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Posted on: Tuesday, March 2, 2010

For the Record

Advertiser Staff

TRIVIA ANSWER

Saint Louis, from 1966-68. The team was led by Jim Nicholson, who later played offensive line for the Kansas City Chiefs.

Source: Advertiser research

SPORTS TODAY

BASEBALL

College, doubleheader, Pacific West Conference, Grand Canyon vs. Hawai'i-Hilo, 3 p.m. at Francis Wong Stadium.

SOFTBALL

College women, doubleheader, Pacific West Conference, Grand Canyon vs. Hawai'i Pacific, 1 p.m. at Howard Okita field at HPU Windward.

SPORTS TOMORROW

SOFTBALL

College women, doubleheader, Pacific West Conference, Grand Canyon vs. Hawai'i Pacific, 1 p.m. at Howard Okita field at HPU Windward.

BASEBALL

Remaining Free Agents List

NEW YORK (AP) — The 42 remaining free agents:

AMERICAN LEAGUE

BOSTON (2) — Rocco Baldelli, of; Paul Byrd, rhp.

CHICAGO (1) — Jermaine Dye, of.

CLEVELAND (1) — Tomo Ohka, rhp.

DETROIT (1) — Jarrod Washburn, lhp.

MINNESOTA (2) — Joe Crede, 3b; Ron Mahay, lhp.

OAKLAND (1) — Nomar Garciaparra, dh.

TAMPA BAY (5) — Chad Bradford, rhp; Jason Isringhausen, rhp; Troy Percival, rhp; Brian Shouse, lhp; Russ Springer, rhp.

TEXAS (2) — Joaquin Benoit, rhp; Hank Blalock, 1b.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

ATLANTA (2) — Garret Anderson, of; Greg Norton, 1b.

CHICAGO (1) — Chad Fox, rhp.

COLORADO (3) — Joe Beimel, lhp; Alan Embree, lhp; Matt Herges, rhp.

FLORIDA (1) — Kiko Calero, rhp.

HOUSTON (4) — Aaron Boone, 1b; Doug Brocail, rhp; Darin Erstad, of; Mike Hampton, lhp.

LOS ANGELES (3) — Mark Loretta, 3b; Eric Milton, lhp; Jason Schmidt, rhp.

MILWAUKEE (3) — Braden Looper, rhp; Corey Patterson, of; David Weathers, rhp.

NEW YORK (3) — Carlos Delgado, 1b; Ramon Martinez, ss; Gary Sheffield, of.

PHILADELPHIA (3) — Paul Bako, c; Scott Eyre, lhp; Pedro Martinez, rhp.

ST. LOUIS (1) — John Smoltz, rhp.

SAN FRANCISCO (2) — Rich Aurilia, 1b; Randy Johnson, lhp.

WASHINGTON (1) — Dmitri Young, 1b.

Spring Training Schedule

All Times Hawai'i

TODAY

Florida Southern vs. Detroit at Lakeland, Fla., 8:05 a.m.

Atlanta vs. N.Y. Mets at Port St. Lucie, Fla., 8:10 a.m.

TOMORROW

N.Y. Mets vs. Atlanta at Kissimmee, Fla., 8:05 a.m.

Pittsburgh vs. N.Y. Yankees at Tampa, Fla., 8:05 a.m.

Detroit vs. Toronto at Dunedin, Fla., 8:05 a.m.

Tampa Bay vs. Baltimore at Sarasota, Fla., 8:05 a.m.

U. of Miami vs. Florida at Jupiter, Fla., 10:05 a.m.

San Francisco vs. Seattle at Peoria, Ariz., 10:05 a.m.

Florida State vs. Philadelphia at Clearwater, Fla., 2:05 p.m.

College

Pacific West Conference

Grand Canyon vs. Hawai'i-Hilo

Yesterday

At Francis Wong Stadium

Game 1

GCU (9-7, 3-2) 000 000 3—3 5 2

UHH (5-8, 1-4) 000 120 1—4 8 0

Jeff Urlaub, Justin McKee (1), Brady Wager (7) and Danny Bethea. John Holley Jr., Kekoa Lee (2), Tyler Simao (7) and John Hoffman, David Keller. W—Simao (1-1). L—Wager (1-1).

