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COLLEGEMEN'SBASKETBALL Villanova at Butler:3:30p.m.,FS1. Georgia Tech at Duke: 4p.m., ESPN2. South Carolina at Georgia: 4p.m., ESPNU. Creighton at St. John's: 5:30p.m., FS1. Oregon at Washington: 6p.m., ESPN2. Tulsa at Houston: 6p.m., ESPNU. San Diego State at Nevada: 8p.m., ESPN2. New Mexico at Utah State: 8p.m., ESPNU. NBA Chicago Bulls at Cleveland Cavaliers: 5p.m., ESPN. Portland Trail Blazers at Golden State War- riors: 7:30p.m., CSNBA, ESPN. Miami Heat at Sacramento Kings: 7:30p.m., CSN. HOCKEY IIHF, World Junior Championship Semifinal: noon, NHL. IIHF, World Junior Championship Semifinal: 4:30p.m., NHL. NHL, New York Rangers at Philadelphia Flyers: 5p.m., NBCSN. Ontheair as any available quarter- backs out there. Cook saw a decent amount of action in the preseason for the Raiders, playing in all four games and leading the team in completions, attempts and yards. He connected on 55.4 percent of his passes (31 of 56) for 368 yards, but didn't have any touch- downs and threw three in- terceptions. • Raiders rookie Karl Joseph, out the past four games with turf toe, said Tuesday that he will be back in the lineup for Sat- urday's game. "I've been wanting to play," Joseph said. "I feel a lot better than I have in previous weeks so I defi- nitely feel I'm ready to go this week." Nate Allen has started and played well the past four games in Joseph's ab- sence, but he left Sunday's regular season finale with a concussion and remains in the protocol. The Raid- ers haven't announced his status for Saturday's game in Houston, but it could be tough for him to get back in time to face the Texans and Joseph indicated as much. "We're going to be down a safety, so I've got to go," Joseph said. "It's win or go home, so even though I'm still not 100 (percent), I definitely want to go. I don't want to wait too long or it'll be the offsea- son." Joseph's rookie sea- son has been a bit up and down. He was eased in during training camp as he made his return from surgery to repair a torn anterior cruciate liga- ment he suffered his se- nior year at West Vir- ginia. The Raiders waited un- til the third game of the season to add their first round pick to the starting lineup, but he played pretty well once he was inserted. Despite starting only 10 games, he remains fifth on the team with 60 total tackles and had one inter- ception. Raiders FROM PAGE 1 obviously wreak havoc on your back, as well," he said. "I feel good. I'm not saying that I'm obviously clear and I'm out of the woods, but I'm definitely cautiously optimistic about how things are progress- ing." When he returned to practice, he tried to shorten the swing. Thatmighthelphimwith his core, though he could lose distance, and Day was OK with that. The question is whether he can keep the swing more compact. "I think I've got enough distance right now to be able to get away with it," he said. "I've just got to keep staying on top of it. It's very, very difficult for me to shorten it right now, because just every time I turn, the hands, they want to keep it going and going and going." Day also believes a lon- ger swing that generates more speed led to a thumb injury in 2014, which he feared more than the back. The 29-year-old Austra- lian has managed to do well with injuries, whether to his thumb or his back. He first felt the thumb in- jury during the Match Play Championship in 2014, which he won in a 23-hole final against Victor Du- buisson. The first serious back pain of the year was at the Match Play in Austin, Texas, when he felt it spasm toward the end of his first match against Graeme Mc- Dowell. Day wasn't certain he would be able to return the next day. He got ther- apy, showed