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BASKETBALL

National Basketball Association

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

W L Pct GB

Boston 39 34 .534 -

Philadelphia 36 37 .493 3

New Jersey 35 39 .473 41/2

Toronto 30 43 .411 9

New York 29 43 .403 91/2

Southeast Division

W L Pct GB

y-Miami 55 19 .743 -

Washington 41 31 .569 13

Orlando 35 38 .479 191/2

Charlotte 15 57 .208 39

Atlanta 11 62 .151 431/2

Central Division

W L Pct GB

x-Detroit 46 27 .630 -

Chicago 41 31 .569 41/2

Cleveland 38 34 .528 71/2

Indiana 38 34 .528 71/2

Milwaukee 28 45 .384 18

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Southwest Division

W L Pct GB

x-San Antonio 54 19 .740 -

x-Dallas 49 24 .671 5

Houston 44 30 .595 101/2

Memphis 41 31 .569 121/2

New Orleans 17 55 .236 361/2

Northwest Division

W L Pct GB

x-Seattle 50 23 .685 -

Denver 41 31 .569 81/2

Minnesota 39 35 .527 111/2

Portland 24 48 .333 251/2

Utah 22 50 .306 271/2

Pacific Division

W L Pct GB

y-Phoenix 56 17 .767 -

Sacramento 45 30 .600 12

L.A. Lakers 33 40 .452 23

L.A. Clippers 33 41 .446 231/2

Golden State 28 45 .384 28

x-clinched playoff spot

y-clinched division

Monday

No games scheduled

Tuesday

Boston at Washington, 7 p.m.

New Jersey at Cleveland, 7 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Charlotte, 7 p.m.

Chicago at Miami, 7:30 p.m.

Indiana at New York, 7:30 p.m.

New Orleans at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.

Denver at Memphis, 8 p.m.

Orlando at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

Portland at Utah, 9 p.m.

Seattle at Sacramento, 10 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Phoenix, 10 p.m.

Houston at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.

Wednesday

Chicago at Orlando, 7 p.m.

Milwaukee at Boston, 7 p.m.

Memphis at Toronto, 7 p.m.

Cleveland at Indiana, 7 p.m.

Charlotte at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

Washington at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

Denver at New Orleans, 8 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m.

Utah at Minnesota, 9:30 p.m.

Golden State at Portland, 10 p.m.

College men

At St. Louis

NORTH CAROLINA 75, ILLINOIS 70

NORTH CAROLINA (33-4)

J.Williams 3-6 0-0 9, McCants 6-15 0-0 14, May 10-11 6-8 26,Felton 4-9 5-6 17, Manuel 0-1 0-2 0, Scott 0-2 0-0 0, Terry 0-0 0-00, Thomas 0-0 0-0 0, M.Williams 4-8 0-1 8, Noel 0-0 1-2 1. Totals 27-52 12-19 75.

ILLINOIS (37-2)

Augustine 0-3 0-0 0, Powell Jr. 4-10 0-0 9, Head 8-21 0-0 21,D.Williams 7-16 0-2 17, Brown 4-10 2-2 12, McBride 0-0 0-0 0, Carter0-1 0-0 0, Smith 0-0 0-0 0, Ingram 4-9 2-2 11. Totals 27-70 4-6 70.

Halftime-North Carolina 40-27. 3-Point Goals-North Carolina 9-16(Felton 4-5, J.Williams 3-4, McCants 2-5, Scott 0-1, M.Williams 0-1), Illinois 12-40 (Head 5-16, D.Williams 3-10, Brown 2-8, Powell Jr.1-2, Ingram 1-3, Carter 0-1). Fouled Out-Augustine. Rebounds-NorthCarolina 34 (May 10), Illinois 39 (Powell Jr. 14). Assists-NorthCarolina 12 (Felton 7), Illinois 18 (Brown, D.Williams 7). TotalFouls-North Carolina 13, Illinois 18. A-47,262.

NCAA All-Tournament Teams

The NCAA Final Four All-Tournament Teams (the first player listedeach year was the Final Four most outstanding player; x-vacated):

2005

Sean May, North Carolina; Raymond Felton, North Carolina; LutherHead, Illinois; Rashad McCants, North Carolina; Deron Williams,Illinois.