Leading hitters—GCU: Billy Schroeder 2-3, double; John Stanko homer, 2 RBIs. UHH: Keoni Manago 2-3; Shane Kessel 3-4, double, 2 RBIs; Arlie Johnson double.

Game 2

GCU (10-7, 4-2) 011 500 0—7 9 1

UHH (5-9, 1-5) 001 001 0—2 4 3

Colin Courtland, William Armijo (6) and Danny Bethea. Ronnie Loeffler, Jeff Jones (4), Sheldon Otsuka (5), Micah Nakasone (7) and John Hoffman. W—Courtland (1-2). L—Loeffler (1-2).

Leading hitters—GCU: Jay Green 2 runs; P.J. Garcia 2-4, double, 2 RBIs; Tyler Bair 3-4, 2 RBIs. UHH: Shane Kessel 2-3.

BASKETBALL

College Men

AP Top Twenty Five

The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Sunday, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking:

Record Pts Pvs

1, Syracuse (59) 27-2 1,618 4

2, Kansas (6) 27-2 1,550 1

3, Kentucky 27-2 1,493 2

4, Duke 25-4 1,415 5

5, Kansas St. 24-4 1,377 6

6, Ohio St. 23-7 1,232 9

7, Purdue 24-4 1,169 3

8, New Mexico 27-3 1,151 10

9, Villanova 23-5 1,143 7

10, West Virginia 22-6 1,024 8

11, Michigan St. 22-7 960 14

12, Butler 26-4 762 15

13, Vanderbilt 22-6 741 16

14, BYU 26-4 633 13

15, Wisconsin 21-7 625 17

16, Tennessee 21-7 615 19

17, Pittsburgh 22-7 612 12

18, Gonzaga 24-5 554 18

19, Georgetown 19-8 548 11

20, Temple 24-5 547 20

21, Baylor 22-6 393 24

22, Maryland 21-7 249 —

23, Texas A&M 20-8 210 22

24, UTEP 22-5 124 —

25, Xavier 21-7 101 —

Others receiving votes: Texas 94, Richmond 44, N. Iowa 32, Oklahoma St. 24, Marquette 21, Missouri 13, Illinois 10, Utah St. 9, Virginia Tech 8, Mississippi St. 7, UAB 6, Cornell 5, Louisville 4, Notre Dame 1, Old Dominion 1.

USA Today/ESPN Top 25 Poll

The top 25 teams in the USA Today-ESPN men's college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Sunday, points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking:

Record Pts Pvs

1, Syracuse (23) 27-2 766 4

2, Kansas (7) 27-2 741 1

3, Kentucky 27-2 698 2

4, Duke (1) 25-4 694 5

5, Kansas State 24-4 659 6

6, Purdue 24-4 585 3

7, Ohio State 23-7 559 9

8, West Virginia 22-6 526 7

9, Villanova 23-5 509 8

10, New Mexico 27-3 494 12

11, Butler 26-4 480 10

12, Michigan State 22-7 429 14

13, Tennessee 21-7 346 17

14, Gonzaga 24-5 341 15

15, BYU 26-4 337 11

16, Temple 24-5 293 18

17, Wisconsin 21-7 258 19

18, Pittsburgh 22-7 255 16

19, Vanderbilt 22-6 246 20

20, Georgetown 19-8 240 13

21, UTEP 22-5 121 25

22, Baylor 22-6 104 —

23, Maryland 21-7 102 —

24, Texas A&M 20-8 92 23

25, Texas 22-7 43 21

Others receiving votes: Northern Iowa 40; Xavier 28; Utah State 24; Cornell 15; Clemson 10; Virginia Tech 9; Richmond 8; Oklahoma State 6; Saint Mary's 6; UNLV 6; California 2; Marquette 2; Murray State 1.

