2B - The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - February 8, 1999 COLLEGE BASKETBALL From Saturday EAST Boston College 60, West Virginia 54 Canisius 78, Niagara 77 Cornell 83, Brown 55 Fairleigh Dickinson 77, St. Francis, N.Y. 73 Kent 73, Buffalo 51 La Salle 88, Xavier 75 Lafayette 79, Holy Cross 65 Long Island U. 74, Quinnipiac 63 Maine 85, Boston U. 73 Monmouth, N.J. 69, Cent. Conn. St. 66 Mount St. Mary's, Md. 72, Wagner 62 Northeastern 72, New Hampshire 67 Northwestern 71, Penn St. 67 Notre Dame 76, Seton Hall 60 Penn 81, Harvard 56 Princeton 76, Dartmouth 48 Rider 83, Fairfield 71 Robert Morris 75, Md.-Baltimore County 58 Siena 74, Manhattan 58 St. Bonaventure 77, Dayton 67 St. John's 88, Pittsburgh 60 Temple 72, Rhode Island 63 Villanova 75, Syracuse 60 Yale 60, Columbia 48 50UTH Alabama 62, Kentucky 58 Alabama St. 97, Alabama A&M 86 Alcorn St. 79, Miss. Valley St. 74 Arkansas St. 67, New Orleans 57 Auburn 80, LSU 54 Austin Peay 80, E. Kentucky 64 Cent. Florida 107, Troy St. 82 Centenary 65, Campbell 56 Charleston Southern 94, Liberty 91, OT Coll. of Charleston 60, The Citadel 39 Cavidson 101, UNC-Greensboro 69 Delaware St. 66, Bethune-Cookman 64 Duke 87, Georgia Tech 79 E. Tennessee St. 83, VMI 81 Elon 73, N.C.-Asheville 72 Fla. International 73, Louisiana Tech 65 Florida A&M 81, Md.-Eastern Shore 70 Furman 79, W. Carolina 68 George Mason 79, Old Dominion 73 Georgia 80, South Carolina 56 Houston 79, Memphis 78 Jackson St. 59, Texas Southern 54 Jacksonville 72, Jacksonville St. 51 James Madison 51, N.C.-Wilmington 48 Louisville 81, Marquette 77 Maryland 88, Virginia 72 Mercer 92, Florida Atlantic 83 Miami 71, Georgetown 58 Mississippi 79, Florida 68 Mississippi St. 88, Tennessee 82 N. Carolina A&T 71, Morgan St. 69 N. Carolina St. 84, Clemson 71 N.C. Charlotte 70, Saint Louis 68, OT Norfolk St. 99, Howard 84 Prairie View 95, Grambling St. 89 Radford 82, Coastal Carolina 67 Richmond 72, American U. 69 S. Carolina St. 80, Coppin St. 77, OT SE Louisiana 89, Sam Houston St. 79 SW Louisiana 66, W. Kentucky 50 SW Texas 69, NE Louisiana 65 Samford 73, Stetson 66 South Alabama 44, Ark.-Little Rock 43 South Florida 83, Tulane 62 Tenn.-Martin 74, Murray St. 73 Tennessee St. 82, Morehead St. 78 Texas-San Antonio 77, Northwestern St. 68 Va. Commonwealth 83, William & Mary 67 Vanderbilt 73, Arkansas 69 Virginia Tech 77, George Washington 75 Winthrop 86, High Point 68 Wofford 71, Georgia Southern 60 MIDWEST Ball St. 59, N. Illinois 56, OT Bowling Green 57, Toledo 46 Bradley 65, Drake 45 Butler 88, Wright St. 78, 20T Cent. Michigan 70, Ohio U. 67 DePaul 61, Cincinnati 60, OT Detroit 69, ll.-Chicago 50 E. Illinois 72, Middle Tennessee 62 Evansville 65, SW Missouri St. 62 Illinois 53, Wisconsin 51 IUPUI 83, Missouri-Kansas City 81, OT Indiana St. 72, N. Iowa 67 Kansas St. 67, Iowa St. 62 Loyola, Ill. 60, Cleveland St. 58 Marshall 79, E. Michigan 70 Miami, Ohio 70, W. Michigan 69 Michigan St. 95, Iowa 81 Nebraska 69, Missouri 61 Oakland, Mich. 96, W. Illinois 91 Ohio St. 80, Purdue 69 Tennessee Tech 68, SE Missouri 62 Wichita St. 98, Creighton 85 Wis.-Milwaukee 59, Wis.-Green Bay 57 Youngstown St. 75, S. Utah 57 SOUTHWEST Idaho 87, North Texas 77 Lamar 66, Texas-Arlington 58 McNeese St. 86, Stephen F. Austin 80. Oklahoma 72, Oklahoma St. 65 Oral Roberts 68, Valparaiso 67 Southern Meth. 94, Texas Christian 92 Southern U. 90, Ark.