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BASKETBALL NSCIF Playoff Points Division II Chico, Pleasant Valley, RED BLUFF and Shatsa will be seeded based on their finish in the Eastern Athletic League. For Divisions III-IV Teams are ranked within a division in three criteria: Overall Record (O), Division Record (D) and Strength of Schedule (SOS). The three rankings are then added together for a final ranking (total). Division III - Boys School Record O D SOS Total 1. Enterprise 15-6 2 1 1 4 2. Foothill 14-7 3 2 2 7 3. Las Plumas 10-9 4 4 5 13 3. Paradise 6-14 5 5 3 13 3. Oroville 4-16 6 3 4 13 3. CARDINALS 17-5 1 6 6 13 Division V - Boys 16 schools make the playoffs School Record O D SOS Total 1. Hamilton 16-5 2 1 3 6 2. Weed 17-5 1 4 4 9 3. Trinity 14-6 5 5 2 12 3. Fall River 16-5 2 2 8 12 5. Liberty Christian14-7 7 3 4 14 6. Chester 13-5 4 6 7 17 7. Durham 12-10 10 7 1 18 7. East Nicolaus13-6 6 6 6 18 7. Tulelake 16-6 3 8 7 18 10.Redding Christian13-8 9 9 3 21 10.University Prep 13-7 8 6 7 21 12. Portola 9-8 11 9 4 24 13. Etna 9-12 13 12 2 27 14. Pierce 7-10 14 10 5 29 14. BULLDOGS11-1112 11 6 29 16. Colusa 6-14 17 12 2 31 17. Biggs 8-13 16 13 7 36 18. Burney 7-11 15 14 8 37 19. Rio Vista 3-8 19 15 5 39 20. Williams 5-13 18 16 6 40 21. Esparto 3-15 21 17 5 43 22. Quincy 4-15 20 18 7 45 23. Modoc 1-16 22 19 7 48 Division VI - Boys 12 schools make the playoffs School Record O D SOS Total 1. Hayfork 10-8 2 2 3 7 1. Big Valley 10-8 2 1 4 7 3. WARRIORS 11-9 3 3 2 8 3 Paradise Adventist13-10 1 2 5 8 5. Loyalton 7-6 4 6 1 11 6.Champion Christian11-9 3 5 4 12 6. Westwood 11-9 3 2 7 12 8. Maxwell 8-13 7 4 2 13 9. Princeton 9-11 5 3 7 15 10. Butte Valley 6-10 8 4 6 18 11. Happy Camp 5-8 6 8 6 20 12. Surprise Valley 7-12 9 7 9 25 13. Dunsmuir 6-11 10 8 8 26 14.Providence Christian 5-13 11 9 8 28 15.Redding Adventist 3-19 13 11 8 32 15. Herlong 3-13 12 10 10 32 17. Greenville 0-17 15 13 7 35 18. Elk Creek 1-18 14 12 10 36 Division III - Girls School Record O D SOS Total 1. Enterprise 19-2 1 2 2 5 2. Paradise 18-3 2 1 2 5 3. Foothill 9-10 5 3 1 9 3. Las Plumas 15-4 3 2 4 9 3. CARDINALS 14-7 4 4 3 11 4. Oroville 2-19 6 5 3 14 Division V - Girls 16 schools make the playoffs School Record O D SOS Total 1. Hamilton 20-2 1 1 1 3 2. Durham 18-3 2 2 2 6 3. Etna 17-6 5 3 4 12 4.University Prep 13-4 4 4 5 13 5. Liberty Christian14-4 3 6 7 16 6. Portola 14-6 7 5 8 20 6. Fall River 13-5 6 4 10 20 8. Biggs 13-9 8 7 7 22 9. Colusa 11-10 11 8 5 24 10. Quincy 10-9 10 8 10 28 10. Chester 9-7 9 9 10 28 12. Esparto 10-11 13 9 9 31 12. Tulelake12-11 12 10 9 31 14. Rio Vista 5-11 16 13 3 32 15. BULLDOGS 7-9 14 11 10 35 16. Burney 6-9 15 12 11 38 17. East Nicolaus4-1718 14 7 39 17. Weed 4-14 17 13 9 39 19. Trinity 2-16 21 16 6 43 20. Williams 3-13 19 14 10 43 21. Pierce 2-12 20 15 10 45 22. Modoc 0-16 22 17 11 50 Division VI - Girls 12 schools make the playoffs School Record O D SOS Total 1. Hayfork 13-7 3 3 1 7 1. Butte Valley 16-0 1 2 4 7 3.Providence Christian 6-12 2 1 6 9 4.Champion Christian12-8 6 3 3 12 5. Maxwell 12-7 4 9 2 15 5. Loyalton 7-5 7 5 3 15 7. Westwood 8-5 5 3 8 16 8.Redding Christian 11-9 9 6 2 17 9. Herlong 10-8 8 4 12 24 10.Paradise Adventist10-13 115 10 26 11. Surprise Valley 7-7 10 6 12 28 12. WARRIORS 4-1517 7 5 29 13. Happy Camp 4-7 14 11 5 30 13. Princeton 7-11 13 8 9 30 13. Elk Creek 9-12 12 7 11 30 16.Redding Adventist 7-15 15 10 11 36 17. Dunsmuir 4-13 16 12 9 37 18. Big Valley 2-14 19 12 7 38 19. Downieville 2-10 18 13 12 43 SOCCER NSCIF Playoff Points Division I - Boys 1. CARDINALS 14-1-0 2.6867 2. West Valley 6-3-0 2.3889 3. Lassen 3-5-1 2.2167 4. Las Plumas 5-7-1 1.9385 5. Anderson 1-7-0 1.9063 6. Oroville 3-8-1 1.8792 7. Central Valley 0-7-0 1.8286 8. Wheatland 1-8-1 1.6200 Division III - Boys 1. WARRIORS 8-1-0 2.2222 2. BULLDOGS 8-4-0 2.0667 3. Hamilton 7-7-1 1.9000 4. Williams 3-6-4 1.8269 5. Esparto 4-7-0 1.8182 6. Liberty Christian 4-5-0 1.7778 7. Colusa 2-10-2 1.6893 8. Durham 3-13-1 1.6412 Division I - Boys 1. West Valley 7-1-1 2.8111 2. Lassen 7-1-1 2.7611 3. Las Plumas 8-2-2 2.4625 4. CARDINALS 8-5-0 2.2369 5. Anderson 4-5-0 2.2333 6. Wheatland 6-3-1 2.2300 7. Central Valley 2-6-0 2.0125 8. Oroville 1-1-3 1.6923 NBA WESTERN CONFERENCE Pacific Division W L Pct GB Lakers 40 13 .755 — Phoenix 31 21 .596 8.5 Clippers 21 29 .420 17.5 KINGS 17 34 .3.. 