Major Scores

EAST

West Virginia 81, Georgetown 68

SOUTH

Bethune-Cookman 66, Winston-Salem 45

Hampton 95, Longwood 81

Jackson St. 57, Ark.-Pine Bluff 54

MVSU 65, Grambling St. 61

Morgan St. 81, N. Carolina A&T 67

Norfolk St. 67, Coppin St. 57

S. Carolina St. 91, Florida A&M 65

UNC Greensboro 81, Georgia Southern 79

SOUTHWEST

Alabama St. 52, Prairie View 43

Texas 87, Oklahoma 76

Texas Southern 98, Alabama A&M 57

FAR WEST

Utah St. 76, Fresno St. 39

College Women

AP Women's Top Twenty Five

The top 25 teams in the The Associated Press' women's college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Sunday, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking:

Record Pts Pvs

1, Connecticut (40) 29-0 1,000 1

2, Stanford 27-1 959 2

3, Nebraska 27-0 920 3

4, Tennessee 27-2 880 4

5, Xavier 24-3 822 5

6, Notre Dame 25-3 764 7

7, West Virginia 26-3 726 8

8, Florida St. 25-4 708 9

9, Duke 24-5 692 6

10, Ohio St. 27-4 683 10

11, Oklahoma 20-8 582 11

12, Georgetown 24-5 533 13

13, Iowa St. 22-5 509 15

14, Baylor 21-7 494 17

15, Texas A&M 20-7 443 12

16, St. John's 23-5 385 18

17, Gonzaga 25-4 286 19

18, Texas 19-9 274 14

19, Kentucky 23-6 248 16

20, Oklahoma St. 19-8 214 23

21, LSU 20-8 189 20

22, Georgia 22-7 174 24

23, Hartford 25-3 135 24

24, Virginia 21-8 96 21

25, Michigan St. 21-8 77 —

Others receiving votes: Georgia Tech 44, TCU 34, UCLA 27, Fresno St. 22, Wis.-Green Bay 20, Middle Tennessee 15, Ark.-Little Rock 12, Vanderbilt 10, Princeton 6, Dayton 5, North Carolina 5, Bowling Green 3, DePaul 2, Illinois St. 1, Wisconsin 1.

