|TODAY|
|COLLEGE MEN’S BASKETBALL|
Grace at Wayne State
Indiana-Purdue-Indianapolis at Maryland
|TV SPORTS|
College Football—Gator Bowl, Mississippi State vs. Northwestern, 11 a.m. (ESPN2); Capital One Bowl, Georgia vs. Nebraska, Noon (ABC); Outback Bowl, South Carolina vs. Michigan, Noon (ESPN); Rose Bowl, Wisconsin vs. Stanford, 4:07 p.m. (ESPN); Orange Bowl, Northern Illinois vs. Florida State, 7:37 p.m. (ESPN)
Men’s College Basketball—Connecticut at Marquette, 7 p.m. (ESPNU)
College Basketball
|Northern Sun|
|Intercollegiate Conference|
|MEN|
Team (Overall)|WL
|North|
Minnesota State-Moorhead (10-1)…41
St. Cloud State (8-1)…41
Northern State (9-3)…41
Bemidji State (6-3)…41
University of Mary (3-6)…23
Minnesota-Duluth (3-6)…14
Minot State (2-7)…14
Minnesota-Crookston (3-6)…05
|South|
Minnesota State, Mankato (8-1)…41
Augustana College (8-1)…41
Upper Iowa (8-3)…41
Winona State (9-3)…32
Southwest Minnesota State (6-6)…32
Wayne State (6-4)…14
Sioux Falls (5-4)…14
Concordia-St. Paul (2-7)…05
|WOMEN|
Team (Overall)|WL
|North|
St. Cloud State (8-1)…41
Northern State (7-2)…32
University of Mary (8-3)…32
Minnesota-Duluth (6-3)…32
Minot State (6-3)…23
Bemidji State (6-3)…23
Minnesota State-Moorhead (5-4)…23
Minnesota-Crookston (4-5)…14
|South|
Augustana College (9-0)…50
Minnesota State, Mankato (8-1)…41
Winona State (9-3)…32
Wayne State (6-2)…32
Concordia-St. Paul (5-4)…32
Sioux Falls (5-4)…23
Upper Iowa (3-9)…05
Southwest Minnesota State (1-9)…05
|Summit League|
|MEN|
Team (Overall)|WL
Western Illinois (10-3)…20
North Dakota State (11-3)…10
South Dakota (6-8)…11
South Dakota State (10-5)…10
Oakland (6-9)…11
Kansas City (4-9)…11
IUPUI (6-11)…13
Fort Wayne (6-9)…02
Nebraska-Omaha (3-12)…03
|WOMEN|
Team (Overall)|WL
South Dakota State (9-5)…10
South Dakota (6-8)…10
Nebraska-Omaha (9-3)…11
Western Illinois (7-6)…11
IUPUI (7-7)…11
Oakland (7-7)…11
Fort Wayne (5-9)…11
North Dakota State (4-9)…01
Kansas City (4-10)…01
|Great Plains|
|Athletic Conference|
|MEN|
Team (Overall)|WL
Doane College (15-2)…62
Northwestern (11-4)…52
Dordt College (13-3)…53
Midland (10-5)…53
Hastings College (13-4)…43
Briar Cliff (12-5)…34
Dakota Wesleyan (8-8)…34
Morningside College (8-9)…34
Nebraska Wesleyan (7-5)…25
Mount Marty (6-9)…25
Concordia (5-8)…25
|WOMEN|
Team (Overall)|WL
Concordia (14-0)…70
Morningside College (14-2)…61
Briar Cliff (14-3)…52
Northwestern (11-3)…52
Dakota Wesleyan (12-4)…43
Mount Marty (9-6)…43
Dordt College (9-8)…44
Hastings College (8-9)…34
Midland (6-10)…26
Nebraska Wesleyan (2-10)…07
Doane College (5-11)…08
|POLLS|
|The AP Top 25|
The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Dec. 30, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week’s ranking:|
|RecordPtsPrv
1. Duke (63)…12-01,6231
2. Michigan (2)…13-01,5472
3. Arizona…12-01,4743
4. Louisville…12-11,4344
5. Indiana…12-11,3785
6. Kansas…11-11,3136
7. Syracuse…11-11,1979
8. Ohio St.…10-21,07910
9. Minnesota…12-1 97811
10. Gonzaga…12-1 94613
11. Illinois…13-1 92912
12. Missouri…10-2 9127
13. Florida…9-2 81014
14. Cincinnati…12-1 7618
15. Georgetown…10-1 71815
16. Creighton…12-1 62916
17. Butler…10-2 59118
18. Michigan St.…11-2 44719
19. San Diego St.…11-2 43717
20. New Mexico…13-1 389 –
21. Notre Dame…12-1 36121
22. Oklahoma St.…10-1 33322
23. NC State…10-2 27023
24. Pittsburgh…12-1 21924
25. Kansas St.…10-2 14925
Others receiving votes: UNLV 52, North Carolina 38, Wyoming 28, Temple 21, VCU 15, Kentucky 13, Wichita St. 11, UConn 9, UCLA 6, Maryland 5, Oregon 3.
