26 - The Michigan Daily - SPORTSMonday - February 16, 1998 NBA Standings Eastern Conference' How the AP Top 25 Fared last wee 's Associated Press top 25 men's college basketball poll with results through Feb. 8. The new poll comes out today USA Today/ESPN Poll The new USA Today/ESPN coaches' top 25 college basketball poll with results through Feb. 15. Western Conference Atlantic Division Team W Miami 33 New Jersey 30 New York 28 Washington 27 Orlando 24 Boston 23 Philadelphia 15 Central Division Team W Indiana 36 ~Chicago 38 Charlotte 30 Atlanta 30 Cleveland 28 Milwaukee 25 Detroit 23 Toronto 11 L 18 21 21 25 27 28 33 L 14 15 20 22 23 25 27 40 PCT .647 .588 .563 .519 .471 .451 .313 PCT .720 .717 .600 .577 .549 .500 .460 .216 GB 3 4 6.5 9 10 16.5 GB .5 6.5 7.5 8.5 11 13.5 26 Midwest Division Team W L Utah 34 15 San Antonio 34 16 Minnesota 28 21 Houston 25 25 Vancouver 14 37 Dallas 10 41 Denver 5 44 Pacific Division Team W L Seattle 39 12 L.A. Lakers 35 14 Phoenix 33 16 Portland 29 20 Sacramento 22 29 LA. Clippers 11 40 Golden State 9 40 PCT GB .694 - .680 .5 .571 6 .500 9.5 .275 21 .196 25 .102 29 PCT GB .765 - .714 3 .673 5 .592 9 .431 17 .216 28 .187 29 Team 1. North Carolina 2. Duke 3. Arizona 4 Kansas 5. Utah 6. Connecticut _ 7. Kentucky & Purdue 9. UCLA 10. Prnceton 11. New Mexico 12, Arkansas 13. Michigan State 14. Stanford 15. South Caroiwna 16. West Virgira 17. George Washington 15.Mississippi 19. Cincinnati 20. Massachusetts 21. MIchigan 22, TCU 23. Syracuse 24, Maryland 25. Rhode Island How they fared Beat Maryland, 85-67 Beat Wake Forest, 78-47 Beat Arizona State, 8382 Beat Kansas State. 7358 Beat Colorado State. 60-48 Beat Pittsburgh. 92-67 Lost to Mississippi, 7364 Beat llinois, 7572 Beat Caifornia, 87-84 Beat Yale, 78-48 Beat Air Force.9672 Lost to Tennessee, 74.71 Beat Minnesota, 71-59 Beat USC, 83-59 Beat Mississpp State, 76-65 Lost to Syracuse, 73-58 Lost.to Dayton, 7864 Beat Kentuckv, 73-64 Beat South Florida, 72-55 Bea LaSaile. 81-71 IteI Beat San Diego Sate, 91&9 Beat West Virgnia. 73.58 Lost to North Carolina, 85-67 Lost to Temple, 6867 Next game vs. NC. State (Sat.J at Clemson (Wed.) at Oregon State (Thurs.) at Colorado (Today) vs. Air Force (Sat.) at Notre Dame (Tomorrow) at Florida (Wed.) at Iowa (Wed) at USC (Wed.s vs. Penn (Tomorrow) at UNLVU(Today) vs. South Carolina (Wed) vs. Michigan (Tomorrow) vs. Washington (Thurs.) at Arkansas (Wed) vs. Marshall (Today) at Xavier (Today) at LSUi(Wed.) at UAB (Thurs.1 vs. Rhode island (Wed.)- at Michigan St. (Tnxwow) vs. SMU (Thurs.) at Villanova (Today.) vs, Wake Forest (Thurs.) at MassaChxsetts(Wed.) Team 1. North Carolina (30) 2, Duke. 3. Arizona 4. Kansas 5. Utah 6. Purdue 7. Connecticut 8. Princeton 9. New Mexico 10, Kentucky 11, Stanford 12. UCLA 13. South Carolina 14. Mississippi 15. Michigan State 16. Arkansas 17. Syracuse 18, Cincinnati 19. West Virginia 20. Massachusetts 21. Michigan 22, Texas Christian 23, George Washington 24. Xavier 25. Rhode island Rec. 26 1 232 223 27-3 21-2 22-4 22-4 1c+ 3 22 4 21.3 195 19-4 17-5 18-5 20-5 19-5 19-5 20-5 19-6 22-4, 20-5 166 16 Pts. 750 710 680 671 589 588 581 523 494 470 438 437 393 329 329 293 224 223 208 189 128 122 100 53 41 Prey. 1 2 4 3 5 7 6 9 11 8 13 10 14 16 15 12 20 21 17. 