TRIVIA ANSWER

The Atlantic Coast Conference has won four men's basketball championships since 2000: Duke in 2001, Maryland in 2002 and North Carolina in 2005 and 2009.

Source: Los Angeles Times

SPORTS TODAY

BASKETBALL

College men, Rainbow Classic, McNeese State vs. Northern Colorado, 5 p.m.; Southern Utah vs. Hawai'i, 7:35 p.m. Games at Stan Sheriff Center.

College men, American Money Group Asia Pacific Tournament, Fiji National Team vs. Brigham Young-Hawai'i, 7:30 p.m. at Cannon Activities Center.

SOFTBALL

College women, University of Hawai'i-Mänoa Alumni Game, 6 p.m. at Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium.

SURFING

Vans Triple Crown of Surfing, Reef Hawaiian Pro, 8 a.m. at Hale'iwa Ali'i Beach, conditions permitting. For daily status of contest, call 596-7873.

SPORTS TOMORROW

BASKETBALL

College men, American Money Group Asia Pacific Tournament, China University of Mining & Technology vs. Brigham Young-Hawai'i, 7:30 p.m. at Cannon Activities Center.

College women, American Money Group Asia Pacific Tournament, College All-Stars vs. Brigham Young-Hawai'i, 5 p.m. at Cannon Activities Center.

FOOTBALL

College, Western Athletic Conference, New Mexico State vs. Hawai'i, 5:05 p.m. at Aloha Stadium.

SURFING

Vans Triple Crown of Surfing, Reef Hawaiian Pro, 8 a.m. at Hale'iwa Ali'i Beach, conditions permitting. For daily status of contest, call 596-7873.

VOLLEYBALL

College women, Pacific West Conference, Chaminade vs. Hawai'i Pacific, 7 p.m. at St. Andrew's Priory.

BASEBALL

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

Free Agents

The 157 players who have filed for free agency. Eligible players may file through Nov. 19:

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Baltimore (4) — Danys Baez, rhp; Mark Hendrickson, lhp; Chad Moeller; c; Melvin Mora, 3b.

Boston (4) — Rocco Baldelli, of; Jason Bay, of; Alex Gonzalez, ss; Billy Wagner, lhp.

Chicago (4) — Ramon Castro, c; Octavio Dotel, rhp; Jermaine Dye, of; Scott Podsednik of.

Cleveland (2) — Jamey Carroll, 2b; Tomo Ohka, rhp.

Detroit (6) — Adam Everett, ss; Aubrey Huff, 1b; Brandon Lyon, rhp; Placido Polanco, 2b; Fernando Rodney, rhp; Jarrod Washburn, lhp.

Kansas City (4) — Bruce Chen, lhp; Coco Crisp, of; Miguel Olivo, c; Jamey Wright, rhp.

Los Angeles (6) — Kelvim Escobar, rhp; Chone Figgins, 3b; Vladimir Guerrero, dh; John Lackey, rhp; Darren Oliver, lhp; Robb Quinlan, of.

Minnesota (5) — Orlando Cabrera, ss; Joe Crede, 3b; Ron Mahay, lhp; Carl Pavano, rhp; Mike Redmond, c.

New York (6) — Johnny Damon, of; Jerry Hairston Jr., inf-of; Eric Hinske, of; Hideki Matsui, of; Jose Molina, c; Xavier Nady, of.

Oakland (4) — Bobby Crosby, 1b; Justin Duchscherer, rhp; Nomar Garciaparra, dh; Adam Kennedy, 3b.

Seattle (6) — Miguel Batista, rhp; Erik Bedard, lhp; Adrian Beltre, 3b; Russell Branyan, 1b; Endy Chavez, of; Mike Sweeney, dh.

Tampa Bay (5) — Chad Bradford, rhp; Jason Isringhausen, rhp; Troy Percival, rhp; Russ Springer, rhp; Gregg Zaun, c.

Texas (7) — Joaquin Benoit, rhp; Hank Blalock, 1b; Marlon Byrd, of; Eddie Guardado, lhp; Andruw Jones, of; Ivan Rodriguez, c; Omar Vizquel, ss.

Toronto (4) — Rod Barajas, c; John McDonald, ss; Kevin Millar, 1b; Marco Scutaro, ss.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Arizona (3) — Doug Davis, lhp; Scott Schoeneweis, lhp; Chad Tracy, 1b.

