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COLLEGEBASKETBALL Cincinnati vs. Connecticut:8 a.m., ESPN2. Ohio State vs. Indiana: 9a.m., ESPN. Georgetown vs. Providence: 9 a.m., FS1. George Wash. vs. La Salle: 9:30a.m., NBCSN. Minnesota vs. Michigan: 10 a.m., ESPNU. Rhode Island vs. Duquesne: 10a.m., CSN. Kentucky vs. Texas A&M: 10:30a.m., CBS. Northeastern vs. Towson: 11 a.m., CSNBA. Louisville vs. North Carolina: 11a.m., ESPN. Seton Hall vs. Creighton: 11 a.m., FS1. Washington State vs. Wash- ington: noon, PAC-12. Texas Tech vs. Kansas: noon, ESPNU. Baylor vs. TCU: 1p.m., ESPN2. San Francisco vs. Portland: 1 p.m., CSN. Arizona State vs. Oregon: 2 p.m., PAC-12. Texas vs. Oklahoma State: 2 p.m., ESPNU. Old Dominion vs. W. Ken- tucky: 2:30p.m., CSNBA. Virginia vs. Notre Dame: 3 p.m., ESPN2. Pepperdine vs. San Diego: 3 p.m., CSN. Kansas State vs. Oklahoma: 4 p.m., ESPNU. S. Clara vs. Gonzaga: 5p.m., CSNBA. Iowa State vs. West Virginia: 5p.m., ESPN2. Georgia vs. LSU: 6p.m., ESPNU. St. Mary vs. Pacific: 8p.m., CSNBA. Big West Wild Card Long Beach vs. UC Davis: 8p.m., ESPNU. HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL Oak Hill Academy vs. Hamil- ton: 1p.m., ESPN. COLLEGE FOOTBALL North Dakota State vs. Illinois State Championship: 10a.m., ESPN2. Medal of Honor Bowl: 11:30 a.m., NBCSN. NFL FOOTBALL AFC Divisional, Baltimore Ravens at New England Patri- ots: 1:30p.m., NBC. NFC Divisional, Carolina Pan- thers at Seattle Seahawks: 5 p.m., FOX. GOLF PGA Tournament of Champi- ons Round 2: 10a.m., GOLF. EPGA South African Open Championship Final Round: 2 a.m., GOLF. COLLEGE HOCKEY West Mich. vs. Notre Dame: 3 p.m., NBCSN. NHL HOCKEY New York Rangers at San Jose Sharks: 7p.m., CSN. MOTORCYCLE RACING AMA Supercross: 6p.m., FS1. SOCCER EPL Soccer: 7a.m., NBCSN. EPL Tottenham at C. Palace: 9:30a.m., NBC. EPL Stoke at Arsenal: 5:30 a.m., NBCSN. COLLEGE WRESTLING Stanford vs. Oregon State: 5 p.m., PAC-12. Ontheair withninepoints. Emerie Eller had three points and Avree Mulliner and Makaela Jackson each had two points. Corning improved to 10- 2. MERCY 42, DUNSMUIR 10 The Lady Warriors beat Dunsmuir for the second straight time. Marissa Starman led vis- iting Mercy with 18 points and seven rebounds. Cheynne Johnson had eight points, five assists and five steals. Madeline Flynn added nine points and Ta- sha Pimentel had seven points. Mercy (6-6-) was sched- uled to host Burney on Fri- day evening. BoysBasketball CORNING 38, DURHAM 29 The Cardinals won the opener of their annual Corning Shootout in a slug- fest over Durham. Corning trailed 7-2 after the first quarter, but out- scored Durham 19-2 in the second quarter. Corning improved to 9-3. Roundup FROM PAGE 1 time QB. But he does not always impress in the reg- ular season. Another Super Bowl win this year will so- lidify him in the upper ech- elon. The Quote: "He really understands being in the playoffs. He plays some of his best football as far as taking care of the ball, making great decisions, throwing some really good throws and really taking control of their offense." — Patriots safety Devin Mc- Courty. TOM BRADY, PATRIOTS The Stat: No need to dig too deep: five Super Bowl starts; three rings. The Stakes: He doesn't have anything left to prove, though the fact he lost his last two Super Bowls leaves some room for hole-poking. New England hasn't won a Lombardi Trophy since 2005. The Quote: "If Brady loses, you can still say, 'Hey, he's been to five.' You can make an excuse for him and