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2B – Daily News – Monday, March 21, 2011 Scoreboard NHL At A Glance By The Associated Press EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT GF GA x-Phil. 71 44 19 8 228 190 Pittsburgh 72 41 23 8 208 177 Rangers 73 39 30 4 215 179 New Jersey 72 34 34 4 154 182 Islanders 73 28 33 12 203 233 Northeast Division GP W L OT GF GA Boston 71 39 22 10 213 175 Montreal 73 40 26 7 200 185 Buffalo 72 35 28 9 214 208 Toronto 73 32 31 10 192 225 Ottawa 72 27 36 9 164 223 Southeast Division GP W L OT GF GA Washington 73 42 21 10 198 176 Tampa Bay 72 39 22 11 214 217 Carolina 72 33 29 10 201 214 Atlanta 72 30 30 12 202 238 Florida 72 29 33 10 182 198 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT GF GA Detroit 72 43 21 8 233 204 Nashville 73 38 25 10 190 172 Chicago 71 38 25 8 232 201 Columbus 72 33 29 10 195 218 St. Louis 72 32 31 9 201 214 Northwest Division GP W L OT GF GA y-Vancouver73 47 17 9 238 172 Calgary 73 37 27 9 222 209 Minnesota 73 35 30 8 185 204 Colorado 71 27 36 8 198 250 Edmonton 72 23 39 10 175 237 Pacific Division GP W L OT GF GA San Jose 73 42 23 8 211 191 Phoenix 73 39 23 11 212 205 Los Angeles72 40 26 6 197 176 Dallas 72 38 25 9 203 202 Anaheim 71 39 27 5 199 204 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division Saturday’s Games N.Y. Islanders 4, Florida 3, SO Philadelphia 3, Dallas 2, SO Colorado 3, Edmonton 2, SO Columbus 5, Minnesota 4, OT Buffalo 8, Atlanta 2 Toronto 5, Boston 2 Ottawa 3, Tampa Bay 2, OT Nashville 3, Detroit 1 Anaheim 2, Los Angeles 1, OT San Jose 5, St. Louis 3 Sunday’s Games N.Y. Rangers 5, Pittsburgh 2 Nashville 4, Buffalo 3, OT New Jersey 3, Columbus 0 Montreal 8, Minnesota 1 Chicago at Phoenix, late Calgary at Anaheim, late DUKE Continued from page 1B will win 900 games even- tually, but to be the first two and for it to be a coach and his player to do it, it’s something very unique,’’ Krzyzewski said. Still, Michigan nearly made Coach K wait until next year — or at least work overtime — to try for No. 900. Coach John Beilein frustrated Duke by mixing his defenses, and Tim Hardaway Jr. reeled off seven consecutive points down the stretch, capped by a 3-pointer that made it 70-69 with 1:27 remain- ing. ‘‘That’s all we needed to do was make a shot,’’ Beilein said ‘‘This has been (a) pretty common thread with us this year, that we’ve been able to get back because we play pretty sound defense and we can hit a couple 3s Monday’s Games Pittsburgh at Detroit, 4:30 p.m. Calgary at Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday’s Games New Jersey at Boston, 4 p.m. Florida at N.Y. Rangers, 4 p.m. Ottawa at Carolina, 4 p.m. Washington at Philadelphia, 4:30 p.m. Buffalo at Montreal, 4:30 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Tampa Bay, 4:30 p.m. Edmonton at Nashville, 5 p.m. Toronto at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Columbus at Colorado, 6 p.m. St. Louis at Phoenix, 7 p.m. NBA At A Glance By The Associated Press EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division WL Pct GB x-Boston 49 19 .721 — Philadelphia36 34 .514 14 New York 35 34 .50714 1/2 New Jersey 22 46 .324 27 Toronto 19 49 .279 30 Southeast Division WL Pct GB x-Miami 48 22 .686 — x-Orlando 44 26 .629 4 Atlanta 40 30 .571 8 Charlotte 28 41 .40619 1/2 Washington 17 51 .250 30 Central Division WL Pct GB y-Chicago 49 19 .721 — Indiana 30 40 .429 20 Milwaukee 28 41 .40621 1/2 Detroit 25 45 .357 25 Cleveland 13 55 .191 36 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division WL Pct GB x-San Antonio 56 13 .812 — Dallas 48 21 .696 8 New Orleans40 31 .563 17 Memphis 38 32 .54318 1/2 Houston 37 34 .521 20 Northwest Division WL Pct GB Oklahoma City 45 23 .662 — Denver 41 29 .586 5 Portland 40 29 .5805 1/2 Utah 36 34 .514 10 Minnesota 17 54 .23929 1/2 Pacific Division WL Pct GB L.A. Lakers 49 20 .710 — Phoenix 35 33 .51513 1/2 Warriors 30 39 .435 19 L.A. Clippers27 44 .380 23 Kings 17 51 .25031 1/2 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division ——— Saturday’s Games L.A. Clippers 100, Cleveland 92 Miami 103, Denver 98 back to back and change a game.’’ Duke milked the clock before Irving’s banked-in jumper with 32 seconds left, but Morris followed that with a layup that cut it to 72-71 with 10 seconds to go. Duke fouled Smith with 8.7 seconds left, and he made his first attempt but missed the second. Zack Novak got the rebound and got it to Mor- ris, who headed straight for the lane and put up Michigan’s last shot. After the horn sounded, Morris lay face-down on the floor and repeatedly slapped the court with his palm in frustration. ‘‘Darius got a great shot off, (a) shot he hits a lot in practice,’’ teammate Stu Douglass said. ‘‘When it was in the air, I thought it was going down.’’ Hardaway scored 15 points, Evan Smotrycz had 13, Novak scored 12 and Jordan Morgan finished Memphis 99, Indiana 78 Boston 89, New Orleans 85 San Antonio 109, Charlotte 98 Portland 110, Philadelphia 101 Sunday’s Games Washington 98, New Jersey 92 Atlanta 104, Detroit 96 Milwaukee 100, New York 95 Phoenix 108, L.A. Clippers 99 Sacramento 127, Minnesota 95 Houston 110, Utah 108 Toronto at Oklahoma City, late Golden State at Dallas, late Portland at L.A. Lakers, late Monday’s Games Orlando at Cleveland, 4 p.m. Indiana at New Jersey, 4 p.m. Boston at New York, 4:30 p.m. Sacramento at Chicago, 5 p.m. Utah at Memphis, 5 p.m. Golden State at San Antonio, 5:30 p.m. Toronto at Denver, 6 p.m. Tuesday’s Games Chicago at Atlanta, 5 p.m. Washington at Portland, 7 p.m. Phoenix at L.A. Lakers, 7:30 p.m. NCAA By The Associated Press FIRST ROUND At UD Arena Dayton, Ohio Tuesday, March 15 UNC Asheville 81, Arkansas-Little Rock 77, OT Clemson 70, UAB 52 Wednesday, March 16 Texas-San Antonio 70, Alabama State 61 Virginia Commonwealth 59, Southern Cal 46 EAST REGIONAL Second Round Thursday, March 17 At St. Pete Times Forum Tampa, Fla. West Virginia 84, Clemson 76 Kentucky 59, Princeton 57 Friday, March 18 At Time Warner Cable Arena Charlotte, N.C. North Carolina 102, Long Island Universi- ty 87 Washington 68, Georgia 65 At Quicken Loans Arena Cleveland George Mason 61, Villanova 57 Ohio State 75, Texas-San Antonio 46 Marquette 66, Xavier 55 Syracuse 77, Indiana State 60 Third Round Saturday, March 19 At St. Pete Times Forum Tampa, Fla. Kentucky 71, West Virginia 63 Sunday, March 20 At Time Warner Cable Arena Charlotte, N.C. North Carolina 86, Washington 83 with 10 for the Wolver- ines, who don’t have a senior on the roster. They were denied their first trip to the round of 16 since 1994. ‘‘It’s a group that never gave up the whole year,’’ Novak said of a team that came back from a 1-6 start to Big Ten play to finish ‘‘an inch away from the Sweet 16 (and) defeating the defending national champion.’’ This was the first post- season meeting between the two big-name schools since the 1992 national championship game, won by Christian Laettner and the Blue Devils over the Wolverines and the Fab Five. That became especially relevant in the wake of a recent ESPN documentary in which Jalen Rose said Duke ‘‘only recruited black players that were ’Uncle Toms’’’ and former Blue Devils star Grant Hill criticized him for those At Quicken Loans Arena Cleveland Ohio State 98, George Mason 66 Syracuse (27-7) vs. Marquette (21-14), late At The Prudential Center Newark, N.J. Regional Semifinals Friday, March 25 Ohio State (34-2) vs. Kentucky (27-8) North Carolina (28-7) vs. Syracuse-Mar- quette winner Regional Championship Sunday, March 27 Semifinal winners SOUTHEAST REGIONAL Second Round Thursday, March 17 At The Verizon Center Washington Butler 60, Old Dominion 58 Pittsburgh 74, UNC Asheville 51 At St. Pete Times Forum Tampa, Fla. Florida 79, UC Santa Barbara 51 UCLA 78, Michigan State 76 At The Pepsi Center Denver BYU 74, Wofford 66 Gonzaga 86, St. John’s 71 At The McKale Center Tucson, Ariz. Wisconsin 72, Belmont 58 Kansas State 73, Utah State 68 Third Round Saturday, March 19 At The Verizon Center Washington Butler 71, Pittsburgh 70 At St. Pete Times Forum Tampa, Fla. Florida 73, UCLA 65 At The Pepsi Center Denver BYU 89, Gonzaga 67 At The McKale Center Tucson, Ariz. Wisconsin 70, Kansas