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INSIDE
AUSTRALIAN OPEN
Down and out Down Under
Venus Williams, 5-time major winner, upset in 1st round. PAGE 7
SAM SMITH.........................................PAGE 2
PHILIP HERSH.....................................PAGE 3
BLACKHAWKS.....................................PAGE 3
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By Paul Sullivan
Tribune staff reporter
A standing-room-only crowd
gathered Sunday at the Chicago
Hilton & Towers to hear Cubs
executives give some insight on
the new bleacher project under
construction at Wrigley Field.
Because the Cubs have re-
fused to talk about the project
since it began in October, it was
the only way for fans to receive
information about the biggest,
most expensive and most con-
troversial remodeling job in the
ballpark’s 92-year history.
Here’s a brief summary of
what was revealed in a ques-
tion-and-answer session featur-
ing Mark McGuire, vice presi-
dent of business operations;
John McDonough, vice presi-
dent of marketing and broad-
casting, and Frank Maloney, di-
rector of ticket operations:
Bleacher boxes
McGuire said 253 stadium
seats with backs on them will be
built in the far right-field
bleachers and sold on a reserved
basis as “bleacher box seats.”
McGuire said the seats are tar-
geted toward “aging Baby
Boomers who want the bleacher
experience but can’t handle the
bench seats, or maybe some of
By Mike Pankow
Tribune staff reporter
Any student working on a
physics degree ought to take a
peek at Majak Kou.
With his lanky 6-foot-5-inch
frame and long wingspan, Kou
was a show of motion and ener-
gy Sunday for Loyola. He scored
16 of his 21points in the first half
as the Ramblers snapped a four-
game losing streak with a 75-61
victory over crosstown rival Illi-
nois-Chicago at the Gentile Cen-
ter.
Whether it was his acrobatics
or his outside shooting, Kou
simply was too much for the
Flames (8-9, 1-4 Horizon
League). He scored on an alley-
oop dunk on a feed from Blake
Schilb and made a lithe layup off
another lob pass as the Ram-
blers (10-6, 2-4) opened a 36-27
halftime lead.
Kou was making his second
straight start after being the
Ramblers’ sixth man for most of
the season.
“My mentality is the same
whether I start or come off the
bench,” Kou said. “We just came
in focused to end this losing
streak.”
Ramblers coach Jim White-
sell’s move to make Kou a start-
LOYOLA 75, UIC 61
Motion man
perfect potion
for Ramblers
PLEASE SEE LOYOLA, PAGE 5
By Marlen Garcia
Tribune staff reporter
Tyson Chandler’s slide hit
rock bottom Saturday night.
In a two-point loss to the Pac-
ers, Chandler had five fouls in 4
minutes 20 seconds, and boos
rained on him from a sellout
crowd at the United Center.
Aside from a turnover and his
fouls, the 7-foot-1-inch center’s
statistical line was filled with
zeros.
“All of his fouls except one
were from being in poor posi-
tion and reacting late,” Bulls
coach Scott Skiles said Sunday
after a two-hour film session
with players at the Berto Center.
The Bulls’ $60 million man is
regressing in every way as the
season’s midpoint approaches.
Chandler averaged 8 points
and 9.7 rebounds a game last
season. Currently he’s averag-
ing 4.8 points, 7.6 rebounds and
a career-low 1.06 blocks.
His free-throw percentage is
embarrassingly low at 38.3 per-
cent. In practice, coaches have
him virtually starting from
scratch, shooting one-handed,
to correct his form.
He ranks 384th among 421
players listed on the NBA’s Web
site for free-throw shooting.
Even Shaquille O’Neal isn’t
quite that bad, coming in at
373rd (45.1 percent).
This would seem an appropri-
ate time to declare the season a
bust for Chandler, except he’s
still trying to salvage it.
He and forward Michael
Sweetney were the last players
to leave the Berto Center on
Sunday. They stayed late to run
through conditioning drills and
shoot extra free throws.
By Charles Bricker
Tribune Newspapers
INDIANAPOLIS—The Colts
were so achingly close.
