SCOREBOARD
Area events
Wednesday
boys basketball
Class 2A state quarterfinals
Mariucci Arena, Minneapolis
Crosby-Ironton vs. Rockford, noon
Class 3A state quarterfinals
Mariucci Arena, Minneapolis
Little Falls vs. St. Thomas Academy 6 p.m.
track and field
Pierz in St. John's University Invite at Collegeville, 1:30 p.m.
TV-Radio
Radio guide
WYRQ-FM (92.1), KBLB-FM (93.3), KFML-FM (94.1), KKIN-FM (94.3), KSKK-FM (94.7), KFGI-FM (101.5), KLKS-FM (104.3)
WCCO-AM (830), KWAD-AM (920), KKIN-AM (930), KLTF-AM (960), KVKK-AM (1070), 3WI-AM (1270), KVBR-AM (1340), KLIZ-AM (1380), KNSP-AM (1430)
Wednesday
NHL
7 p.m., FSN: Wild vs. Edmonton
NBA
6 p.m., ESPN: Phoenix at Boston
7:30 p.m., KSTC: Timberwolves vs. Houston
BOYS BASKETBALL
6 p.m., WYRQ, KFML, KLTF: Little Falls vs. St. Thomas Academy
8:30 p.m., ESPN: McDonald's High School All-American Game, East vs. West
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
5 a.m., ESPN2: Boston vs. Oakland at Tokyo
MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
6 p.m., ESPN2: NIT, quarterfinal, Mississippi at Virginia Tech
8 p.m., ESPN2: NIT, quarterfinal, Dayton at Ohio State
Basketball
NBA
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L Pct GB
y-Boston 55 15 .786 -
xd-Detroit 50 20 .714 5
xd-Orlando 46 27 .630 10 1/2
Cleveland 40 31 .563 15 1/2
Washington 36 33 .522 18 1/2
Philadelphia 36 35 .507 19 1/2
Toronto 35 35 .500 20
Atlanta 30 40 .429 25
New Jersey 30 41 .423 25 1/2
Indiana 29 42 .408 26 1/2
Chicago 28 42 .400 27
Charlotte 25 45 .357 30
Milwaukee 24 45 .348 30 1/2
New York 19 51 .271 36
Miami 13 57 .186 42
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L Pct GB
d-New Orleans 48 21 .696 -
d-L.A. Lakers 49 22 .690 -
Houston 48 23 .676 1
d-Utah 47 25 .653 2 1/2
San Antonio 48 23 .676 1
Phoenix 47 23 .671 1 1/2
Dallas 45 26 .634 4
Golden State 43 27 .614 5 1/2
Denver 43 28 .606 6
Portland 37 34 .521 12
Sacramento 31 39 .443 17 1/2
L.A. Clippers 21 49 .300 27 1/2
Minnesota 18 51 .261 30
Memphis 18 52 .257 30 1/2
Seattle 17 54 .239 32
x-clinched playoff spot
y-clinched division
d-division leader
Monday's Games
Miami 78, Milwaukee 73
Detroit 110, Phoenix 105, OT
Philadelphia 95, Boston 90
New Jersey 106, New York 91
Denver 120, Memphis 106
Houston 108, Sacramento 100
Seattle 97, Portland 84
L.A. Lakers 123, Golden State 119, OT
Tuesday's Games
San Antonio 107, Orlando 97
New Orleans 114, Indiana 106
Chicago 103, Atlanta 94
Dallas 103, L.A. Clippers 90
Utah 128, Charlotte 106
Washington at Portland
Wednesday's Games
Phoenix at Boston, 6 p.m.
Milwaukee at Atlanta, 6 p.m.
Detroit at Toronto, 6 p.m.
Chicago at Philadelphia, 6 p.m.
New Orleans at Cleveland, 6 p.m.
Indiana at New Jersey, 6:30 p.m.
Miami at New York, 6:30 p.m.
Minnesota at Houston, 8:30 p.m.
L.A. Clippers at San Antonio, 6:30 p.m.
Memphis at Sacramento, 9 p.m.
