European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 29, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pace 26 stars and stripes thursday March 29 2007 scoreboard sports on an thursday of sports 2 am mob exhibition Atlanta is by mets of sports 8 Amba Miami at Toronto of extra 10 a soccer Guatemala men is United states of sports 11 Amba Houston at la clippers of sports 4 pm mob exhibition la dodgers is Detroit of sports 8 pm soccer Guatemala men is United states of sports 11 pm Aba Houston at la clippers Friday of sports 8 a College basketball National invitation tournament Champion ship Mississippi state or West Virginia is Clemson or air Force at new York of extra Amba Detroit at Chica go of extra Amba Phoenix at Golden state of sports pm Aba Detroit at Chi Cago of sports pm Aba Phoenix at Golden state All times Are Japan and Korea Standard did indicates delayed broadcast All list Ings Are subject to change visit  for More information College basketball nit regional semifinals saturday March 24 Connecticut 78 no state 71 leu 55 Florida state 43 Tennis quarterfinals tuesday March 20 North i state 86 Florida Sta inia71ncstate66 wednesdavmarch21 Mississippi state 86 Florida state 71 East West Virginia 71 no state Clemson 74 Syracuse 70 West air Force 52 Depaul 51 semifinals tuesday March 27 at new York miss st 2113 is West Virginia 259 Clemson air Force 268  thursday March 29 women Mcaa tournament Greensboro regional first round Louisville 80 by 54 Arizona state 57 us Riverside 50 Vanderbilt 62 Delaware state 47 Bowling Green 70 Oklahoma state 66 Michigan state 69 Delaware 58 Rutgers 77 East Carolina 34 Duke 81 holy Cross 44 Temple 64 Nebraska 61 second round Arizona state 67 Louisville 58 Rutgers 70 Michigan state 57 Bowling Green 59 Vanderbilt 56 Duke 62 Temple 52 regional semifinals saturday March 24 Arizona state 67 Bowling Green 49 Rutgers 53 Duke 52 regional championship monday March 26 at Greensboro no Rutgers 64 Arizona state 45 Dayton regional first round Oklahoma 74 Southeast Missouri state 60 Marquette 87 Louisiana Lafayette 58 Middle Tennessee 85 Gonzaga 46 Marist 67 Ohio state 63 Mississippi 88 thu 74 Maryland 89 Harvard 65 Tennessee 76 Drake 37 Pittsburgh 71 James Madison 61 second round Oklahoma 78 Marquette 47 Marist 73 Middle Tennessee 59 Mississippi 89 Maryland 78 Tennessee 68 Pittsburgh 54 regional semifinals sunday March 25 Tennessee 65 Marist 46 Mississippi 90 Oklahoma 82 regional championship tuesday March 27 at Dayton Ohio Tennessee 313 is Mississippi 2410 Dallas regional first round Iowa state 79 Washington 60 Georgia 53 Belmont 36 Georgia tech 55 Depaul 54 Purdue 63 Oral Roberts 42 Texas 58 Texas Arlington 50 George Washington 76 Boise state 67 notre Dame 62 California 59 North Carolina 95 Prairie View 38 second round Georgia 76 Iowa state 56 Purdue 76 Georgia tech 63 George Washington 59 Texas 47 North Carolina 60 notre Dame 51 regional semifinals sunday March 25 Purdue 78 Georgia 65 North Carolina 70 George Washington 56 regional championship tuesday March 27 Purdue 315 is North Carolina 333 at Dallas Fresno regional first round West Virginia 65 Xavier 52 leu 77 North Carolin Asheville 39 Florida state 85 old Dominion 75 Stanford 96 Idaho state 58 Wisconsin Green Bay 59 new Mexico 52 Connecticut 82 Umbac 33 no state 84 Robert Morris 52 Baylor 68 Chattanooga 55 second round leu 49 West Virginia 43 Florida state 68 Stanford 61 Connecticut 94 Wisconsin Green Bay 70 no state 78 Baylor 72 of at Fresno i leu 73 Connecticut 50 final four at Cleveland National semifinals sunday april 1 Dallas Champion is Dayton Champion leu 307 is Rutgers 268 Natrona championship tuesday april 3 women nit quarterfinals sunday March 25 Wisconsin 84 Virginia 78 Kansas state 67 Auburn 54 Western Kentucky 72 Hofstra 54 Wyoming 70 South Dakota state 59 semifinals wednesday March 28 Western Kentucky at Wisconsin Kansas state at Wyoming championship saturday March 31 College baseball collegiate baseball top 25 Tucson Ariz the top 25 teams in the collegiate baseball poll with records through March 25 Points and ranking voting by coaches sports writers and sports information directors record pts pm 1 Florida st 261 496 1 2 Oregon st 223 495 3 3 North Carolina 224 493 4 4 South Carolina 214 491 5 Vanderbilt 233 490 2 6 Virginia 225 487 7 7 Arkansas 197 484 10 8 