22 WARRIORS 13 37 .260 25.5 Southwest Division W L Pct GB Dallas 32 20 .615 — San Antonio 29 21 .580 2 Houston 27 24 .529 4.5 New Orleans 27 25 .519 5 Memphis 26 25 .510 5.5 Northwest Division W L Pct GB Denver 35 17 .673 — Utah 31 18 .633 2.5 Okla. City 30 21 .588 4.5 Portland 30 24 .556 6 Minnesota 13 39 .250 22 EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Boston 32 17 .653 — Toronto 28 23 .549 5 Philadelphia 20 31 .392 13 New York 19 32 .373 14 New Jersey 4 47 .078 29 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Orlando 35 17 .673 — Atlanta 33 17 .660 1 Charlotte 25 25 .500 9 Miami 25 27 .481 10 Washington 17 33 .340 17 Central Division W L Pct GB Cleveland 42 11 .792 — Chicago 25 25 .500 15.5 Milwaukee 23 27 .460 17.5 Detroit 18 32 .360 22.5 Indiana 18 34 .346 23.5 ——— Tuesday's results Sacramento 118, New York 114, OT Atlanta 108, Memphis 94 Charlotte 94, Washington 92 Chicago 109, Indiana 101 Cleveland 104, New Jersey 97 Denver 127, Dallas 91 Detroit 93, Milwaukee 81 Miami 99, Houston 66 Oklahoma City 89, Portland 77 Philadelphia 119, Minnesota 97 Utah at L.A. Clippers, late Today's games Clippers at Golden State, 7:30 p.m., CSNBA Sacramento at Detroit, 4:30 p.m., CSNCA Miami at Atlanta, 4 p.m. Philadelphia at Toronto, 4 p.m. Milwaukee at New Jersey, 4:30 p.m. Boston at New Orleans, 5 p.m. Charlotte at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Orlando at Chicago, 5 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Utah, 6 p.m. Portland at Phoenix, 6 p.m. NCAA Tuesday's Top 25 results No. 3 Kentucky 66, Alabama 55 No. 6 Purdue 76, No. 10 Michigan State 64 No. 7 Georgetown 79, Providence 70 Illinois 63, No. 11 Wisconsin 56 No. 22 Vanderbilt 90, No. 12 Tennessee 71 Today's Top 25 games No. 2 Syracuse vs. Connecticut, 4 p.m., ESPN No. 8 Duke at North Carolina, 6 p.m., ESPN No. 13 Ohio State at Indiana, 3:30 p.m. No. 15 New Mexico at No. 23 UNLV, 8 p.m. No. 19 Northern Iowa at Drake, 5:05 p.m. No. 20 Georgia Tech at Miami, 4 p.m. No. 24 Baylor at Nebraska, 6 p.m. Today's other televised games Florida State at Clemson, 4 p.m., ESPN2 Baylor at Nebraska, 6 p.m., ESPN2 Nevada at Idaho, 8 p.m., ESPN2 The Top Twenty Five The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Feb. 7, 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. Kansas (55) 22-1 1,613 1 2. Syracuse (8) 23-1 1,553 3 3. Kentucky (2) 22-1 1,514 4 4. Villanova 20-2 1,366 2 5. West Virginia 19-3 1,361 6 6. Purdue 19-3 1,301 8 7. Georgetown 17-5 1,211 7 8. Duke 19-4 1,142 10 9. Kansas St. 19-4 1,139 10 10. Michigan St. 19-5 968 5 11. Wisconsin 18-5 871 16 12. Tennessee 18-4 850 14 13. Ohio St. 18-6 845 13 14. Texas 19-4 789 9 15. New Mexico 21-3 725 15 16. Gonzaga 19-4 693 17 17. BYU 22-3 532 12 18. Butler 20-4 422 23 19. N. Iowa 21-2 298 24 20. Georgia Tech 17-6 269 21 21. Temple 19-5 223 19 22. Vanderbilt 17-5 222 18 23. UNLV 19-4 209 — 24. Baylor 17-5 202 20 25. Pittsburgh 17-6 149 22 Others receiving votes: Texas A&M 115, Cor- nell 114, Wake Forest 109, Maryland 69, Charlotte 48, UTEP 33, Mississippi 30, Rhode Island 30, Saint Mary's, Calif. 