Atlanta (5) — Garret Anderson, of; Mike Gonzalez, lhp; Adam LaRoche, 1b; Greg Norton, 1b; Rafael Soriano, rhp.

Chicago (3) — Kevin Gregg, rhp; Rich Harden, rhp; Reed Johnson, of.

Colorado (8) — Joe Beimel, lhp; Jose Contreras, rhp; Alan Embree, lhp; Josh Fogg, rhp; Jason Giambi, 1b; Matt Herges, rhp; Jason Marquis, rhp; Yorvit Torrealba, c.

Florida (4) — Kiko Calero, rhp; Brendan Donnelly, rhp; Nick Johnson, 1b; Ross Gload, 1b-of.

Houston (8) — Aaron Boone, 1b; Doug Brocail, rhp; Darin Erstad, of; Mike Hampton, lhp; LaTroy Hawkins, rhp; Jason Michaels, of; Miguel Tejada, ss; Jose Valverde, rhp.

Los Angeles (15) — Brad Ausmus, c; Ronnie Belliard, 2b; Juan Castro, ss; Jon Garland, rhp; Orlando Hudson, 2b; Mark Loretta, 3b; Doug Mientkiewicz, 1b; Guillermo Mota, rhp; Eric Milton, lhp; Will Ohman, lhp; Vicente Padilla, rhp; Jason Schmidt, rhp; Jim Thome, 1b; Jeff Weaver, rhp; Randy Wolf, lhp.

Milwaukee (7) — Mike Cameron, of; Frank Catalanotto, of; Craig Counsell, 2b; Jason Kendall, c; Felipe Lopez, 2b; Corey Patterson, of; David Weathers, rhp.

New York (7) — Alex Cora, ss; Carlos Delgado, 1b; Elmer Dessens, rhp; Ramon Martinez, ss; J.J. Putz, rhp; Brian Schneider, c; Gary Sheffield, of.

Philadelphia (8) — Paul Bako, c; Miguel Cairo, 2b; Scott Eyre, lhp; Pedro Feliz, 3b; Pedro Martinez, rhp; Brett Myers, rhp; Chan Ho Park, rhp; Matt Stairs, of.

St. Louis (9) — Rick Ankiel, of; Mark De Rosa, 3b; Troy Glaus, 3b; Khalil Greene, ss; Matt Holliday, of; Jason LaRue, c; Joel Pineiro, rhp; John Smoltz, rhp; Todd Wellemeyer, rhp.

San Deigo (2) — Henry Blanco, c; Brian Giles, of.

San Francisco (6) — Rich Aurilia, 1b; Bobby Howry, rhp; Bengie Molina, c; Brad Penny, rhp; Juan Uribe, 2b; Randy Winn, of.

WASHINGTON (5) — Josh Bard, c; Livan Hernandez, rhp; Austin Kearns, of; Ron Villone, lhp; Dmitri Young, 1b.

AP-WS-11-12-09 1629EST

Basketball

College Men

SOUTH

N.C. State 69, Georgia St. 53

MIDWEST

Ohio St. 72, James Madison 44

Football

College

Rutgers 31, No. 23 South Florida 0

South Florida 0 0 0 0— 0

Rutgers 10 3 8 10—31

First Quarter

Rut—Sanu 25 pass from Savage (Te kick), 10:48.

Rut—FG Te 36, 7:03.

Second Quarter

Rut—FG Te 26, :44.

Third Quarter

Rut—T.Brown 26 pass from Savage (Sanu run), 7:05.

Fourth Quarter

Rut—FG Te 49, 14:40.

Rut—Martinek 37 run (Te kick), 12:30.

A—48,057.

USF Rut

First downs 7 18

Rushes-yards 32-30 42-160

Passing 129 194

Comp-Att-Int 7-17-2 15-30-1

Return Yards 5 34

Punts-Avg. 8-37.5 3-47.0

Fumbles-Lost 3-2 1-0

Penalties-Yards 6-30 1-10

Time of Possession 25:40 34:20

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING—South Florida, Ford 9-17, Daniels 16-11, Plancher 4-8, Lamar 1-0, Team 1-(minus 2), Landi 1-(minus 4). Rutgers, Martinek 25-128, Young 3-16, Sanu 4-13, Williams 4-7, T.Brown 2-5, Savage 3-4, Team 1-(minus 13).

PASSING—South Florida, Daniels 7-17-2-129. Rutgers, Savage 15-30-1-194.