pretty much everyone else on this list except for Romo." — Salisbury. CAM NEWTON, PANTHERS The Stat: He got his first playoff win last week. Has thrown for 3,000 and rushed for 500 yards in all four seasons in the league. The Stakes: It's pretty much a no-lose for New- ton, on the road to play the defending champs with a .500 team. Still, every No. 1 pick needs that definitive moment that proves they were worth all the hype. This would be it. The Quote: "You have to do a great job staying on top because he can get you and he can get you late in the play. Rhythm, too, which is really the most difficult aspect to defend." — Seahawks coach Pete Carroll. RUSSELL WILSON, SE- AHAWKS The Stat: Well, he's got that Super Bowl ring. His 1,877 yards rushing over his first three seasons give him an element the others don't have. The Stakes: Because he was a third-round draft pick who was not being called on to lead the fran- chise, Wilson is playing for relative pennies. He's aver- aged about $725,000 over his first three seasons. The bill should go up signifi- cantly when it's time to re- sign — that much more if he's got two titles. The Quote: "He's the rea- son I hate the 'eye test.' I loved him. He got drafted in the third round, I said, 'Someone's going to get a steal there.' I thought he was coming along to be the most poised player in the league last year." — Salis- bury. TONY ROMO, COWBOYS The Stat: The only QB on this list who hasn't been drafted first or won a Super Bowl title, he led the league in completion percentage (69.9), touch- down percentage (7.8) and passer rating (113.2). All this while throwing 435 passes, his fewest as a full- time starter. Thank you DeMarco Murray. The Stakes: The reputa- tion as a gunslinger who is mistake-prone at the worst moments still lives. A run to the conference ti- tle game or Super Bowl can tamp down some of that criticism. The Quote: "I think his experience obviously helps him. But I think any time you've got a run game, the way they're running the football — nothing helps the quarterback more than being able to do that." — Packers defensive coordi- nator Dom Capers. AARON RODGERS, PACKERS The Stat: He has 35 touchdowns and no inter- ceptions in Green Bay's 12 wins; three touchdowns and five interceptions in the four losses. The Stakes: There are a lot of people who think he should end up with multi- ple Super Bowl rings before it's all over. If he loses this week, he could get a pass because of the stomped- on calf. The Quote: "Usually you've got some guys that can throw the deep ball but the receivers are either ad- justing to it or doing this or that to make the catch. With him, it seems like all his deep balls are right in the basket." — Cowboys safety Barry Church. ANDREW LUCK, COLTS The Stat: Two play- off victories over his first three seasons — two more than the quarterback he re- placed, Peyton Manning, had at that point. The Stakes: The top pick of the 2012 draft is more focused on the here and now than any legacy. But what better way to write the opening chapter than by outplaying Manning to get his first playoff road win? The Quote: "Nobody wants (to face) a great quarterback who can run. But Andrew Luck has elite speed, and then, when you try to tackle him, he may run you over, he may side- step you." — Broncos safety Rahim Moore. PEYTON MANNING, BRON- COS The Stat: Almost all the key numbers were down from the record-setting ef- fort in 2013, but the more balanced Broncos may have a better