22 19 18 23 24 ~rW flrbigan d1 ATHLETE OF THE WEEK Who: Bill Muckalt Sport: Hockey Hometown: Williams Lake, British Columbia Year: Senior High School: Merritt Secondary School Eligibility: Senior Why: Muckalt tallied his 100th Career goal in Friday's victory over Miami (Ohio). The goal came with 17.4 seconds remaining in the game when Muckalt took a misguided shot by Matt Herr and deposited the puck into an empty net, putting the game out of reach for the RedHawks. Background: Leads the Wolverines in goals with 27.... Assistant cap- tain of this year's team.... Drafted by the Vancouver Canucks in the ninth round of the 1994 NHL draft.... Enrolled in the Division of Kinesiology, majoring in Sports management and communication.... Born July 15, 1974 Nagano 1998 medal count Yesterday's Results Miami 116, TORONTO 95 Houston 90, LA LAKERS 88 MINNESOTA 105, Dallas 99 CHICAGO 99. Detroit 90 GOLDEN STATE 101, Boston 87 NEW YORK 102. Cleveland 91 Washington at Sacramento, inc. Denver at Portland, inc. __ _ _ __ _ _. HOME TEAM IN CAPS NHL Standings NCAA Men's Basketball Results Eastern Conference Western Conference Atlantic Division Team W New Jersey 34 Philadelphia 29 Washington 26 N.Y. Rangers 17 N.Y. Islanders 20 Florida 18 Tampa Bay 10 L 16 17 19 24 29 27 37 T 6 9 11 16 8 12 9 T 13 7 11 10 12 7 Pt s. 74 67 63 50 48 48 29 Pacific Division Team W Colorado 29 Los Angeles 26 San Jose 21 Edmonton 19 Anaheim 19 Calgary 16 Vancouver 16 Central Division L 13 20 28 28 28 30 33 L 13 15 21 22 25 29 T 16 9 7 10 9 11 8 T 8 12 8 11 9 7 Pts. 74 61 49 48 47 43 40 Pts. 80 74 68 59 53 45 Northeast Division Team W L Pittsburgh 29 16 Montreal 28 21 Boston 23 22 Ottawa 23 25 Buffalo 22 21 Carolina 21 29 Pts. 71 63 57 56 56 49 Team Dallas Detroit St. Louis Phoenix Chicago Toronto W 36 31 30 24 22 19 The NHL is on hiatus during the Olympic Games. USA TodaylAmerican Hockey Magazine Coaches Poll Results through Feb 9. First-place votes in parentheses. Team Rec. Pts. 1. North Dakota (6) 21-4-1 96 2.. 8oston University (3) 19-4-2 _9 3. MichiganState (1) 204-5 81 4. New Hampshire 19-51 73 5. Yale 17-40 53 c Michigan . 234-1 50 7. Miami (Ohio) 18-6-4 40 8. Wisconsin 19-31 32 9. Boston College 16.8-4 17 10. St Cloud State 16-8-2 13 Schedule Today No event s scheduled. Tomorrow Men's Basketbal at Michigan State. 7:30 p.m. Wesdneday No events scheduled. East Army 74, Lehigh 62 Boston College 74, Rutgers 72 Boston U. 79, New Hampshire 66 Bucknell 88, Navy 60 Columbia 78, Harvard 66 Connecticut 92, Pittsburgh 67 Cornell 75, Dartmouth 56 George Mason 65, American U. 63 Long Island U. 89, Robert Morris 78 Maine 73, Northeastern 66 Massachusetts 81, La Salle 71 Penn 79, Brown 68 Penn St. 75, Wisconsin 69 Princeton 78, Yale 48 Providence 58, Villanova 52 Syracuse 73, West Virginia 58 Temple 68, Rhode Island 67 South Ala.-Birmingham 77, Tulane 69 Alabama 80, Florida 66 Alabama St. 78, Southern U. 68 Appalachian St. 94, VMI 74 Auburn 66, LSU 44 Austin Peay 84, Tennessee Tech 58 Centenary 77, Mercer 64 Cent. Florida 88, Stetson 84 Chattanooga 69, Furman 64 Citadel 73, W. Carolina 65, OT Coppin St. 79, S. Carolina St. 63 Duke 78, Wake Forest 47 E. Kentucky 87, Morehead St. 72 Elon 62, Winthrop 51 Fla. International 74, Coll of Charleston 67 Georgia 81, Vanderbilt 62 Georgia St. 95, Troy St. 79 Georgia Tech 105, Virginia 86 Grambling St. 76, Texas Southern 74 Hampton U. 65, Florida A&M 60 Jacksonville 78, Lamar 68 Jacksonville St. 59, Samford 56 Liberty 66, Coastal Carolina 56 Md.