RECEIVING—South Florida, Love 4-80, T.Wilson 1-37, Hester 1-13, Lamar 1-(minus 1). Rutgers, Sanu 5-105, T.Brown 3-49, Jefferson 2-24, Martinek 2-2, Stroud 1-12, Hayes 1-4, Savage 1-(minus 2).

AP-WS-11-12-09 2334EST

N. Illinois 26, Ball St. 20

Ball St. 7 6 0 7—20

N. Illinois 16 0 10 0—26

First Quarter

BSU—Williams 5 run (McGarvey kick), 13:05.

NIU—Williams 9 pass from Grady (M.Salerno kick), 7:26.

NIU—Coffman Safety, 6:34.

NIU—Spann 6 run (M.Salerno kick), 3:06.

Second Quarter

BSU—FG McGarvey 38, 14:51.

BSU—FG McGarvey 30, 6:47.

Third Quarter

NIU—FG M.Salerno 41, 9:53.

NIU—Lewis 6 pass from Harnish (M.Salerno kick), 4:56.

Fourth Quarter

BSU—Ifft 29 pass from Justice (McGarvey kick), 5:27.

A—13,305.

BSU NIU

First downs 14 14

Rushes-yards 39-167 37-134

Passing 134 91

Comp-Att-Int 11-19-0 13-14-1

Return Yards 11 5

Punts-Avg. 3-33.0 3-36.7

Fumbles-Lost 3-1 1-0

Penalties-Yards 9-55 3-20

Time of Possession 30:58 29:02

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING—Ball St., Sykes 11-75, Lewis 9-68, Williams 12-36, Justice 7-(minus 12). N. Illinois, Palmer 3-69, Spann 11-63, Grady 6-14, M.Brown 10-14, J.Anderson 1-0, Team 2-(minus 4), Harnish 4-(minus 22).

PASSING—Ball St., Justice 11-19-0-134. N. Illinois, Harnish 9-9-0-60, Grady 4-5-1-31.

RECEIVING—Ball St., Orsbon 3-41, Lewis 3-33, Fakes 2-18, Ifft 1-29, Gibson 1-9, Trempe 1-4. N. Illinois, Cox 6-41, Lewis 3-18, W.Clark 1-10, Williams 1-9, Skarb 1-8, M.Brown 1-5.

Bowling Green 35, Miami (Ohio) 14

Bowling Green 7 7 14 7—35

Miami (Ohio) 7 7 0 0—14

First Quarter

BG—Barnes 19 run (Norsic kick), 14:18.

MiO—Dysert 2 run (Cook kick), 1:26.

Second Quarter

BG—Barnes 59 pass from Sheehan (Norsic kick), 12:19.

MiO—Dysert 1 run (Cook kick), 5:08.

Third Quarter

BG—Barnes 2 pass from Sheehan (Norsic kick), 11:06.

BG—Geter 20 pass from Sheehan (Norsic kick), 1:33.

Fourth Quarter

BG—Bullock 13 run (Norsic kick), 2:06.

A—8,935.

BG MiO

First downs 18 18

Rushes-yards 34-146 27-36

Passing 203 259

Comp-Att-Int 22-35-0 29-48-3

Return Yards 73 5

Punts-Avg. 5-40.6 5-35.4

Fumbles-Lost 2-2 3-2

Penalties-Yards 6-50 4-35

Time of Possession 28:43 31:17

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING—Bowling Green, Bullock 11-82, Geter 15-61, Barnes 3-25, Team 1-(minus 2), Iovinelli 1-(minus 8), Sheehan 3-(minus 12). Miami (Ohio), Bratton 4-31, Merriweather 6-25, Team 1-(minus 2), Dysert 16-(minus 18).

PASSING—Bowling Green, Sheehan 21-34-0-199, Barnes 1-1-0-4. Miami (Ohio), Dysert 29-48-3-259.

RECEIVING—Bowling Green, Barnes 10-109, Geter 4-33, Scheidler 3-28, Hutson 2-8, Rieke 1-12, C.Wright 1-9, Akenberger 1-4. Miami (Ohio), Rogers 8-81, Swift 5-30, Coombs 5-18, Robinson 4-45, Bratton 3-34, Cruse 2-28, Stevens 1-15, Merriweather 1-8.

