B2 MONDAY, MARCH 26, 2012 THE ADVOCATE-MESSENGER SCORECARD/SPORTS WWW.AMNEWS.COM BAsketBAll Tuesday, March 27 p.m. Woods Massachusetts (24-10) vs. Stanford (24-11), 7 p.m. Raleigh champion vs. Kingston champion, 6:30 or 9 NCAA glance Washington (24-10) vs. Minnesota (22-14), 9 p.m. p.m. NCAA Tournament Glance National Championship By The Associated Press Tuesday, April 3 EAST REGIONAL CBI Semifinal winners, 8:30 p.m. ends At TD Garden, Boston College Basketball Invitational Glance Regional Championship By The Associated Press Saturday, March 24 Championship Series NBA glance Ohio State 77, Syracuse 70 (Best-of-3) National Basketball Association Glance Monday, March 26 By The Associated Press SOUTH REGIONAL Pittsburgh (20-16) at Washington State (18-16), 10 EASTERN CONFERENCE drought At Georgia Dome, Atlanta p.m. Atlantic Division Regional Championship Wednesday, March 28 W L Pct GB Sunday, March 25 Washington State at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m. Philadelphia 27 22 .551 — ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Kentucky 82, Baylor 70 Friday, March 30 Boston 26 22 .542 1⁄2 Washington State at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m., if necessary New York 24 25 .490 3 Tiger Woods hit so many MIDWEST REGIONAL Toronto 16 33 .327 11 At Edward Jones Dome, St. Louis great shots that he couldn’t New Jersey 16 34 .320 11 1⁄2 Regional Championship Southeast Division Sunday, March 25 CIt single one out as the best. W L Pct GB Kansas 80, North Carolina 67 CollegeInsider.com Tournament Glance Winning was as sweet as By The Associated Press Miami 35 12 .745 — WEST REGIONAL Semifinals Orlando 31 18 .633 5 ever, even after a PGA Tour 1 At US Airways Center, Phoenix Saturday, March 24 Atlanta 30 20 .600 6 ⁄2 1 drought that stretched over Regional Championship Mercer 64, Fairfield 59 Washington 11 37 .229 24 ⁄2 1 Saturday, March 24 Sunday, March 25 Charlotte 7 39 .152 27 ⁄2 923 days and 27 tourna- Louisville 72, Florida 68 Utah State 105, Oakland 81 Central Division Championship W L Pct GB ments. FINAL FOUR Wednesday, March 28 x-Chicago 40 10 .800 — 1 At The Superdome, New Orleans Mercer (26-11) vs. Utah State (21-15), TBA Indiana 28 19 .596 10 ⁄2 National Semifinals Milwaukee 22 26 .458 17 GOLF Saturday, March 31 Cleveland 17 29 .370 21 Kentucky (36-2) vs. Louisville (30-9), 6:09 p.m. NCAA women’s Detroit 16 32 .333 23 Ohio State (31-7) vs. Kansas (31-6), 8:49 p.m. WESTERN CONFERENCE The best part about pos- National Championship Southwest Division ing with the trophy at Bay Monday, April 2 tournament W L Pct GB Semifinal winners, 9 p.m. San Antonio 33 14 .702 — NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament Glance Hill? Dallas 28 22 .560 6 1⁄2 By The Associated Press Memphis 26 21 .553 7 The conversation was NCAA box DES MOINES REGIONAL Houston 26 23 .531 8 At Wells Fargo Arena, Des Moines, Iowa 1 back on golf, his favorite Sunday’s NCAA Tournament Box New Orleans 12 36 .250 21 ⁄2 Regional Semifinals Northwest Division subject. By The Associated Press Saturday, March 24 MIDWEST REGIONAL W L Pct GB Tennessee 84, Kansas 73 Oklahoma City 37 12 .755 — Just two weeks ago, Woods At St. Louis Baylor 83, Georgia Tech 68 AP Photo/Stew Milne KANSAS 80, NORTH CAROLINA 67 Utah 26 23 .531 11 gingerly climbed into a golf Regional Championship Denver 26 23 .531 11 KANSAS (31-6) Monday, March 26 Kastine Evans, front, and Azia Bishop, back of Kentucky battle Gon- Minnesota 24 26 .480 13 1⁄2 cart and was taken off the Robinson 6-16 5-5 18, Withey 5-5 5-6 15, Taylor 10- Tennessee (27-8) vs. Baylor (37-0), 7 p.m. zaga's Stephanie Golden for the ball during the second half of the Wild- 19 2-4 22, Johnson 3-11 2-3 10, Releford 4-6 2-4 11, Portland 23 26 .469 14 golf course at Doral with Teahan 0-1 0-0 0, Wesley 1-1 0-0 2, Young 0-4 2-2 2. FRESNO REGIONAL Pacific Division cats' 79-62 victory Sunday in an NCAA regional semifinal. Kentucky will Totals 29-63 18-24 80. At Save Mart Center, Fresno, Calif. W L Pct GB soreness and swelling in his NORTH CAROLINA (32-6) Regional Semifinals L.A. Lakers 30 19 .612 — play Connecticut on Tuesday for a spot in the Final Four. 1 left Achilles tendon, the Henson 5-12 0-0 10, Barnes 5-14 3-5 13, Zeller 6-11 Saturday, March 24 L.A. Clippers 27 21 .563 2 ⁄2 0-0 12, White 1-5 2-2 4, Bullock 2-6 0-0 5, Hairston Duke 74, St. John’s 47 Phoenix 25 24 .510 5 same injury that caused him 1-5 1-2 3, Watts 2-3 0-0 5, McAdoo 6-8 3-3 15. Totals Stanford 76, South Carolina 60 Golden State 20 27 .426 9 1 to miss three months and 28-64 9-12 67. Regional Championship Sacramento 17 31 .354 12 ⁄2 Halftime—Tied 47-47. 