Washington at Seattle, 10 p.m.
Charlotte at L.A. Lakers, 9:30 p.m.
NCAA Women's Tournament
Tuesday, March 25
At Ted Constant Convocation Center
Norfolk, Va.
Old Dominion 88, Virginia 85 OT
At Bridgeport Arena at Harbor Yard
Bridgeport, Conn.
Connecticut 89, Texas 55
NEW ORLEANS REGIONAL
Tuesday, March 25
At Bridgeport Arena at Harbor Yard
Bridgeport, Conn.
Louisville 80, Kansas State 63
At Ted Constant Convocation Center
Norfolk, Va.
North Carolina (31-2) vs. Georgia (23-9)
OKLAHOMA CITY REGIONAL
Tuesday, March 25
At Comcast Center
College Park, Md.
Duke 67, Arizona State 59
At West Lafayette, Ind.
Notre Dame 78, Oklahoma 75 OT
SPOKANE REGIONAL
At College Park, Md.,
Maryland 76, Nebraska 64
At West Lafayette, Ind.
Tennessee 78, Purdue 52
Men's National Invitation Tournament
Quarterfinals
Tuesday, March 25
Massachusetts 81, Syracuse 77
Florida 70, Arizona State 57
Wednesday, March 26
Mississippi (23-10) at Virginia Tech (21-13), 6 p.m.
Dayton (23-10) at Ohio State (21-13),8 p.m.
Women's National Invitation Tournament
Third Round
Wednesday, March 26
James Madison (24-9) at Kentucky (16-15), 6 p.m.
TCU (22-11) at Texas Tech (17-15), 7 p.m.
Illinois (20-14) at Marquette (17-14), 7 p.m.
Baseball
American League
East Division
W L Pct GB
Boston 1 0 1.000 -
Tampa Bay 0 0 .000 1/2
Toronto 0 0 .000 1/2
New York 0 0 .000 1/2
Baltimore 0 0 .000 1/2
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Chicago 0 0 .000 -
Cleveland 0 0 .000 -
Detroit 0 0 .000 -
Kansas City 0 0 .000 -
Minnesota 0 0 .000 -
West Division
W L Pct GB
Los Angeles 0 0 .000 -
Seattle 0 0 .000 -
Texas 0 0 .000 -
Oakland 0 1 .000 1/2
Tuesday's Game
Boston 6, Oakland 5, 10 innings
Wednesday's Game
Boston (Lester 4-0) vs. Oakland (Harden 1-2) at Tokyo Dome, 5:05 a.m.
National League
Tuesday's Games
No games scheduled
Wednesday's Games
No games scheduled
Linescores
At Tokyo
Boston 000 003 001 2 - 6 11 0
Oakland 200 002 000 1 -5 7 0
(10 innings)
Matsuzaka, Snyder (6), Lopez (7), Corey (8), Okajima (9), Papelbon (10) and Varitek; Blanton, Embree (6), Foulke (8), Street (9), Dinardo (10) and Suzuki. W-Okajima 1-0. L-Street 0-1. Sv-Papelbon (1). HRs-Boston, Moss (1). Oakland, Ellis (1), Hannahan (1).\
Spring training
AMERICAN LEAGUE
W L Pct
Tampa Bay 17 5 .773
Los Angeles 18 7 .720
Oakland 15 7 .682
New York 13 9 .591
Texas 14 10 .583
Kansas City 14 11 .560
Cleveland 13 12 .520
Detroit 13 12 .520
Minnesota 13 13 .500
Seattle 10 14 .417
Baltimore 9 14 .391
Boston 7 11 .389
Chicago 10 16 .385
Toronto 9 16 .360
NATIONAL LEAGUE
W L Pct
New York 18 9 .667
Florida 17 9 .654
Milwaukee 16 10 .615
St. Louis 15 10 .600
Colorado 12 11 .522
Cincinnati 14 14 .500
Atlanta 13 13 .500
San Diego 11 11 .500
Chicago 13 14 .481
Houston 12 15 .444
Philadelphia 11 15 .423
Pittsburgh 10 16 .385