Golf

Australian Masters

Yesterday

At Kingston Heath Golf Club

Melbourne, Australia

Purse: $1.39 million

Yardage: 7,059; Par: 72

First Round

Top 20 and notables

Branden Grace 32-34—66

Tiger Woods 32-34—66

James Nitties 33-33—66

Cameron Percy 34-33—67

Doug Holloway 34-33—67

Greg Chalmers 34-34—68

Peter Nolan 34-34—68

Matthew Goggin 33-35—68

Lee Slattery 34-35—69

Damien Jordan 31-38—69

Rohan Blizard 34-35—69

Stuart Appleby 33-36—69

Rick Kulacz 36-33—69

Ashley Hall 33-36—69

Kurt Barnes 35-35-70

Craig Parry 35-35—70

Michael Sim 35-35—70

Michael Curtain 32-38—70

David McKenzie 35-35—70

Manny Villegas 37-33—70

Jason Dufner 34-36—70

Ryan Haller 35-35—70

Rod Pampling 36-35—71

Peter O'Malley 36-35—71

Adam Scott 36-35—71

Marc Leishman 38-34—72

Geoff Ogilvy 35-37—72

Richard Green 38-34—72

John Senden 35-38—73

Sam Saunders 39-34—73

Aaron Baddeley 37-36—73

Michael Campbell 35-39—74

Alex Cejka 38-38—76

Disney Classic

Yesterday

At Walt Disney Resort

Lake Buena Vista, Fla.

Magnolia Course, Yardage: 7,516; Par: 72 (36-36)

Palm Course, Yardage: 7,010; Par: 72 (36-36)

Purse: $4.7 million

Yardage: 7,516; Par: 72 (36-36)

First Round

Justin Rose 32-33—65

Rickie Fowler 35-31—66

Greg Owen 32-34—66

Casey Wittenberg 35-31—66

Will MacKenzie 33-34—67

Matt Bettencourt 33-34—67

Cliff Kresge 34-33—67

Zach Johnson 33-34—67

Rick Price 33-34—67

Kris Blanks 32-35—67

Bill Haas 33-35—68

Nick O'Hern 33-35—68

George McNeill 33-35—68

Chez Reavie 32-36—68

Matt Weibring 33-35—68

Mathias Gronberg 35-33—68

Justin Leonard 35-33—68

Daniel Chopra 33-35—68

Chris DiMarco 34-34—68

Brian Gay 34-34—68

Jimmy Walker 34-35—69

Jeff Klauk 33-36—69

Stephen Ames 35-34—69

Heath Slocum 33-36—69

Rod Perry 35-34—69

Also

Parker McLachlin 38-36—74

Dean Wilson 37-38—75

LPGA-Lorena Ochoa Invitational

Yesterday

At Guadalajara Country Club

Guadalajara, Mexico

Purse: $1.1 million

Yardage: 6,638; Par 72 (36-36)