18, Siena 18, Illinois 16, Florida St. 15, Virginia Tech 11, Marquette 10, UAB 7, Richmond 5, Wichita St. 5, Missouri 3, South Florida 2. NHL WESTERN CONFERENCE Pacific Division W L OT Pts GF GA SHARKS 39 11 9 87 200 145 Phoenix 36 19 5 77 163 151 Kings 36 20 3 75 180 163 Dallas 26 21 12 64 169 185 Ducks 28 24 7 63 166 181 Central Division W L OT Pts GF GA Chicago 39 15 5 83 189 138 Nashville 31 22 5 67 162 164 Detroit 27 21 11 65 153 160 St. Louis 26 25 9 61 155 169 Columbus 24 27 9 57 156 194 Northwest Division W L OT Pts GF GA Vancouver 35 21 2 72 185 143 Colorado 33 19 6 72 172 151 Calgary 29 22 9 67 152 152 Minnesota 29 25 4 62 161 170 Edmonton 18 34 6 42 145 199 EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L OT Pts GF GA New Jersey 36 20 2 74 153 134 Pittsburgh 35 22 2 72 187 171 Philadelphia 29 25 3 61 167 154 N.Y. Rangers 26 26 7 59 152 163 N.Y. Islanders24 27 8 56 150 183 Northeast Division W L OT Pts GF GA Ottawa 34 22 4 72 167 167 Buffalo 32 18 8 72 160 147 Montreal 28 26 6 62 154 162 Boston 25 22 11 61 141 148 Toronto 19 30 11 49 162 204 Southeast Division W L OT Pts GF GA Washington 41 12 6 88 234 161 Tampa Bay 26 21 11 63 150 167 Atlanta 25 24 8 58 172 183 Florida 24 26 9 57 153 171 Carolina 22 30 7 51 159 189 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Tuesday's results Boston 3, Buffalo 2, SO Carolina 4, Florida 1 Chicago 4, Dallas 3, SO N.Y. Islanders 4, Nashville 3, SO Ottawa 3, Calgary 2 St. Louis 4, Detroit 3, SO Tampa Bay 3, Vancouver 1 Today's games San Jose at Columbus, 4 p.m., CSNCA Philadelphia at New Jersey, 4 p.m. Nashville at N.Y. Rangers, 4 p.m. Washington at Montreal, 4:30 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Pittsburgh, 4:30 p.m. Phoenix at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Atlanta at Colorado, 6 p.m. Edmonton at Anaheim, 7 p.m. DEALS National Hockey League ATLANTA—Placed D Boris Valabik on injured reserve. CAROLINA—Activated F Tuomo Ruutu from injured reserve. MONTREAL—Called up LW Tom Pyatt from Hamilton (AHL). Assigned F Ryan White and F Brock Trotter to Hamilton. NASHVILLE—Recalled F Colin Wilson and D Nolan Yonkman from Milwaukee (AHL). Placed D Cody Franson on injured reserve. NEW JERSEY—Recalled D Rob Davison from Lowell (AHL). PHOENIX—Recalled F Mikkel Boedker and F Jeff Hoggan from San Antonio (AHL). Placed C Joel Perrault on injured reserve. TAMPA BAY—Signed F Mark Parrish to a one-year contract and assigned him to Nor- folk (AHL). Recalled D David Hale from Nor- folk. WASHINGTON—Recalled G Semyon Var- lamov from Hershey (AHL). Major League Baseball American League OAKLAND—Released OF Willy Taveras. BALTIMORE—Agreed to terms with LHP Mark Hendrickson on a one-year contract and LHP Will Ohman on a minor league con- tract. Designated RHP Armando Gabino for assignment. CLEVELAND—Agreed to terms with RHP Jamey Wright on a minor league contract. MINNESOTA—Agreed to terms with OF Jacque Jones to a minor league contract. National League MILWAUKEE—Signed LHP Scott Schoe- neweis to a minor league contract. NEW YORK—Claimed OF Jason Pridie off waivers from Minnesota (AL). Designated RHP Jack Egbert for assignment. SAN DIEGO—Agreed to terms with C Yorvit Torrealba on a one-year contract. Released RHP Greg Burke. National Football League BUFFALO—Named Eric Ciano and John Gamble co-strength and conditioning coach- es. PITTSBURGH—Signed P Adam Graessle and WR Brandon London. College ARIZONA—Named Frank Scelfo quarter- backs coach. Promoted Bill Bedenbaugh and Seth Littrell to co-offensive coordinators. OKLAHOMA—Suspended G Stephen Pledger and F Andrew Fitzgerald. STANFORD—Named Vic Fangio defensive coordinator, Brian Polian special teams coor- dinator and Randy Hart defensive line coach. SYRACUSE—Announced the resignation of running backs coach Roger Harriott. Scoreboard Scoreboard 2B – Daily News – Wednesday, February 10, 2010 Pac-10 considering expansion SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Pac- 10 commissioner Larry Scott said Tuesday that the window for expansion by the conference is open for the next year as the conference begins negotia- tions for a new television deal. Speaking on a conference call to introduce former Big 12 commissioner Kevin Weiberg as his new deputy, Scott talked about possibly adding new teams to the conference and launching a new television network. Scott, the former head of the Women's Tennis Association, took over the conference last July. In his less than