Major Scores

EAST

Georgetown 71, Seton Hall 49

Rutgers 72, Louisville 52

St. John's 77, Pittsburgh 65

Syracuse 67, West Virginia 48

Villanova 51, Providence 45

SOUTH

Bethune-Cookman 72, Winston-Salem 54

Coppin St. 73, Norfolk St. 50

DePaul 75, South Florida 61

Florida A&M 83, S. Carolina St. 80, OT

Grambling St. 60, MVSU 54

Jackson St. 67, Ark.-Pine Bluff 64

Liberty 55, Presbyterian 40

Morgan St. 73, N. Carolina A&T 69

UNC Asheville 75, Radford 68, OT

Winthrop 47, Coastal Carolina 39

MIDWEST

Connecticut 76, Notre Dame 51

Marquette 69, Cincinnati 63, OT

N. Dakota St. 73, IUPUI 59

S. Dakota St. 93, W. Illinois 47

UMKC 80, Centenary 54

SOUTHWEST

Prairie View 77, Alabama St. 71

Texas Southern 71, Alabama A&M 45

FAR WEST

Oral Roberts 94, S. Utah 70

GOLF

PGA Tour FedExCup Leaders

Through Sunday

Rank Name Pts Money

1, Dustin Johnson 793 $1,727,450

2, Steve Stricker 780 $1,731,000

3, Ben Crane 617 $1,132,703

4, Ian Poulter 592 $1,442,525

5, Ryan Palmer 580 $1,106,202

6, Hunter Mahan 570 $1,174,793

7, Geoff Ogilvy 553 $1,227,660

8, Bill Haas 532 $923,850

9, Robert Allenby 529 $1,017,640

10, Matt Kuchar 517 $979,346

11, J.B. Holmes 474 $971,905

12, Luke Donald 442 $937,521

13, Rickie Fowler 437 $875,431

14, Tim Clark 417 $722,426

15, Brandt Snedeker 394 $657,746

16, Paul Casey 383 $1,010,000

17, Y.E. Yang 365 $710,360

18, Rory Sabbatini 354 $724,940

19, Charles Howell III 350 $654,890

20, Retief Goosen 328 $742,333

21, Alex Prugh 313 $585,246

22, Marc Leishman 311 $559,953

23, Nick Watney 273 $460,994

24, Camilo Villegas 273 $756,000

25, Brian Gay 268 $448,616

26, Ernie Els 268 $539,738

27, Bubba Watson 263 $415,336

28, Cameron Beckman 251 $659,456

29, David Duval 246 $557,440

30, Steve Marino 244 $534,272

31, John Rollins 242 $409,387

32, Michael Sim 238 $462,573

33, Stewart Cink 234 $503,921

34, Ryan Moore 233 $467,533

35, Paul Goydos 229 $495,620

36, D.J. Trahan 228 $409,215

37, J.P. Hayes 220 $415,480

38, Sean O'Hair 216 $446,057

39, Kevin Na 214 $382,482

40, Ryuji Imada 207 $346,710

41, Tom Gillis 207 $296,364

42, Pat Perez 205 $279,730

43, Phil Mickelson 202 $323,205

44, Zach Johnson 201 $343,900

45, K.J. Choi 200 $261,430

46, Chad Collins 198 $364,946

47, Vaughn Taylor 195 $347,461

48, Ricky Barnes 191 $289,302

49, Chris Couch 184 $313,677

50, Mark Wilson 179 $268,426

Also

144, Dean Wilson 47 $41,690

181, Parker McLachlin 17 $38,211

LPGA Money Leaders

Through Sunday

Trn Money

1, Ai Miyazato 2 $390,000

2, Suzann Pettersen 2 $191,047

3, Cristie Kerr 2 $187,468

4, Yani Tseng 2 $156,495

5, Song-Hee Kim 2 $102,756

6, Karrie Webb 2 $79,582

7, Jiyai Shin 2 $79,141

8, In-Kyung Kim 2 $60,881

9, Momoko Ueda 2 $55,705

10, Hee Young Park 2 $49,939

11, Maria Hjorth 2 $49,540

12, Na Yeon Choi 2 $46,229

13, Angela Stanford 2 $43,359

14, Amy Yang 2 $41,080

15, Vicky Hurst 2 $40,178

16, Seon Hwa Lee 2 $39,421

17, Jee Young Lee 2 $33,611

18, Michelle Wie 2 $32,090

19, Sun Young Yoo 2 $30,350

20, Juli Inkster 2 $30,097

21, M.J. Hur 2 $26,210

22, Katherine Hull 2 $24,281

22, Eunjung Yi 2 $24,281

24, Brittany Lincicome 2 $24,185

25, Catriona Matthew 2 $23,950

Nationwide Tour Money Leaders

Through Sunday

Trn Money

1, Bobby Gates 3 $155,600

2, Jim Herman 3 $126,000

3, Fran Quinn 1 $99,000

4, Chris Kirk 3 $90,294

5, Brian Smock 3 $62,226

6, Jamie Lovemark 3 $42,519

7, Martin Piller 3 $42,316

8, Tag Ridings 3 $41,135

9, Tommy Gainey 3 $37,400

10, Kevin Kisner 3 $35,159

11, Kevin Chappell 3 $34,621

12, Jarrod Lyle 3 $32,943

13, D.J. Brigman 3 $28,920

14, Mark Hensby 3 $28,060

15, Mark D. Anderson 3 $26,315