Cornerback Nick Harper
scooped up Jerome Bettis’ fum-
ble at the 4-yard line with 75 sec-
onds to play and raced toward
the Pittsburgh end zone.
He never got there.
Steelers quarterback Ben
Roethlisberger, desperately cir-
cling into position for a tackle,
snapped a hand at Harper’s leg,
tripping him at the Indianapolis
42 and saving Bettis, on what
could have been the final carry
of his career, from free-falling
into an infamous retirement.
Forty seconds later, Mike Van-
derjagt shanked a 46-yard field-
goal attempt on the Colts’ final
snap and the Steelers won their
sixth straight game, a 21-18 up-
set, to become the first sixth
seed to advance to a conference
championship game.
When the Steelers catch their
breath they will head to Denver
next Sunday.
“It was a unique game,” Bettis
said. “It ranks up there. It was
crazy.”
Receiver Hines Ward added:
“It went from an all-time high to
an all-time low back to an all-
time high.”
Where to start in this magnif-
icent piece of football theater?
PLEASE SEE AFC, PAGE 7
Tyson Chandler (above) is regress-
ing. His averages this season vs.
last year and his career.
CATEGORY ’05-06 ’04-05 CAR
Minutes 25.1 27.4 23.9
Points 4.8 8.0 7.3
FG pct 56.0 49.4 50.4
FT pct 38.3 67.3 62.2
Rebounds 7.6 9.7 7.3
Offense 2.6 3.3 2.4
Defense 5.0 6.4 4.9
Assists 1.0 0.8 0.9
Blocks 1.06 1.76 0.57
Turnovers 1.66 1.48 1.51
Fouls 3.70 3.40 3.00
Chandler in reverse
TEAM REC TEAM REC
Wisconsin 4-0 Northwestern 2-2
Illinois 2-1 Michigan 1-2
Iowa 2-1 Penn State 1-2
Indiana 2-1 Purdue 1-3
Michigan State 2-2 Minnesota 0-3
Ohio State 2-2
TUESDAY
Illinois at Indiana, 6 (ESPN)
WEDNESDAY
Northwestern at Michigan, 7 (ESPNU)
Purdue at Penn State, 7
Minnesota at Iowa, 7
Wisconsin at Ohio State, 7:30 (ESPN2)
SATURDAY
Illinois at Northwestern, 3:30 (ESPNU)
Iowa at Michigan State, 11 a.m. (ESPN)
Ohio St. at Penn St., 11 a.m. (ESPNU)
Purdue at Indiana, 1:30 (ESPNU)
Michigan at Minnesota, 7
Big Ten standings
$60 million player,
4.8 points a game
Bulls’ Chandler vows
to put in extra work,
raise his meager stats
PLEASE SEE BULLS, PAGE 4
Tribune photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo
Í Out Loud with former Bulls
guard Steve Kerr. BACK PAGE
Cubs’ renovations now
include bleacher boxes
PLEASE SEE CUBS, PAGE 4
It was Steelers 21, Colts 10 with 5 minutes 33 seconds left. Then:
Í Steelers safety Troy Polamalu intercepts Peyton Manning’s pass.
The Colts challenge the call; it is overturned. Four plays later, Ed-
gerrin James scores. A two-point conversion cuts the gap to 21-18.
Í After forcing the Steelers to punt, Manning faces a fourth-
and-16 from his 12 with 1:27 left and is sacked at his 2-yard line.
The Steelers take over on downs.
Í On the next play Jerome Bettis fumbles, and Colts cornerback
Nick Harper recovers. He returns the ball 35 yards before Steelers
quarterback Ben Roethlisberger makes a touchdown-saving tackle.
Í In four plays, Manning drives the Colts to the Steelers’ 28,
setting up a 46-yard field-goal attempt by Mike Vanderjagt with 21
seconds left. The kick sails wide right.
The fateful final minutes
AFC STEELERS 21, COLTS 18
AP photo by Darron Cummings
Frustrated Colts kicker Mike Vanderjagt prepares to slam his helmet to the turf after missing a potential game-tying, 46-yard field goal with 21 seconds remaining.
