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Posted on: Tuesday, December 1, 2009

For the Record

Advertiser Staff

TRIVIA ANSWER

Oregon's last postseason Rose Bowl appearance was in 1995, a loss to Penn State; Oregon State's last Rose Bowl appearance was 1965, a loss to Michigan.

Source: Internet research

SPORTS TODAY

SURFING

Vans Triple Crown of Surfing, O'Neill World Cup of Surfing, 8 a.m. at Sunset Beach, conditions permitting. For daily status of contest, call 596-7873.

SPORTS TOMORROW

SURFING

Vans Triple Crown of Surfing, O'Neill World Cup of Surfing, 8 a.m. at Sunset Beach, conditions permitting. For daily status of contest, call 596-7873.

BASKETBALL

College Men

Associated Press Top 25 Poll

Rank, School Record Pts Pvs

1, Kansas (63) 5-0 1,623 1

2, Texas (1) 5-0 1,508 3

3, Villanova 6-0 1,442 4

4, Purdue 5-0 1,389 6

5, Kentucky 6-0 1,333 5

6, Duke 6-0 1,316 7

7, West Virginia 5-0 1,238 8

8, Syracuse (1) 6-0 1,183 10

9, Michigan St. 5-1 1,109 2

10, North Carolina 6-1 961 11

11, Tennessee 5-1 936 9

12, Washington 5-0 893 14

13, Florida 6-0 777 —

14, Connecticut 4-1 742 13

15, Ohio St. 5-1 702 17

16, Georgetown 4-0 588 18

17, Gonzaga 5-1 491 —

18, Clemson 6-1 426 19

19, Texas A&M 5-1 284 —

20, Louisville 4-1 252 16

21, Florida St. 6-1 219 —

22, Cincinnati 4-1 205 —

23, Butler 4-2 200 12

24, UNLV 5-0 191 —

25, Portland 5-1 120 —

Others receiving votes: Oklahoma St. 112, Georgia Tech 97, Marquette 82, Mississippi 79, Miami 77, BYU 76, Memphis 66, Vanderbilt 64, Notre Dame 52, Kansas St. 41, Michigan 40, California 39, Minnesota 35, Wisconsin 28, St. John's 26, Northwestern 15, Dayton 8, Missouri St. 7, New Mexico 6, Pittsburgh 6, Richmond 6, Arizona St. 5, Illinois 5, N.C. State 5, Illinois St. 4, Washington St. 4, Maryland 3, South Carolina 3, Missouri 2, Texas Tech 2, Cal St.-Fullerton 1, Va. Commonwealth 1.

USA Today/ESPN Top 25 Poll

School, Rank Record Pts Pvs

1, Kansas (30) 5-0 774 1

2, Texas 5-0 730 3

3, Villanova 6-0 685 4

4, Kentucky 6-0 646 5

5, Duke (1) 6-0 642 7

6, Purdue 5-0 632 6

7, Syracuse 6-0 587 9

8, West Virginia 5-0 586 8

9, Michigan State 5-1 532 2

10, Washington 5-0 458 14

11, North Carolina 6-1 452 12

12, Tennessee 5-1 403 11

13, Connecticut 4-1 356 13

14, Georgetown 4-0 316 t19

15, Ohio State 5-1 309 18

16, Gonzaga 5-1 270 —

17, Florida 6-0 244 —

18, Louisville 4-1 156 t16

19, Clemson 6-1 142 t19

20, Butler 4-2 132 10

21, UNLV 5-0 101 —

22, Texas A&M 5-1 93 —

23, Georgia Tech 4-1 92 25

24, Cincinnati 4-1 82 —

25, California 4-2 75 23

Others receiving votes: Oklahoma State 71, Florida State 62, Portland 62, Vanderbilt 51, Miami 47, Michigan 45, Marquette 44, Brigham Young 36, Minnesota 24, St. John's 20, Arizona State 19, Mississippi 18, Washington State 12, Kansas State 11, Wisconsin 11, Memphis 8, Pittsburgh 8, Texas Tech 7, Missouri 5, Illinois State 4, Dayton 3, Maryland 2, New Mexico 2, Notre Dame 2, Saint Mary's 2, Cornell 1, Illinois 1, Richmond 1, Utah State 1.

