Time: 03-25-2012 23:05 User: rtaylor2 PubDate: 03-26-2012 Zone: IN Edition: 1 Page Name: C2 Color: CyanMagentaYellowBlack C2 | MONDAY,MARCH 26, 2012 | THE COURIER-JOURNAL SPORTS | courier-journal.com/sports IN NBA To report sports scores E-mail [email protected] or call Scorecard the sports desk at 502-582-4361, or toll free Hawks work 4OTs at 1-800-765-4011,ext. 4361 COLLEGE AUTO RACING $79,555. 1:59:50.9863. Margin of Victory: 38. (32) Michael McDowell,Ford, vi- 5.5292 seconds. Cautions:3for 15 Suns making BASKETBALL Sprint Cup bration, 6, $79,307. laps. Lead Changes:9among 7 Auto Club 400 39. (20) David Stremme,Toyota, rear drivers. Men Sunday at Fontana, Calif. gear,5,$75,855. Lap Leaders:Power 1-11, Briscoe runinWest NCAA Tournament Auto Club Speedway 40. (39) MikeBliss,Toyota, transmis- 12-20, Dixon 21-36, Sato 37-46, SOUTH REGIONAL Lap length: 2miles sion, 0, $75,675. Franchitti 47, Dixon 48-68, Castro- At The Georgia Dome (Start position in parentheses) 41. (35) Scott Riggs,Chevrolet, vibra- neves 69-70,Sato 71, Hildebrand 72- Associated Press Atlanta 1. (9) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 129 tion, 3, $75,505. 74, Castroneves 75-100. Regional Championship laps,$323,450. 42. (43) Reed Sorenson, Chevrolet, Points:Castroneves 50, Dixon 42, Sunday 2. (2) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 129, vibration, 0, $75,415. Hunter-Reay 35, Hinchcliffe 32, Bris- Joe Johnson scored 37 Kentucky 82, Baylor 70 $259,698. 43. (37) Brendan Gaughan, Chevro- coe 30, Pagenaud 28, Power 27, Viso points, Josh Smith added MIDWEST REGIONAL 3. (14)Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, let, engine,1,$83,769. 24, Kimball 22, Wilson 20. At EdwardJones Dome 129, $170,165. Average Speed of Race Win- Formula One 22 and the Atlanta Hawks St. Louis 4. (7) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 129, ner:160.166mph. Time of Race:1 Malaysia Grand Prix ended Utah’ssix-game Regional Championship $181,551. hour,36minutes,39seconds. Mar- Sunday at Sepang, Malaysia Sunday 5. (12)Carl Edwards,Ford, 129, gin of Victory:Under Caution. Sepang International Circuit winning streak with a139- Kansas 80, North Carolina 67 $161,056. Caution Flags:1for 5laps. Lead Lap length: 3.44 miles 133victory Sunday night FINAL FOUR 6. (4) Greg Biffle,Ford, 129, Changes:9among 5drivers. 1. Fernando Alonso,Spain, Ferrari,56 At The Superdome $119,590. Lap Leaders:D.Hamlin 1; Ky- laps,2:44:51.812,70.196mph. in the NBA’sfirst quadru- New Orleans 7. (6) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet,129, .Busch 2-67; D.Hamlin 68; J.Gordon 2. Sergio Perez, Mexico,Sauber,56, ple-overtime game since All times Eastern $146,448. 69; J.Johnson 70; Ky.Busch 71-84; 2:44:54.075. National Semifinals 8. (13)Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, 129, T.Stewart 85-104; J.Johnson 105; 3. Lewis Hamilton, England, McLa- 1997. Saturday, March 31 $131,504. J.Gordon 106-107; T.Stewart 108- ren, 56, 2:45:06.403. The four overtimes Kentucky (36-2) vs.Louisville (30-9), 9. (23) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 129, 129. 