Instant classic
AP photo by Michael Conroy
Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger manages to trip up
Colts cornerback Nick Harper and prevent a TD late in the game.
Roethlisberger’s tackle helps save Steelers’ wild upset
C
OLUMBUS, Ohio—Michi-
gan State was in town
and Ohio State was pre-
pared to show the cynics who
doubted the Buckeyes’ glitter-
ing record, national ranking
and pose as a contender for the
Big Ten title.
Sunday at Value City Arena,
they were set to shut up those
skeptics.
But a funny thing happened
on the way to validation. The
No. 19 Buckeyes forgot to bring
along their jump shot, the most
fearsome weapon in their arse-
nal and the most fickle facet of
basketball.
The latter is a truism as old
as the game itself, which again
was proven conclusively as the
No. 14 Spartans (14-4, 2-2 Big
Ten) slugged out a 62-59 victory
in double overtime. They won
despite failing to score a point
through the last 7 minutes 20
seconds of regulation and the
opening 2:30 of the first over-
time.
They won despite going 2 of
12 on their three-point attempts
and despite not making any
threes in the last 11:32 of regu-
lation and both overtimes.
They won despite getting just
one field goal and four points
MICHIGAN STATE 62,
OHIO STATE 59 (2 OT)
Ohio St.
can’t
shoot
straight
Spartans’ defense
takes Big Ten thriller,
writes Skip Myslenski
PLEASE SEE SPARTANS, PAGE 4

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COLLEGE BASKETBALL
RANK, TEAM REC LAST GAME NEXT GAME
1. Duke 16-0 W 87-77 at Clemson, Sat Wed vs. #18 N.C. State, 6
2. Florida 16-0 W 69-57 vs. Auburn, Sat Wed vs. Savannah State, 6
3. Villanova 11-2 L 58-55 at #8 Texas, Sat Tue vs. Seton Hall, 6:30
4. Connecticut 14-1 W 74-67 vs. Georgetown, Sat Mon at Syracuse, 8
5. Memphis 15-2 W 73-53 vs. SMU, Sat Wed at Tennessee, 7
6. Gonzaga 13-3 W 102-73 vs. Pepperdine, Sat Mon vs. Loy.-Marymount, 11
7. Illinois 16-1 W 79-74 vs. Michigan, Sat Tue at #9 Indiana, 6
8. Texas 14-2 W 58-55 vs. #3 Villanova, Sat Tue vs. Texas Tech, 8
9. Indiana 10-3 L 87-73 at #14 Michigan St., Wed Tue vs. #7 Illinois, 6
10. Louisville 13-3 L 61-57 vs. #12 Pittsburgh, Sun Tue at St. John’s, 8
11. UCLA 14-3 L 69-65 vs. #13 Washington, Sat Wed at USC, 9:30
12. Pittsburgh 14-0 W 61-57 at #10 Louisville, Sun Wed at Rutgers, 7
13. Washington 14-2 W 68-65 at #11 UCLA, Sat Thu vs. Oregon State, 9
14. Michigan St. 14-4 W 62-59, 2OT at #19 Ohio St., Sun Sat at Iowa, 11 a.m.
15. Boston College 12-4 W 90-87 vs. Florida St., Sat Tue at Holy Cross, 6
16. West Virginia 12-3 W 104-85 vs. Marquette, Sat Tue vs. Providence, 6
17. George Wash. 12-1 W 82-70 vs. St. Joseph’s, Sat Mon vs. Stony Brook, 6:30
18. N.C. State 14-2 W 87-78 vs. Georgia Tech, Sat Tue at #1 Duke, 6
19. Ohio State 12-2 L 62-59, 2OT vs. #14 Mich. St., Sun Wed vs. #21 Wisconsin, 7:30
20. North Carolina 10-3 L 81-70 vs. Miami, Sat Thu at Virginia, 6
21. Wisconsin 14-2 W 68-52 vs. Northwestern, Sat Wed at #19 Ohio State, 7:30
22. Oklahoma 10-4 W 45-44 at Texas A&M, Sat Sat at Texas Tech, noon
23. Maryland 12-4 W 90-86 vs. Wake Forest, Sun Sat vs. Virginia Tech, 7
24. Arizona 10-6 L 73-68 at Oregon, Sat Thu vs. Stanford, 9:30
25. Cincinnati 13-4 L 77-58 vs. Syracuse, Sat Thu at Xavier, 8
MEN’S AP TOP 25 REPORT
Freshman reserve guard Le-
vance Fields scored 13 points
and No. 12 Pittsburgh re-
mained undefeated with a 61-57
victory over No. 10 Louisville
on Sunday.