16, Jeff Brehaut 3 $23,826

17, Casey Wittenberg 3 $23,195

18, James Hahn 3 $21,917

19t, Marco Dawson 1 $20,735

19t, Julio Zapata 1 $20,735

21, Andrew Buckle 3 $20,033

22, Jim Carter 3 $18,457

23, Jin Park 3 $18,243

24, Trevor Murphy 3 $17,901

25, Alistair Presnell 3 $17,490

Champions Tour Charles Schwab Cup Leaders

Through Sunday

Points Money

1, Fred Couples 436 $436,000

2, Bernhard Langer 400 $399,900

3, Tom Watson 315 $315,000

4, Tommy Armour III 182 $181,600

5, Tom Lehman 179 $179,300

6, Joey Sindelar 168 $168,267

7, Mike Goodes 161 $188,126

8, John Cook 150 $185,020

9, Michael Allen 132 $162,600

10, Scott Hoch 115 $115,200

11, Gene Jones 102 $107,120

12, Hale Irwin 96 $111,650

13, Keith Fergus 75 $102,990

13, Phil Blackmar 75 $90,923

15, Loren Roberts 66 $133,050

15, Mike Reid 66 $94,720

15, Tim Simpson 66 $72,540

18, Dan Forsman 61 $96,397

18, Ronnie Black 61 $73,652

20, Mark Wiebe 59 $63,640

21, David Frost 46 $50,032

21, Hal Sutton 46 $45,867

23, Nick Price 41 $107,550

23, Jay Haas 41 $83,760

23, Chien Soon Lu 41 $40,800

23, Jay Don Blake 41 $40,800

HOCKEY

National Hockey League

All Times Hawai'i

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic GP W L OT Pts GF GA

New Jersey 61 37 21 3 77 162 144

Pittsburgh 62 36 22 4 76 195 179

Philadelphia 60 32 25 3 67 179 160

N.Y. Rangers 62 28 27 7 63 161 169

N.Y. Islanders 62 25 29 8 58 159 194

Northeast GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Ottawa 63 36 23 4 76 178 179

Buffalo 60 33 18 9 75 166 152

Boston 60 27 22 11 65 149 154

Montreal 63 29 28 6 64 164 176

Toronto 61 19 31 11 49 162 208

Southeast GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Washington 62 41 13 8 90 247 177

Tampa Bay 61 26 24 11 63 160 182

Atlanta 60 26 24 10 62 182 194

Florida 61 24 27 10 58 155 177

Carolina 61 24 30 7 55 168 194

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Central GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Chicago 61 41 15 5 87 199 146

Nashville 61 33 23 5 71 170 173

Detroit 62 29 21 12 70 162 166

St. Louis 62 28 25 9 65 163 172

Columbus 63 25 28 10 60 166 203

Northwest GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Vancouver 61 37 22 2 76 194 152

Colorado 62 35 21 6 76 180 161

Calgary 62 30 23 9 69 156 156

Minnesota 61 30 27 4 64 171 178

Edmonton 61 19 36 6 44 153 211

Pacific GP W L OT Pts GF GA

San Jose 62 40 13 9 89 204 153

Phoenix 63 37 21 5 79 167 158

Los Angeles 61 37 20 4 78 185 166

Dallas 61 28 21 12 68 175 186

Anaheim 62 30 25 7 67 177 189

Note: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Today's Games

Montreal at Boston, 2 p.m.

Chicago at N.Y. Islanders, 2 p.m.

Florida at Atlanta, 2 p.m.

Vancouver at Columbus, 2 p.m.

Carolina at Toronto, 2 p.m.

N.Y. Rangers at Ottawa, 2:30 p.m.

Buffalo at Pittsburgh, 2:30 p.m.

Philadelphia at Tampa Bay, 2:30 p.m.

Edmonton at Nashville, 3 p.m.

Los Angeles at Dallas, 3:30 p.m.

St. Louis at Phoenix, 4 p.m.

New Jersey at San Jose, 5:30 p.m.

Tomorrow's Games

Washington at Buffalo, 2 p.m.

Philadelphia at Florida, 2:30 p.m.

Vancouver at Detroit, 2:30 p.m.

Edmonton at Chicago, 3:30 p.m.

Minnesota at Calgary, 5 p.m.

Colorado at Anaheim, 5 p.m.

Yesterday's Result

Detroit 2 0 1—3

Colorado 0 2 0—2

First Period—1, Detroit, Holmstrom 16 (Datsyuk, Stuart), 6:06. 2, Detroit, Franzen 4 (Holmstrom, Lidstrom), 12:40 (pp). Second Period—3, Colorado, Galiardi 10 (Stastny, Stewart), 8:29. 4, Colorado, Stewart 20 (Salei, Hendricks), 11:14. Third Period—5, Detroit, Lidstrom 7 (Datsyuk, Holmstrom), 10:57 (pp). Goalies—Detroit, Howard. Colorado, Anderson. A—18,007 (18,007). T—2:15.