MAJOR SCORES

EAST

Army 64, Bryant 58

Georgetown 83, Mount St. Mary's, Md. 62

Hofstra 84, Fairfield 80

Holy Cross 68, Marist 56

Navy 65, Quinnipiac 62

Rider 81, Saint Joseph's 73

Sacred Heart 60, Columbia 55

Seton Hall 93, N.J. Tech 53

St. Peter's 58, Lafayette 56

Stony Brook 71, Lehigh 52

Syracuse 92, Colgate 58

SOUTH

Appalachian St. 70, Winthrop 51

Austin Peay 99, Freed-Hardeman 61

Belmont 69, Tennessee St. 60

Charleston Southern 103, Toccoa Falls 53

Florida Atlantic 81, Albany, N.Y. 65

Georgia St. 64, Jacksonville 54

High Point 74, S. Carolina St. 66

Kentucky 94, UNC Asheville 57

Memphis 77, Oakland, Mich. 46

Northwestern St. 83, Centenary 80

Penn St. 69, Virginia 66

Presbyterian 68, Montreat 50

S.C.-Upstate 78, Stetson 56

Tulane 82, Alabama St. 55

VMI 108, Lynchburg 93

Winston-Salem 85, Milligan 59

MIDWEST

Bowling Green 67, Fla. International 62

E. Michigan 75, Canisius 58

Wichita St. 87, Alcorn St. 52

SOUTHWEST

Ark.-Little Rock 73, Oral Roberts 68

Sam Houston St. 87, Mid-America Christian 55

Texas-Arlington 80, Houston Baptist 75

FAR WEST

Arizona St. 74, Ark.-Pine Bluff 57

CS Northridge 81, CS Bakersfield 74

Saint Mary's, Calif. 78, San Jose St. 71

COLLEGE WOMEN

Associated Press Top 25 Poll

School, Rank Record Pts Pvs

1, Connecticut (40) 6-0 1,000 1

2, Stanford 6-0 957 2

3, Ohio St. 8-0 893 3

4, North Carolina 5-0 860 4

5, Notre Dame 6-0 850 5

6, Tennessee 5-0 823 6

7, LSU 5-0 717 7

8, Baylor 6-1 691 8

9, Xavier 5-0 685 9

10, Texas A&M 3-0 601 11

11, Duke 5-1 595 10

12, Florida St. 6-0 561 12

13, Georgia 6-0 495 14

14, Virginia 5-1 437 15

15, Arizona St. 4-1 398 17

16, Vanderbilt 6-0 386 21

17, Texas 4-2 367 13

18, Oklahoma 4-2 270 20

19, Pittsburgh 5-0 252 24

20, California 3-2 230 22

21, DePaul 5-1 216 15

22, Michigan St. 4-2 155 25

23, Georgia Tech 4-1 92 —

24, Kansas 3-2 81 18

25, Dayton 5-1 80 —

Others receiving votes: Louisville 47, Rutgers 45, Nebraska 41, Middle Tennessee 23, Maryland 19, TCU 14, Miami 13, Hartford 12, Oklahoma St. 11, Wake Forest 11, Syracuse 10, St. John's 9, Wis.-Green Bay 8, Mississippi St. 7, Southern Cal 7, West Virginia 7, Illinois 6, Louisiana Tech 5, Texas Tech 4, San Diego St. 3, Boise St. 2, Gonzaga 1, Liberty 1, Purdue 1, Wyoming 1.