Aaron Gray’s two free throws
with two seconds left followed
three missed three-pointers by
the host Cardinals, who fell to
0-3 this season against ranked
teams.
Gray finished with 10 points
and 12 rebounds for the Pan-
thers (14-0, 3-0 Big East), one of
three unbeaten teams in Divi-
sion I along with top-ranked
Duke (16-0) and No. 2 Florida
(16-0).
Pittsburgh has opened the
season with 14 straight wins
for the second time in three
years.
“It wasn’t our prettiest
game,’’ Pittsburgh coach Jamie
Dixon said. “It was tough and
we battled through.’’
Terrence Williams led the Car-
dinals (13-3, 1-2) with 25 points.
Maryland prevails
Mike Jones scored 22 points,
D.J. Strawberry added a career-
high 18 and No. 23 Maryland
(12-4, 2-2) kept visiting Wake
Forest winless in the Atlantic
Coast Conference with a 90-86
victory.
Justin Gray scored a career-
high 38 points for Wake Forest
(11-5, 0-3), which cut a 17-point
deficit to two with 2.9 seconds
left. Strawberry then clinched
it with two foul shots.
Home alone
Maryland-Baltimore County
has been indefinitely banished
from its locker room, punish-
ment by coach Randy Monroe
for a subpar effort in a 75-58
home loss Wednesday to New
Hampshire.
Instead, players are dressing
in the courtside media work-
room, which was also to be
used as a meeting room during
halftime of Sunday’s home
game against Hartford.
AROUND THE NATION
Unbeaten
Pitt wins at
Louisville
BIG TEN CON ALL
Wisconsin 4-0 14-2
Illinois 2-1 16-1
Indiana 2-1 10-3
Iowa 2-1 13-4
Ohio State 2-2 12-2
Michigan State 2-2 14-4
Northwestern 2-2 9-6
Michigan 1-2 11-3
Penn State 1-2 9-5
Purdue 1-3 7-8
Minnesota 0-3 9-5
HORIZON LEAGUE
Wright State 4-0 8-6
Wis.-Milwaukee 5-1 12-4
Butler 2-1 9-6
Detroit 3-3 9-10
Wis.-Green Bay 2-3 8-9
Cleveland State 2-3 6-8
Loyola 2-4 10-6
Youngstown State 2-4 5-11
Illinois-Chicago 1-4 8-9
MISSOURI VALLEY
Southern Illinois 6-0 13-3
Northern Iowa 5-2 15-3
Wichita State 5-2 14-4
Creighton 5-2 11-4
Missouri State 4-3 11-4
Bradley 3-4 9-6
Drake 3-4 10-8
Evansville 1-5 5-9
Indiana State 1-6 8-7
Illinois State 1-6 6-9
MID-AM. EAST CON ALL
Miami (Ohio) 5-0 8-5
Ohio 4-0 10-2
Akron 4-0 10-3
Kent State 4-0 10-5
Buffalo 2-2 12-3
Bowling Green 2-2 6-8
MID-CONTINENT
Valparaiso 4-1 11-4
IUPUI 4-1 9-7
Oral Roberts 4-1 9-8
UMKC 5-2 8-8
Southern Utah 2-3 3-14
Western Illinois 1-3 5-10
Oakland 1-4 6-11
Centenary 1-4 3-13
Chicago State 1-4 2-14
BIG EAST
West Virginia 4-0 12-3
Pittsburgh 3-0 14-0
Syracuse 3-0 15-2
Connecticut 2-1 14-1
Villanova 2-1 11-2
Rutgers 2-1 12-4
Cincinnati 2-2 13-4
Georgetown 2-2 10-4
Marquette 2-2 12-5
Louisville 1-2 13-3
Seton Hall 1-2 9-5
St. John’s 1-2 8-6
Notre Dame 1-3 10-5
DePaul 1-3 8-7
Providence 0-3 7-7
South Florida 0-3 6-10
MID-AM. WEST CON ALL
Northern Illinois 3-2 8-5
Western Michigan 1-3 4-10
Toledo 1-4 8-5