SOFTBALL

High School

Interscholastic League of Honolulu

Girls JV—Punahou 3, Mid-Pacific 2

TENNIS

ATP World Tour Money Leaders

Through Sunday

1, Roger Federer $1,988,720

2, Andy Murray $988,600

3, Novak Djokovic $651,135

4, Marin Cilic $572,108

5, Nikolay Davydenko $471,450

6, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga $425,204

7, Robin Soderling $421,251

8, Mikhail Youzhny $418,397

9, Sam Querrey $389,602

10, David Ferrer $329,628

11, John Isner $329,116

12, Andy Roddick $326,310

13, Juan Carlos Ferrero $286,729

14, Rafael Nadal $284,440

15, Ivo Karlovic $248,347

16, Lukasz Kubot $246,566

17, Marcos Baghdatis $240,120

18t, Bob Bryan $222,935

18t, Mike Bryan $222,935

20, Jurgen Melzer $222,210

21, Michael Llodra $216,435

22, Fernando Verdasco $204,228

23, Julien Benneteau $195,628

24, Ernests Gulbis $186,729

25, Fernando Gonzalez $180,687

WTA Tour Money Leaders

Through Sunday

1, Serena Williams $1,984,467

2, Justine Henin $891,231

3, Venus Williams $740,046

4, Victoria Azarenka $385,892

5, Li Na $384,053

6, Zheng Jie $371,521

7, Elena Dementieva $260,942

8, Cara Black $245,813

9, Maria Kirilenko $230,986

10, Nadia Petrova $202,495

11, Agnieszka Radwanska $188,665

12, Shahar Peer $186,952

13, Flavia Pennetta $167,203

14, Vera Zvonareva $155,432

15, Francesca Schiavone $140,893

16, Alisa Kleybanova $139,658

17, Liezel Huber $136,941

18, Yanina Wickmayer $129,033

19, Alona Bondarenko $123,098

20, Svetlana Kuznetsova $118,360

21, Maria Jose Martinez Sanc $109,020

22, Caroline Wozniacki $103,998

23, Ekaterina Makarova $102,938

24, Samantha Stosur $100,313

25, Gisela Dulko $93,842

High School

Interscholastic League of Honolulu

Boys Varsity

Kamehameha 5, Maryknoll 0

'Iolani 4, Pac-Five 1

Mid-Pacific 3, Hawai'i Baptist 2

Punahou 5, Saint Louis 0

O'ahu Interscholastic Association

Girls Varsity

Roosevelt 5, McKinley 0

VOLLEYBALL

College Men

AVCA Division I-II Men's Coaches Top 15

Poll #8

Released Yesterday

(first place votes)

Record Pts Pvs

1, Pepperdine (15) 9-4 235 1

2, Stanford 10-4 221 2

3, CS Northridge 12-5 200 5

4, BYU 9-5 179 4

5, UCLA 9-8 154 3

6, Long Beach St. (1) 8-6 148 9t

7, USC 8-6 145 6

8, Hawai'i 9-5 142 8

9, Penn State 11-2 128 7

10, UC Santa Barbara 9-8 103 9t

11, Loyola-Chicago 10-0 80 12

12, UC Irvine 9-9 74 11

13, Ohio State 10-6 45 13

14, UC San Diego 5-12 38 14

15, Lewis 10-3 24 15

Other receiving votes: Ball State 2.

transactions

BASEBALL

American League

Boston Red Sox—Claimed RHP Casey Fien off waivers from Detroit. Designated RHP Gaby Hernandez for assignment.

Cleveland Indians—Agreed to terms with RHP Tom Mastny on a minor league contract.

BASKETBALL

National Basketball Association

Indiana Pacers—Suspended F-C Solomon Jones one game for conduct detrimental to the team. Waived G Travis Diener.

San Antonio Spurs—Waived F Michael Finley.

Washington Wizards—Bought out the contract of G Mike James and waived him.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

Chicago Bears—Waived T Orlando Pace, TE Fontel Mines and G Tyler Reed.