up the next day and drove the first green on the 381-yard opening hole at Austin Country Club and kept playing until he had the trophy. Day said the facet joint occasionally will lock up in his back and start to spasm, and it could take him as many as two weeks before he has it under con- trol and he can play again. The problem at the end of the year during the FedEx Cup playoffs was that he didn't have enough time for it to get better. So now starts a new year, with new hope for health, and expectations that he can be just as pow- erful with his game. Day held the No. 1 spot ever since that victory at the Match Play, mainly be- cause Dustin Johnson and Rory McIlroy were too far behind to catch him and no oneelseplayedwellenough. When he won The Players, it was Day's seventh victory in 10 months, most of them against the strongest field. Along with winning, Day would love to stay at No. 1 the entire year. Only three other players have gone an entire calendar year at No. 1 — Nick Faldo in 1993, Greg Norman in 1996 and Tiger Woods eight times. "I'd like to go a full year and then just slowly build on that," Day said. "I know what I need to do. I just need to keep working hard and practicing, and hope- fully the results come with the process." Golf FROM PAGE 1 The main reason is the same as it ever was. "The first thing we want them to be is a reward for the play- ers," said Big 12 Commis- sioner Bob Bowlsby, who also leads the NCAA's foot- ball oversight committee. The problem is that bowls also reward compe- tence, not excellence. Once the minimum for postseason eligibility was drawn at 6-6 when the reg- ular season expanded to 12 games, pressure built on conference officials to place eacheligibleteaminabowl. Coaches want the extra bowl practices to develop players and the ability to sell a bowl game to recruits. "Mr. Commissioner, if my 6-6 team stays home I'm going to be your worst enemy," Football Bowl As- sociation Executive Direc- tor Wright Waters recalled hearing from one univer- sity president back when he was commissioner Sun Belt Conference. The bowl lineup grew to 40 games as Power Five conferences locked up spots in most existing games and other conferences such as the American Athletic Conference, Sun Belt and Mountain West worked to create new games — often with the help of ESPN. The result is that during the last two years 5-7 teams played in bowl games. "Beginning in 2020 I se- riously doubt there will be 40 bowl games," Sun Belt Commissioner Karl Ben- son, who has previously been the commissioner of the Western Athletic Con- ference and the Mid-Amer- ican Conference. But no conference is about voluntarily shut down one of its bowls. That's where the over- sight committee will come in. Bowlsby said the group has been analyzing data to determine how many bowl slots each conference can typically fill. When bowl lineups are reset for 2020 and beyond, conferences will likely be limited to a number that matches a five- year average of the eligible teams they have produced. Benson said when Texas State went 6-6 in 2013 but was shut out of the post- season, the conference broached the idea having the Bobcats play a 13th game on campus. "It could be a way to nav- igate when we have too many teams for the num- ber of bowls," Benson said. Maybe it would help at- tendance, which dropped 4.94 percent this season from last, according to data compiled by the Foot- ball Bowl Association. Av- erage attendance went from 43,018 in 2015-16 to 40,893 this season. "I think the industry is healthy," said Pete Derzis, senior vice president for ESPN Events, which owns and operates 13 bowls, mostly matching teams from outside Power Five conferences. All but four of the 