MAJOR SCORES

EAST

Army 68, St. Francis, NY 56

Mount St. Mary's, Md. 59, Lafayette 48

SOUTH

Davidson 81, Furman 78

George Mason 70, Fairfield 65

Samford 74, Chattanooga 52

Savannah St. 50, Alabama St. 49

Tennessee Tech 73, Lipscomb 65

MIDWEST

Dayton 73, Ill.-Chicago 46

Oakland, Mich. 95, Marygrove 40

Saint Louis 79, Arkansas St. 70

W. Michigan 74, Chicago St. 71

SOUTHWEST

Oral Roberts 101, Sam Houston St. 85

FAR WEST

South Florida 78, UC Irvine 66

Wyoming 76, Idaho St. 40

GOLF

PGA Aloha Section

Facility Team Championship

YESTERDAY

At Hualalai Resort

First Round

64—Feldmann/Coelho, Johnson/Nelson. 65—Dugas/Steile, Hayashi/Taketa. 66—Carll/Pack, Dugas/Sursely, Lee/Yokomoto, Moynahan/Joersz. 67—Hayashi/Acia, Koch/Hee. 68—Carll/Fujimaki, Carll/Keil, Hayashi/Hardy, Koch/Joerger/Moynahan/Sawinski. 69—Bangild/Whitworth, Brown/Saromines/Feldmann/Abe, Koch/Hines. 70—Kageyama/Walsh. 72—Moynahan/Belveal. 73—Eusebio/Kagawa, Sasada/Dusenberry. 74—Harman/Chun. 75—Kageyama/Nitakorn. 76—Harman/Miyata. 81—Harman/Sakaue.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League

All Times Hawaii

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Pittsburgh 28 19 9 0 38 92 77

New Jersey 24 17 6 1 35 69 51

Philadelphia 24 13 10 1 27 77 65

N.Y. Rangers 27 13 13 1 27 80 84

N.Y. Islanders 27 10 10 7 27 72 84

Northeast GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Buffalo 24 15 7 2 32 66 55

Boston 26 13 8 5 31 64 64

Ottawa 24 13 7 4 30 72 70

Montreal 26 12 12 2 26 66 76

Toronto 25 6 12 7 19 67 92

Southeast GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Washington 27 16 5 6 38 94 78

Atlanta 24 14 7 3 31 84 68

Tampa Bay 25 10 7 8 28 67 75

Florida 26 10 12 4 24 71 87

Carolina 27 5 17 5 15 62 100

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Central GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Chicago 25 16 6 3 35 78 56

Nashville 26 15 10 1 31 62 69

Columbus 26 13 9 4 30 81 92

Detroit 26 13 9 4 30 76 73

St. Louis 25 10 10 5 25 62 67

Northwest GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Calgary 26 17 6 3 37 83 66

Colorado 28 15 8 5 35 85 83

Vancouver 26 14 12 0 28 80 68

Edmonton 27 10 13 4 24 80 90

Minnesota 25 10 12 3 23 63 75

Pacific GP W L OT Pts GF GA

San Jose 28 18 6 4 40 96 75

Los Angeles 27 15 10 2 32 79 81

Phoenix 27 15 11 1 31 68 65

Dallas 27 12 8 7 31 80 81

Anaheim 25 10 11 4 24 71 80

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

YESTERDAY'S RESULTS

Columbus 5, St. Louis 2

Pittsburgh 5, N.Y. Rangers 2

Washington 3, Carolina 2

Buffalo 3, Toronto 0

Atlanta 4, Florida 3

Detroit 4, Dallas 1

Colorado 3, Tampa Bay 0

Calgary 5, Nashville 0

TODAY'S GAMES

Toronto at Montreal, 2:30 p.m.

Columbus at Chicago, 3 p.m.

Los Angeles at Anaheim, 5:30 p.m.

Ottawa at San Jose, 5:30 p.m.

TOMORROW'S GAMES

Tampa Bay at Boston, 2 p.m.

Vancouver at New Jersey, 2 p.m.

Colorado at Florida, 2:30 p.m.

Nashville at Minnesota, 3 p.m.