Ball State 0-4 4-8
Eastern Michigan 0-4 3-9
Central Michigan 0-5 2-11
OHIO VALLEY
Murray State 7-1 10-4
Tennessee Tech 6-2 11-5
Samford 6-2 10-5
Austin Peay 5-3 10-6
Eastern Kentucky 5-3 8-8
Jacksonville State 4-4 6-8
Tennessee-Martin 4-5 7-8
Tennessee State 3-4 4-9
SE Missouri State 3-6 6-9
Eastern Illinois 2-7 3-12
Morehead State 0-8 1-13
BIG 12
Texas 2-0 14-2
Nebraska 2-0 12-3
Oklahoma State 2-1 12-5
Missouri 2-1 9-5
Texas Tech 2-1 10-7
Kansas 1-1 10-5
Colorado 1-2 11-3
Texas A&M 1-2 11-3
Kansas State 1-2 10-4
Oklahoma 1-2 10-4
Iowa State 1-2 11-5
Baylor 0-2 0-2
Through Sunday
CONFERENCE RECORDS
By Reid Hanley
Tribune staff reporter
Maybe DePaul is lucky it has
no more noon tipoffs at home
this season. The Blue Demons
got off to a slow start Sunday
and paid for it. Rutgers (12-4, 2-1
Big East) never trailed at All-
state Arena and held on for a 78-
68 overtime victory.
DePaul (8-7, 1-3) came back
from an eight-point deficit with
4 minutes 7 seconds remaining
in regulation and tied the game
58-58 when Sammy Mejia made
one of two free throws with 16.7
seconds to go but had nothing
left in overtime.
Blue Demons coach Jerry
Wainwright had more of a prob-
lem with the way his team start-
ed than how it finished. Getting
outscored 20-10 in overtime was
less troubling than being down
23-9 after eight minutes.
“I haven’t had to say this for a
while. I think we’ve been beaten
a couple of times in the last cou-
ple of weeks, but I hadn’t
thought we lost,” said Wainw-
right, whose team shot 35 per-
cent, including 1 of 13 on three-
pointers.
“I thought we lost today. We
were really prepared. I probably
made a mistake. We probably
should have gotten up about 7
o’clock and come over here and
shot.
“We didn’t have a chance to
shoot yesterday. It’s a Sunday
game, our first one, midday. We
talked about all those things. We
talked about a slow start. … It’s
very difficult to win when you
spot people points.”
Draelon Burns came off the
bench to lead DePaul, which lost
back-to-back games for the first
time this season, with 24 points.
He scored six points in an 8-0
run that ended regulation.
The sophomore hit a short
jumper with 1:20 left to bring
DePaul within 58-57 and the De-
mons had two more possessions
in regulation.
The second one ended with
Mejia being fouled by Rutgers’
Quincy Douby. Mejia had been
guarding Douby, the Big East’s
leading scorer, and was drag-
ging. He made the first free
throw but the second, which
could have been the game-win-
ner, bounced out.
“[Defense] definitely took a
toll on me after a while,” said
Mejia, who limited Douby to 6-
of-20 shooting. “As far as the
free throw, I just missed it. It felt
like it was good coming out of
my hand. It’s just something I
need to work on.”
Douby, who came in with a
23.5-point average, got his 20 the
hard way.