chance of winning it all. The Stakes: He's the only one on the list with a ring who was also picked first. John Elway built the fran- chise around Manning to win Super Bowls now. Manning is running out of time to add to his one ring. The Quote: "Who has the most pressure? I actu- ally think it's him, consid- ering the pressure he puts on himself." — Salisbury. Elite FROM PAGE 1 times. But we're back now. That's all that matters," he said. The soft-spoken fifth- year senior leads the Ducks in tackles (90) and interceptions (seven) this season. He had a nota- ble game in Oregon's 59- 20 Rose Bowl victory over Florida State on New Year's Day, with a forced fumble and a third-quarter inter- ception of Heisman winner Jameis Winston. Dargan has also evolved. While he doesn't normally grab headlines, following the Rose Bowl victory he found himself in the spot- light as part of a defense that overwhelmed the Sem- inoles. "The longer you go, the stronger you get," he said confidently following the game. "We went longer and we stayed stronger. Every- one kept demanding more out of each other." The performance helped dispel the perception that Oregon's defense was soft. The Ducks' D had five turnovers, and the Ducks scored off three of them in a statement-making third quarter, including Tony Washington's 58-yard fum- ble recovery for a touch- down. "Those guys have been doing it all year," quarter- back Marcus Mariota said. "They always kind of find ways to get to the ball." Don Pellum took over as defensive coordinator for the Ducks this season, replacing Nick Aliotti, who retired after 17 years in the position. Pellum's goal at the start was to give the Ducks D some "swagger." Dar- gan feels like the unit has achieved that. "I think everyone's on the same page. We all care," Dargan said. "I'm not saying in the past we didn't, but being a part of this team is special. We understand that we've got something special, and we want to keep it going. That's just what it is. I don't think there's any magic to it or secret to it, we just have fun playing together." Fellow defensive back Troy Hill also redshirted the year that Oregon played Auburn and notes how in that game, Oregon was more of the upstart newcomer. Now, national title bids are something the Ducks expect. "That's what it really prepared us for, was play- ing in big games and un- derstanding the atmo- sphere and things like that," Hill said. Oregon FROM PAGE 1 Scoreboard Football NFLPLAYOFFS DivisionalPlayoffs Saturday,Jan.10 Baltimore at New England, 1:35 p.m. (NBC) Carolina at Seattle, 5:15 p.m. (FOX) Sunday,Jan.11 Dallas at Green Bay, 10:05 a.m. (FOX) Indianapolis at Denver, 1:40 p.m. (CBS) ConferenceChampionships Sunday,Jan.18 NFC, 12:05 p.m. (FOX) AFC, 3:40 p.m. (CBS) ProBowl Sunday,Jan.25 At Glendale, Ariz. Team Irvin vs. Team Carter, 5 p.m. (ESPN) SuperBowl Sunday,Feb.1 At Glendale, Ariz. AFC champion vs. NFC champion, 3:30 p.m. (NBC) COLLEGEFOOTBALLFBSBOWL GLANCE Thursday,Jan.1 OutbackBowl AtTampa,Fla. Wisconsin 34, Auburn 31, OT CottonBowlClassic AtArlington,Texas Michigan State 42, Baylor 41 CitrusBowl AtOrlando,Fla. Missouri 33, Minnesota 17 RoseBowl AtPasadena Playoff semifinal: Oregon 59, Florida State 20 SugarBowl AtNewOrleans Playoff semifinal: Ohio State 42, Alabama 35 Friday,Jan.2 ArmedForcesBowl AtFortWorth,Texas Houston 35, Pittsburgh 34 TaxSlayerBowl AtJacksonville,Fla. Tennessee 45, Iowa 28 AlamoBowl AtSanAntonio UCLA 40, Kansas State 35 CactusBowl AtTempe,Ariz. Oklahoma State 