Kentucky 2321 480 11 9 Texas 228 476 12 10 Arizona st 218 473 14 11 Wichita st 215 472 15 12 Clemson 157 470 6 13 Mississippi 188 464 13 14 Texas 225 462 8 15 Rice 199 461 9 16 cat st Fullerton 1510 459 16 17 Pepperdine 198 456 17 18 Long Beach st 139 453 18 19 coastal Carolina 233 452 20 20 Oklahoma 207 451 21 21 East Carolina 196 450 22 22 Oklahoma st 196 448 19 23 Arizona 216 447 23 24 san Diego 2110 445 24 25 Missouri 206 442 baseball America top 25 Durham no the top 25 teams in the baseball America poll with records through March 25 and previous ranking voting by the staff of baseball record pcs 1 South Carolina 214 2 2 Florida state 261 3 3 Vanderbilt 233 1 4 Oregon state 223 4 5 Virginia 225 5 6 North Carolina 224 7 7 Arkansas 197 9 8 Rice 199 8 9 Texas 228 10 10 Wichita state 215 11 11 Clemson 157 6 12 Pepperdine 198 12 13 Cal state Fullerton 1510 13 14 Oklahoma state 196 14 15 coastal Carolina 233 15 16 Arizona state 218 17 17 Oklahoma 207 20 18 Texas 225 16 19 East Carolina 196 22 20 san Diego 2110 21 21 Mississippi 188 23 22 Kentucky 232 25 23 Long Beach state 139 18 24 us Irvine 195 24 25 Southern California 1712 19 mondays scores East Fairfield 87 Niagara 72 Grove City 87 st Vincent 13 Lona 9 Siena 1 comp of sup game Manhattan 5 Canisius 1 mass Lowell 5 Stonehill 2 sciences a 5 Bloomfield 0 William Paterson 15 old Westbury 1 South Charleston Southern 7 Brown 6 Harvard 5 Eckerd 1 Mary Washington 6 Hampden Sydney 2 uhf 7 Harvard 3 Midwest augustan so 18 min Crookston 7 far West Oregon st 13 Cal poly 1 Pepperdine 11 us Santa Barbara 3 Urcla 8 Pacific 3 tank Mcnamara Sony Ericsson open monday at the Tennis Center at 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Ukraine 36 76 107 tie break Svetlana Kuznetsova and Nadia Petrova Russia def Nathalie Dechy France and Vera Zvon Areva Russia 7563 second round Tatiana Golovin France and Dinara Safina Russia def Corina Morariu United states and Francesca Schiavone Italy 63 64 Cara Black Zimbabwe and Liezel Huber South Africa def Janette Usarova sol Varia and Meghann Shaughnessy United states 6026107 tiebreak Daniela Han Kuchova Slovakia and Martina hinges Switzerland def Elena Litho vase a Anc Eiena Vernina Russia 6363 Van i and Zheng Jie China def Vania King United states and Shahar peer Israel 60 7 5 Golf presidents cup standings at the Royal Montreal Golf club Montreal sept 27302007 through March 25 United states 1 Tiger Woods 18211030 2 Jim Furyk 9793099 3 Phil Mickelson 7925312 4 Charles Howell Iii 7083038 5 Brett Wetterich 5477876 6 John Rollins 5170058 7 Chad Campbell 5045357 8 Mark Calcavecchia 4828434 9 David Toms 10 Davis love Iii 11 Lucas Glover 12 Bart Bryant 13 Vaughn Taylor 14 Heath 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Johnson off waivers from the Kansas City chiefs hockey Usa hockey named Mike Sullivan coach Barry Smith associate head coach and David Quinn assistant coach for the 2007 mens National team National hockey league Carolina Hurricane signed d Noah Babin to a two year contract Dallas Star activated c Steve Ott from injured Reserve signed Law Richard Clune to a three year contract recalled d Nicklas Grossman from Iowa of the Ahl As signed re Chris Conner to Iowa soccer major league soccer new York red Bull signed m Dane Richards m Sinisa ubi Paripovic m Sal Caccav ale f Randi Patterson and g Danny Cepero College Alabama the Resigna Tion of Charles Coe football coach to be come wide receivers coach for the Oakland raiders Arkansas fired Stan Heath mens basketball coach Binghamton named Kevin Broadus mens basketball coach Ray Giacoletti mens assistant basketball coach  Wayne signed Dane Fife mens basketball coach to a con tract Extension through 2013 Ubert named Ritchie Mckay mens basketball coach Massachusetts named Sean Spencer defensive teams coach Memphis signed John Calipari mens basketball coach to a contract Extension through 2012 Minnesota named Matt single Wom ens track and Field coach no the resignation of Kim Bowe Lusk women Basek Bali coach North Dakota stat promoted Saul Phillips from mens assistant basketball coach to mens basketball coach Obe unnamed Isaiah Cavaco mens basketball coach st Francis Paname Michael Casper mens soccer coach san Diego named Bill Grier mens basketball coach Southern new Hampshire announced the resignation of Rene Leclerc mens hockey coach