-E. Shore 82, Bethune-Cook man 58 Miami 66, Notre Dame 57 Miss. Valley St. 79, Prairie View 72 Mississippi 73, Kentucky 64 Morgan St. 71, Howard U. 65 N. Carolina A&T 74, Delaware St. 64 N. Carolina St. 81, Norfolk St. 73 NE Louisiana 90, McNeese St. 84, OT Nicholls St. 88, SE Louisiana 71 North Carolina 85, Maryland 67 SW Louisiana 90, Louisiana Tech 80 South Alabama 68, New Orleans 50 South Carolina 76, Mississippi St. 65 Southern Miss. 75, Memphis 62 Tennessee 74, Arkansas 71 Valparaiso 95, Belmont 61 William & Mary 64, N.C.-Wilmington 51 Wofford 60, Georgia Southern 57 Xavier 74, Virginia Tech 63 Midwest Akron 74, Miami (Ohio) 63 Ball St. 66, Toledo 64 Bradley 86, S. Illinois 76 Creighton 79, Wichita St. 69 Detroit 68, Wright St. 60 E. Michigan 66, N. Illinois 61 Georgetown 65, DePaul 59 III.-Chicago 92,Wis.-Milwaukee 68 Indiana 73, Northwestern 55 Iowa 82, Ohio State 67 Iowa St. 80 Colorado 63 Kansas 73, Kansas State 58 Kent 71, Bowling Green 64 Loyola, I. 57, Wis.-Green Bay 52 Marquette 70, Houston 52 Michigan St. 71, Minnesota 59 Murray St. 82, SE Missouri 71 N. Iowa 68, Drake 55 Nebraska 66, Baylor 55 Purdue 75, Illinois 72 W. Michigan 87, Cent. Michigan 68 Southwest Arkansas St. 76, Ark.-Little Rock 65 Hawaii 94, Southern Meth. 82 North Texas 71, Boise St. 66 Oklahoma St. 70, Oklahoma 66 Oral Roberts 89, Mo-Kansas City 75 SW Texas St. 70, Stephen F. Austin 66 Texas 82, Texas Tech 80 Texas Christian 91, San Diego St. 69 Texas-San Antonio 83, Texas-Arlington 70 Far West Arizona 83, Arizona St. 82 Pepperdine 82, Santa Clara 68 St. Mary's, Cal. 88,tSan Diego 73 UCLA 87, California 84 Washington 62, Oregon 61 Washington St. 80, Oregon St. 68 Nation Germany Norway Russia Austria Canada Japan Finland Netherlands United States Italy 6 5 7 2 4 3 2 2 2 1 Gold Silver 5 6 3 3 4 3 3 1 3 Bronze Total 4 6 4 1 6 3 2 1 3 1 17 15 11 11 9 7 7 6 6 5 Canadians, Swiss top. the curling world 4 1 Thursday Women's Swimming ard Diving at BigT Club Sports To get your club sport's results in the Daily, call 647-3336 before 3 p.m. on Sundays. Ice Skating SENIOR FREE SKATE Tami Tarnow -first place Juliet Newcomer - second place SENIOR COMPULSORY Juliet Newcomer -second place Tami Tarnow - fourth place SENIOR TEAM COMPULsORY Michigan -fourth place (Tami Tarnow, Juliet Newcomer. Melissa Cinillo) JUNIOR COMPULSORY Jennifer Jazefiak - first place JUNIOR TEAM COMPULSORY Michian- second (Jill Weinbaum, Jennifer Jazefiak, Jocelyn Rainey) NOVICE FREE SKATE Marya Bak - sixth place. NCAA Women's Basketball Results East American 81, Richmond 78 George Washington 77, Duquense 52 Hofstra 72, Hartford 67 Iona 77, Niagara 69 Lafayette 75, Holy Cross 69 Notre Dame 75, Pittsburgh 60 Rider 73, Marist 61 St. John's 81, Syracuse 64 Vermont 71, Drexel 64 South Clemson 64, Wake Forest 41 Duke 79, Wake Forest 47 North Carolina 85, Virginia 84 DePaul 82, UNC-Charlotte 77 East Carolina 73, James Madison 63 George Mason 76, William & Mary 62 Kentucky 71, Mississippi State 62 Memphis 94, UAB 82 VCU 70, UNC-Wilmington 63 Midwest Michigan 70, Northwestern 64 Illinois 98, Michigan State 51 Wisconsin 80, Purdue 69 Iowa 73, Penn State 49 Indiana 75, Minnesota 42 Evansville 79, Bradley 63 KansasState 66. Missouri 57 Marquette 90, St. Louis 37 Northern Iowa 67, Southern Illinois 47 Valparaiso 76, Indiana-Purdue 53 West North Texas 46, New Mexico State 45 Portland 68, Cal-Poly SLO 61 Texas-El Paso 89, UNLV 69 KARUIZAWA, Japan (AP) - Canada had planned to win two gold medals in the first Olympic curling tournament, but came away yesterday with only one. The United States, true to form, left empty-handed. Between them, the Canadian men and women have eight of the last 10 world curling champions. While the Canadian women beat surprise finalist Denmark 7-5, the