-Pine Bluff 72 Texas 76, Texas Tech 59 Texas A&M 69, Baylor 58 FAR WEST Arizona 81, Washington St. 79 Boise St. 67, New Mexico St. 48 CS Northridge 76, N. Arizona 74 Cal St.-Fullerton 64, UC Irvine 47 Colorado St. 71, Tulsa 64 Connecticut 70, Stanford 59 Fresno St. 83, Georgia St. 62 Gonzaga 78, St. Mary's, Cal. 70 Hawaii 72, New Mexico 68, OT Long Beach St. 94, Cal Poly-SLO 80 Montana St. 82, Idaho St. 63 Nevada 79, Utah St. 70 Oregon 60, Southern Cal 55 Pepperdine 97, Loyola Marymount 83 San Diego 89, Portland 62 Santa Clara 68, San Francisco 61 Texas-El Paso 71, San Diego St. 65 UC Santa Barbara 58, Pacific 53, OT UNLV 65, Air Force 64 Utah 71, Brigham Young 46 Washington 93, Arizona St. 85 Weber St. 91, Sacramento St. 50 Wyoming 70, Rice 63 M CLUB SPORTS WOMEN'S FIGURE SKATING The Michigan precision figure skating team took first, and the Wolverines cruised to victories in several individual events this weekend to win the MSU Spartan Challenge Cup in East Lansing. Here are Michigan's top performers in each of the events. Novice Compulsory: Jocelyn Rainey, 1st Junior Compulsory: Jennifer Jozefiak, 1st Senior Compulsory: Juliet Newcomer, 2nd Freestyle: Laura Komjatty, 1st Novice Dance: Evelyn Miska, 3rd Junior Dance: Dareth McCoy, 2nd Senior Dance: Kyle Jones, 1st Novice Free Skate: Sarah Solberg, 1st Junior Free Skate: Kirsten Wendela, 1st intermediate Free Skate: Sarah Kepner, 4th Senior Free Skate: Juliet Newcomer, 1st 'M' SCHEDULE Toronto Ottawa Buffalo Boston Montreal 30 28 24 20 20 18 3 15 7 188 219 25 8 L T 20 9 1813 264 36 4 63 63 56 49 48 55 51 44 26 ATHLETE OF THE WEEK Southeast Division Team W1 Carolina 23: Florida 19 Washington 20: Tampa Bay 11 Who: Sarah Cain Hometown: Grand Island, Neb. High School: Grand Island Sport: Gymnastics Year: Junior Western Conference Central Division .Tem petroit 25 St. Louis 19 Nashville 18 Chicago 14 L I 23 4 20 9 28 5 30 8 NorthwestI ITm Colorado Edmonton Calgary Vancouver Division w I 29 19 4 20 218 16 288 16 287 Et 54 47 41 36 Pti 62 48 40 39 Eti 68 64 49 44 42 Why: Cain was co-Big Ten athlete of the week for gymnastics. This was the first time this season that a Wolverine has earned the honor. Cain won the individual title in the Wolverines win over No. 11 Ohio State and her second all-around in as many weeks. The junior had a season high score of 38.875. Background: First team All-American in floor exercise last year. Second team in All-Around. Second in NCAA uneven bars in 1997 . Enrolled in College of Literature, Science and the Arts ... Born April 24, 1978. Seminoles upset after cancellation 0 Cain Pacific Division Iam Dallas Phoenix Anaheim San Jose Los Angeles 30 27 20 16 19 L I 108 12 10 22 9 22 12 184 Yesterday's Results: PITTSBURGH 2, Detroit 1 Vancouver 3, N.Y. ISLANDERS 3 BOSTON 3, N.Y. Rangers 2 Colorado 3, DALLAS 0 WASHINGTON 3, Buffalo 1 NBA STANDINGS TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Florida State Athletic Director Dave Hart said Saturday he would seek recourse from Auburn after the Tigers canceled this year's opener with the Seminoles. "We will deal with the specific ele- ments of Auburn's untenable actions through the appropriate persons and channels over the course of the next several weeks," Hart said