St. Louis 1 1 0—2

Columbus 2 0 3—5

First—1, Columbus, Russell 1 (MacKenzie, Torres), 2:04. 2, Columbus, Umberger 7 (Voracek, Russell), 4:13. 3, St. Louis, Johnson 4, 19:50 (pp). Second—4, St. Louis, Kariya 6 (Oshie, Backes), 9:38. Third—5, Columbus, Umberger 8 (Brassard), 5:20. 6, Columbus, Vermette 7 (Umberger), 19:25 (en). 7, Columbus, Umberger 9 (Vermette, Hejda), 19:41 (en). Goalies—St. Louis, C.Mason. Columbus, S.Mason. A—12,391 (18,144). T—2:27.

Pittsburgh 0 2 3—5

N.Y. Rangers 0 2 0—2

Second—1, N.Y. Rangers, Gaborik 20 (Prospal, M.Staal), 3:12. 2, Pittsburgh, Crosby 16 (Guerin, Gonchar), 3:23. 3, Pittsburgh, Rupp 6 (J.Staal), 7:33. 4, N.Y. Rangers, Gaborik 21 (Drury, Del Zotto), 18:42 (pp). Third—5, Pittsburgh, Rupp 7, 11:14. 6, Pittsburgh, Crosby 17 (Eaton, Skoula), 15:51. 7, Pittsburgh, Rupp 8 (Crosby), 18:20 (en). Goalies—Pittsburgh, Fleury. N.Y. Rangers, Lundqvist. A—18,200 (18,200). T—2:23.

Washington 2 1 0—3

Carolina 1 0 1—2

First—1, Carolina, Corvo 4 (Ruutu, Staal), 4:35 (pp). 2, Washington, Backstrom 5 (Ovechkin, Giroux), 6:11. 3, Washington, Fehr 7 (Backstrom), 17:20. Second—4, Washington, Backstrom 6 (Fehr), 14:53. Third—5, Carolina, Cullen 7 (Jokinen, Staal), 19:44. Goalies—Washington, Theodore. Carolina, Leighton. A—12,797 (18,680). T—2:30.

Buffalo 0 1 2—3

Toronto 0 0 0—0

Second—1, Buffalo, Kennedy 2 (Sekera, Grier), 13:07. Third—2, Buffalo, Tallinder 1 (Roy, Pominville), :20. 3, Buffalo, Hecht 4 (Pominville, Montador), 10:59. Goalies—Buffalo, Miller. Toronto, Gustavsson. A—19,110 (18,819). T—2:20.

Florida 2 1 0—3

Atlanta 2 1 1—4

First—1, Atlanta, Popovic 2 (Boulton), 3:36. 2, Florida, Weiss 8 (Frolik, Horton), 4:21. 3, Atlanta, Kovalchuk 15 (Antropov), 8:54. 4, Florida, Olesz 6 (Seidenberg, Reinprecht), 15:47 (pp). Second—5, Atlanta, Thorburn 3 (Boulton, Reasoner), 5:28. 6, Florida, Frolik 7 (Weiss), 17:37. Third—7, Atlanta, Afinogenov 11 (Antropov), 19:54. Goalies—Florida, Vokoun, Clemmensen. Atlanta, Hedberg. A—10,310 (18,545). T—2:23.

Dallas 1 0 0—1

Detroit 1 2 1—4

First—1, Detroit, Miller 2 (Lebda, Draper), 13:48. 2, Dallas, Morrow 11 (Robidas, Daley), 19:45. Second—3, Detroit, Helm 3 (Draper, Bertuzzi), 5:35. 4, Detroit, Cleary 5 (Zetterberg, Holmstrom), 12:06. Third—5, Detroit, Bertuzzi 4 (Datsyuk), 3:35. Goalies—Dallas, Turco. Detroit, Howard. A—17,645 (20,066). T—2:11.