|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 Dec. 31, points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week’s ranking:|
|RecordPtsPvs
1. Duke (30)…12-07741
2. Michigan (1)…13-07442
3. Arizona…12-06923
4. Louisville…12-16783
5. Indiana…12-16545
6. Kansas…11-16436
7. Syracuse…11-15757
8. Ohio State…10-253010
9. Florida…9-245111
10. Gonzaga…12-143913
11. Creighton…12-143612
12. Missouri…10-24209
13. Minnesota…12-141714
14. Illinois…13-135815
15. Cincinnati…12-13528
16. Georgetown…10-128118
17. San Diego State…11-224216
18. Michigan State…11-222819
19. Notre Dame…12-120120
20. Butler…10-219421
21. Oklahoma State…10-114622
22. Pittsburgh…12-112424
23. New Mexico…13-1109–
24. UNLV…11-210017
25. N.C. State…10-29525
Others receiving votes: VCU 36, Kansas State 35, North Carolina 34, Kentucky 31, Wyoming 30, Wichita State 7, Colorado 6, Maryland 5, UConn 3, UCLA 2, Bucknell 1, Colorado State 1, Temple 1.
|NBA|
|EASTERN CONFERENCE|
|WLPctGB
New York…219.700–
Brooklyn…1615.5165
Boston…1416.4677
Philadelphia…1417.4527
Toronto…1120.35510
|Southeast Division|
|WLPctGB
Miami…218.724–
Atlanta…1910.6552
Orlando…1219.38710
Charlotte…823.25814
Washington…424.14316
|Central Division|
|WLPctGB
Indiana…1813.581–
Chicago…1613.5521
Milwaukee…1613.5521
Detroit…1122.3338
Cleveland…725.21911
|WESTERN CONFERENCE|
|Southwest Division|
|WLPctGB
San Antonio…258.758–
Memphis…199.6793
Houston…1714.5487
Dallas…1219.38712
New Orleans…723.23316
|Northwest Division|
|WLPctGB
Oklahoma City…246.800–
Denver…1715.5318
Minnesota…1413.5198
Portland…1514.5178
Utah…1517.46910
|Pacific Division|
|WLPctGB
L.A. Clippers…256.806–
Golden State…2110.6774
L.A. Lakers…1515.5009
Sacramento…1119.36713
Phoenix…1121.34414
| ———|
|Monday’s Games|
Charlotte 91, Chicago 81
Indiana 88, Memphis 83
Miami 112, Orlando 110, OT
Houston 123, Atlanta 104
San Antonio 104, Brooklyn 73
Oklahoma City 114, Phoenix 96|
|Tuesday’s Games|
Dallas at Washington, 5 p.m.
Portland at New York, 6:30 p.m.
Sacramento at Detroit, 6:30 p.m.
Atlanta at New Orleans, 7 p.m.
L.A. Clippers at Denver, 8 p.m.
Philadelphia at L.A. Lakers, 9:30 p.m.|
|Wednesday’s Games|
Sacramento at Cleveland, 6 p.m.
Portland at Toronto, 6 p.m.
Washington at Indiana, 6 p.m.
Chicago at Orlando, 6 p.m.
Memphis at Boston, 6:30 p.m.
Dallas at Miami, 6:30 p.m.
New Orleans at Houston, 7 p.m.
Brooklyn at Oklahoma City, 7 p.m.
San Antonio at Milwaukee, 7 p.m.
Philadelphia at Phoenix, 8 p.m.
Minnesota at Utah, 8 p.m.