State 65 At New Orleans Arena Regional Semifinals Thursday, March 24 Butler (25-9) vs. Wisconsin (25-8) Florida (28-7) vs. BYU (32-4) Regional Championship Saturday, March 26 Semifinal winners SOUTHWEST REGIONAL Second Round Thursday, March 17 At The Pepsi Center Denver Morehead State 62, Louisville 61 Richmond 69, Vanderbilt 66 Friday, March 18 At The United Center Chicago Notre Dame 69, Akron 56 Florida State 57, Texas A&M 50 comments. Krzyzewski spent much of this week downplaying that story line while repeatedly declining comment on that era, saying it had no bear- ing on the present-day team. This time, the Blue Devils slogged through a largely uninspired after- noon and allowed the scrappy Wolverines to hang around. And with 16:59 to play, Krzyzewski had seen enough. After Smith missed a layup and the rebound went out of bounds, Coach K called a timeout and could be seen zipping from side to side in the Duke huddle. At some point during the break, Krzyzewski took off his suit coat — a clear sign that he meant business — and coached the rest of the game without it. ‘‘I just thought we needed more energy,’’ Krzyzewski said. Karrie Webb wins LPGAFounders Cup PHOENIX (AP) — Karrie Webb rallied to win the LPGA Founders Cup for her second straight victory, shooting a 6-under 66 on Sunday to beat Brittany Lincicome and Paula Creamer by a stroke. Webb won when Lincicome bogeyed the final hole, missing a 10-foot par putt. The 36-year-old Hall of Famer, the winner three weeks ago in Sin- gapore, earned $200,000 for the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foun- dation and Japan relief efforts in the charity event at Wildfire Golf Club. Instead of paying the players, the tournament honoring the 13 tour founders donated $1 million to charity — half to The LPGA Foun- dation and its LPGA-USGA Girls Golf program and half to the top-10 finishers’ designated charities. Webb has 37 LPGA Tour victo- ries, also winning the previous Phoenix event in 2009 at Papago and in 1999 at Moon Valley. She finished at 12-under 204. Lincicome shot a 70, and Creamer had a 66. Cristie Kerr was fourth at 10 under after a 69. After opening with a 71, Webb shot a 67 on Saturday, leaving her six strokes behind second-round leader Angela Stanford. Stanford, 12 under after opening with consecutive 66s, had three three-putt bogeys in a 75 that left her fifth at 9 under. Webb tied Lincicome at 11 under with a 5-foot birdie putt on the par-3 14th and took the lead with a tap-in birdie on the par-5 15th. Lincicome matched Webb at 12 under with a short birdie putt of her own on 15. Webb made a 3-foot putt for par on the par-4 18th after leaving her approach shot in the fringe in front of the green. Lincicome also ended up in the fringe short of the final green, but ran her chip 10 feet past the hole and missed the putt for her second bogey of the week. Wells sparkles in Cubs’ 3-2 win over Giants MESA, Ariz. (AP) — Randy Wells is waiting to hear if he has won a spot in the Chicago Cubs’ rotation. This effort could help expedite that decision. Wells retired 18 straight batters, Marlon Byrd reached base three times and Chicago beat a San Francisco Giants’ split squad 3-2 in 10 innings Sunday. Wells cruised through six innings after giving up singles to the first two bat- ters of the game, with Emmanuel Burriss stealing second and scoring on Mike Fontenot’s single. He struck out seven against a lineup that featured Pablo Sandoval, Pat Burrell and Aaron Rowand, and didn’t walk a batter. The 6-foot-5 right-han- der has a 1.35 ERA in 20 spring innings after going 8-14 with a 4.26 ERA in 32 starts for the Cubs in 2010. ‘‘Confidence is a huge thing,’’ he said. ‘‘I lost it last year and it is a tough thing to overcome. If you don’t have confidence, even if your stuff is working, it is hard to get people out. I don’t think confidence comes with getting guys out or having a good out- ing. It is about believing in yourself and knowing that you belong.’’ Wells also is taking the slow process involving the rotation in stride. ‘‘It’s not up to me and until a decision is made I can’t really say anything,’’ he said. ‘‘I’ve been goofing around and saying stupid comments, but it is just because I don’t know what to say.’’ Byrd singled twice and walked and scored on Scott Moore’s double in the fourth inning. Moore later scored on Bobby Scales’ RBI single. Cubs shortstop Starlin Castro, who turns 21 on Thursday, went 1 for 3 and is batting .383 this spring with a team-best four homers and 12 RBIs. ‘‘It’s just spring training and I am working on things, but I am feeling confident,’’ said Castro, who also com- mitted an error against the Giants. ‘‘I know I am not starting in minor leagues and I can help us, hopefully, get into the playoffs.’’ Cubs manager Mike Quade likes what he has seen from Castro, who bat- ted .300 with 41 RBIs last season as a rookie. ‘‘He looks like he’s dri- ving the ball better, and yes, it’s Arizona,’’ Quade said. ‘‘I don’t know and I don’t care, I’m happy with it. He’s growing up physi- cally and mentally and you’ve got to like what you see.’’ The Giants tied it in the eighth when Travis Ishikawa scored on Sean Marshall’s wild pitch after he singled and advanced to third on Eli Whiteside’s double. The Cubs won it on Wellington Castillo’s one- out RBI single off Josh Banks. Purdue 65, St. Peter’s 43 Virginia Commonwealth 74, Georgetown 56 At The BOK Center Tulsa, Okla. Kansas 72, Boston University 53 Illinois 73, UNLV 62 Third Round Saturday, March 19 At The Pepsi Center Denver Richmond 65, Morehead State 48 Sunday, March 20 At The United Center Chicago Virginia Commonwealth 94, Purdue 76 Notre Dame (27-6) vs. Florida State (22- 10), late At The BOK Center Tulsa, Okla. Kansas (33-2) vs. Illinois (20-13), late At The Alamodome San Antonio Regional Semifinals Friday, March 25 Kansas-Illinois winner vs. Richmond (29- 7) Notre Dame-Florida State winner vs. Vir- ginia Commonwealth (26-11) Regional Championship Sunday, March 27 Semifinal winners WEST REGIONAL Second Round Thursday, March 17 At The McKale Center Tucson, Ariz. Temple 66, Penn State 64 San Diego State 68, Northern Colorado 50 At The Verizon Center Washington Connecticut 81, Bucknell 52 Cincinnati 78, Missouri 63 Friday, March 18 At The BOK Center Tulsa, Okla. Texas 85, Oakland, Mich. 81 Arizona 77, Memphis 75 At Time Warner Cable Arena Charlotte, N.C. Michigan 75, Tennessee 45 Duke 87, Hampton 45 Third Round Saturday, March 19 At The Verizon Center Washington Connecticut 69, Cincinnati 58 At The McKale Center Tucson, Ariz. San Diego State 71, Temple 64, 2OT Sunday, March 20 At Time Warner Cable Arena Charlotte, N.C. Duke 73, Michigan 71 At The BOK Center Tulsa, Okla. Arizona 70, Texas 69 At The Honda Center BUSCH Continued from page 1B he was hit from behind by Mark Martin in a multicar accident. It dropped him to 16th after pitting to fix the damage, but he rallied for a sixth-place finish and said his team is championship- worthy. ‘‘Everybody is just so confident in each other and everybody is just mellow on the radio and when something happens we just fix it and come back,’’ Har- vick said. ‘‘That’s not a feeling I’ve ever had until last year, and these first four weeks I’ve had that feeling over and over again and we keep fighting back.’’ Clint Bowyer and Jeff Burton, the other drivers at RCR, aren’t as confident right now. Bowyer’s engine failed and he finished 35th, and Burton finished 20th despite an early incident that caused him to fall off the pace. Bowyer is 24th in points, while Burton is 29th. ——— JUNIOR HOLDS ON: Dale Earnhardt Jr. was flagged for speeding on pit road Sunday and it likely cost him a top-10 finish. He instead finished 11th — coming back from one lap down — and moved up one spot in the standings to ninth. Not too shabby con- sidering he didn’t like the changes his Hendrick Motorsports crew made to his Chevrolet after Satur- day’s practice. ‘‘The car just didn’t work off the corner very good and drove the left front across the race track,’’ he said. ‘‘We just made a good day out of nothing, really.’’ Earnhardt once again praised crew chief Steve Letarte, who was put in charge of Earnhardt’s team in the offseason and is Anaheim, Calif. Regional Semifinals Thursday, March 24 Duke (32-4) vs. Arizona (29-7) San Diego State (34-2) vs. Connecticut (28-9) Regional Championship Saturday, March 26 Semifinal winners FINAL FOUR At Reliant Stadium Houston National Semifinals Saturday, April 2 East champion vs.West champion Southeast champion vs. Southwest champion National Championship Monday, April 4 Semifinal winners MOVES By The Associated Press BASEBALL American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES—Assigned RHP Wynn Pelzer to their minor league camp. BOSTON RED SOX—Optioned C Mark Wagner and OF Daniel Nava to Pawtuck- et (IL). Reassigned RHP Matt Fox to their minor league camp. National League SAN DIEGO PADRES—Claimed RHP Pat Neshek off waivers from the Min- nesota Twins. Optioned OF Luis Durango and RHP Samuel Deduno to Tucson (PCL). BASKETBALL National Basketball Association NBA—Suspended Los Angeles Lakers C Andrew Bynum two games for a Flagrant Foul, Penalty Two against Minnesota F Michael Beasley during a March 18 game. Suspended Phoenix G Aaron Brooks one game for throwing a ball at an official and striking him in the leg during a March 18 game against Golden State. CHICAGO BULLS—Signed G John Lucas III and G Jannero Pargo. HOCKEY National Hockey League CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS—Recalled F Ben Smith from Rockford (AHL). ST. LOUIS BLUES—Assigned F T.J. Hen- sick and D Tyson Strachan to Peoria (AHL). TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING—Reassigned G Jaroslav Janus from Norfolk (AHL) to Florida (ECHL). American Hockey League AHL—Suspended Syracuse RW Brian McGrattan one game as a result of his actions in a March 19 game against Char- lotte. COLLEGE TEXAS TECH—Named Billy Gillispie men’s basketball coach. steadily making gains with NASCAR’s most popular driver through four races this season. ‘‘Steve has done amaz- ing,’’ Earnhardt Jr. said. ‘‘Every week, we’ve gotten better during the race. I can’t ask for any more than that and I hope he keeps it up.’’ He also once again kept Earnhardt levelheaded dur- ing the race, particularly after the speeding penalty. ‘‘He just does a good job of keeping me calm and keeping me focused on try- ing to do good,’’ Earnhardt said. ‘‘I have such a temper, man, in that car. It is hard to maintain it. We keep get- ting good finishes, we’ll be all right.’’ ——— TEMPERS FLARE: Jeff Gordon was none too pleased with Brad Keselowski over contact between the two midway through the race. Keselowski was involved in the first caution of the race, which took him out of contention for the win. But his Penske Racing team worked hard to sal- vage a good finish — and it came at the expense of Gordon, who was racing for a top-10. Gordon wound up 14th, while Keselowski was 18th. ‘‘He’s trying to keep from going a lap down and hey, you’ve got to give him credit, they fought back and got back on the lead lap and got a decent finish out of it,’’ Gordon said. ‘‘But I’ll just tell Brad that the next time I’m three laps down, and he’s on the lead lap, just expect the same out of me, you know? I don’t expect him to just let off. He had a fast race car. ‘‘But when you’re three laps down and then you door-slam the guy trying to pass — that’s what ticked me off.’’ Barefoot in stretch, Dado wins 3rd Rome marathon ROME (AP) — Ethiopia’s Firehiwot Dado won her third consecutive Rome marathon Sunday and paid trib- ute to legendary countryman Abebe Bikila by running the final stretch barefoot. Dickson Kiptolo Chumba of Kenya won the men’s race in a personal-best 2 hours, 8 minutes, 45 seconds, beating defending champion Siraj Gena by 36 seconds. Dado clocked 2:24:13, finishing more than two min- utes ahead of countrywoman Goitetom Haftu Tesema. Bikila won the 1960 Olympic marathon gold in Rome having run the entire course without shoes. Gena also ran the final yards barefoot last year in front of the Colosse- um. Former Paralympian Monique van der Vorst, who recently regained the use of her legs, completed a 4-kilo- meter race that accompanied the marathon.