4. Mark Webber,Australia, Red Bull, 6:09 $138,898. Top12inPoints:1.G.Biffle,195; 56, 2:45:09.500. tied for the third-longest Ohio State (31-7) vs.Kansas (31-6), 10.(10)Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 2. K.Harvick, 188; 3. D.Earnhardt Jr., 5. Kimi Raikkonen, Finland, Lotus, game in NBA history.It 40 minutes following first game 129, $142,201. 178; 4. T.Stewart, 177; 5. M.Truex Jr., 56, 2:45:21.268. National Championship 11.(1) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 129, 175; 6. M.Kenseth, 173; 7. D.Hamlin, 6. Bruno Senna, Brazil,Williams,56, was the ninth NBA game Monday, April 2 $149,771. 171; 8. C.Bowyer,157; 9. J.Johnson, 2:45:29.479. to go four OTs and the Semifinal winners,9p.m. 12.(3) Mark Martin, Toyota, 129, 156; 10.R.Newman, 155; 11.P.Me- 7. Paul di Resta, Scotland, Force In- National Invitation Tour. $96,355. nard, 148; 12.C.Edwards,146. dia, 56, 2:45:36.224. first since Phoenix beat At Madison SquareGarden 13.(11)Clint Bowyer,Toyota, 129, IndyCar 8.Jean-Eric Vergne,France,Toro Ros- Portland 140-139onNov. New York $122,469. Honda G.P.ofSt. Petersburg so,56, 2:45:38.797. Semifinals 14.(5) Kasey Kahne,Chevrolet, 129, Sunday at St. Petersburg, Fla. 9. Nico Hulkenberg, Germany, Force 14,1997. Tuesday, March 27 $102,105. St. Petersburgstreet course India, 56, 2:45:39.704. Al Jefferson finished UMass (24-10)vs. Stanford (24-11), 7 15.(25) AJAllmendinger,Dodge, Lap length: 1.8miles 10.Michael Schumacher,Germany, Washington (24-10)vs. Minnesota 129, $134,330. (Starting position in parenthe- Mercedes,56, 2:45:41.808. with 28 points and 17 re- (22-14), 9 16.(15)Matt Kenseth, Ford, 129, ses) 11.Sebastian Vettel,Germany, Red bounds, and Paul Millsap Championship $138,866. All carsDallarachassis Bull,56, 2:46:07.339. Thursday, March 29 17.(24) Juan Pablo Montoya, Chev- 1. (5) Helio Castroneves,Chevrolet, 12.Daniel Ricciardo,Australia, Toro had 25 points and 13 Semifinal winners,7 rolet, 128, $122,096. 100laps. Rosso,56, 2:46:08.640. boards for the Jazz before College Basketball Invit. 18.(17)Brad Keselowski,Dodge,128, 2. (6) Scott Dixon, Honda, 100. 13.Nico Rosberg, Germany, Mer- Championship Series $125,250. 3. (3) Ryan Hunter-Reay, Chevrolet, cedes,56, 2:46:10.405. both players fouled out in (Best of three) 19.(27) Paul Menard,Chevrolet,128, 100. 14.Jenson Button, England, McLa- the final overtime. Monday $98,705. 4. (4) James Hinchcliffe,Chevrolet, ren, 56, 2:46:11.531. Pittsburgh (20-16)atWashington 20. (22) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, 100. 15.Felipe Massa, Brazil,Ferrari,56, Atlanta has won four State (18-16), 10 128, $114,163. 5. (2) Ryan Briscoe,Chevrolet, 100. 2:46:29.131. straight and six of seven. Boston’sBrandon Bass forces ajump ball against Jordan Wednesday 21. (29) Marcos Ambrose,Ford, 128, 6. (16)Simon Pagenaud, Honda,100. 16.Vitaly Petrov,Russia, Caterham, Washington State at Pittsburgh, 7 $118,388. 7. (1) Will Power,Chevrolet, 100. 55, +1 lap. The Hawks improved to Crawford. MARK L. BAER/US PRESSWIRE Friday, March 30 22. (19)Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, 128, 8. (12)EJViso,Chevrolet, 100. 17.Timo Glock, Germany, Marussia, 30-20 and moved one-half Washington State at Pittsburgh, 7, $127,180. 