First Round

Song-Hee Kim 31-34—65

Mariajo Uribe 33-34—67

Paula Creamer 33-34—67

Jiyai Shin 33-34—67

Eun-Hee Ji 35-33—68

Catriona Matthew 35-33—68

Brittany Lang 34-35—69

Cristie Kerr 36-33—69

Brittany Lincicome 33-36—69

Katherine Hull 36-34—70

M.J. Hur 36-34—70

Michelle Wie 34-36—70

In-Kyung Kim 36-35—71

Hee-Won Han 35-36—71

Seon Hwa Lee 35-36—71

Kristy McPherson 36-35—71

Juli Inkster 38-33—71

Ai Miyazato 36-35—71

Lorena Ochoa 36-35—71

Yani Tseng 35-37—72

Sophia Sheridan 35-37—72

Morgan Pressel 36-36—72

Suzann Pettersen 37-35—72

Candie Kung 35-38—73

Sun Young Yoo 37-36—73

Anna Nordqvist 38-35—73

Karrie Webb 38-35—73

Angela Stanford 37-36—73

Ji Young Oh 36-38—74

Natalie Gulbis 38-36—74

Na Yeon Choi 36-38—74

Lindsey Wright 35-40—75

Se Ri Pak 36-39—75

Sophie Gustafson 38-37—75

Laura Davies 40-36—76

Hee Young Park 42-37—79

Hong Kong Open

Yesterday

At Hong Kong Golf Club

Purse: $2.5 million

Yardage: 6,702; Par: 70

First Round

Udorn Duangdecha, Thailand 30-32—62

Robert-Jan Derksen, Netherlands 31-32—63

Gregory Bourdy, France 31-33—64

David Dixon, England 32-32—64

Thongchai Jaidee, Thailand 33-31—64

Lin Wen-tang, Taiwan 31-33—64

Tony Carolan, Australia 33-32—65

S.S.P. Chowrasia, India 33-32—65

Ben Curtis, United States 32-33—65

Rhys Davies, Wales 32-33—65

Mark Foster, England 32-33—65

Kodai Ichihara, Japan 33-32—65

Lu Wei-chi, Taiwan 32-33—65

Rory Sabbatini, South Africa 31-34—65

Charl Schwartzel, South Africa 32-33—65

Gaganjeet Bhullar, India 34-32—66

Bradley Dredge, Wales 33-33—66

Raphael Jacquelin, France 31-35—66

Peter Lawrie, Ireland 34-32—66

Liang Wenchong, China 30-36—66

Rory McIlroy, Northern Ireland 33-33—66

Francesco Molinari, Italy 30-36—66

Mark O'Meara, United States 32-34—66

Chinnarat Phadungsil, Thailand 32-34—66

Jyoti Randhawa, India 31-35—66

Wang Ter-chang, Taiwan 31-35—66

Lee Westwood, England 32-34—66

Y.E. Yang, South Korea 33-33—66

Danny Chia, Malaysia 33-34—67

Robert Dinwiddie, England 33-34—67

Kenneth Ferrie, England 34-33—67

Rahil Gangjee, India 32-35—67

Ignacio Garrido, Spain 34-33—67

Anton Haig, South Africa 33-34—67

Simon Khan, England 33-34—67

Graeme McDowell, NIre. 35-32—67

Juvic Pagunsan, Philippines 34-33—67

Unho Park, Australia 34-33—67

Zhang Lianwei, China 34-33—67

Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Thailand 33-35—68

Darren Beck, Australia 32-36—68

Mark Brown, New Zealand 35-33—68

Honolulu Junior Golf

Veterans Day Tournament

Wednesday

At Hawai'i Kai

Par 3

Boys

11-12: 57–Sian Rogers. 61–Shawn Lu. 62–Matthew Shen. 67–Caleb Keohokapu. 73–Justin Chan.

9-10: 63–Kane Rogers. 71–JP Newmann. 80–Jacob Maluenda; Zach Kaneshiro. 84–Evan Sakamoto.

Girls

11-12: 61–Aiko Leong. 66–Rose Huang. 67–Keilyn Ing. 70–Hana Furuichi. 75–Noe Baladad.

9-10: 67–Malia Nam. 74–Keila Baladad. 85–Danielle Ujimori. 119–Karlie Liwai.

5-6: 39–Ken Furuichi. 64–Joe Hearn.

Boys/Girls

13-14: 60–Lion Rogers. 63–Sydney Maluenda. 66–Peter Nelson.

7-8: 71–Taylor McGerity. 75–Amy Giang. 76–Mark Meares. 77–Kolve Irei. 78–Nicholas Tanaka.

Hockey

National Hockey League

Hawai'i Times

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

New Jersey 17 13 4 0 26 46 35

Pittsburgh 19 12 7 0 24 55 51

Philadelphia 15 10 4 1 21 57 38

N.Y. Rangers 19 10 8 1 21 59 53

N.Y. Islanders 18 6 6 6 18 48 55

Northeast Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Buffalo 15 10 4 1 21 43 34

Boston 18 8 7 3 19 41 42

Ottawa 16 8 6 2 18 47 50

Montreal 19 9 10 0 18 49 57

Toronto 16 3 8 5 11 41 60

Southeast Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Washington 18 11 3 4 26 70 56

Tampa Bay 16 7 4 5 19 43 50

Atlanta 15 8 6 1 17 53 48

Florida 16 6 9 1 13 41 55

Carolina 17 2 12 3 7 34 64

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Central Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Chicago 17 10 5 2 22 50 41

Detroit 17 9 5 3 21 55 50

Columbus 17 9 6 2 20 52 63

Nashville 17 8 8 1 17 37 48

St. Louis 17 6 7 4 16 40 44

Northwest Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Colorado 19 12 4 3 27 58 46

Calgary 16 11 4 1 23 53 43

Vancouver 20 10 10 0 20 54 55

Edmonton 19 8 9 2 18 56 60

Minnesota 18 7 10 1 15 44 55

Pacific Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

San Jose 20 13 4 3 29 67 48

Los Angeles 19 11 6 2 24 63 56

Dallas 18 8 4 6 22 57 54

Phoenix 18 10 8 0 20 47 43

Anaheim 16 6 8 2 14 46 52

NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Today's Games

Minnesota at Washington, 2 p.m.