L.A. Clippers at Golden State, 9:30 p.m.|
|COLLEGE|
|FOOTBALL|
Bowl Glance|
|By The Associated Press|
|Subject to Change|
|Saturday, Dec. 15|
|NEW MEXICO BOWL|
|At Albuquerque|
Arizona 49, Nevada 48|
|FAMOUS IDAHO POTATO BOWL|
|At Boise, Idaho|
Utah State 41, Toledo 15
|
|Thursday, Dec. 20|
|POINSETTIA BOWL|
|At San Diego|
BYU 23, San Diego State 6
|
|Friday, Dec. 21|
|Beef ’O’ Brady’s Bowl|
|At St. Petersburg, Fla.|
UCF 38, Ball State 17
|
|Saturday, Dec. 22|
|NEW ORLEANS BOWL|
Louisiana-Lafayette 43, East Carolina 34|
|MAACO Bowl|
|Las Vegas|
Boise State 28, Washington 26
|
|Monday, Dec. 24|
|HAWAII BOWL|
|At Honolulu|
SMU 43, Fresno State 10
|
|Wednesday, Dec. 26|
|LITTLE CAESARS PIZZA BOWL|
|At Detroit|
Central Michigan 24, Western Kentucky 21
|
|Thursday, Dec. 27|
|MILITARY BOWL|
|At Washington|
San Jose State 29, Bowling Green 20|
|BELK BOWL|
|At Charlotte, N.C.|
Cincinnati 48, Duke 34|
|HOLIDAY BOWL|
|At San Diego|
Baylor 49, UCLA 26|
|
|Friday, Dec. 28|
|INDEPENDENCE BOWL|
|At Shreveport, La.|
Ohio 45, Louisiana-Monroe 14|
|RUSSELL ATHLETIC BOWL|
|At Orlando, Fla.|
Virginia Tech 13, Rutgers 10, OT|
|MEINEKE CAR CARE BOWL|
|At Houston|
Texas Tech 34, Minnesota 31
|
|Saturday, Dec. 29|
|ARMED FORCES BOWL|
|At Fort Worth, Texas|
Rice 33, Air Force 14|
|PINSTRIPE BOWL|
|At New York|
Syracuse 38, West Virginia 14|
|FIGHT HUNGER BOWL|
|At San Francisco|
Arizona State 62, Navy 28
|ALAMO BOWL|
|At San Antonio|
Texas 31, Oregon State 27
|BUFFALO WILD WINGS BOWL|
|At Tempe, Ariz.|
Michigan State 17, TCU 16
|
|Monday, Dec. 31|
|MUSIC CITY BOWL|
|At Nashville, Tenn.|
Vanderbilt 38, N.C. State 24|
NC State…014010–24
Vanderbilt…72137–38
|First Quarter|
Van—Boyd 5 pass from Rodgers (Spear kick), 9:51.|
|Second Quarter|
Van—Stacy 6 run (Fowler kick), 10:08.
NCSt—Creecy 1 run (Sade kick), 6:18.
Van—Tate 7 run (Spear kick), 3:47.
NCSt—Palmer 94 kickoff return (Sade kick), 3:35.
Van—Matthews 18 pass from Rodgers (Fowler kick), :41.|
|Third Quarter|
Van—FG Spear 30, 9:39.|
|Fourth Quarter|
NCSt—FG Sade 24, 14:56.
Van—Rodgers 15 run (Spear kick), 5:11.
NCSt—Smith 19 pass from Glennon (Sade kick), 2:06.
A—55,801.
| ———|
|NCStVan
First downs…24 17
Rushes-yards…25-41 41-117
Passing…383 108
Comp-Att-Int…35-53-316-27-0
Return Yards…5 77
Punts-Avg.…3-30.3 5-46.2
Fumbles-Lost…6-2 0-0
Penalties-Yards…9-90 2-10
Time of Possession…27:04 32:56
| ———|
|INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS|
RUSHING—NC State, Creecy 9-43, Thornton 12-39, Glennon 3-(minus 20), Team 1-(minus 21). Vanderbilt, Stacy 25-107, Tate 9-14, Rodgers 4-6, Kimbrow 1-(minus 2), Matthews 1-(minus 4), Team 1-(minus 4).
PASSING—NC State, Glennon 35-53-3-383. Vanderbilt, Rodgers 16-25-0-108, Carta-Samuels 0-1-0-0, Stacy 0-1-0-0.
RECEIVING—NC State, Palmer 8-111, Creecy 6-50, Thornton 5-41, Smith 3-50, Payton 3-37, Carter 3-34, Talbert 3-29, Watson 2-21, Underwood 1-5, Winkles 1-5. Vanderbilt, Matthews 7-61, Boyd 4-18, Tate 2-10, Scheu 2-7, Stacy 1-12.
|SUN BOWL|
|At El Paso, Texas|
Georgia Tech 21, Southern Cal 7|
Southern Cal…0700– 7
Georgia Tech…0777–21
|Second Quarter|
GaT—Sims 3 pass from Lee (Tanner kick), 10:41.