40 FBS bowl games, plus the national champi- onship game, are televised on an ESPN network. Derzis called the TV rat- ings for this season's bowls respectable. Waters said those final numbers were still being compiled. But ratings for one particular game provide part of the explanation why ESPN is so heavily invested in bowls. The Las Vegas Bowl on Dec. 17, in which San Diego State beat Houston 34-10, drew 3.7 million TV view- ers on ABC, ESPN's parent network. At the same time, Kentucky and North Caro- lina, two of college basket- ball's traditional powers, played a thrilling game won by the Wildcats 103- 100. The game drew 3.6 million viewers on CBS. The ratings for the Rose Bowl, a down-to-the-wire 52-49 victory by Southern California over Penn State, jumped percent 20 percent from last year, but at 9.4 they are still way behind the days when that game would consistently draw double-digit ratings. Now the playoff draws the most attention and ev- erything else feels more like an exhibition. Even if the playoff ulti- mately expands, college football will never have a huge tournament with doz- ens of participants. Reach- ing and winning a good bowl game is still a major goal for most programs. "But I don't think there's anything wrong with end- ing your season with a vic- tory," Clemson coach Dabo Swinney said. "And if we just go to a total playoff, then there's only one team happy." Bowls FROM PAGE 1 Scoreboard NFL PLAYOFFSCHEDULE Wild-card games Saturday, Jan. 7 OaklandatHouston,1:35p.m.(ESPN) Detroit at Seattle, 5:15 p.m. (NBC) Sunday, Jan. 8 Miami at Pittsburgh, 10:05 a.m. (CBS) N.Y. Giants at Green Bay, 1:40 p.m. (FOX) Divisional games Saturday, Jan. 14 Seattle, Green Bay or N.Y. Giants at Atlanta, 1:35 p.m. (FOX) Houston, Oakland or Miami at New England, 5:15 p.m. (CBS) Sunday, Jan. 15 Pittsburgh, Houston or Oakland at Kansas City, 10:05 a.m. (NBC) Green Bay, N.Y. Giants or Detroit at Dal- las, 1:40 p.m. (FOX) Conference championships Sunday, Jan. 22 AFC, to be determined NF C, t o b e d et er mi ned Pro Bowl Sunday, Jan. 29 At Orlando, Fla. AFC vs. NFC, 8 p.m. (ESPN) Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 5 At Houston TBD, 6:30 p.m. (FOX) LEADERS QUARTERBACKS Att Com Yds TD Int Brees, NOR 673 471 5208 37 15 M. Ryan, ATL 534 373 4944 38 7 Cousins, WAS 606 406 4917 25 12 A. Rodgers, GB 610 401 4428 40 7 Rivers, SD 578 349 4386 33 21 Stafford, DET 594 388 4327 24 10 Flacco, BAL 672 436 4317 20 15 Luck, IND 545 346 4240 31 13 Palmer, ARI 597 364 4233 26 14 R. Wilson, SEA 546 353 4219 21 11 RUSHERS Att Yds Avg Lg TD E. Elliott, DAL 322 1631 5.1 60t 15 Jo. Howard, CHI 252 1313 5.2 69 6 D. Murray, TEN 293 1287 4.4 75t 9 Ajayi, MIA 260 1272 4.9 62t 8 L. Bell, PIT 261 1268 4.9 44 7 L. McCoy, BUF 234 1267 5.4 75t 13 David Jhnsn, ARI 293 1239 4.2 58t 16 Blount, NE 299 1161 3.9 44 18 D. Freeman, ATL 227 1079 4.8 75t 11 L. Miller, HOU 268 1073 4.0 45 5 RECEIVERS Receptions No Yds Avg Lg TD Fitzgerald, ARI 107 1023 9.6 32 6 Anto. Brown, PIT 106 1284 12.1 51 12 Beckham, NYG 101 1367 13.5 75t 10 Edelman, NE 98 1106 11.3 77t 3 Jo. Nelson, GBY 97 1257 13.0 60 14 Mi. Evans, TAM 96 1321 13.8 45t 12 Landry, MIA 94 1136 12.1 71 4 Baldwin, SEA 94 1128 12.0 59 7 M. Thomas, NOR 92 1137 12.4 46 9 Hilton, IND 91 1448 15.9 63t 6 NBA WESTERN CONFERENCE PACIFIC DIVISION W L Pct GB Golden State 30 5 .857 — Clippers 23 14 .622 8 Sacramento 15 19 .441 141/2 Lakers 12 25 .324 19 Phoenix 11 25 .306 191/2 SOUTHWEST DIVISION W L Pct GB San Antonio 28 7 .800 — Houston 27 9 .750 11/2 Memphis 22 14 .611 61/2 New Orleans 14 22 .389 141/2 Dallas 11 24 .314 17 NORTHWEST DIVISION W L Pct GB Utah 22 14 .611 — Oklahoma City 21 14 .600 1/2 Portland 15 21 .417 7 Denver 14 21 .400 71/2 Minnesota 