in a state- ment. "For now, our focus has to be on finding an 1Ith game." On Friday, Auburn chose to pay Florida State $500,000 rather than face the team coached by Bobby Bowden, father of ousted Tigers coach Terry Bowden. Hart had refused comment Friday until he had an opportunity to talk to Auburn Athletic Director David Housel. The Sept. 2 Auburn-Florida State opener was to be televised on ESPN. It was to have been college football's first father-son coaching matchup, but Terry Bowden's bizarre departure from Auburn threatened to cast a long shad- ow. Bobby Bowden will coach against one of his other sons, Tommy, when the Seminoles play Clemson next season. "The controversy would become bi@ ger than the game, and that would be unfair to the players and coaches on both sides," Housel said. Bowden, who won his first 20 games after taking the reigns at Auburn in 1993, resigned after the Tigers started the season with a 1-5 record. He has said that he was "fired," but Housel and other university officials have said he was not forced to resign. Auburn reached a financial settle- ment with Terry Bowden last Monday which bans the former Tigers coach an his wife from criticizing the school. Under the contract, Auburn could buy out the game by paying $500,000 to Florida State. Housel said Auburn could recoup the payment by schedul- ing a seventh home game at Jordan- Hare Stadium. Eastern Conference Tuesday, Feb. 9 M Basketball at Ohio State, 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 12 W Basketball vs. Illinois, 7:30 p.m. M Gymnastics at Winter Cup Challenge (Las Vegas, Nev.), 7 p.m. MST M Swim/Diving hosts Michigan Open, TBA W Swim/Diving hosts Michigan Open, TBA W Tennis at Kentucky, 5 p.m. M Track/Field at Colorado Springs Classic, TBA Saturday. Feb.13 M Hockey at Western Michigan 7 p.m. M Tennis vs. Western Michigan 1 p.m. Varsity Tennis Center W Tennis at Tennessee, TBA Sunday. Feb. 14 M Wrestling vs. Purdue, 1 p.m. NHL STANDINGS Eastern Conference Atlantic Division Tem W LL PA Philadelphia 28 10 12 68 New Jersey 29 16 6 64 Pittsburgh 26 15 7 58 N.Y. Rangers 20 23 7 47 N.Y. Islanders 16 315 37 Northeast Division I= WLI Atlantic Division Team W Philadelphia 2 Boston 1 Washington 1 Miami 1 New Jersey 1 New York 0 Central Division L 0 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 EPt 1.000 .500 .500 .500 .500 .000 1.000- .666- 1.000. .500 .500 .000 .000 .000 Team Detroit Atlanta Milwaukee Indiana Toronto Chicago Charlotte Cleveland 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 G, - 1 1 1 1 2 GO .5 1 1 1 1.5 1.5 Louisville gets new'* chance at big dance Western Conference Midwest Division ITam San Antonio Utah Houston Minnesota Dallas Denver Vancouver Pacific Division Team L.A. Lakers Phoenix Seattle Sacramento Portland Golden State LA Clippers 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 2 2 2 1 0 0 0. 