USC—Redd 9 pass from Wittek (Heidari kick), :50.|
|Third Quarter|
GaT—Washington 1 run (Tanner kick), 12:23.|
|Fourth Quarter|
GaT—O.Smith 17 pass from Washington (Tanner kick), 13:11.
A—47,922.
| ———|
|USCGaT
First downs…10 18
Rushes-yards…22-98 63-294
Passing…107 75
Comp-Att-Int…14-37-35-10-1
Return Yards…71 85
Punts-Avg.…8-44.0 7-40.4
Fumbles-Lost…1-0 2-2
Penalties-Yards…2-10 8-88
Time of Possession…23:35 36:25
| ———|
|INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS|
RUSHING—Southern Cal, Redd 17-88, Wittek 1-5, McNeal 3-5, Lee 1-0. Georgia Tech, Sims 17-99, Laskey 6-60, Lee 10-52, Washington 16-46, Bostic 2-14, Godhigh 3-13, O.Smith 4-9, Zenon 2-7, Days 1-(minus 2), Team 2-(minus 4).
PASSING—Southern Cal, Wittek 14-37-3-107. Georgia Tech, Washington 3-5-0-49, Lee 2-5-1-26.
RECEIVING—Southern Cal, Lee 6-41, R.Woods 3-33, Redd 3-14, Grimble 2-19. Georgia Tech, Je.Moore 1-27, C.Jackson 1-23, O.Smith 1-17, Bostic 1-5, Sims 1-3.
|LIBERTY BOWL|
|At Memphis, Tenn.|
Iowa St.…17000–17
Tulsa…71473–31
|First Quarter|
ISU—FG Arceo 33, 10:47.
ISU—Reeves 31 interception return (Arceo kick), 7:44.
Tlsa—Singleton 2 run (Schwarz kick), 4:47.
ISU—Brun 69 pass from S.Richardson (Arceo kick), 3:46.|
|Second Quarter|
Tlsa—Green 8 run (Schwarz kick), 14:33.
Tlsa—Singleton 2 run (Schwarz kick), 11:10.|
|Third Quarter|
Tlsa—Singleton 1 run (Schwarz kick), 1:50.|
|Fourth Quarter|
Tlsa—FG Schwarz 40, 12:49.
A—53,687.
| ———|
|ISUTlsa
First downs…9 23
Rushes-yards…28-98 60-317
Passing…170 93
Comp-Att-Int…14-28-211-23-1
Return Yards…41 0
Punts-Avg.…8-35.8 8-36.4
Fumbles-Lost…1-1 3-0
Penalties-Yards…9-84 9-73
Time of Possession…24:28 35:32
| ———|
|INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS|
RUSHING—Iowa St., S.Richardson 10-46, J.White 10-36, Woody 2-8, Jantz 4-6, Gary 1-2, Horne 1-0. Tulsa, Watts 25-149, Douglas 8-79, Green 10-58, Singleton 15-35, Team 2-(minus 4).
PASSING—Iowa St., S.Richardson 10-21-1-129, Jantz 4-7-1-41. Tulsa, Green 11-23-1-93.
RECEIVING—Iowa St., Brun 4-102, Lenz 2-29, J.West 2-12, J.White 2-(minus 2), Tiller 1-16, Young 1-8, Horne 1-5, Nealy 1-0. Tulsa, Watts 4-17, Garrett 3-19, T.Roberson 2-35, Carter 1-19, James 1-3.
|CHICK-FIL-A BOWL|
|At Atlanta|
Clemson 25, LSU 24
|
|Tuesday, Jan. 1|
|HEART OF DALLAS BOWL|
|At Dallas-|
Purdue (6-6) vs. Oklahoma State (7-5), 11 a.m. (ESPNU)|
|GATOR BOWL|
|At Jacksonville, Fla.|
Mississippi State (8-4) vs. Northwestern (9-3), 11 a.m. (ESPN2)|
|CAPITAL ONE BOWL|
|At Orlando, Fla.|
Georgia (11-2) vs. Nebraska (10-3), noon (ABC)|
|OUTBACK BOWL|
|At Tampa, Fla.|
South Carolina (10-2) vs. Michigan (8-4), noon (ESPN)|
|ROSE BOWL|
|At Pasadena, Calif.|
Stanford (11-2) vs. Wisconsin (8-5), 4 p.m. (ESPN)|
|ORANGE BOWL|
|At Miami|
Northern Illinois (12-1) vs. Florida State (11-2), 7:30 p.m. (ESPN)
|
|Wednesday, Jan. 2|
|SUGAR BOWL|
|At New Orleans|
Florida (11-1) vs. Louisville (10-2), 7:30 p.m. (ESPN)
|
|Thursday, Jan. 3|
|FIESTA BOWL|
|At Glendale, Ariz.|
Kansas State (11-1) vs. Oregon (11-1), 7:30 p.m. (ESPN)
|
|Friday, Jan. 4|
|COTTON BOWL|
|At Arlington, Texas|
Texas A&M (10-2) vs. Oklahoma (10-2), 7 p.m. (FOX)
|
|Saturday, Jan. 5|
|BBVA COMPASS BOWL|
|At Birmingham, Ala.|
Pittsburgh (6-6) vs. Mississippi (6-6), noon(ESPN)
|
|Sunday, Jan. 6|
|GODADDY.COM BOWL|
|At Mobile, Ala.|
Kent State (11-2) vs. Arkansas State (9-3), 8 p.m. (ESPN)
|Transactions|
BASKETBALL|
|National Basketball Association|
CLEVELAND CAVALIERS — Recalled F Samardo Samuels from Canton (NBADL).