30, Washington 22 Saturday,Jan.3 Birmingham(Ala.)Bowl Florida 28, East Carolina 20 Sunday,Jan.4 GoDaddyBowl AtMobile,Ala. Toledo 63, Arkansas State 44 Saturday,Jan.10 MedalofHonorBowl AtCharleston,S.C. American vs. National, 11:30 a.m. Monday,Jan.12 CollegeFootballChampionship AtArlington,Texas Ohio State (13-1) vs. Oregon (13-1), 5:30 p.m. (ESPN) Basketball NBA WESTERNCONFERENCE PacificDivision W L Pct GB Golden State 28 5 .848 — Clippers 24 12 .667 5½ Phoenix 22 17 .564 9 Sacramento 15 20 .429 14 Lakers 11 25 .306 18½ SouthwestDivision W L Pct GB Dallas 26 11 .703 — Houston 25 11 .694 ½ Memphis 25 11 .694 ½ San Antonio 22 15 .595 4 New Orleans 18 18 .500 7½ NorthwestDivision W L Pct GB Portland 28 8 .778 — Oklahoma City 18 19 .486 10½ Denver 16 20 .444 12 Utah 13 24 .351 15½ Minnesota 5 30 .143 22½ EASTERNCONFERENCE AtlanticDivision W L Pct GB Toronto 24 11 .686 — Brooklyn 16 20 .444 8½ Boston 12 22 .353 11½ Philadelphia 6 29 .171 18 New York 5 34 .128 21 SoutheastDivision W L Pct GB Atlanta 28 8 .778 — Washington 25 11 .694 3 Miami 15 21 .417 13 Charlotte 14 24 .368 15 Orlando 13 25 .342 16 CentralDivision W L Pct GB Chicago 25 12 .676 — Cleveland 19 17 .528 5½ Milwaukee 20 18 .526 5½ Indiana 15 23 .395 10½ Detroit 12 24 .333 12½ Thursday'sgames Charlotte 103, Toronto 95 Houston 120, New York 96 Portland 99, Miami 83 Friday'sgames Indiana 107, Boston 103, OT Atlanta 106, Detroit 103 Philadelphia 90, Brooklyn 88 New Orleans 106, Memphis 95 Oklahoma City 99, Utah 94 Washington 102, Chicago 86 Milwaukee 98, Minnesota 84 San Antonio 100, Phoenix 95 Denver at Sacramento, (n.) Cleveland at Golden State, (n.) Orlando at Lakers, (n.) Saturday'sgames Charlotte at New York, 10 a.m. Dallas at Clippers, 12:30 p.m. Indiana at Philadelphia, 4:30 p.m. Boston at Toronto, 4:30 p.m. Brooklyn at Detroit, 4:30 p.m. Milwaukee at Chicago, 5 p.m. Utah at Houston, 5 p.m. San Antonio at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Orlando at Portland, 7 p.m. Sunday'sgames Washington at Atlanta, noon Miami at Clippers, 12:30 p.m. Phoenix at Memphis, 3 p.m. Cleveland at Sacramento, 6 p.m. Portland at Lakers, 6:30 p.m. NCAAWOMEN'SFARWEST California 70, Washington St. 62 UCLA 49, Utah 46 NHL WESTERNCONFERENCE PACIFICDIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Anaheim 42 26 10 6 58 116 114 Vancouver 39 23 13 3 49 113 103 San Jose 42 22 15 5 49 115 115 Los Angeles 41 19 13 9 47 115 107 Calgary 42 21 18 3 45 122 114 Arizona 40 16 20 4 36 96 131 Edmonton 41 9 23 9 27 90 139 CENTRALDIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Nashville 40 27 9 4 58 122 92 Chicago 41 27 12 2 56 128 89 St. Louis 41 25 13 3 53 131 101 Winnipeg 41 20 14 7 47 104 100 Dallas 40 18 15 7 43 123 131 Colorado 41 17 16 8 42 108 119 Minnesota 39 18 16 5 41 109 114 EASTERNCONFERENCE ATLANTICDIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Tampa Bay 43 27 12 4 58 140 111 Montreal 40 26 12 2 54 110 93 Detroit 41 22 10 9 53 116 103 Boston 42 21 15 6 48 110 110 Florida 39 19 11 9 47 96 103 Toronto 42 22 17 3 47 137 130 Ottawa 40 16 16 8 40 105 112 Buffalo 43 14 26 3 31 81 147 METROPOLITANDIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA N.Y. Islanders 41 27 13 1 55 126 114 Pittsburgh 40 24 10 6 54 120 97 N.Y. Rangers 38 23 11 4 50 121 94 Washington 40 21 11 8 50 120 104 Columbus 39 18 18 3 39 102 126 Philadelphia 41 16 18 7 39 111 123 New Jersey 44 15 21 8 38 96 124 Carolina 41 13 24 4 30 84 107 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Thursday'sgames