men were stunned in the gold medal game 9-3 by Switzerland, a team the Canadians had beaten earlier 8-3. "I don't know what happened," said Canadian skip, or captain, Mike Harris, who is a professional golfer. "I wouldn't have minded losing if we had played well, but we just didn't show up. The Winter Games must bring out the best in the Swiss, who haven't won the world championship since 1992, when they also won an Olympic demonstration tournament. "I have lost four Swiss finals before, sometimes by one inch," Swiss skip Patrick Huerlimann said. "That we can win such an important final as this is just an unbelievable feeling. Our strate- gy was to put pressure on them from the first end because you can beat them only if you are aggressive." The Americans, who haven't fin- ished higher than third in a world cham- pionship since 1993, fell well behind early for the second match in a row and lost 9-4 to Norway in the men's bronze- medal match. The bronze would have been good enough for the United States, but only one gold didn't seem to satisfy the Canadians. "Sometimes people say, 'Well, you've won Canada so it should be easy when you play international teams,"' said Joan McCusker, one of Canada's players. "But that is not true. Those teams that play in internal competitions play regularly, have experience, travel widely and are very good teams." The Swiss, who sent a much more experienced team to Nagano than the Canadians, opened up a 9-1 lead by scoring seven points in the fourth, fifth and sixth ends. The Canadians conced. ed after the eighth end, partly because Switzerland owned the all-important hammer - the final shot - in the 10th and often decisive end. The Canadian women, aided by a point in the eighth end that was so close a measurement was required, denied Denmark its first gold medal in any Winter Olympics. Still, the Danes came away with their first medal of any kind outside of th4 Summer Olympics. Denmark has never been a factor before in the Winter Olympics because it lacks the sports facilities of Scandinavian rivals Norway and Sweden. Even its curling team often must take a ferry to Sweden to train. Canada, winner of the past two world championships, got off to a 3-0 start in the first end and led 6-2 after the sixth. "The team is totally ecstatic," Canad skip Sandra Schmirler said. "We playe a strong game throughout and got off to a great start ... (but) they really put the pressure on us and made us make good shots." Sweden beat Britain 10-6 for the women's bronze medal. Just as they did in falling behind Canada 4-0 in a 7-1 semifinal loss, the Americans trailed from the start against Norway, which led 6-0 after five. Most matches last 10 ends, or innings, but the Americans conceded after nine. "In the last two games we did not play well at all," U.S. skip Tim Somerville said. "We had too many vps and downs, and that's why we ended up in fourth place." Norway captain Eigil Ramsfjell said the bronze medal helped ease the frus- tration of the close loss to Switzerland. "I am happy about the medal but alsd9 a little bit sentimental about finishing," said Ramsfjell, a three-time individual world champion. The United States did well just to get into medal competition. They had, to win three consecutive matches, two in tiebreakers,just to reach the semifinals. ~~ r. Interested in Sales or Farah's Faucet: If you didn't read it the first time, flip back to the front MICIGA HIG COLLEGE HOCKEY AT "THE JOE" 1I 7 1A Joe LouisArena I