Colorado 1 1 1—3

Tampa Bay 0 0 0—0

First—1, Colorado, Duchene 5 (Stewart), 8:16. Second—2, Colorado, Duchene 6 (Stewart, Stastny), 13:38 (pp). Third—3, Colorado, Wolski 10 (Galiardi), 19:46 (en). Goalies—Colorado, Anderson. Tampa Bay, Niittymaki. A—12,214 (19,758). T—2:28.

Calgary 0 2 3—5

Nashville 0 0 0—0

Second—1, Calgary, Moss 5, 1:32. 2, Calgary, Dawes 8 (Iginla, Phaneuf), 4:39 (pp). Third—3, Calgary, Pardy 2 (Jokinen, Glencross), 8:09. 4, Calgary, Glencross 6 (Regehr), 16:01 (en-sh). 5, Calgary, Iginla 17 (Glencross, Phaneuf), 18:53 (pp). Goalies—Calgary, Kiprusoff. Nashville, Rinne. A—10,581 (17,113). T—2:16.

SOCCER

High School Boys

Intercsholastic League of Honolulu

Junior Varsity

Mid-Pacific 1, Kamehameha-White 1

VOLLEYBALL

College Women

AVCA DIVISION I COACHES TOP 25 POLL

Rank, School Pts Rec Prev

1, Penn State 1500 32-0 1

2, Texas 1421 24-1 2

3, Hawaii 1378 28-2 3

4, Stanford 1299 21-7 6

5, Iowa State 1219 25-4 7

6, Washington 1180 23-5 4

7, Nebraska 1117 23-6 8

8, Illinois 1087 24-5 5

9, UCLA 1048 23-8 9

10, California 909 18-10 11

11, Minnesota 862 24-8 13

12, Florida State 793 28-2 14

13, Kentucky 753 27-4 10

14, Florida 703 23-5 15

15, Southern Calif. 686 21-9 16

16, Michigan 635 24-9 12

17, Oregon 596 19-9 18

18, LSU 475 24-6 17

19, Arizona 412 19-10 19

20, Northern Iowa 332 30-2 20

21, St. Mary's (Calif.) 291 22-4 21

22, Saint Louis 188 24-7 22

23, Dayton 163 29-3 24

24, Tennessee 128 23-7 NR

25, Colorado State 78 23-5 23

Others receiving votes and appearing on two or more ballots: Notre Dame 47, Ohio State 39, Washington State 28, Baylor 22, Duke 19, Long Beach State 14, UC Santa Barbara 13, Pepperdine 12, San Diego 9, Florida International 6, Ohio 6, TCU 5, Texas A&M 5, Louisville 4, New Mexico State 4, Rice 3. Dropped out: Notre Dame (25).

Notes: Penn State received 60 first-place votes. Three schools were listed on only one ballot for a total of 11 points.

TRANSACTIONS

BASEBALL

NATIONAL LEAGUE

New York Mets—Agreed to terms with SS Alex Cora on a one-year contract.

Pittsburgh Pirates—Announced RHP Jeff Karstens, LHP Justin Thomas and C Robinzon Diaz have cleared waivers. Assigned Karstens and Thomas outright to Indianapolis (IL) and released Diaz unconditionally. Agreed to terms with LHP Wilfredo Ledezma on a minor league contract. Agreed to terms with SS Maximo Rivera, SS Ramses Pena, OF Luis Urena, RHP Arquimedes Lorenzo, RHP Cristopher DeLeon, RHP Luis Alfonzo Valdez, LHP Darlin Alduey and RHP Aneudy Merejo and assigned them to the Dominican Summer League Pirates.

St. Louis Cardinals—Agreed to terms with C Jason LaRue on a one-year contract and INF Ruben Gotay on a minor league contract.

BASKETBALL

National Basketball Association

Charlotte Bobcats—Assigned C Alexis Ajinca to Maine (NBADL).

FOOTBALL

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE

Tampa Bay Buccaneers—Placed P Dirk Johnson and CB Torrie Cox in injured reserve and G Arron Sears on reserve/non-football illness list. Signed CB Brandon Anderson from the practice squad.