DALLAS MAVERICKS — Recalled G Jared Cunningham from Texas (NBADL).
GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS — Re-assigned G-F Kent Bazemore and F-C Jeremy Tyler to Santa Cruz (NBADL).
MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES — Signed G-F Lazar Hayward.|
|FOOTBALL|
|National Football League|
ARIZONA CARDINALS — Fired coach Ken Whisenhunt and general manager Rod Graves.
BUFFALO BILLS — Fired coach Chan Gailey. Signed RB Zach Brown, DE Corbin Bryant, DT Jarron Gilbert, OT Adam Grant and LB Brian Smith to reserve/future contracts.
CHICAGO BEARS — Fired coach Lovie Smith.
CLEVELAND BROWNS — Fired general manager Tom Heckert and coach Pat Shurmur.
DALLAS COWBOYS — Signed CB Vince Agnew, WR Tim Benford, WR Danny Coale, DE Ikponmwosa Igbinosun, CB Micah Pellerin, DT Brian Price, LB Brashton Satele, TE Andre Smith, QB Nick Stephens and LB Monte Taylor to reserve/future contracts.b
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Fired general manager Gene Smith.
GREEN BAY PACKERS — Signed LB Micah Johnson to the practice squad. Released CB Otis Merrill from the practice squad.
KANSAS CITY CHIEFS — Fired coach Romeo Crennel. Announced the retirement of OL Ryan Lilja.
NEW YORK JETS — Fired general manager Mike Tannenbaum. Signed LB JoJo Dickson, DT Tevita Finau, S Jaiquawn Jarrett, OT Dennis Landolt, WR Royce Pollard, WR Titus Ryan, QB Matt Simms and LB Jacquies Smith to reserve/future contracts.
OAKLAND RAIDERS — Fired offensive coordinator Greg Knapp, special teams coordinator Steve Hoffman, offensive line coach Frank Pollack and linbeackers coach Johnny Holland.
PHILADELPHIA EAGLES — Fired coach Andy Reid.
SAN DIEGO CHARGERS — Fired coach Norv Turner and general manager A.J. Smith.
SEATTLE SEAHAWKS — Placed CB Walter Thurmond on injured reserve. Announced CB Brandon Browner returned from his suspension. Released WR Corbin Louks from the practice squad. Signed DT Vaughn Meatoga and CB Ron Parker to the practice squad.
TENNESSEE TITANS — Fired chief operating officer Mike Reinfeldt. Signed WR Diondre Borel, DT Zach Clayton, DE Thaddeus Gibson, S Suaesi Tuimaunei and TE Martell Webb to reserve/future contracts.
SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS — Released RB Brandon Jacobs.|
|Canadian Football League|
TORONTO ARGONAUTS — Signed G Joe Eppele to a contract extension through the 2014 season.|
|HOCKEY|
|ECHL|
ECHL — Suspended Bakersfield D Tyson Gimblett an additional game, Toledo D Olivier Dame-Malka three games and fined him, and Cincinnati F Anthony Luciani, undisclosed amounts for their actions in recent games.
BAKERSFIELD CONDORS — Traded D Olivier Dame-Malka to Toledo for F Max Campbell and D Dale Warkentin.|
|COLLEGE|
MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE — Announced Boise State has backed out on a commitment to join the Big East and will remain a member of the Mountain West.
AUBURN — Announced DE Corey Lemonier will enter the NFL draft.
NEVADA — Announced RB Stefphon Jefferson will enter the NFL draft.
RUTGERS — Announced CB Logan Ryan will enter the NFL draft.