He made 6 of 7 free throws for
the Scarlet Knights, who made
22 of 25. Douby also hit a big
three-pointer in overtime to
give Rutgers a 67-62 lead.
“I wasn’t too worried going in-
to overtime because we [had]
controlled the whole game,”
said Douby. “The last few sec-
onds, the last few minutes, they
did a good job of executing and
hitting free throws (13 of 16).
“For most of the game I was
trying to penetrate. When I
came off the screen I saw Sam-
my backing up a little and I
thought ‘This is my chance.’ I
just shot it with confidence.”
rhanley@tribune.com
RUTGERS 78, DePAUL 68 (OT)
Demons late for the dance
er paid off quickly. He scored
eight of the Ramblers’ first 10
points and then chipped in with
his defense—blocking three
shots and grabbing four steals.
“Majak actively fills the
lanes,” Whitesell said. “He’s al-
ways getting his hands on the
ball.”
While Kou owned the first
half, the second half belonged to
the 6-7 Schilb, who finished with
a game-high 27 points and six as-
sists—with 15 points coming af-
ter halftime.
“It was too much Schilb and
Kou,” UIC coach Jimmy Collins
said. “They set the tone.
“Kou doesn’t look very
strong, but he posted, he drove
and took us to the basket at least
three times. Schilb just does ev-
erything. He can see over the
zone and distribute the ball.”
Schilb and Kou combined to
make 20 of 33 shots and had 64
percent of the Ramblers’ points.
The duo’s effort came in front
of an active crowd of 2,316,
which chose to miss the first
half of the Bears’ playoff loss to
Carolina.
Loyola athletic director John
Planek said that because the
game was being televised na-
tionally on ESPNU there was no
flexibility to change the 3 p.m.
start time.
The game originally was
scheduled for Saturday night,
but the opportunity to showcase
the program on national TV was
enticing.
“At the time of the change, the
Bears were 1-3,” Planek said.
“We certainly didn’t expect
them to be playing.”
Karl White came off the bench
to lead four Flames in double
figures with 12 points.
mpankow@tribune.com
LOYOLA:
Schilb scores
game-high 27
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
RUT. FG-A FT-A PT DEPAUL FG-A FT-A PT
Inman 5-15 1-2 11 Chandlr 2-14 6-7 10
Griffin 1-4 2-2 4 Clarke 3-8 1-2 8
Joynes 2-5 2-2 6 Brumfild 0-4 0-0 0
Webb 5-9 0-0 13 Currie 1-6 0-2 2
Douby 6-20 6-7 20 Mejia 3-9 5-10 11
Farmer 4-8 2-2 11 Clinkscls 2-2 0-0 4
Hill 0-3 0-0 0 Craigwel 0-0 0-0 0
Bailey 2-3 2-2 6 Heard 0-0 0-0 0
Inglis 0-0 7-8 7 Burns 7-15 10-10 24
Thompn 0-1 0-0 0
Green 4-4 1-3 9
Totals 25-67 22-25 78 Totals 22-63 23-34 68
Records: Rutgers (12-4, 2-1), DePaul (8-7, 1-3). Half: Rutg-
ers 33-25. Regulation: Tied 58. 3-pointers: Rutgers 6-21
(Webb 3-4, Douby 2-7, Farmer 1-2, Griffin 0-2, Inman 0-6),
DePaul1-13 (Clarke1-3, Mejia 0-1, Currie 0-2, Chandler 0-3,
Burns 0-4). Fouled out: Chandler, Hill, Joynes, Mejia. Re-
bounds: Rutgers 47 (Inman 9), DePaul 43 (Mejia 10). As-
sists: Rutgers 12 (Farmer 5), DePaul 11 (Currie 3). Fouls:
Rutgers 25, DePaul 24. A: 8,122.
