Today
BASKETBALL
KIF boys: Kapaa at Waimea, 5:30 p.m.
OIA Red East boys: Castle at Kahuku, Roosevelt at Kaimuki, Kalaheo at Moanalua, games begin 20 minutes after end of 5 p.m. JV game.
OIA Red West boys: Pearl City at Mililani, Kapolei at Campbell, Leilehua at Radford, games begin 20 minutes after end of 5 p.m. JV game.
OIA White boys: Aiea at Farrington, Waipahu at Kaiser, games begin 15 minutes after end of 5 p.m. JV game.
SOCCER
OIA West boys: Radford at Waipahu, Leilehua at Nanakuli, Kapolei at Pearl City, 5 p.m.; Waianae at Campbell, Mililani at Aiea, 7:15 p.m.
OIA West girls: Mililani at Radford, Kapolei at Waianae, Leilehua at Aiea, 5:30 p.m.
OIA White girls: Waipahu at Campbell, Nanakuli at Waialua, 5:30 p.m.
Tomorrow
BASEBALL
AJA: Manoa vs. Ewa, 7 p.m., Central Oahu Regional Park.
BASKETBALL
OIA White boys: Waialua at Kalani, McKinley vs. Thompson at McKinley, games begin 15 minutes after end of 5 p.m. JV game.
PWC men: Hawaii Pacific vs. Grand Canyon, 7 p.m., Neal Blaisdell Arena; Notre Dame de Namur at Brigham Young-Hawaii, 7:30 p.m., Cannon Activities Center.
PWC women: Hawaii Pacific vs. Grand Canyon, 4:30 p.m., Neal Blaisdell Arena; Notre Dame de Namur at Brigham Young-Hawaii, 5 p.m., Cannon Activities Center.
SOCCER
OIA East boys: Farrington at Kalani, Kaimuki at McKinley, 4 p.m.; Kahuku at Moanalua, Castle at Kaiser, 5 p.m.; Kailua at Roosevelt, 7:15 p.m.
OIA East girls: Kalaheo at Kahuku, Kalani at Castle, Kaiser at Kailua, 5:30 p.m.
OIA White girls: Waialua at Waipahu, McKinley at Farrington, 4 p.m.; Kaimuki at Roosevelt, 5:45 p.m.
SOFTBALL
KIF: Kapaa vs. Waimea at Kapaa Ballpark, 5:30 p.m.
OIA Red East: Kaimuki at Castle, Kalani vs. Kalaheo at Aikahi Park, Roosevelt at Kailua, 3:30 p.m.
OIA Red West: Aiea at Waipahu, Campbell at Mililani, Leilehua at Pearl City, 3:30 p.m.
OIA White: Farrington vs. Kahuku at Hauula Playground, Anuenue at Kaiser, Waianae at Radford, 3:30 p.m.
VOLLEYBALL
College men's exhibition: Hawaii vs. U. British Columbia, 7 p.m., Stan Sheriff Center.
BASKETBALL
AP Division I Top 25 Poll
The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Dec. 31, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week's ranking:
|
Record |
Pts |
Pvs
|
| 1. UCLA (71) |
13-0 |
1,799 |
1
|
| 2. North Carolina (1) |
12-1 |
1,721 |
2
|
| 3. Florida |
12-2 |
1,623 |
3
|
| 4. Wisconsin |
14-1 |
1,576 |
4
|
| 5. Duke |
12-1 |
1,446 |
5
|
| 6. Ohio St. |
11-2 |
1,387 |
6
|
| 7. Arizona |
11-1 |
1,371 |
7
|
| 8. Alabama |
12-1 |
1,303 |
8
|
| 9. Kansas |
12-2 |
1,275 |
9
|
| 10. Pittsburgh |
12-2 |
1,101 |
10
|
| 11. Texas A&M |
11-2 |
1,069 |
11
|
| 12. Oklahoma St. |
13-1 |
988 |
13
|
| 13. Butler |
13-1 |
833 |
15
|
| 14. LSU |
10-3 |
695 |
17
|
| 15. Marquette |
13-2 |
669 |
18
|
| 16. Oregon |
13-0 |
657 |
20
|
| 17. Notre Dame |
12-1 |
614 |
19
|
| 18. Connecticut |
11-1 |
499 |
12
|
| 19. Tennessee |
12-2 |
479 |
21
|
| 20. Air Force |
13-1 |
385 |
23
|
| 21. Nevada |
12-1 |
350 |
24
|
| 22. Memphis |
10-3 |
317 |
22
|
| 23. Clemson |
14-0 |
316 |
25
|
| 24. Washington |
10-3 |
308 |
14
|
| 25. West Virginia |
11-1 |
118 |
NR
|
Others receiving votes: Wichita St. 116; Michigan St. 73; Florida St. 58; Texas 53; Maryland 48; Washington St. 38; Georgetown 25; N. Iowa 22; Kentucky 21; Drexel 8; Syracuse 7; UNLV 7; S. Illinois 6; Missouri St. 5; Purdue 5; Gonzaga 4; Georgia Tech 3; Missouri 1; Xavier 1.