11 24 .314 101/2 EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC DIVISION W L Pct GB Toronto 23 11 .676 — Boston 21 14 .600 21/2 New York 16 18 .471 7 Philadelphia 9 24 .273 131/2 Brooklyn 8 25 .242 141/2 SOUTHEAST DIVISION W L Pct GB Charlotte 19 16 .543 — Atlanta 18 16 .529 1/2 Washington 16 18 .471 21/2 Orlando 16 20 .444 31/2 Miami 10 26 .278 91/2 CENTRAL DIVISION W L Pct GB Cleveland 26 7 .788 — Milwaukee 17 16 .515 9 Indiana 18 18 .500 91/2 Chicago 17 18 .486 10 Detroit 16 21 .432 12 Monday's games Cleveland 90, New Orleans 82 Milwaukee 98, Oklahoma City 94 Orlando 115, New York 103 Utah 101, Brooklyn 89 Chicago 118, Charlotte 111 Houston 101, Washington 91 Golden State 127, Denver 119 Clippers 109, Phoenix 98 Tuesday's games Philadelphia 93, Minnesota 91 Boston 115, Utah 104 Indiana 121, Detroit 116 Dallas 113, Washington 105 San Antonio 110, Toronto 82 Phoenix 99, Miami 90 Sacramento 120, Denver 113 Memphis at Lakers, n Wednesday's games Atlanta at Orlando, 4 p.m. Oklahoma City at Charlotte, 4 p.m. Milwaukee at New York, 4:30 p.m. Chicago at Cleveland, 5 p.m. Memphis at Clippers, 7:30 p.m. Miami at Sacramento, 7:30 p.m. Portland at Golden State, 7:30 p.m. Warriors 127, Nuggets 119 (Late Monday) NUGGETS (119) Chandler 8-16 2-3 21, Gallinari 7-15 3-4 19, Jokic 8-16 4-4 21, Mudiay 4-11 0-0 8, Har- ris 5-12 1-2 11, Barton 6-11 0-0 14, Nurkic 6-8 3-4 15, Nelson 2-4 1-1 5, Murray 2-7 0-0 5. Totals 48-100 14-18 119. WARRIORS (127) Durant 10-19 0-0 21, Green 5-8 4-6 15, Pachulia 4-8 3-3 11, Curry 8-18 3-3 22, Thompson 9-19 3-3 25, West 1-4 0-0 2, McGee 4-4 1-3 9, Livingston 3-6 0-1 6, Clark 4-5 2-2 12, Iguodala 2-4 0-0 4. Totals 50-95 16-21 127. Denver 33 31 21 34 — 119 Golden State 35 33 26 33 — 127 3-Point Goals: Denver 9-35 (Chandler 3-8, Barton 2-5, Gallinari 2-7, Jokic 1-2, Mur- ray 1-5, Nelson 0-2, Harris 0-3, Mudiay 0-3), Golden State 11-25 (Thompson 4-7, Curry 3-9, Clark 2-2, Green 1-2, Durant 1-4, Iguodala 0-1); Fouled out: None; Rebounds: Denver 47 (Jokic 12), Golden State 43 (Green 10); Assists: Denver 33 (Jokic 5), Golden State 33 (Green 13); Total fouls: Denver 21, Golden State 14; A: 19,596 (19,596). College basketball MEN'S TOP 25 Tuesday 1. Villanova (14-0) did not play. 2. Baylor (13-0) did not play. 3. Kansas (13-1) beat Kansas State 90-88. 4. UCLA (14-1) did not play. 5. Gonzaga (14-0) did not play. 6. Kentucky (12-2) beat Texas A&M 100-58. 7. West Virginia (12-1) at Texas Tech. 8. Duke (12-2) did not play. 9. Louisville (12-2) did not play. 10. Creighton (13-1) did not play. 11. Virginia (11-2) did not play. 12. Florida State (14-1) did not play. 13. Wisconsin (13-2) beat No. 25 Indiana 75-68. 14. North Carolina (13-3) beat Clemson 89-86, OT. 15. Oregon (13-2) did not play. 16. Xavier (12-2) did not play. 17. Arizona (13-2) did not play. 18. Butler (12-2) did not play. 19. Saint Mary's (12-1) did not play. 20. Purdue (12-3) did not play. 21. Virginia Tech (12-1) did not play. 22. Cincinnati (12-2) did not play. 23. Notre Dame (12-2) did not play. 24. Florida (11-3) beat Mississippi 70-63. 25. Indiana (10-5) lost to No. 13 Wiscon- sin 75-68. 25. Southern Cal (14-1) did not play. WOMEN'S TOP 25 Tuesday 1. UConn (13-0) did not play. 2. Baylor (13-1) did not play. 3. Maryland (13-1) did not play. 4. Mississippi State (15-0) did not play. 5. South Carolina (11-1) did not play. 6. Florida State (13-2) did not play. 7. Notre Dame (13-2) did not play. 8. Louisville (13-3) did not play. 9. UCLA (11-2) did not play. 10. Stanford (12-2) did not play. 11. Ohio State (13-4) beat Northwestern 94-87. 