Boston 3, New Jersey 0 Philadelphia 3, Washington 2, OT Carolina 5, Buffalo 2 St. Louis 7, San Jose 2 Nashville 3, Dallas 2, OT Chicago 4, Minnesota 2 Colorado 5, Ottawa 2 Arizona 4, Winnipeg 1 Florida 3, Vancouver 1 N.Y. Rangers 4, Los Angeles 3 Friday'sgames N.Y. Islanders 3, New Jersey 2, OT Toronto 5, Columbus 2 Tampa Bay 2, Buffalo 1 Florida 6, Calgary 5 Chicago at Edmonton, (n.) Saturday'sgames Boston at Philadelphia, 10 a.m. Nashville at Minnesota, 11 a.m. Dallas at Colorado, noon Pittsburgh at Montreal, 4 p.m. Detroit at Washington, 4 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Columbus, 4 p.m. Ottawa at Arizona, 4 p.m. Carolina at St. Louis, 5 p.m. Ca lg ar y a t Va nc ou ve r, 7 p .m . Winnipeg at Los Angeles, 7 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at San Jose, 7 p.m. Sunday'sgames Florida at Edmonton, 4 p.m. Minnesota at Chicago, 5 p.m. Winnipeg at Anaheim, 6 p.m. Golf PGATOUR-TOURNAMENTOF CHAMPIONS Friday At Kapalua Resort, The Plantation Course Kapalua, Hawaii Purse: $5.7 million Yardage: 7.452;Par73(36-37) FirstRound Russell Henley..............................31-34—65 Sang-Moon Bae........................... 30-36—66 Scott Stallings..............................35-32—67 Robert Streb ................................ 34-33—67 Ben Martin ................................... 34-33—67 Patrick Reed................................. 33-34—67 Jimmy Walker .............................. 33-34—67 John Senden................................. 34-34—68 Matt Kuchar................................. 32-36—68 Chris Kirk...................................... 32-36—68 Zach Johnson............................... 33-35—68 Nick Taylor ................................... 33-36—69 Matt Jones.................................... 34-35—69 Steven Bowditch ......................... 34-35—69 Kevin Streelman.......................... 34-35—69 J.B. Holmes................................... 34-35—69 Brendon Todd .............................. 36-33—69 Tim Clark .......................................35-35—70 Charley Hoffman..........................35-35—70 Chesson Hadley............................ 37-33—70 Brian Harman ...............................36-34—70 Hideki Matsuyama.......................34-36—70 Jason Day ...................................... 33-37—70 Bubba Watson.............................. 33-37—70 Angel Cabrera ..............................34-37—71 Camilo Villegas ............................36-35—71 Ryan Moore...................................33-38—71 Seung-Yul Noh..............................35-36—71 Hunter Mahan...............................35-36—71 Geoff Ogilvy..................................35-37—72 Billy Horschel................................37-35—72 Ma tt E ve ry . ........ ..... .......... ....... .... .. 38 -3 5— 73 Kevin Stadler .................................37-37—74 Ben Crane......................................39-35—74 SOUTHAFRICANOPENLEADING Friday At Glendower Golf Club Johannesburg Purse: $1.24 million Yardage: 7,564;Par: 72 SecondRound Andy Sullivan..............................66-70—136 Charl Schwartzel ...................... 68-69—137 Lasse Jensen............................... 67-71—138 Colin Nel ......................................68-70—138 JJ Senekal....................................71-67—138 Pablo Martin Benavides ...........71-68—139 Alessandro Tadini......................71-68—139 John Parry .................................. 