How Star-Bulletin sportswriter Jason Kaneshiro voted: 1. UCLA; 2. North Carolina; 3. Florida; 4. Duke; 5. Wisconsin; 6. Alabama; 7. Ohio State; 8. Arizona; 9. Kansas; 10. Pittsburgh; 11. Texas A&M; 12. Oklahoma State; 13. LSU; 14. Marquette; 15. Connecticut; 16. Memphis; 17. Oregon; 18. Butler; 19. Notre Dame; 20. Nevada; 21. Tennessee; 22. Air Force; 23. Washington; 24. Clemson; 25. Wichita State
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:
|
Record |
Pts |
Pvs
|
| 1. UCLA (31) |
13-0 |
775 |
1
|
| 2. North Carolina |
12-1 |
742 |
2
|
| 3. Florida |
12-2 |
697 |
3
|
| 4. Wisconsin |
14-1 |
650 |
4
|
| 5. Duke |
12-1 |
627 |
5
|
| 6. Ohio State |
11-2 |
599 |
6
|
| 7. Arizona |
11-1 |
597 |
7
|
| 8. Alabama |
12-1 |
553 |
8
|
| 9. Kansas |
12-2 |
516 |
10
|
| 10. Pittsburgh |
12-2 |
475 |
11
|
| 11. Texas A&M |
11-2 |
436 |
12
|
| 12. Oklahoma State |
13-1 |
394 |
14
|
| 13. Butler |
13-1 |
378 |
15
|
| 14. Connecticut |
11-1 |
308 |
9
|
| 15. Nevada |
12-1 |
290 |
18
|
| 16. Air Force |
13-1 |
289 |
17
|
| 17. Oregon |
13-0 |
266 |
20
|
| 18. Clemson |
14-0 |
205 |
20
|
| 19. LSU |
10-3 |
203 |
19
|
| 20. Washington |
10-3 |
176 |
13
|
| 21. Marquette |
13-2 |
172 |
22
|
| 22. Notre Dame |
12-1 |
148 |
24
|
| 23. Memphis |
10-3 |
116 |
23
|
| 24. Michigan State |
13-2 |
107 |
25
|
| 25. Tennessee |
12-2 |
66 |
NR
|
Others receiving votes: West Virginia 40; Maryland 39; Wichita State 31; UNLV 26; Texas 22; Southern Illinois 16; Washington State 16; Syracuse 14; Florida State 10; Drexel 7; Northern Iowa 7; Missouri State 6; Creighton 3; Georgetown 3; Illinois 1; Winthrop 1.
Yesterday's scores
SOUTH
Alabama 70, Oklahoma 55
New Orleans 84, Tulane 77
Wake Forest 81, East Carolina 65
MIDWEST
Creighton 79, Illinois St. 71
New Mexico St. 88, Chicago St. 78
S. Illinois 73, Wichita St. 68
SOUTHWEST
Lamar 91, Louisiana College 76
Texas Tech 70, New Mexico 68
College women's Top 25
No. 14 Stanford 77, No. 10 Arizona State 71
No. 11 Georgia 82, Brown 69
No. 12 Vanderbilt 89, Princeton 74
No. 17 George Washington 76, San Diego St. 42
No. 18 California 65, Arizona 48
No. 19 DePaul 77, Chicago State 71
No. 23 Arkansas 66, Saint Louis 59
BOXING
Fight schedule
National TV in parentheses
Tomorrow
At Ariake Colosseum, Tokyo, Japan, Cristian Mijares, Gomez Palacio, Mexico, vs. Katsushige Kawashima, Japan, 12, for Mijares' WBC interim junior bantamweight title; Edwin Valero, Japan, vs. Michael Lozada, Mexico, 12, for Valero's WBA junior lightweight title.
Friday
At Las Vegas (SHO), Anthony Hanshaw, Mansfield, Ohio, vs. Jean Paul Mendy, Las Vegas, 12, for the IBO super middleweight title.
At Dickerson's Event Center, Las Cruces, N.M., Jose Armando Santa-Cruz, Mexico, vs. Luis Arceo, Mexico, 10, lightweights.
At Beau Rivage Resort & Casino, Biloxi Miss. (ESPN2), Anthony Peterson, Washington, vs. Juan Humberto Garza, Mexico, 12, lightweights.