NCAA Aggregate Leaders

Final

Scoring

G Pts

Sean May, North Carolina 6 134

Rashad McCants, North Carolina 6 102

Maurice Ager, Michigan State 5 91

Luther Head, Illinois 6 90

Francisco Garcia, Louisville 5 88

Larry O'Bannon, Louisville 5 83

Deron Williams, Illinois 6 83

Raymond Felton, North Carolina 6 82

Taquan Dean, Louisville 5 80

Dee Brown, Illinois 6 77

Rebounds

G Reb

Sean May, North Carolina 6 64

Paul Davis, Michigan State 5 58

James Augustine, Illinois 6 54

Ellis Myles, Louisville 5 44

Marvin Willians, North Carolina 6 44

Channing Frye, Arizona 4 39

Roger Powell Jr., Illinois 6 39

Raymond Felton, North Carolina 6 35

Anrew Bogut, Utah 3 34

Shelden Williams, Duke 3 34

Assists

G Ast

Deron Williams, Illinois 6 50

Raymond Felton, North Carolina 6 41

Dee Brown, Illinois 6 27

Luther Head, Illinois 6 24

J.D. Collins, West Virginia 4 21

Will Conroy, Washington 3 21

Julius Hodge, N.C. State 3 20

Francisco Garcia, Louisville 5 19

Larry O'Bannon, Louisville 5 17

Salim Stoudemire, Arizona 4 17

NCAA Championship Scores

2005 - North Carolina 75, Illinois 70

2004 - Connecticut 82, Georgia Tech 73

2003 - Syracuse 81, Kansas 78

2002 - Maryland 64, Indiana 52

2001 - Duke 82, Arizona 72

2000 - Michigan State 89, Florida 76

1999 - Connecticut 77, Duke 74

1998 - Kentucky 78, Utah 69

1997 - Arizona 84, Kentucky 79, OT

1996 - Kentucky 76, Syracuse 67

1995 - UCLA 89, Arkansas 78

1994 - Arkansas 76, Duke 72

1993 - North Carolina 77, Michigan 71

1992 - Duke 71, Michigan 51

1991 - Duke 72, Kansas 65

1990 - UNLV 103, Duke 73

1989 - Michigan 80, Seton Hall 79, OT

1988 - Kansas 83, Oklahoma 79

1987 - Indiana 74, Syracuse 73

1986 - Louisville 72, Duke 69

1985 - Villanova 66, Georgetown 64

1984 - Georgetown 84, Houston 75

1983 - North Carolina State 54, Houston 52

1982 - North Carolina 63, Georgetown 62

1981 - Indiana 63, North Carolina 50

1980 - Louisville 59, UCLA 54

1979 - Michigan State 75, Indiana State 64

1978 - Kentucky 94, Duke 88

1977 - Marquette 67, North Carolina 59

1976 - Indiana 86, Michigan 68

1975 - UCLA 92, Kentucky 85

1974 - North Carolina State 76, Marquette 64

1973 - UCLA 87, Memphis State 66

1972 - UCLA 81, Florida State 76

1971 - UCLA 68, Villanova 62

1970 - UCLA 80, Jacksonville 69

1969 - UCLA 92, Purdue 72

1968 - UCLA 78, North Carolina 55

1967 - UCLA 79, Dayton 64

1966 - Texas Western 72, Kentucky 65

1965 - UCLA 91, Michigan 80

1964 - UCLA 98, Duke 83

1963 - Loyola, Ill. 60, Cincinnati 58, OT

1962 - Cincinnati 71, Ohio State 59

1961 - Cincinnati 70, Ohio State 65, OT

1960 - Ohio State 75, California 55

1959 - California 71, West Virginia 70

1958 - Kentucky 84, Seattle 72

1957 - North Carolina 54, Kansas 53, 3OT

1956 - San Francisco 83, Iowa 71

1955 - San Francisco 77, La Salle 63

1954 - La Salle 92, Bradley 76

1953 - Indiana 69, Kansas 68

1952 - Kansas 80, St. John's 63

1951 - Kentucky 68, Kansas State 58

1950 - CCNY 71, Bradley 68

1949 - Kentucky 46, Oklahoma State 36

1948 - Kentucky 58, Baylor 42

1947 - Holy Cross 58, Oklahoma 47

1946 - Oklahoma A&M 43, North Carolina 40

1945 - Oklahoma A&M 49, NYU 45

1944 - Utah 42, Dartmouth 40, OT

1943 - Wyoming 46, Georgetown 34

1942 - Stanford 53, Dartmouth 38

1941 - Wisconsin 39, Washington State 34

1940 - Indiana 60, Kansas 42

1939 - Oregon 46, Ohio State 34

TRANSACTIONS

BASEBALL

American League

CHICAGO WHITE SOX-Placed 1B Frank Thomas on the 15-day DL.Purchased the contracts of RHP Pablo Ozuna and C Chris Widger fromBirmingham of the IL. Optioned LHP Kevin Walker to Birmingham.

DETROIT TIGERS-Placed RHP Colby Lewis on the 15-day DL.

OAKLAND ATHLETICS-Named Webster Garrison hitting coach for Midlandof the Texas League, Juan Navarrete manager for Vancouver of theNorthwest League, and Raymond Abreu director of Latin Americanoperations.

SEATTLE MARINERS-Released LHP Ryan Anderson and RHP Rett Johnson.

TAMPA BAY DEVIL RAYS-Agreed to terms with C Charles Johnson on aone-year contract. Recalled OF Joey Gathright from Durham of the IL.

TORONTO BLUE JAYS-Purchased the contract of RHP Pete Walker fromSyracuse of the IL.

National League

CHICAGO CUBS-Agreed to terms with 3B Aramis Ramirez on a four-year contract.