70-69—139 Jared Harvey...............................71-69—140 David Drysdale ...........................68-72—140 Rikard Karlberg..........................70-70—140 James Morrison..........................71-69—140 Matthew Fitzpatrick..................73-68—141 Richard Sterne.............................67-74—141 Gary Stal......................................75-66—141 Nacho Elvira................................ 70-71—141 Matt Ford..................................... 70-71—141 Thomas Aiken............................. 70-71—141 Chris Swanepoel ........................ 70-71—141 Matthew Nixon...........................72-69—141 Tennis BRISBANEINTERNATIONAL RESULTS Friday At Queensland Tennis Centre Brisbane, Australia Purse: Men, $494,310 (WT250);Women, $1million(Premier) Surface: Hard-Outdoor Singles MEN Quarterfinals Roger Federer (1), Switzerland, def. James Duckworth, Australia, 6-0, 6-1. Kei Nishikori (2), Japan, def. Bernard Tomic, Australia, 6-0, 6-4. Milos Raonic (3), Canada, def. Sam Groth, Australia, 7-6 (5), 3-6, 7-6 (2). Grigor Dimitrov (4), Bulgaria, def. Martin Klizan, Slovakia, 6-3, 6-4. Semifinals Maria Sharapova (1), Russia, def. Elina Svitolina, Ukraine, 6-1, 6-3. Ana Ivanovic (2), Serbia, def. Varvara Lepchenko, United States, 7-6 (2), 6-4. Doubles MEN Semifinals Alexandr Dolgopolov, Ukraine, and Kei Nishikori, Japan, def. Grigor Dimitrov, Bulgaria, and Thanasi Kokkinakis, Australia, 6-3, 6-3. WOMEN Semifinals Caroline Garcia, France, and Katarina Srebotnik (4), Slovenia, def. Hsieh Su- wei, Taiwan, and Sania Mirza (1), India, 4-6, 7-6 (1), 10-8. Martina Hingis, Switzerland, and Sabine Lisicki, Germany, def. Michaella Kraji- cek, Netherlands, and Karolina Pliskova, Czech Republic, 7-6 (3), 6-3. ATPWORLDTOURQATAR EXXONMOBILOPENRESULTS Friday At The Khalifa International Tennis & Squash Complex Doha, Qatar Purse: $1.195 million (WT250) Surface: Hard-Outdoor Singles Semifinals David Ferrer (4), Spain, def. Ivo Karlovic (7), Croatia, 6-7 (2), 7-6 (5), 7-6 (4). Tomas Berdych (3), Czech Republic, def. Andreas Seppi, Italy, 6-2, 6-3. Doubles Championship Juan Monaco, Argentina, and Rafael Nadal, Spain, def. Julian Knowle and Philipp Oswald, Austria, 6-3, 6-4. Tennis WTASHENZHENOPENRESULTS Friday At Longgang Tennis Center Shenzhen, China Purse: $500,000 (Intl.) Surface: Hard-Outdoor Singles Semifinals Simona Halep (1), Romania, def. Zheng Saisai, China, 6-2, 6-3. Timea Bacsinszky (8), Switzerland, def. Petra Kvitova (2), Czech Republic, 6-4, 6-4. Doubles Semifinals Liang Chen and Wang Yafan, China, def. Cagla Buyukakcay, Turkey, and Karin Knapp, Italy, 6-3, 6-2. Odds GLANTZ-CULVERLINE For Jan. 10 NCAAFootball MONDAY Championship AtArlington,Texas Favorite Today(O/U) Underdog Oregon 5½ (75) Ohio St. NFL TODAY Favorite Today(O/U) Underdog at New England 7 (47½) Baltimore at Seattle 11 (39½) Carolina TOMORROW at Green Bay 5½ (52½) Dallas at Denver 7 (53½) Indianapolis NCAABasketball Favorite Line Underdog at UConn 5½ Cincinnati Ohio St. 1½ at Indiana Hofstra 4 at Elon at Providence 2½ Georgetown at Pittsburgh 7½ Clemson Buffalo 1 at W. Michigan at Wake Forest 1 Georgia Tech at La Salle Pk George Washington Rhode Island 5 at Duquesne at Michigan Pk Minnesota Northeastern 3½ at Towson at Creighton 1 Seton Hall at N. Carolina 3½ Louisville at VCU 16½ Saint Joseph's at Butler 3½ Xavier at Georgia St. 18½ Troy Colorado St. 3½ at Air Force Evansville 2 at Bradley at Tennessee 2 Alabama at Purdue Pk Maryland at Kansas 16 Texas Tech Kentucky 14½ at Texas A&M at Washington 13½ Washington St. at