3-Point Goals—Kansas 4-14 Monday, March 26 x-clinched playoff spot two majors last year. (Johnson 2-5, Robinson 1-1, Releford 1-2, Teahan 0- Duke (27-5) vs. Stanford (34-1), 9 p.m. Sunday’s Games Phoenix 108, Cleveland 83 Kentucky bombs On Sunday, no one ques- 1, Taylor 0-5), North Carolina 2-17 (Watts 1-2, Bullock 1-5, Hairston 0-2, White 0-3, Barnes 0-5). Fouled RALEIGH REGIONAL Minnesota 117, Denver 100 tioned his health. Woods Out—None. Rebounds—Kansas 41 (Robinson 9), At PNC Arena, Raleigh, N.C. Atlanta 139, Utah 133,4OT North Carolina 35 (Bullock 7). Assists—Kansas 14 Regional Semifinals Boston 88, Washington 76 marched to a five-shot vic- (Johnson, Taylor 5), North Carolina 18 (White 7). Total Sunday, March 25 San Antonio 93, Philadelphia 76 tory in the Arnold Palmer Fouls—Kansas 16, North Carolina 17. A—24,107. Maryland 81, Texas A&M 74 Oklahoma City 103, Miami 87 Gonzaga to earn Notre Dame 79, St. Bonaventure 35 Portland 90, Golden State 87 Invitational that restored his Tuesday, March 27 Memphis 102, L.A. Lakers 96 confidence and gave him NCAA odds Regional Championship Today’s Games Maryland (31-4) vs. Notre Dame (33-3), 9 p.m. Boston at Charlotte, 7 p.m. momentum going into the Odds to Win 2012 NCAA Tournament Miami at Indiana, 7 p.m. By Keith Glantz and Russell Culver KINGSTON REGIONAL Orlando at Toronto, 7 p.m. spot in Elite Eight Masters two weeks away. Current Opening At Ryan Center, Kingston, R.I. Detroit at Washington, 7 p.m. “This was coming,” Team Odds Odds Regional Semifinals Utah at New Jersey, 7:30 p.m. Kentucky 6-5 7-2 Sunday, March 25 Milwaukee at New York, 7:30 p.m. Woods said. “I’ve been close Ohio State 2-1 10-1 By JIMMY GOLEN Connecticut 77, Penn State 59 Denver at Chicago, 8 p.m. a number of times, basically Kansas 5-2 12-1 Kentucky 79, Gonzaga 62 Sacramento at Houston, 8 p.m. Box sCore Louisville 6-1 30-1 Regional Championship New Orleans at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m. AP Sports Writer since Australia. Just had to Copyright 2012 World Features Syndicate, Inc. KENTUCKY 79, GONZAGA 62 Tuesday, March 27 Tuesday’s Games stay the course.” Connecticut (32-4) vs. Kentucky (28-6), 7 p.m. Cleveland at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. KINGSTON, R.I. — Ken- At Kingston, R.I. Minnesota at Memphis, 8 p.m. GONZAGA (28-6) Only a month ago, there NIt FINAL FOUR tucky didn’t need its “40 Atlanta at Milwaukee, 8 p.m. Standish 11-20 3-3 25, Bowen 4-11 3-3 11, were concerns that Woods National Invitation Tournament Glance At Pepsi Center, Denver Houston at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. minutes of dread” full-court Palmer 2-8 0-0 4, Karr 1-4 0-0 2, K. Redmon By The Associated Press National Semifinals Oklahoma City at Portland, 10 p.m. 5-15 0-1 10, Walter 2-2 0-0 5, Greinacher 0-0 could no longer make the Sunday, April 1 At Madison Square Garden, New York San Antonio at Phoenix, 10 p.m. press to beat Gonzaga. 0-0 0, Winters 0-1 0-0 0, Albanez 0-0 0-0 0, Semifinals Des Moines champion vs. Fresno champion, 6:30 or 9 L.A. Lakers at Golden State, 10:30 p.m. important putts. But there Golden 0-0 0-0 0, Reader 1-2 1-2 3, J. Red- WOMEN’S mon 1-4 0-0 2. Totals 27-67 7-9 62. he was at Bay Hill, knocking Auto rACING KENTUCKY (28-6) in two big par putts on the Drake 1-2 0-0 2, Mathies 6-10 0-0 15, Goss back nine to keep his dis- BASKETBALL 3-9 2-4 10, Smith 1-3 1-3 3, Evans 1-6 2-2 5, $130,566. tance from Graeme Mc- 27. (18) David Reutimann, Chevrolet, 127, 59, 17, It just needed a quick Snowden 6-13 0-0 17, Pinkett 1-2 2-2 5, Con- NAsCAr results $85,230. IndyCar results wright 1-3 2-2 4, Walker 6-9 4-6 16, Bishop Dowell. 28. (26) Bobby Labonte, Toyota, 127, 54.9, 16, strike from long range.