12. Washington (14-2) did not play. 13. Duke (13-1) did not play. 14. Miami (12-2) did not play. 15. Texas (8-4) did not play. 16. Oregon State (13-1) did not play. 17. West Virginia (13-1) did not play. 18. Virginia Tech (14-0) did not play. 19. Arizona State (10-3) did not play. 20. Oklahoma (11-3) did not play. 20. California (13-1) did not play. 22. South Florida (11-1) did not play. 23. DePaul (11-4) did not play. 24. Kentucky (9-5) did not play. 25. Kansas State (11-3) did not play. NHL WESTERN CONFERENCE PACIFIC DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA San Jose 37 23 13 1 47 94 80 Anaheim 39 19 12 8 46 107 109 Edmonton 39 19 13 7 45 111 104 Calgary 39 20 17 2 42 105 111 Los Angeles 37 18 15 4 40 92 91 Vancouver 39 18 18 3 39 97 116 Arizona 37 11 21 5 27 82 121 CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Chicago 40 23 12 5 51 109 98 Minnesota 36 23 9 4 50 113 76 St. Louis 38 20 13 5 45 108 111 Nashville 37 16 14 7 39 103 102 Dallas 38 16 15 7 39 97 113 Winnipeg 40 18 19 3 39 109 121 Colorado 37 12 24 1 25 76 125 EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Montreal 38 23 9 6 52 115 87 Ottawa 37 20 13 4 44 94 98 Boston 40 20 16 4 44 95 97 Toronto 37 17 12 8 42 113 109 Tampa Bay 39 19 16 4 42 113 111 Florida 38 16 14 8 40 92 104 Detroit 37 16 16 5 37 93 107 Buffalo 37 14 15 8 36 82 102 METROPOLITAN DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Columbus 36 27 5 4 58 126 74 Pittsburgh 38 25 8 5 55 133 107 N.Y. Rangers 40 26 13 1 53 136 101 Washington 37 23 9 5 51 105 83 Philadelphia 39 20 14 5 45 116 120 Carolina 37 16 14 7 39 95 101 New Jersey 39 16 16 7 39 92 115 N.Y. Islanders 36 15 15 6 36 104 113 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Monday's games St. Louis 4, Chicago 1 New Jersey 3, Boston 0 Vancouver 3, Colorado 2 Tuesday's games Buffalo 4, N.Y. Rangers 1 Washington 6, Toronto 5, OT Columbus 3, Edmonton 1 New Jersey 3, Carolina 1 Winnipeg 6, Tampa Bay 4 Montreal 2, Nashville 1, OT Los Angeles at San Jose, n Wednesday's games Winnipeg at Florida, 4 p.m. Montreal at Dallas, 5 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Philadelphia, 5 p.m. Colorado at Calgary, 7 p.m. Arizona at Vancouver, 7 p.m. Detroit at Anaheim, 7:30 p.m. Tennis ASB CLASSIC Tuesday At ASB Bank Tennis Centre Auckland, New Zealand Purse: $226,750 Surface: Hard-outdoor First round Serena Williams (1), United States, def. Pauline Parmentier, France, 6-3, 6-4. Madison Brengle, United States, def. Jamie Loeb, United States, 6-4, 7-6 (5). Mirjana Lucic-Baroni, Croatia, def. Mona Barthel, Germany, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3. Jelena Ostapenko (7), Latvia, def. Ma- ri na E rw ak ov ic , N ew Z eal an d, 6 -1 , 6 -2 . Barbora Strycova (4), Czech Republic, def. Barbora Stefkova, Czech Republic, 6-4, 6-3. Lauren Davis, United States, def. Kiki Bertens (5), Netherlands, 7-6 (3), 6-4. Caroline Wozniacki (3), Denmark, def. Nicole Gibbs, United States, 6-1, 6-0. Yanina Wickmayer, Belgium, def. Jo- hanna Larsson, Sweden, 6-1, 6-2. Naomi Osaka, Japan, def. Annika Beck, Germany, 6-2, 6-4. Varvara Lepchenko, United States, def. Arina Rodionova, Australia, 6-3, 6-4. Ana Konjuh (8), Croatia, leads Kirsten Flipkens, Belgium, 6-4, 2-5, susp., rain. Jade Lewis, New Zealand, vs. Venus Wil- liams (2), United States, 2-2, susp., rain. BRISBANE INTERNATIONAL Tuesday At Queensland Tennis Centre Brisbane, Australia Purse: Men, $437,380 Women, $890,100 Surface: Hard-outdoor Men's first round Sam Groth, Australia, def. Pierre-Hugues Herbert, France, 6-3, 5-7, 7-5. Jared Donaldson, United States, def. Gilles Muller, Luxembourg, 6-4, 6-4. Lucas Pouille (6), France, def. Gilles Simon, France, 7-6 (6), 7-6 (4). Mischa Zverev, Germany, def. Alex de Minaur, Australia, 6-3, 6-3. Diego Schwartzman, Argentina, def. Sam Querrey, United States, 6-2, 6-4. Viktor Troicki, Serbia, def. Yoshihito