N.Y. Islanders at Carolina, 2 p.m.

Anaheim at Columbus, 2 p.m.

Los Angeles at Atlanta, 2:30 p.m.

Calgary at Buffalo, 2:30 p.m.

Toronto at Chicago, 3:30 p.m.

Tomorrow's Games

N.Y. Rangers at Ottawa, 7 a.m.

Calgary at Toronto, 2 p.m.

Buffalo at Philadelphia, 2 p.m.

N.Y. Islanders at Florida, 2 p.m.

Anaheim at Detroit, 2 p.m.

Washington at New Jersey, 2 p.m.

Los Angeles at Tampa Bay, 2:30 p.m.

Boston at Pittsburgh, 2:30 p.m.

San Jose at St. Louis, 3 p.m.

Dallas at Phoenix, 3 p.m.

Montreal at Nashville, 3 p.m.

Vancouver at Colorado, 5 p.m.

Sunday's Games

Minnesota at Carolina, 6:30 a.m.

Edmonton at Atlanta, 7 a.m.

San Jose at Chicago, 2 p.m.

Yesterday's Results

Florida 0 0 0 0—1

Boston 0 0 0 0—0

Florida won shootout 1-0

First Period—None. Second Period—None. Third Period—None. Overtime—None. Shootout—Florida 1 (Reinprecht NG, Olesz NG, Weiss NG, Stillman G), Boston 0 (Wheeler NG, Bergeron NG, Chara NG, Ryder NG). Goalies—Florida, Vokoun. Boston, Thomas. A—17,074 (17,565). T—2:29.

Ottawa 0 1 0—1

Philadelphia 0 2 3—5

First Period—None. Second Period—1, Philadelphia, Betts 1 (Giroux, Pronger), 9:34 (pp). 2, Ottawa, Fisher 7 (Kovalev, Alfredsson), 14:59 (pp). 3, Philadelphia, van Riemsdyk 4 (Carter, Timonen), 16:23 (pp). Third Period—4, Philadelphia, Briere 6 (Carter, Timonen), 6:56. 5, Philadelphia, Powe 5 (Asham, Pronger), 11:47. 6, Philadelphia, Briere 7 (Coburn), 13:39. Goalies—Ottawa, Leclaire. Philadelphia, Emery. A—19,321 (19,537). T—2:18.

Atlanta 1 3 1—5

N.Y. Rangers 1 1 1—3

First Period—1, Atlanta, Armstrong 3 (Kane, Peverley), :19. 2, N.Y. Rangers, Anisimov 4 (Gaborik, Del Zotto), 4:08. Second Period—3, Atlanta, Peverley 8 (Kovalchuk, Enstrom), 4:02 (pp). 4, N.Y. Rangers, Gaborik 13 (Del Zotto, Kotalik), 15:28 (pp). 5, Atlanta, Kovalchuk 10 (Kozlov, White), 17:41 (pp). 6, Atlanta, Kane 4 (Peverley), 18:06. Third Period—7, N.Y. Rangers, Boyle 2 (Kotalik, Higgins), 6:18. 8, Atlanta, Afinogenov 4 (Kovalchuk, Antropov), 19:47 (en). Goalies—Atlanta, Hedberg. N.Y. Rangers, Lundqvist. A—18,200 (18,200). T—2:32.

Minnesota 1 2 0 0—3

Tampa Bay 0 1 2 0—4

Tampa Bay won shootout 2-0

First Period—1, Minnesota, Pouliot 2 (Sheppard, Schultz), 16:53. Second Period—2, Minnesota, Johnsson 2 (Brunette, Koivu), 3:47 (pp). 3, Tampa Bay, Stamkos 13 (Malone), 8:44 (sh). 4, Minnesota, Nolan 4, 11:35. Third Period—5, Tampa Bay, Downie 2 (Halpern, Ohlund), 9:17. 6, Tampa Bay, Malone 11 (Stamkos, St. Louis), 19:45 (pp). Overtime—None. Shootout—Minnesota 0 (Koivu NG, Havlat NG), Tampa Bay 2 (Lecavalier G, Stamkos G). Goalies—Minnesota, Backstrom. Tampa Bay, Niittymaki. A—14,530 (19,758). T—2:38.

