A&M 12. Utah 13. Oklahoma 14. Old Dominion 15. Kansas St. 16. Wesl Virginia 17. Notre Dame 18. Oklahoma St. Thursday at San Diego State, 7 p.m. C camp. 212 6 1, and GF 187 Colorado Women's poll league Monday's late results Today's games New Mexico State vs. Utah Piaine View ASM al TCU ASSOCIATED PRESS TOP 25 25 teams in The Associated Press' Lopez minor Christian Colonel. INF Chris Nelson. OF Dexter Fowler, OF Joe Gaetti and C Neil Wilson to their minor league camp. FLORIDA MARLINS Optioned RHP Carlos Martinez to Albuquerque iPCL). ST. LOUIS CARDINALS Optioned RHP Mark 90 B9 85 73 win, one point lor loss. Pedro |