Nishioka, Japan, 6-4, 7-5. Rafael Nadal (5), Spain, def. Alexandr Dolgopolov, Ukraine, 6-3, 6-3. Women's first round Destanee Aiava, Australia, def. Bethanie Mattek-Sands, United States, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4. Women's second round Karolina Pliskova (3), Czech Republic, def. Asia Muhammad, United States, 6-1, 6-4. Garbine Muguruza (4), Spain, def. Daria Kasatkina, Russia, 7-5, 3-6, 7-6 (7). Elina Svitolina (6), Ukraine, def. Shelby Rogers, United States, 7-5, 2-6, 7-5. Alize Cornet, France, def. Christina McHale, United States, 6-2, 6-1. HOPMAN CUP Tuesday At Perth Arena Perth, Australia Purse: $1 million Surface: Hard-indoor Round robin Group A United States 3, Spain 0 CoCo Vandeweghe, United States, def. Lara Arruabarrena, Spain, 6-2, 6-4. Jack Sock, United States, def. Feliciano Lopez, Spain, 3-6, 6-2, 6-3. Vandeweghe and Sock, United States, vs. Arruabarrena and Lopez, Spain, 4-3 (3), 3-4 (2), 4-3 (2). Czech Republic 2, Australia 1 Nick Kyrgios, Australia, def. Adam Pav- lasek, Czech Republic, 7-5, 6-4. Lucie Hradecka, Czech Republic, def. Daria Gavrilova, Australia, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4. Hradecka and Pavlasek, Czech Republic, def. Gavrilova and Kyrgios, Australia, 3-4 (1), 4-3 (1), 4-2. QATAR OPEN Tuesday At The Khalifa International Tennis & Squash Complex Doha, Qatar Purse: $1.237 million Surface: Hard-outdoor First round Karen Khachanov, Russia, def. Mubarak Shannan Zayid, Qatar, 6-1, 6-3. Philipp Kohlschreiber (7), Germany, def. Malek Jaziri, Tunisia, 6-2, 7-6 (3). Gerald Melzer, Austria, def. Paul-Henri Mathieu, France, 6-7 (2), 6-3, 6-2. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (5), France, def. An- drey Kuznetsov, Russia, 6-1, 4-6, 6-2. Ivo Karlovic (6), Croatia, def. Illya March- enko, Ukraine, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (0). Andy Murray (1), Britain, def. Jeremy Chardy, France, 6-0, 7-6 (2). Tomas Berdych (3), Czech Republic, def. Alessandro Giannessi, Italy, 7-6 (1), 6-2. SHENZHEN OPEN Tuesday At Longgang Tennis Center Shenzhen, China Purse: $626,750) Surface: Hard-outdoor Second round Wang Qiang, China, def. Monica Niculescu (7), Romania, 7-6 (1), 6-4. Johanna Konta (3), Britain, def. Vania King, United States, 1-6, 6-3, 6-2. Agnieszka Radwanska (1), Poland, vs. Sorana Cirstea, Romania, 6-0, 6-3. Alison Riske (8), United States, def. Tsvetana Pironkova, Bulgaria, 6-1, 6-1. Odds PREGAME.COM LINE NBA Wednesday Favorite Line (O/U) Underdog Atlanta 31/2 (2051/2) at Orlando at Charlotte 21/2 (209) Oklahoma City at New York PK (213) Milwaukee at Cleveland OFF (OFF) Chicago at Clippers OFF (OFF) Memphis at Golden State 15 (2241/2) Portland at Sacramento OFF (OFF) Miami College Basketball Wednesday Favorite Line (O/U) Underdog at Michigan St 131/2 Rutgers Villanova 11/2 at Butler Miami 1 at Syracuse at Duke 19 Georgia Tech at Richmond 8 Fordham at G. Mason 31/2 UMass at Providence 21/2 Georgetown at La Salle 161/2 Saint Louis VCU 8 at Duquesne at Georgia 31/2 So. Carolina at Vanderbilt 5 Auburn at Loyola-Chi. 31/2 N. Iowa at Evansville 111/2 Bradley at S. Illinois 11/2 Indiana St at Wichita St 261/2 Drake Oklahoma St 2 at Texas at Michigan 111/2 Penn St Creighton 8 at St. John's at Illinois St 8 Missouri St Oregon 8 at Washington at Missouri PK LSU at Houston 13 Tulsa Louisville 1 at Notre Dame at NC State 1 Virginia Tech Virginia 6 at Pittsburgh at SMU 111/2 Temple at Baylor 71/2 Iowa St at CS-North. Off UC Riverside at UC Irvine 4 Long Beach St at UC Davis 6 UC Santa Barbara Colorado St 11/2 at San Jose ST at Fresno St 31/2 Wyoming New Mexico 1 at Utah St at Nevada 31/2 San Diego St Boise St 21/2 at UNLV at Wash. 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