LAKE CITY REPORTER SPORTS TUESDAY, JANUARY 26, 2010 SCOREBOARD TELEVISION TV sports Today MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL 7 p.m. ESPN - Michigan St. at Michigan ESPN2 - Clemson at Boston College 9 p.m. ESPN - Kentucky at South Carolina NHL HOCKEY 7 p.m. VERSUS - Phoenix at Detroit TENNIS 3 p.m. ESPN2 - Australian Open, men's and wonen's quarterfinals, at Melbourne, Australia (same-day tape) 9 p.m. ESPN2 - Australian Open, men's and women's quarterfinals, at Melbourne, Australia 3:30 a.m. ESPN2 - Australian Open, men's and women's quarterfinals, at Melbourne, Australia FOOTBALL NFL playoffs Conference Championships Sunday Indianapolis 30, N.Y.Jets 17 New Orleans 31, Minnesota 28, OT Pro Bowl Sunday, Jan. 31 At Miami AFC vs. NFC, 7:20 p.m. (ESPN) Super Bowl 'Sunday, Feb. 7 At Miami NFC champion vs. AFC champion, 6:25 p.m. (CBS) All-Star games Saturday Senior Bowl SAt Mobile.Ala. North vs. South, 4 p.m. (NFL) BASKETBALL NBA schedule Today's Games L.A. Lakers at Washington, 7 p.m. Minnesota at New York, 7:30 p.m. Milwaukee at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. Charlotte at Phoenix, 9 p.m. Golden State at Sacramento, 10 p.m. Wednesday's Games L.A. Lakers at Indiana, 7 p.m. 'Minnesota at Cleveland, 7 p.m. Miami at Toronto, 7 p.m. Memphis at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. L.A. Clippers at New Jersey, 7:30 p.m. Philadelphia at Milwaukee, 8 p.m. Chicagg a .OklabomaCity. 8 p.m. Denver at Houston, 8:30 p.m. Atlanta at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m. Utah at Portland, 10 p.m. New Orleans 10:30 p.m. at Golden State, AP Top 25 The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' college basketball poll, with first- place votes in parentheses, records through Jan. 24. total points and previous ranking: Record I.Kentucky (65) 19-0 2. Kansas 18-1 3.Villanova 18-1 4. Syracuse 19- 5. Michigan St. 17-3 6.Texas 17-2 7. Georgetown 15-3 8. Duke 16-3 9.West Virginia 15-3 10.Purdue 16-3 I 1. Kansas St. 16-3 12. BYU 20-1 13. Gonzaga 16-3 14.Tennessee 15-3 IS.Temple . 17-3 16.Wisconsin 16-4 17. Pittsburgh 15-4 18. Mississippi 15-4 19. Connecticut 13-6 20. Ohio St. 14-6 21 .Vanderbilt 15-3 22. Georgia Tech 14-5 23. New Mexico 18-3 24. Baylor 15-3 25. UAB 17-2 Others receiving votes Pts Pvs 1,625 2 1,519 3 1,503 4 1,455 5 1,324 6 1,307 I 1.124 12 1,120 7 . 1,113 II 977 13 960 10 894 14 847 15 837 8 707 16 635 18 599 9 411 22 286 - 270 21 264 - 194 19 180 - 157 25 125 - : Florida St. I1 I, N. Iowa 106, Clemson 103, Wake Forest 98, Butler 69, Mississippi St. 42, Texas A&M 29, Oklahoma St. 25, Missouri 24, Maryland 22,Cornell 16,Oid Dominion II. Xavier I I, UNLV 6, Northwestern 5, Siena 3,Virginia 3, California 2, Louisiana Tech 2, Saint Mary's, Calif. 2, Coastal Carolina 1, Harvard I. AP Top 25 schedule Today's Games No. I Kentucky at South Carolina, 9 p.m. No. 5 Michigan State at Michigan, 7 p.m. No. 9 West Virginia at DePaul, 8:30 p.m. No. I I Kansas State at No. 24 Baylor, 8 p.m. No. 25 UAB vs.Tulsa, 8 p.m. USA Today/ESPN Top 25 The top 25 teams in the USA Today- ESPN men's college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Jan. 24, points and previous ranking: Record Pts Pvs 1. Kentudky (31) 19-0 775 2 2. Kansas 18-1 739 3 3.Villanova 18-1 714 4 4. Syracuse 19-1 680 5 5. Michigan State 17-3 627 7 6.Texas 17-2 613 I 7. Duke 16-3 555 6 8.Gonzaga 16-3 533 10 9.West Virginia 15-3 506 12 10. Brigham Young 20-1 485 13 I I.Georgetown 15-3 483 14 12.Purdue 16-3 420 15 13. Kansas State 16-3 409 9 14.Tennessee 15-3 385 8 1 5.Temple 17-3 339 17 16.Wisconsin 16-4 282 19 17. Pittsburgh 15-4 267 I I 18. Butler 16-4 213 20 19. Connecticut 13-6 199 21 20. Mississippi 15-4 151 24 21.Clemson 15-5 112 16 22. Georgia Tech 14-5 105 18 23.Vanderbilt 15-3 71 NR 24. Ohio State 14-6 62 25 25. Northern Iowa 17-2 60 22 Others receiving votes: Florida State 50; Cornell 38; New Mexico 38; Baylor 37; Wake Forest 23; UAB 18; Missouri 16; Oklahoma State 16; Saint Mary's II; Mississippi State 9; Maryland 6; UNLV 6; Siena 4; Texas A&M 4; Louisiana Tech 3; Old Dominion 3; Xavier 3; California 2; Notre Dame 2; North Carolina I. TENNIS Australian Open singles At Melbourne Park Melbourne, Australia Monday Men Fourth Round Nikolay Davydenko (6), Russia, def. Fernando Verdasco (9), Spain, 6-2,7-5, 4-6, 6-7 (5), 6-3. Novak Djokovic (3), Serbia, def. Lukasz Kubot, Poland, 6-1, 6-2, 7-5. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (10), France, def. Nicolas Almagro (26), Spain, 6-3, 6-4, 4-6, 6-7 (6), 9-7. Roger Federer (I), Switzerland, def. Lleyton Hewitt (22), Australia, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4. Women Fourth Round Venus Williams (6), United States, def. Francesca Schiavone (17), Italy, 3-6, 6-2, 6-1. Li Na (16), China, def. Caroline Wozniacki (4), Denmark, 6-4, 6-3. Serena Williams (I), United States, def. Sam Stosur (13),Australia, 6-4, 6-2. Victoria Azarenka (7), Belarus, def. Vera Zvonareva (9), Russia, 4-6, 6-4, 6-0. Sunday Men Fourth Round Andy Murray (5), Britain, def. John Isner (33), United States, 7-6 (4), 6-3,.6-2. Rafael Nadal (2), Spain, def. Ivo Karlovic, Croatia, 6-4,4-6, 6-4, 6-4. Marin Cilic (14), Croatia, def. Juan Martin del Potro (4), Argentina, 5-7, 6-4, 7-5, 5-7, 6-3. Andy Roddick (7), United States, def. Fernando Gonzalez ( I), Chile, 6-3, 3-6, 4-6, 7-5, 6-2. Women Fourth Round ZhengJie,China,defAlona Bondareriko (3 1), Ukraine, 7-6 (5), 6-4. Nadia Petrova (19), Russia, def. Svetlana Kuzne'tsova (3), Russia, 6-3, 3-6, 6-1. Maria Kirilenko, Russia, def. Dinara Safina (2), Russia, 5-4, retired. Justine Henin, Belgium, def. Yanina Wickmayer, Belgium, 7-6 (3), 1-6, 6-3. Wildcats move to No. 1 By JIM O'CONNELL Associated Press Kentucky is back in a familiar place, and so is its coach. The Wildcats, the last unbeaten team in Division I, were a unanimous No. 1 in The Associated Press' college basketball poll on Monday, their first time on top since the final poll of 2002-03. Only three schools have been No. 1 more often. For first-year coach John Calipari,. Kentucky is, the third school he has taken to No. 1. He led Massachusetts to the top spot in 1994-95 and 1995-96, and Memphis in 2007-08. The Wildcats. (19-0) moved up one spot, replac- ing Texas (17-2), which was No. 1 for two weeks before losing to Kansas State and- Connecticut, both on the road. The Longhorns, who were ranked No. 1 for the first time in school history, dropped to sixth. Kentucky went into its game against Arkansas knowing it could move to No. 1 and the Wildcats responded with a 101-70 rout of the Razorbacks. "I knew they wanted to be ranked No. 1 and came out and really took it right at Arkansas," Calipari said Monday. "We are inexpe- COURTESY PHOTO State champion Falconettes Lake City Middle School's Falconettes dance team was named state champion at the American Cheer and Dance State Competition in Daytona Beach the weekend of Jan. 15. Team members are (front row, from left) Ashley Ehrler, Hanna Perry, Sierra Thomas, Caitlyn Acosta, Tobie Williams, Erin Porter and Taylor Sikes. Back row (from left) are Rebecca Creeley, Darrah McNair, Adrianna Mims, Allie Owens, Madison Stalvey, Brooklyn Crews, Katelyn Burton, Devin Baxter, Kathryn Hillyard, Morgan Jackson, Brianna Butcher, Savannah Hoffman and Jordan Shay. Jennifer Owens-Markham is coach. SOCCER Continued From Page 1B Geoff Beardsley and made them stand up in a 2-1 win over Middleburg High in the District 4-5A tourna- ment on Monday. Beardsley scored in the 35th minute and again in the 36th minute. The Broncos got their goal in then 65th minute. Columbia (19-4-1) will play the winner of tourna- ment host Ridgeview High and Wolfson High at 7 p.m. Wednesday. COLTS Continued From Page 1B depends on what happens to us this week," Caldwell said Monday. "We'll make some adjustments, it's not an iron-clad sort of routine. But, overall, we'll prob- ably be fairly close to what we've done previously." With nearly half of Indy's roster having Super Bowl experience, Caldwell will rely on his veterans to help younger players cope with the countless distractions. The Colts (16-2) would like everything resolved before practice Wednesday. 1 4 8 11 I 12 I 13 15 I 16 18 E .20 I 21 E 23 1 24 - 27 1 ---f 4 ASSOCIATED PRESS Kentucky's DeMarcus Cousins (15) moves to the basket around Arkansas's Mike Washington during their game in Lexington, Ky., on Saturday. rienced and we did play great against Arkansas, but that doesn't tell you how you're going to play the next game." Kentucky's first game as the nation's No. 1 team will be at South Carolina tonight, and Calipari isn't sure what to expect. "They don't understand that 40-minute thing yet," he said. "There's games where they'll play 20-25 minutes and the other 15-20 min- utes the other team beats us. We've got to learn it before late February, start- ing into March. We've got to be more consistent." This is Kentucky's 89th week at No. 1, trailing only UCLA (134), Duke (111) and North Carolina (105). Eqi pmen riy!t Comp any, u InTri r -'ml THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME , by Mike Argirion and Jeff Knurek Unscramble these four Jumbles, one letter to each square, to form four ordinary words. CHATY RE~LDEG HIPLAC Now arrange the circled letters to form the surprise answer; as suggested by the above cartoon. 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