Arizona 10 17 .370
Washington 10 17 .370
Los Angeles 9 17 .346
San Francisco 8 19 .296
Monday's Games
Houston 10, Florida 10, tie, 10 innings
Cleveland 8, Atlanta 0
N.Y. Mets 1, Baltimore 0
St. Louis 8, Minnesota 4
Detroit 5, Washington 3
Tampa Bay 13, Pittsburgh 4
Chicago Cubs 7, Texas 6
San Diego 4, L.A. Angels 4, tie, 10 innings
Colorado 6, Milwaukee 5
Arizona 6, San Francisco 5
Seattle 3, Chicago White Sox 1
Cincinnati 5, Toronto 3
N.Y. Yankees 13, Philadelphia 4
Kansas City 10, L.A. Dodgers 9
Tuesday's Games
Tampa Bay 10, Toronto 0
Baltimore 8, Florida 1
Pittsburgh 7, Minnesota 3
Cleveland 7, N.Y. Yankees 5
St. Louis 3, Washington 0
Cincinnati 5, Philadelphia 3
N.Y. Mets 5, Atlanta 4
L.A. Angels 9, Arizona 8
Chicago White Sox 5, Colorado 2
L.A. Dodgers 3, Milwaukee 3, tie
Chicago Cubs 7, San Francisco 5
Detroit 10, Houston 9
Seattle at Texas
Kansas City at San Diego
Wednesday's Games
Tampa Bay vs. Minnesota at Fort Myers, Fla., 12:05 p.m.
Hockey
NHL
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L OT Pts GF GA
dx-Montreal 43 24 10 96 247 213
dx-Pittsburgh 44 26 7 95 236 208
d-Carolina 41 30 6 88 234 236
New Jersey 42 27 7 91 191 182
Ottawa 42 28 7 91 249 232
N.Y. Rangers 39 26 11 89 199 186
Philadelphia 39 28 10 88 233 221
Boston 38 28 10 86 199 211
Washington 38 31 8 84 224 225
Florida 36 32 9 81 206 212
Buffalo 35 30 11 81 238 228
Toronto 35 32 10 80 219 239
N.Y. Islanders 34 36 7 75 185 228
Atlanta 31 38 8 70 204 259
Tampa Bay 30 38 8 68 214 246
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L OT Pts GF GA
y-Detroit 51 20 6 108 244 171
dx-San Jose 45 21 9 99 200 174
d-Calgary 40 27 10 90 215 213
Anaheim 43 26 8 94 192 180
Dallas 42 29 5 89 221 191
Minnesota 40 28 9 89 207 210
Vancouver 38 28 10 86 200 190
Colorado 40 31 6 86 210 204
Nashville 38 31 8 84 220 220
Edmonton 39 33 5 83 224 238
Chicago 36 32 8 80 220 217
Phoenix 36 34 6 78 200 211
Columbus 33 32 11 77 182 201
St. Louis 30 34 12 72 186 222
Los Angeles 30 40 6 66 215 246
x-clinched playoff spot
y-clinched division
d-division leader
Monday's Games
N.Y. Islanders 4, Pittsburgh 1
Montreal 7, Ottawa 5
Edmonton 5, Minnesota 3
Colorado 2, Calgary 0
Tuesday's Games
Ottawa 6, Buffalo 3
Washington 3, Carolina 2, SO
Pittsburgh 2, New Jersey 0
Boston 6, Toronto 2
Tampa Bay 3, Florida 1
Philadelphia 2, N.Y. Rangers 1, OT
Nashville 3, Columbus 0
Detroit 2, St. Louis 1
Calgary 3, Vancouver 2
San Jose at Phoenix
Wednesday's Games
Chicago at Columbus, 6 p.m.
Edmonton at Minnesota, 7 p.m.
Vancouver at Colorado, 8 p.m.
Los Angeles at Anaheim, 9 p.m.
Transactions
BASEBALL
American League
BOSTON RED SOX-Placed RHP Josh Beckett on the 15-day DL, retroactive to March 19. Optioned C Dusty Brown to Pawtucket (IL). Purchased the contact of C Kevin Cash from Pawtucket.