New Jersey 0 2 2—4

Pittsburgh 1 0 0—1

First Period—1, Pittsburgh, Fedotenko 4 (Crosby, Bourque), 11:32. Second Period—2, New Jersey, Bergfors 5 (Parise, Zajac), 13:50. 3, New Jersey, Greene 3 (Zajac, Bergfors), 18:50 (pp). Third Period—4, New Jersey, Parise 9 (Zajac, Bergfors), 4:43. 5, New Jersey, Clarkson 6 (Salvador), 19:58 (en). Goalies—New Jersey, Brodeur. Pittsburgh, Fleury. A—17,005 (16,940). T—2:17.

Vancouver 0 1 0—1

Detroit 1 0 2—3

First Period—1, Detroit, Holmstrom 9 (Zetterberg, Datsyuk), 17:31 (pp). Second Period—2, Vancouver, Raymond 8 (Bieksa, Kesler), 6:38 (pp). Third Period—3, Detroit, Zetterberg 5 (Stuart, Kronwall), 8:00. 4, Detroit, Kronwall 5 (Howard, Stuart), 19:04 (en). Goalies—Vancouver, Luongo. Detroit, Howard. A—20,066 (20,066). T—2:32.

Nashville 0 1 2—3

St. Louis 1 0 0—1

First Period—1, St. Louis, Boyes 4 (Johnson, McDonald), 2:03. Second Period—2, Nashville, Hornqvist 5 (Ward), 13:50. Third Period—3, Nashville, Tootoo 1, 16:17. 4, Nashville, Legwand 1, 19:53 (en). Goalies—Nashville, Rinne. St. Louis, Mason. A—19,150 (19,150). T—2:20.

Montreal 0 1 3—4

Phoenix 0 1 1—2

First Period—None. Second Period—1, Montreal, Cammalleri 8 (Plekanec, Gionta), 7:07 (pp). 2, Phoenix, Lang 4 (Vrbata, Aucoin), 10:54. Third Period—3, Montreal, Bergeron 3 (Plekanec), 5:10. 4, Montreal, Metropolit 4 (Plekanec, Bergeron), 6:12 (pp). 5, Phoenix, Bissonnette 1 (Heshka, Winnik), 9:30. 6, Montreal, Gionta 8 (Cammalleri, Bergeron), 19:19 (en). Goalies—Montreal, Price. Phoenix, Bryzgalov. A—10,064 (17,125). T—2:23.

Dallas 0 0 2 0—3

San Jose 0 2 0 0—2

Dallas won shootout 1-0

First Period—None. Second Period—1, San Jose, Heatley 12 (Pavelski, Vlasic), 10:32. 2, San Jose, Clowe 2, 12:43. Third Period—3, Dallas, Neal 10 (Modano, Robidas), 5:50. 4, Dallas, Modano 1 (Neal, Eriksson), 7:35. Overtime—None. Shootout—Dallas 1 (Neal NG, Benn NG, Robidas G), San Jose 0 (Pavelski NG, Boyle NG, Vesce NG). Goalies—Dallas, Turco. San Jose, Nabokov. A—17,562 (17,496). T—2:37.

Soccer

Major League Soccer

Playoff Glance

Hawai'i Times

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Semifinals

Championship

Real Salt Lake vs. Chicago

Tomorrow: Real Salt Lake at Chicago, 3 p.m.

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Championship

Houston vs. Los Angeles

Today: Houston at Los Angeles, 6 p.m.

MLS CUP

Sunday, Nov. 22: at Seattle, 3:30 p.m.

Tennis

ATP World Tour BNP Paribas Masters

Yesterday

At Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy

Paris

Purse: $4.08 million (Masters 1000)

Surface: Hard-Indoor

Singles

Third Round

Robin Soderling (9), Sweden, def. Nikolay Davydenko (6), Russia, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4.Novak Djokovic (3), Serbia, def. Arnaud Clement, France, 6-2, 6-2. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (8), France, def. Gilles Simon (11), France, 6-2, 6-3. Marin Cilic (12), Croatia, def. Fernando Verdasco (7), Spain, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4. Gael Monfils (15), France, def. Julien Benneteau, France, 6-4, 6-3. Radek Stepanek (13), Czech Republic, def. Andy Murray (4), Britain, 1-6, 6-3, 6-4. Rafael Nadal (2), Spain, def. Tommy Robredo (14), Spain, 6-3, 3-6, 7-5. Juan Martin del Potro (5), Argentina, def. Fernando Gonzalez (10), Chile, 6-7 (8), 7-6 (8), retired.