9. (22) Charlie Kimball,Honda, 100. 55, +1 lap. if necessary 23. (33) Casey Mears,Ford, 128, 10.(15)Justin Wilson, Honda, 100. 18.Heikki Kovalainen, Finland, Ca- game ahead of Indiana for playoff spots in the West- ward Gordon Hayward’s CIT $102,163. 11.(19)Josef Newgarden, Honda, terham, 55, +1 lap. fifth place in the Eastern ern Conference. head on Friday night. Second Round 24. (8) Joey Logano,Toyota, 128, 100. 19.Pastor Maldonado,Venezuela, Semifinals $95,280. 12.(10)Graham Rahal,Honda, 100. Williams,54, +2 laps,retired. Conference. »Timberwolves 117, »Spurs 93, 76ers 76: Sunday 25. (28) Aric Almirola, Ford, 128, 13.(9) Dario Franchitti,Honda, 100. 20.Charles Pic,France,Marussia, 54, Utah State 105, Oakland 81 $124,016. 14.(7) Marco Andretti,Chevrolet, 99. +2 laps. With 16.9 seconds re- Nuggets 100: Kevin Love Tony Parker scored 21 Championship 26. (21) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 128, 15.(17)Alex Tagliani,Lotus,99. 21. Pedro de la Rosa, Spain, HRT, 54, maining in the fourth OT, followed up his 51-point points, and host San Anto- Wednesday, March 28 $130,566. 16.(23) Oriol Servia, Lotus,99. +2 laps. Mercer (26-11)vs. Utah State (21- 27.(18)David Reutimann,Chevrolet, 17.(13)Rubens Barrichello,Chevro- 22. Narain Karthikeyan, India, HRT, Johnson’s20-foot jumper game with 30 points and 21 nio won amatchup of 15), TBA 127, $85,230. let, 98. 54, +2 laps. over C.J. Miles gave the rebounds to lead host Min- short-handed teams. De- 28. (26) Bobby Labonte,Toyota, 127, 18.(24) Ed Carpenter,Chevrolet, 98. Not Classfied Women $104,188. 19.(18)JRHildebrand,Chevrolet, 96, 23. Kamui Kobayashi,Japan, Sauber, Hawks a135-131 lead. nesota. Juan Blair added 19 points NCAA TOURNAMENT 29. (40) Travis Kvapil,Toyota, 127, mechanical. 46, retired. Jeff Teague, who had18 Luke Ridnour had 25 for the Spurs, who won for DES MOINES REGIONAL $101,777. 20. (11) MikeConway, Honda, 75, 24. Romain Grosjean, Switzerland, At Wells FargoArena 30. (41) David Gilliland, Ford, 127, mechanical. Lotus,3,retired. points and nine assists, points and six assists, and the seventh time in eight Des Moines, Iowa $85,480. 21. (26) Sebastien Bourdais,Lotus, DriversStandings (after 2of added apair of free Wayne Ellington added 17 games. Regional Championship 31. (38) David Ragan, Ford, 127, 73, mechanical. 20 races):1.Alonso,35points.2. Monday $83,280. 22. (14)Takuma Sato,Honda, 73, Hamilton, 30. 3. Button, 25. 4. Web- throws with 13 seconds to points for the Timber- »Suns 108, Cavaliers Tennessee (27-8) vs.Baylor (37-0), 7 32. (16)Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, mechanical. ber,24. 5. Perez, 22. 6. Vettel,18. 7. go to make it 137-133. wolves, who are trying to 83: Marcin Gortat and FRESNO REGIONAL 126, $111,613. 23. (25) Katherine Legge,Lotus,59, Raikkonen, 16.8.Senna, 8. 9. Ko- At Save Mart Center 33.(34) Dave Blaney,Chevrolet,126, mechanical. bayashi,8.10. di Resta, 7.11.Vergne, Johnson’stwo free throws stay relevant in the West- Markieff Morris scored Fresno,Calif. $80,355. 24. (21) Simona de Silvestro,Lotus, 4.12.Ricciardo,2.13. Hulkenberg, 2.