CHICAGO WHITE SOX-Optioned INF Josh Fields to Charlotte (IL). Reassigned INF Jason Bourgeois, RHP D.J. Carrasco and C Paul Phillips to their minor league camp.
CLEVELAND INDIANS-Purchased the contract of RHP Jorge Julio from Buffalo (IL). Designated LHP Aaron Fultz for assignment. Optioned INF Josh Barfield to Buffalo. Assigned RHP Scott Elarton to their minor league camp.
DETROIT TIGERS-Agreed to terms with 3B Miguel Cabrera on a seven-year contract extension through the 2015 season.
OAKLAND ATHLETICS-Purchased the contract of DH Mike Sweeney from Sacramento (PCL). Placed 3B Eric Chavez and RHP Chad Gaudin on the 15-day DL, retroactive to March 19, and RHP Kiko Calero on the 60-day DL. Optioned INF Gregorio Petit to Sacramento.
TAMPA BAY RAYS-Placed LHP Scott Kazmir and INF Ben Zobrist on the 15-day DL, retroactive to March 21.
TORONTO BLUE JAYS-Released C Sal Fasano.
National League
CHICAGO CUBS-Agreed to terms with OF Reed Johnson on a one-year contract.
CINCINNATI REDS-Reassigned INF-OF Jerry Gil to their minor league camp.
MILWAUKEE BREWERS-Released RHP Claudio Vargas.
PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES-Reassigned RHP Gary Knotts and LHP Vic Darensbourg to their minor league camp.
PITTSBURGH PIRATES-Purchased the contract of INF Luis Rivas from Indianapolis (IL). Optioned OF Kevin Thompson to Indianapolis. Reassigned LHP Casey Fossum and RHP Elmer Dessens to their minor league camp. Designated RHP Jonah Bayliss for assignment.
ST. LOUIS CARDINALS-Placed RHP Chris Carpenter, LHP Mark Mulder, RHP Matt Clement, RHP Joel Pineiro, LHP Tyler Johnson, RHP Josh Kinney and OF Juan Encarnacion on the 15-day DL, retroactive to March 21.
SAN DIEGO PADRES-Exercised the 2009 option on the contract of Bud Black, manager.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
CLEVELAND CAVALIERS-Signed C Lance Allred to a second 10-day contract.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
DETROIT LIONS-Signed LB Gilbert Gardner to a one-year contract.
HOUSTON TEXANS-Released C Steve McKinney. Re-signed P Matt Turk.
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS-Signed TE Greg Estandia, S Jamaal Fudge, DE Jeremy Mincey and DE James Wyche to one-year tender offers.
MINNESOTA VIKINGS-Signed LB Heath Farwell and CB Benny Sapp to one-year contracts.
NEW YORK GIANTS-Signed G Rich Seubert to a three-year contract extension through 2012.
OAKLAND RAIDERS-Signed QB Jeff Otis and QB Erik Meyer.
PITTSBURGH STEELERS-Signed C Justin Hartwig to a two-year contract.
ST. LOUIS RAMS-Re-signed DE James Hall to a two-year contract.
SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS-Signed OG Jeb Terry.
SEATTLE SEAHAWKS-Signed DE Chris Cooper and LB D.D. Lewis to one-year contracts.
TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS-Re-signed DE Kevin Carter.
TENNESSEE TITANS-Agreed to terms with S Donnie Nickey.
COLLEGE
ARKANSAS-Suspended junior LB Freddie Fairchild after he was charged with suspicion of third-degree battery and false imprisonment.
DAYTON-Named Kelly Sheffield women's volleyball coach.
DETROIT-Named Autumn Rademacher women's basketball coach.
FLORIDA A&M-Fired Debra Clark, women's basketball coach.
GEORGE MASON-Announced the resignation of Debbie Taneyhill, women's basketball coach.
JAMES MADISON-Named Matt Brady men's basketball coach.
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI-Named Troy Dumas linebackers coach.