eight months on the job, he has seen growing interest from the mem- bership over the possibility of adding teams for the first time since Arizona and Arizona State joined the confer- ence in 1978. ''It is really over the next six to 12 months that we'll start having serious analysis and serious evaluations,'' Scott said. While there has been major upheaval in conference alignments in recent years, the Pac-10 has remained stable for more than three decades. But with a new commissioner and televi- sion deals that expire following the 2011-12 academic year, the time is ripe for a fresh look at the issue. ''To me, the logic if the Pac-10 is going to think about expanding, now is our window,'' Scott said. ''The reason being if you're going to consider a reconstruction of the conference, there's a value proposition associated with that. Given that we're about to have negotiations regarding our media rights, it makes sense that if you're going to do it, to do it when you can monetize it and get value from it com- mercially.'' The Pac-10 isn't the only major conference looking at expansion. The Big Ten said in December that it would explore the possibility of adding a 12th team in the next 12 to 18 months. The SEC, ACC and Big 12 already have 12 schools, while the Big East has 16 teams for basketball and eight for foot- ball. Scott said there have been ''no seri- ous discussions'' with any schools. He said the primary factor in the decision will be finding schools that fit into the conference culturally and academical- ly. ''I know that's of paramount impor- tance to our presidents and chancel- lors,'' Scott said. ''There are other eco- nomic and athletic considerations such as increased costs that would be involved, increased travel that would be involved, splitting the pie in more ways. You look at how that is offset against potentially greater revenue, potentially greater exposure into more markets, possible recruiting opportuni- ties, the impact on media negotiations generally. There's a whole analysis you would go through in terms of cost ben- efit.'' The conference is also looking at the possibility of starting its own televi- sion network. Scott said the priority in the new television deal will be to increase exposure and revenues. ''I always knew that there's a lot of interest in the possibility in a network,'' he said. ''But that's not the only solu- tion to achieve our overall goals.'' Scott said the conference will undergo a rigorous evaluation of whether to launch a network in the upcoming months. Weiberg, who helped launch the Big Ten network, will play a big role in that process. Weiberg said assuring wide distrib- ution of a network is paramount to its success. The Big Ten Network had trouble getting on cable systems in the Midwest when it launched in August 2007 and was initially only available in about 17 million homes. Within a year, it was available in about 75 million homes. ''Clearly for a network to be suc- cessful, you want it to be distributed as broadly as possible not only in the region but hopefully to have distribu- tion that is national in scope,'' Weiberg said. ''One has to think carefully about how to achieve that. It's fundamental to the economic success of such a net- work.'' 3:07 remaining and followed that with a 3-pointer after Evans found him in transi- tion for a 114-110 lead with 2:44 left. ''They just weren't doing a good job of getting back,'' Evans said. ''Every time I got the rebound I pushed it and, when I saw an open lane, I attacked it or kicked it out to an open guy.'' New York finally forced him to miss a jumper in the final seconds, but he grabbed his own rebound and made two clinching free throws with 4.9 seconds remaining. Thompson finished with 12 points and 11 rebounds. Al Harrington scored 17 for New York, Jeffries had 13 points and 10 rebounds for his first double-double of the season, and Nate Robin- son had 11 points on 4-of-15 shooting, also leaving