College Men

Hawai'i Invitational

Yesterday

At UH Tennis Complex

Round Three

Doubles Competition

Cassidy Mears/Thomas Shubert (BYU) def. Leo Rosenberg/Andreas Weber (Hawai'i), 8-5. Philipp Eberhard/Daniel Llarenas (Hawai'i) def. Spencer Smith/ Evan Urbina (BYU), 8-5. Georgy Batrakov/Roman Warias (BYU) def. Eberhard/Llarenas (Hawai'i), 8-3. Mears/Shubert (BYU) def. Rosenberg/Jeremy Tweedt (Hawai'i), 9-8. Eberhard/Weber (Hawai'i) def. Smith/Urbina (BYU), 9-7. Daniel Hwang/Georgy Batrakov (BYU) def. Faulk/Llarenas (Hawai'i), 9-8.

Volleyball

College Women

Western Athletic Conference Scores

Fresno State def. Louisiana Tech 23-25, 25-20, 25-20, 25-23. No. 2 Hawai'i def. Boise State 25-16, 25-14, 25-16. Idaho def. San Jose State 25-18, 25-22, 27-25. New Mexico State def. Nevada 23-25, 25-13, 25-12, 25-17.

NCAA Division II

Pacific West Conference

Hawai'i Pacific vs. Brigham Young-Hawai'i

Yesterdat

At Lä'ie

HPU (13-11, 10-5) 25 25 25

BYUH (13-14, 9-7) 19 22 20

Kill leaders–HPU: Kelly Balanay 13, Julia Gruszecka 12. BYUH: Losaline Faka'osi 11. Digs–HPU: Kyra Pelayo 20, Tricia Yoshimura 10. BYUH: Nobuko Kotoyori 22, Faka'osi 16. Assists–HPU: Kelly Keating 37. BYUH: Lacey Laycock 12, Camille Soto 11.

High School Girls

OC16 Invitational

Yesterday

At McKinley High School

North def. South 25-15, 23-25, 27-29, 25-21, 15-9

Leaders–North: Jordan Schroer (La Pietra) 16, 15 digs; Kelly Leopoldo ('Aiea) 11 kills, 10 digs; Keaton McFadden (Mid Pacific) 11 kills, Gabby Matautia (Moanalua) 13 kills, 10 digs. South: Miai Tofilau (Farrington) 22 kills, 22 digs; Juliana Behrens (Punahou) 11 kills 5, blocks.

West def. East 25-23, 25-9, 25-15

Leaders–West: Mahina Haina ('Iolani) 10 kills, 7 digs; Phoibe Fetu (Word of Life) 10 kills, 4 digs. East: Taylor Akana (Kamehameha) 8 kills.

Transactions

Baseball

American League

Kansas City Royals—Agreed to terms with INF Wilson Betemit on a minor league contract. Named Mitch Webster midwest regional scouting supervisor.

Texas Rangers—Announced the retirement of vice president of community development Norm Lyons.

Toronto Blue Jays—Named Gary Rajsich professional crosschecker, Brandon Mozley regional crosschecker, Brian Parker professional scout and Dan Cox area scout. Promoted Tom Burns, Dan Cholowsky and Matt Briggs to regional crosscheckers.

National League

Atlanta Braves—Agreed to terms with RHP Tim Hudson on a three-year contract.

Washington Nationals—Named Jim Riggleman manager.

Basketball

National Basketball Association

New Orleans Hornets—Fired coach Byron Scott. Named Jeff Bower coach.

Toronto Raptors—Released G Quincy Douby.

Hockey

National Hockey League

NHL—Reinstated Anaheim owner Henry Samueli from his indefinite suspension on June 24, 2008. Suspended Vancouver F Darcy Hordichuk for one game for being assessed an instigator penalty in a Nov. 10 game against St. Louis. Fined Vancouver coach Alain Vigneault $10,000 for the because of the instigator penalty incident.

Buffalo Sabres—Reassigned G Jhonas Enroth to Portland (AHL).

Chicago Blackhawks—Placed C Dave Bolland on injured reserve.

Detroit Red Wings—Recalled G Daniel Larsson from Grand Rapids (AHL). Released G Sebastien Centomo.

Nashville Predators—Reassigned F Dave Scatchard to Milwaukee (AHL).

Toronto Maple Leafs—Placed D Mike Komisarek on injured reserve. Recalled D Carl Gunnarsson from Toronto (AHL). Assigned F Jay Rosehill to Toronto.