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BASEBALL TODAY
College: Hawaii vs. Hawaii Pacific, 6:35 p.m., Murakami Stadium.BASKETBALL
ILH girls: University vs. Maryknoll, 6:30 p.m., at Hawaii Baptist AcademyTENNIS
College women: Hawaii Pacific vs. Illinois State, 11 a.m., Oahu Club.
College men & women: Chaminade at Brigham Young-Hawaii, 2 p.m.
BASEBALL
TOMORROW
College exhibition: Hawaii vs. Matsusaka (Japan), 6:35 p.m., Murakami Stadium.LACROSSE
Island League: All Star vs. Shack, 7:30 p.m., Manoa Field.SOFTBALL
College women: Hawaii Pacific vs. Martin Methodist (Tenn.) (2), 2 p.m., Atherton Field, HPU's Windward Campus.TENNIS
College men: Hawaii Pacific vs. Marquette, Turtle Bay Resort.
OIA East: Kaimuki at Castle, Farrington at Kalani, 1 p.m.; Roosevelt at Kaiser, Moanalua at Kalaheo, Kailua vs. Kahuku at BYUH Courts, 2 p.m.
OIA West: Waianae vs. Waialua at Waialua Recreation Center, 1 p.m.; Aiea at Kapolei, Waipahu at Mililani, Leilehua at Radford, Campbell at Pearl City, 2 p.m.
The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' men's college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through March 9, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking:
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Associated Press Poll
Record Pts Pv 1. Arizona (51) 25-2 1,779 1 2. Kentucky (21) 26-3 1,749 2 3. Texas 22-5 1,630 4 4. Kansas 24-6 1,546 6 5. Pittsburgh 23-4 1,425 7 6. Oklahoma 21-6 1,363 5 7. Florida 24-6 1,359 3 8. Marquette 23-4 1,356 8 9. Wake Forest 23-4 1,273 9 10. Xavier 24-4 1,179 11 11. Syracuse 23-4 1,131 12 12. Duke 21-6 894 10 13. Illinois 21-6 771 14 14. Maryland 19-8 747 13 15. Stanford 23-7 735 17 16. Memphis 22-5 653 18 17. Notre Dame 22-8 546 16 18. Wisconsin 22-6 545 24 19. Creighton 28-4 533 19 20. Louisville 21-6 527 15 21. Georgia 19-8 377 25 22. Dayton 21-5 349 21 23. Oklahoma St. 21-8 233 20 24. California 20-7 131 22 25. Saint Joseph's 22-5 109 -- Others receiving votes: Mississippi St. 106, S. Illinois 88, Utah 71, Butler 55, Connecticut 53, Missouri 18, Weber St. 16, Gonzaga 13, BYU 8, Kent St. 7, Penn 6, Troy St. 5, Holy Cross 3, Michigan St. 3, Colorado 2, LSU 2, Arizona St. 1, Boston College 1, Cent. Michigan 1, N.C.-Wilmington 1.
How Star-Bulletin sports writer Cindy Luis voted: 1. Arizona. 2. Kentucky. 3. Texas. 4. Pittsburgh. 5. Kansas. 6. Wake Forest. 7. Oklahoma. 8. Florida. 9. Syracuse. 10. Marquette. 11. Xavier. 12. Duke. 13. Maryland. 14. Creighton. 15. Memphis. 16. Georgia. 17. Louisiville. 18. Stanford. 19. Wisconsin. 20. Illinois. 21. Dayton. 22. Notre Dame. 23. Weber St. 24. Southern Illinois. 25. California.
Through March 9
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World Ranking
1. Tiger Woods USA 17.48 2. Ernie Els SAf 9.29 3. Phil Mickelson USA 7.36 4. Vijay Singh Fij 6.27 5. Retief Goosen SAf 6.09 6. David Toms USA 5.88 7. Davis Love III USA 5.34 8. Sergio Garcia Spn 5.19 9. Mike Weir Can 5.09 10. Padraig Harrington Ire 4.84 11. Jim Furyk USA 4.58 12. Scott Hoch USA 4.39 13. Nick Price Zim 4.36 14. Chris DiMarco USA 4.24 15. Rocco Mediate USA 3.84 16. Charles Howell III USA 3.67 17. Colin Montgomerie Sco 3.62 18. Robert Allenby Aus 3.52 19. Jerry Kelly USA 3.46 20. Justin Leonard USA 3.37 21. Bob Estes USA 3.23 22. Michael Campbell NZl 3.13 23. Rich Beem USA 3.13 24. Darren Clarke NIr 3.08 25. Angel Cabrera Arg 3.07 26. Bernhard Langer Ger 2.98 27. Peter Lonard Aus 2.98 28. Choi Kyoung-Ju Kor 2.97 29. Kenny Perry USA 2.91 30. Fred Funk USA 2.91 31. Eduardo Romero Arg 2.86 32. Shigeki Maruyama Jpn 2.84 33. David Duval USA 2.80 34. Adam Scott Aus 2.79 35. Stuart