0 0 1 1 1 2 L 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 EL. 1.000 1.000 .500 .500 .000 .000 .000 1.000 1.000 1.000 .000 .000 .000 .000 GB 1 1 1 2 1.5 .5 1 2 2 OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) - The University of Louisville will be eli- gible for March Madness after the "NCAA Friday took the unprecedented step of overturning a ban on postseason play. The Division I Infractions Committee reversed an earlier ruling after deter- mining that Louisville did not receive adequate notice that a transgression of an NCAA bylaw might be considered a "major violation." The NCAA's original sanctions, imposed in September, banned the men's basketball team from all postsea- son play in 1999 and placed the school on three years probation. Because Louisville appealed only the postseason ban, the penalties regarding probation and reductions of scholarships still apply. "It was a procedural error. We didn't consider it a technicality," acting chair of the Appeals Committee Robert Stein said. Friday's ruling puts the Cardinals back into contention for an NCAA Tournament bid. Louisville is 11-7 overall and 6-3 in the Conference USA American Division after snapping a four-game losing streak Thursday with an 89-76 victory over Memphis. The Cardinals host Marquette on Saturday. Louisville is 1-4 against ranked schools this season, defeating archrival Kentucky but losing to North Carolina, Michigan State, Ciaicinnati and UCLA. "At this point it's difficult to deter- mine how far we'll go if we get invited," coach Denny Crum said. The violation that caused the postsea- son ban stemmed from a 1996 incident in which assistant coach Scooter McCray inquired about reduced hotel rates for the father of forward Nate Johnson. McCray used his own credit card to pay for the room. The Appeals Committee said that the failure to properly inform the school of the severity of the infraction was " serious procedural error which disad- vantaged Louisville and the former assistant." McCray is now cleared to return to the coaching staff. The men's basketball program fell under the repeat violator category after being placed on two years probation in November 1996. Louisville, appealed the decision in January because school officials did not believe the university qualified under* the repeat violator clause. They argued the violations from the previous investi- gation did not fall in the three-year time- line that the infractions committee uses to determine a repeat violator. The Appeals Committee agreed, even if it was only on procedural grounds. Yesterday's Results: DETROIT 107, Indiana 98 Miami 83, NEW YORK 79 Utah 100, L.A. LAKERS 91 NEW JERSEY 79, Atlanta 69 PHOENIX 115, Denver 108 SEATTLE 91, Portland 88 Dallas 102, GOLDEN STATE 99 (20T) Chicago 89, L.A. CLIPPERS 84 SACRAMENTO 109, Vancouver 87 ALL TRIPS INCLUDE: TAKE $50 OFF ; Round trip Air : YOUR VACATION RT Transfers ' WITH THIS AD Staff Assistance L _____._____ Free Side Excursion Hotel Accomodations " " °From Party Pack 21Hours of Free Drinks ,Yome Home to the "Sunbreaker" 14 Free Meals Cancun's only party package with over 75 hours of open bar and 2 T-shirts! World l 79 icers, -1in two games YONGPYONG, South Korea (AP) - NHL, take note: There's no problem scoring goals in the Winter Asian Games. Kuwait'lost two straight game in ice hockey by a combined score of 79- 1, routs even by football standards. The Kuwaitis were beaten 44-1 by Japan on Saturday. Last Monday, their defense tightened in a 35-0 loss to China, with Pan Zhiqiang scoring eight goals. While the NHL hasn't enjoyed as much scoring as it would have liked this season, Kazakhstan has had no such difo ficulty. It downed Mongolia 40-0 last Monday. . . . .. . . . . . . U m