Detroit 3½ Oakland at Temple 4 Tulsa Louisiana Tech 9 at UTSA at UAB 5½ FIU at Rice 4½ North Texas at Bowl. Green 10 Ohio at S. Illinois 4 Indiana St. N. Iowa 11 at Drake Baylor 1½ at TCU at Villanova 22 DePaul at Gonzaga 24 Santa Clara at Portland 5½ San Francisco at Miami 8 Boston College at Arkansas 10½ Vanderbilt Cent. Michigan 4 at Ball St. at Oklahoma St. 2½ Texas at Princeton 7½ Penn at Mississippi 2½ South Carolina at Oregon 5½ Arizona St. Georgia S. 2½ at South Alabama E. Michigan 4 at Miami;(Ohio) at Texas St. 7 La.-Monroe Old Dominion 1½ at W. Kentucky at UALR 6½ Appalachian St. at Nevada 4 Fresno St. at Wyoming 6½ Boise St. at Coll. of Charl. 6½ Delaware Virginia 2½ at Notre Dame at San Diego 5½ Pepperdine at Oklahoma 12½ Kansas St. at Auburn 5 Missouri at UNC Wilm. 4½ Drexel at Will. & Mary 10½ James Madison Dayton 9½ at Fordham at Davidson 14½ Saint Louis Charlotte 4½ at Marshall at Florida 18 Mississippi St. Harvard 3½ at Dartmouth at West Virginia 4½ Iowa St. at Valparaiso 6½ Cleveland St. Ke nt S t. 1 a t N . I lli no is at Middle Tenn. 4½ FAU at Tex.-Arl. 5 Ark. St. at BYU 20 Loyola Marymount at LSU 2 Georgia New Mexico 1 at Utah St. at UTEP 18½ Southern Miss. at UNLV 18½ San Jose St. Long Beach St. 1½ at UC Davis at Cal Poly 1 UC Santa Barbara at UC Irvine 12 UC Riverside S. Mary's (Cal) 7 at Pacific NBA Favorite Line(O/U) Underdog Charlotte 4½ (187½) at New York at Clippers 4 (214) Dallas Indiana 6 (188) at Philadelphia at Toronto 11 (208½) Boston at Detroit 6 (198½) Brooklyn at Chicago 9 (198½) Milwaukee at Houston 12 (197) Utah San Antonio 7 (204) at Minnesota at Portland 12 (197½) Orlando NHL Favorite Line Underdog Boston -120/+100 at Flyers at Minnesota -110/-110 Nashville at Colorado -120/+100 Dallas at Washington -145/+125 Detroit at Arizona -120/+100 Ottawa at Columbus -110/-110 N.Y. Islanders at Montreal -125/+105 Pittsburgh at St. Louis -230/+190 Carolina at Los Angeles -175/+155 Winnipeg at San Jose -115/-105 N.Y. Rangers at Vancouver -180/+160 Calgary Transactions BASEBALL AmericanLeague BaltimoreOrioles: Agreed to terms with OF Delmon Young on a one-year contract and with C J.P. Arencibia on a minor league contract. Designated C Ryan Lavarnway for assignment. KansasCityRoyals: Named Al Nipper pitching coach at Omaha (PCL), Brian Buchanan manager, Steve Luebber pitching coach and Abraham Nunez hitting coach for Wilmington (Carolina), Omar Ramirez manager, Carlos Reyes pitching coach and Damon Hollins hit- ting coach for Lexington (SAL), Justin Gemoll manager, Jeff Suppan pitching coach and Andre David hitting coach for Idaho Falls (Pioneer), Scott Thorman manager and Jesus Azuaje hitting coach for Burlington (NYP), Darryl Kennedy manager, Mark Davis and Mitch Stetter pitching coaches and Nelson Liriano and Willie Aikens hitting instructors for the Royals (Arizona), Gustavo Martinez pitching coach for the Royals (Domini- can), Chino Cadahia senior coordinator of player development, Bill Fischer senior pitching advisor, John Wathan special assistant to player development, Bill Springman advisor to player devel- opment/hitting and Larry Carter minor league pitching coordinator. NationalLeague ChicagoCubs: Agreed to terms with OF Chris Denorfia on a one-year contract. Designated LHP Mike Kickham for as- signment. PittsburghPirates: Agreed to terms with RHP Wilfredo Boscan and LHP Charlie Leesman on minor league contracts. | SPORTS | REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM SATURDAY, JANUARY 10, 2015 2 B