the game at one point after hav- ing the wind knocked out of him. An otherwise forgettable game between non-con- tenders drew some extra attention in New York, which has a larger Jewish population than Israel, because of Casspi, the first Israeli to play in the NBA. The Knicks called it ''Jewish Heritage Night'' and Casspi heard loud cheers and chants during the game while keep- ing Sacramento close in the first half. ''This is not a regular game for me and it was important for me to start strong ... show the coach and everybody that I am here to play and focus on basket- ball,'' Casspi said. ''In the second half, we did great stuff.'' The break comes at a good time for the banged-up Knicks. New York played without guard Larry Hughes (sprained left big toe), and Jeffries left in the first quarter with a lower back contusion but was back in the second. Robinson has been deal- ing with hamstring and groin injuries, and forward Danilo Gallinari, New York's best shooter, injured his right forearm in a third-quarter fall. He threw up an airball on his first free throw after- ward, then shot the second left-handed and missed before leaving the game for good. (Continued from page 1B) KINGS Snow forces changes to Alpine training at Whistler WHISTLER, British Columbia (AP) — With a series of storm fronts rolling in off the Pacific, Vancouver Games men's Alpine race officials pushed up the start of the first downhill training session on Wednesday in a bid to ensure this weekend's opening race starts on schedule. Team captains were formally informed of the decision by FIS race director Guenther Hujara on Tuesday after learning that as much eight inches of snow could fall at Whistler over the next three days. The training session will begin at 10:30 a.m. — up from 11:45 a.m. — because snow and fog are expected to limit visibility on the mountain early in the after- noon. ''You heard the weather report, and that's why we discussed already what we could do earlier in the day,'' Hujara said. The weather is supposed to get worse, possibly wiping out train- ing sessions on Thursday and Fri- day. The men's downhill is sched- uled for Saturday, a day after the games open. Under Olympic rules, skiers must complete one test run before a competition can proceed. The forecast, however, doesn't look good for the weekend, as rain and snow are both projected to continue through Sunday. Mother Nature has dominated the conversation in the weeks lead- ing up to the Olympics. While there might be too much snow in Whistler, there hasn't been enough down south at Cypress Mountain, where freestyle skiing and snow- boarding events will be held on the slopes overlooking Vancouver. In examining the Dave Murray course at Whistler on Tuesday, Hujara described it to be in near perfect shape. Race officials have been careful in preparing the course over the past month, including injecting the men's run with water to harden the surface. Such a practice allows a course to better withstand warm weather and rain, and is not uncommon in international com- petition. Critics, however, say courses injected with water can cause more skiers to fall. Lindsey Vonn fell during a giant slalom on such a course in Austria in December, leaving her arm in a sling. FIS assistant race director Mike Kertesz said the injections have been done over the past month. The women's downhill will be raced on Whistler's Franz's course, which has not been inject- ed. Having one downhill training run favors the Canadians, a team that's trained extensively at Whistler and features two mem- bers, Manuel Osborne-Paradis and Robbie Dixon, who grew up ski- ing on the mountain. Osborne-Par- adis, ranked fourth in the World Cup standings, is considered a favorite to win the downhill. Canadian men's coach Paul Kristofic expressed confidence his team will be ready. ''The weather's not going to be an issue for us. We've had plenty of runs down this course,'' Kristof- ic said.