Saturday
At Hollywood, Fla. (SHO), Samuel Peter, Nigeria, vs. James Toney, Los Angeles, 12, heavyweights; Cory Spinks, St. Louis, vs. Rodney Jones, Stockton, Calif., 12, for Spinks' IBF junior middleweight title; Jose Antonio Rivera, Worcester, Mass., vs. Travis Simms, Norwalk, Conn., 12, for Rivera's WBA super welterweight title.
Jan. 11
At New Alhambra Arena, Philadelphia, Kid Diamond, Las Vegas, vs. Antonio Pitalula, Mexico, 12, for the NABF lightweight title.
At Roseland Ballroom, New York, Yory Boy Campas, Mexico, vs. Eduardo Sanchez, New Orleans, 10, junior middleweights.
Jan. 12
At Tacoma, Wash., (ESPN2), Cornelius Bundrage, Detroit, vs. Chris Smith, Queens, N.Y., 10, junior middleweights.
TENNIS
Qatar ExxonMobil Open
At Doha, Qatar
Purse: $1 million (Intl. Series)
First round singles
Christophe Rochus, Belgium, def. Alberto Martin, Spain, 6-4, 7-5.
Robin Soderling (6), Sweden, defeated Kristof Vilgen, Belgium 6-3, 6-3.
Marcos Baghdatis (3), Cyprus, def. Philipp Kohlschreiber, Germany, 6-4, 7-5.
Mikhail Youzhny (5), Russia, def. Daniele Bracciali, Italy, 7-5, 6-3.
Andy Murray (4), Britain, def. Filippo Volandri, Italy, 4-6, 6-2, 6-4.
Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo, Spain, def. Sultan Khalfan, Qatar, 7-6 (5), 6-2.
Gael Monfils, France, def. Andreas Seppi, Italy, 6-3, 6-4.
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, Spain, def. Potito Starace, Italy, 2-6, 7-5, 7-5.
Hyundai Hopman Cup
At Perth, Australia
Purse: $1 million (ITF Exhibition)
Group B
Spain 3, Croatia 0
Anabel Medina Garrigues, Spain, def. Sanja Ancic, Croatia, 6-3, 6-1
Tommy Robredo, Spain, def. Mario Ancic, Croatia, 3-6, 7-5, 6-3.
Robredo and Medina Garrigues, Spain, def. Ancic and Ancic, Croatia, 6-4, 6-2.
Next Generation Adelaide International
At Adelaide, Australia
Purse: $436,000 (Intl. Series)
Singles
Main Draw Elimination Round
Juan Martin del Potro, Argentina, def. Go Soeda, Japan, 6-3, 6-2.
Igor Kunitsyn, Russia, def. Wesley Moodie, South Africa, 7-6 (3), 3-6, 6-1.
Frank Dancevic, Canada, def. Paul Baccanello, Australia, 6-3, 6-3.
Evgeny Korolev, Russia, def. Nathan Healey, Australia, 7-5, 7-5.
Round Robin
Group 1: Alun Jones, Australia, def. Jan Hajek, Czech Republic, 6-3, 6-2.
Group 2: Peter Luczak, Australia, def. Dominik Hrbaty (5), Slovakia, 7-6 (7), 6-3.
Group 4: Florent Serra, France, def. Joachim Johansson, Sweden, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4.
Group 7: Chris Guccione, Australia, def. Benjamin Becker, Germany, 7-5, 6-3.
Chennai Open
At Chennai, India
Purse: $380,000 (Intl. Series)
First round singles
Nicolas Mahut (8), France, def. Alejandro Falla, Colombia, 7-5, 6-4.
Stefano Galvani, Italy, def. Lu Yen-hsun, Taiwan, 6-2, 6-3.
Julien Benneteau (4), France, def. Teimuraz Gabashvili, Russia, 6-3, 6-4.
Kevin Kim, United States, def. Simon Greul, Germany, 1-6, 6-2, 6-3.
Ivo Karlovic, Croatia, def. Prakash Amritraj, India, 7-6 (3), 6-3.
Xavier Malisse (3), Belgium, def. Danai Udomchoke, Thailand, 6-2, 6-2.
ASB Classic
At Auckland, New Zealand
Purse: $145,000 (Tier IV)
First round singles
Sun Tiantian, China, def. Leanne Baker, New Zealand, 6-1, 6-1.
Gisela Dulko, Argentina, def. Anastasia Myskina (2), Russia, 6-1, 7-6 (4), 6-2.
Marion Bartoli (4), France, def. Ayumi Morita, Japan, 7-6 (4), 6-3.
Emilie Loit, France, def. Eva Birnerova, Czech Republic, 6-1, 6-1.
Jill Craybas, United States, def. Aiko Nakamura, Japan, 7-5, 6-2.
Camille Pin, France, def. Shenay Perry (8), United States, 6-3, 5-7, 6-2.
Eleni Daniilidou (7), Greece, def. Jelena Kostanic, Croatia, 6-3, 4-6, 6-1.