Appleby Aus 2.75 36. Craig Parry Aus 2.65 37. John Huston USA 2.64 38. Justin Rose Eng 2.55 39. Chris Riley USA 2.55 40. Scott McCarron USA 2.54 41. Brad Faxon USA 2.52 42. Tim Clark SAf 2.43 43. Niclas Fasth Swe 2.42 44. Jeff Sluman USA 2.39 45. Tom Lehman USA 2.37 46. Steve Lowery USA 2.36 47. Stephen Leaney Aus 2.36 48. Scott Verplank USA 2.35 49. Trevor Immelman SAf 2.28 50. Thomas Bjorn Den 2.27 51. Alex Cejka Ger 2.21 52. Len Mattiace USA 2.21 53. Toru Taniguchi Jpn 2.20 54. Paul Lawrie Sco 2.19 55. Jose Maria Olazabal Spn 2.17 56. Jay Haas USA 2.14 57. Loren Roberts USA 2.11 58. Toshimitsu Izawa Jpn 2.06 59. Nick Faldo Eng 2.02 60. Shingo Katayama Jpn 2.01 61. Paul Casey Eng 1.99 62. John Cook USA 1.97 63. Kevin Sutherland USA 1.88 64. Anders Hansen Den 1.85 65. Phil Tataurangi NZl 1.84 66. Andre Stolz Aus 1.83 67. Dean Wilson USA 1.79 68. Dan Forsman USA 1.79 69. Bob Tway USA 1.78 70. Carl Pettersson Swe 1.77 71. Bradley Dredge Wal 1.76 72. Jonathan Byrd USA 1.75 73. Tim Herron USA 1.72 74. Robert Karlsson Swe 1.70 75. Dudley Hart USA 1.68
Through March 10
Professional Leaders
PGA Tour earnings
Trn Money 1. Mike Weir 6 $2,159,500 2. Tiger Woods 3 $2,031,000 3. Ernie Els 3 $1,840,000 4. Davis Love III 5 $1,172,645 5. Scott Hoch 3 $1,110,733 6. Jim Furyk 6 $1,028,741 7. Vijay Singh 4 $1,021,429 8. Charles Howell III 7 $851,350 9. Jay Haas 6 $791,064 10. Rocco Mediate 5 $738,015 11. Chris DiMarco 7 $732,400 12. K.J. Choi 8 $720,665 13. David Toms 6 $702,656 14. Frank Lickliter II 6 $671,958 15. Tom Lehman 7 $651,746 16. Jerry Kelly 6 $624,858 17. Tim Petrovic 7 $622,833 18. Tim Herron 6 $611,410 19. John Huston 5 $575,740 20. Chad Campbell 6 $571,045 21. Aaron Baddeley 6 $566,550 22. Phil Mickelson 5 $559,975 23. Carl Pettersson 5 $536,250 24. Brad Faxon 5 $530,788 25. Peter Lonard 5 $508,456 26. Bob Tway 6 $500,050 27. Retief Goosen 4 $492,929 28. Fred Funk 7 $488,470 29. Nick Price 4 $438,567 30. Chris Riley 6 $385,100 31. Dan Forsman 6 $375,899 32. Jonathan Byrd 7 $369,717 33. Rod Pampling 6 $352,623 34. Robert Gamez 7 $344,618 35. Briny Baird 7 $342,420 36. Arron Oberholser 6 $342,098 37. Harrison Frazar 5 $341,271 38. Brenden Pappas 7 $340,412 39. Kevin Sutherland 7 $336,020 40. Marco Dawson 7 $320,379 41. Jeff Sluman 7 $318,155 42. Robert Allenby 4 $317,567 43. Phil Tataurangi 5 $315,083 44. Bob Estes 4 $309,479 45. Shigeki Maruyama 6 $305,486 46. Kenny Perry 6 $300,740 47. Justin Leonard 5 $295,100 48. Jonathan Kaye 6 $280,100 49. Skip Kendall 6 $279,704 50. Alex Cejka 8 $277,303 51. Luke Donald 6 $276,500 52. Joe Durant 6 $273,653 53. Fred Couples 5 $270,828 54. Len Mattiace 7 $269,200 55. Shaun Micheel 6 $263,804 56. Tim Clark 5 $258,500 57. Pat Perez 7 $252,487 58. Loren Roberts 6 $246,704 59. Stephen Ames 5 $242,647 60. Rory Sabbatini 6 $241,025 61. Cliff Kresge 6 $234,335 62. Paul Stankowski 5 $222,328 63. Kirk Triplett 6 $220,150 64. David Gossett 7 $216,265 65. Tom Pernice, Jr. 7 $211,575 Also 70. Dean Wilson 5 $188,230
National League
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CINCINNATI REDS--Optioned RHP Luke Hudson to Louisville of the International League; RHP Chris Booker, RHP Josh Hall, INF Rainer Olmedo, OF Stephen Smitherman and C Dane Sardinha to Chattanooga of the Southern League. Reassigned INF Jacob Cruz, INF Felipe Crespo, RHP Sean DePaula, INF Kelly Dransfeldt, INF Ryan Freel, INF Robin Jennings, LHP Travis Miller, RHP Brian Reith, C Reed Secrist, INF Juan Thomas and LHP Mark Watson to their minor league camp. Released LHP Bruce Chen and RHP Osvaldo Fernandez.
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