UIC FG-A FT-A PT LOYOLA FG-A FT-A PT
Stefanov 3-7 5-5 11 Levin 1-4 0-0 2
Bowen 3-8 0-0 6 Pattrick 0-0 0-0 0
Mayo 4-11 1-1 10 Schilb 11-18 2-3 27
Jeffers 4-12 3-5 11 Kou 9-15 1-2 21
Bush 2-6 0-0 5 Blount 0-0 0-0 0
White 6-9 0-0 12 Robinsn 1-1 2-3 4
Bond 0-0 0-0 0 Logan 2-7 1-3 6
Zimny 0-1 0-0 0 Woods 3-4 0-0 6
Zoric 3-5 0-1 6 Telander 0-2 0-0 0
Young 3-7 3-4 9
Totals 25-59 9-12 61 Totals 30-58 9-15 75
Records: UIC (8-9, 1-4), Loyola (10-6, 2-4). Half: Loyola
36-27. 3-pointers: UIC 2-11 (Bush 1-3, Mayo 1-5, White
0-1, Stefanov 0-2), Loyola 6-17 (Schilb 3-8, Kou 2-4, Lo-
gan 1-3, Telander 0-2). Rebounds: UIC 36 (Jeffers 8),
Loyola 34 (Young 8). Assists: UIC 8 (Mayo 2), Loyola 18
(Schilb 6). Fouls: UIC 15, Loyola 17. A: 2,316.
SUNDAY
MIDWEST
Bowling Green 59, Toledo 52
Chicago 79, Emory 68
Creighton 69, Indiana State 53
Loyola 75, Illinois-Chicago 61
Rutgers 78, DePaul 68, OT
OTHERS
Binghamton 48, Boston U. 47
Fairfield 81, St. Peter’s 75
Florida Atlantic 72, Gardner-Webb 51
Fordham 90, Duquesne 63
Hampden-Sydney 58, Wash. & Lee 57
Hartford 74, UMBC 73
Long Beach St. 84, CS Northridge 73
Maine 85, Vermont 82, OT
Manhattan 77, Siena 74
Marist 89, Rider 66
UC Irvine 70, Pacific 61
UC Santa Barbara 64, UC Davis 50
Virginia 54, Virginia Tech 49
MONDAY
MIDWEST
Akron at Cleveland State, 6
Kansas at Missouri, 6
Evansville at Illinois Sate, 7
Southern Illinois at Northern Iowa, 7
Murray St. at Eastern Illinois, 7:30
Oakland, Mich. at W. Illinois, 9:15
EAST
Dartmouth at New Hampshire, 6
Lafayette at Penn, 6
SOUTH
Bethune-Cookman at
North Carolina A&T, 11 a.m.
Delaware St. at Md.-Eastern Shore, 1
Jacksonville at Kennesaw State, 5
Norfolk State at Morgan State, 5
Chattanooga at Appalachian St., 6
Winthrop at Charleston Southern, 6
N.C.-Asheville at Coastal Carolina, 6
North Florida at ETSU, 6
W. Carolina at UNC-Greensboro, 6
Hampton at Coppin St., 6:30
Florida A&M at S. Carolina St., 6:30
Tennessee Tech at Austin Peay, 7
Mercer at Belmont, 7
Stetson at Lipscomb, 7
Prairie View at Grambling St., 7:30
Texas Southern at Jackson St., 7:30
Southern U. at MVSU, 7:30
WEST
Denver at North Texas, 7
N. Colorado at Texas A&M-CC, 7
Texas-Pan American at Texas St., 7
Pepperdine at Portland, 9
Santa Clara at San Diego, 9
Saint Mary’s, Calif. at San Francisco, 9
TUESDAY
MIDWEST
W. Michigan at Kent St., 6
Iowa St. at Nebraska, 6:30
Ohio at Northern Illinois, 7
Marquette at DePaul, 7:30
UMKC at N. Dakota St., 8
OTHERS
Charlotte at Saint Joseph’s, 6
Florida Atlantic at Campbell, 6
Davidson at Coll. of Charleston, 6
South Florida at Georgetown, 6:30
Longwood at Navy, 6:30
Furman at Georgia Southern, 6:30
Kentucky at Georgia, 8
RESULTS, SCHEDULE