GLANTZ-CULVER
NCAA football
| FAVORITE |
OPEN |
TODAY |
OU |
UNDERDOG
|
Tonight
|
Orange Bowl
|
At Miami
|
| Louisville |
11 |
10 |
(52) |
Wake Forest
|
Tomorrow
|
Sugar Bowl
|
At New Orleans
|
| LSU |
7 |
9 1/2 |
(56) |
Notre Dame
|
Saturday
|
International Bowl
|
At Toronto
|
| Cincinnati |
9 |
7 1/2 |
(41 1/2) |
W. Michigan
|
Sunday
|
GMAC Bowl
|
At Mobile, Ala.
|
| Southern Miss. |
6 1/2 |
6 |
(41 1/2) |
Ohio
|
Monday
|
BCS Championship
|
At Glendale, Ariz.
|
| Ohio St. |
8 |
7 1/2 |
(46) |
Florida
|
NFL wild-card playoffs
| FAVORITE |
OPEN |
TODAY |
OU |
UNDERDOG
|
Saturday
|
| at Indianapolis |
6 1/2 |
6 1/2 |
(51) |
Kansas City
|
| at Seattle |
3 |
3 |
(46 1/2) |
Dallas
|
Sunday
|
| at New England |
9 1/2 |
9 |
(37 1/2) |
N.Y. Jets
|
| at Philadelphia |
6 1/2 |
6 1/2 |
(46 1/2) |
N.Y. Giants
|
NCAA basketball
| FAVORITE |
LINE |
UNDERDOG
|
| Auburn |
1 1/2 |
at Southern Miss.
|
| Akron |
5 1/2 |
at Youngstown St.
|
| at Connecticut |
19 |
South Florida
|
| at Duke |
18 |
Temple
|
| at Massachusetts |
9 1/2 |
Miami
|
| at Ohio St. |
11 |
Indiana
|
| at South Alabama |
4 1/2 |
Middle Tenn.
|
| Vanderbilt |
3 1/2 |
at Rice
|
| at Arkansas |
12 1/2 |
Tulsa
|
| Missouri St. |
2 1/2 |
at Bradley
|
| at Wis.-Green Bay |
7 |
Detroit
|
| at Missouri |
2 1/2 |
Mississippi St.
|
| at UTEP |
14 1/2 |
UC Riverside
|
| at N.C. State |
8 1/2 |
UNC Greensboro
|
| Marist |
2 1/2 |
at Loyola, Md.
|
| at E. Kentucky |
13 1/2 |
SE Missouri
|
| at Morehead St. |
4 1/2 |
Tennessee St.
|
| at Rider |
6 |
Fairfield
|
| at Austin Peay |
7 1/2 |
Tenn.-Martin
|
| at Samford |
4 1/2 |
Tennessee Tech
|
| Murray St. |
1 1/2 |
at E. Illinois
|
| at Pepperdine |
9 |
Manhattan
|
NBA
| FAVORITE |
LINE |
UNDERDOG
|
| San Antonio |
3 1/2 |
at Cleveland
|
| at Orlando |
5 |
L.A. Clippers
|
| Golden State |
2 |
New Orleans
|
| at Dallas |
10 |
Seattle
|
| Phoenix |
4 |
at Chicago
|
| at Denver |
9 |
Philadelphia
|
| at Sacramento |
7 1/2 |
New York
|
NHL
| FAVORITE |
LINE |
UNDERDOG |
LINE
|
| at Detroit |
-180 |
Anaheim |
+160
|
| at New Jersey |
-160 |
N.Y. Rangers |
+ 140
|
| at N.Y. Islanders |
-220 |
Philadelphia |
+180
|
| at Montreal |
-170 |
Tampa Bay |
+150
|
| Carolina |
-120 |
at Pittsburgh |
+100
|
| at St. Louis |
-120 |
Chicago |
+100
|
| at Minnesota |
-140 |
Atlanta |
+120
|
| at Edmonton |
-155 |
Florida |
+135
|
| at Calgary |
-200 |
Vancouver |
+170
|
TRANSACTIONS
Football
National Football League
ARIZONA CARDINALS--Fired Dennis Green, coach.
ATLANTA FALCONS--Fired Jim Mora, coach.
Hockey
National Hockey League
ATLANTA THRASHERS--Recalled RW Darren Haydar from Chicago of the AHL.
COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS--Assigned F Joakim Lindstrom to Syracuse of the AHL.
NEW YORK RANGERS--Recalled F Jed Ortmeyer from Hartford of the AHL.
OTTAWA SENATORS--Recalled RW Jeff Heerema and C Serge Payer from Binghamton of the AHL.
College
WYOMING--Announced men's senior basketball F Chris Anderson has been declared academically ineligible.