NEW YORK METS-Placed RHP Kris Benson on the 15-day DL, retroactiveto March 29 and RHP Bartolome Fortunato on the 15-day DL, retroactiveto April 2. Recalled OF Victor Diaz from Norfolk of the IL andpurchased the contract of INF Marlon Anderson from Norfolk.Designated 1B Craig Brazell for assignment.

PITTSBURGH PIRATES-Placed LHP Sean Burnett on the 60-day DL.

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS-Placed RHP Mike Lincoln on the 15-day DL.

WASHINGTON NATIONALS-Placed RHP Francis Beltran on the 15-day DL.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

GREEN BAY PACKERS-Re-signed TE Ben Steele.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS-Signed RB David Allen. Released DE LionelBarnes.

MIAMI DOLPHINS-Signed CB Mario Edwards to a one-year contract.

GOLF

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PGA BellSouth Classic

Monday

At TPC at Sugarloaf

Duluth Ga.

Purse: $5 million

Yardage: 7,293; Par: 72

Final Round

x-won in playoff after four holes

x-Phil Mickelson, $900,000 74-65-69-208

Arjun Atwal, $330,000 77-67-64-208

Jose Maria Olazabal, $330,000 70-69-69-208

Brandt Jobe, $330,000 72-69-67-208

Rich Beem, $330,000 70-70-68-208

Frank Lickliter II, $161,875 71-70-68-209

Scott Dunlap, $161,875 72-68-69-209

Arron Oberholser, $161,875 72-68-69-209

Tag Ridings, $161,875 72-68-69-209

Charles Warren, $115,000 75-69-66-210

Dennis Paulson, $115,000 75-68-67-210

Hunter Haas, $115,000 75-68-67-210

Jay Williamson, $115,000 72-71-67-210

Lucas Glover, $115,000 74-67-69-210

Justin Bolli, $75,000 74-70-67-211

Dean Wilson, $75,000 72-70-69-211

Bob Tway, $75,000 71-70-70-211

Ryuji Imada, $75,000 70-71-70-211

Brian Bateman, $75,000 72-68-71-211

Billy Mayfair, $75,000 68-71-72-211

Joey Snyder III, $75,000 71-69-71-211

Omar Uresti, $50,000 71-74-67-212

Dan Forsman, $50,000 73-72-67-212

Retief Goosen, $50,000 72-69-71-212

Franklin Langham, $50,000 72-74-66-212

Stephen Leaney, $36,250 72-72-69-213

Jason Allred, $36,250 68-75-70-213

Brett Quigley, $36,250 69-74-70-213

J.J. Henry, $36,250 73-72-68-213

Michael Long, $36,250 73-68-72-213

Zach Johnson, $36,250 75-66-72-213

Tom Pernice, Jr., $27,071.43 73-71-70-214

Alex Cejka, $27,071.43 72-71-71-214

Jonathan Byrd, $27,071.43 72-72-70-214

Andrew Magee, $27,071.43 69-74-71-214

Steve Elkington, $27,071.43 73-70-71-214

Paul Claxton, $27,071.43 73-72-69-214

Scott McCarron, $27,071.42 69-69-76-214

John Elliott, $18,500 75-69-71-215

Neal Lancaster, $18,500 74-69-72-215

Len Mattiace, $18,500 75-69-71-215

Sean O'Hair, $18,500 74-70-71-215

John Huston, $18,500 70-73-72-215

Ted Purdy, $18,500 69-73-73-215

Glen Hnatiuk, $18,500 73-72-70-215

J.L. Lewis, $18,500 69-72-74-215

Kevin Stadler, $18,500 69-77-69-215

D.J. Brigman, $12,211.12 70-74-72-216

Gavin Coles, $12,211.11 73-71-72-216

Darron Stiles, $12,211.11 72-71-73-216

Joey Sindelar, $12,211.11 72-72-72-216

Peter Lonard, $12,211.11 74-69-73-216

Jeff Brehaut, $12,211.11 75-70-71-216

D.A. Points, $12,211.11 74-71-71-216

Robert Allenby, $12,211.11 74-72-70-216

Jason Bohn, $12,211.11 71-75-70-216

Hunter Mahan, $11,100 72-71-74-217

David Hearn, $11,100 70-73-74-217

Eric Axley, $11,100 75-69-73-217

Brendan Jones, $11,100 73-72-72-217

Heath Slocum, $11,100 73-73-71-217

Steve Stricker, $10,750 70-73-75-218

Carl Pettersson, $10,750 75-70-73-218

Hideto Tanihara, $10,450 69-75-75-219

Stewart Cink, $10,450 71-74-74-219

Rocco Mediate, $10,450 74-72-73-219

Tom Gillis, $10,450 77-69-73-219

Mathias Gronberg, $10,100 74-72-74-220

Casey Wittenberg, $10,100 75-71-74-220

Paul Goydos, $10,100 74-72-74-220

Jimmy Walker, $9,900 72-72-77-221

Aaron Baddeley, $9,800 72-74-76-222

Nick Watney, $9,700 76-70-78-224

Camilo Benedetti, $9,600 73-73-79-225

Bo Van Pelt, $9,500 70-75-81-226