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6B -fr The Burlington Free Press Tuesday, December 24, 2002 SCOREBOARD COLLEGE FOOTBALL Football Lonard, Shingo Katayama, Toru Tanigu-chi, Toshi Izawa. Top 50 players from world ranking published the week after The Players Championship: TBD. Today No events scheduled I The Associated Press Texas Tech's Taurean Henderson (right) dives into the end zone for a touchdown past Clem-son's Adell Duckett during the Tangerine Bowl on Monday. TexasTech trips Tigers The Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. A month layoff and an ankle injury did little to slow down Kliff Kingsbury.

Kingsbury became the third Division I-A player to top 5,000 yards passing in a season, throwing for 375 and three touchdowns as Texas Tech defeated Clemson 55-15 in the Tangerine Bowl on Monday. Texas Tech (9-5) won its first bowl game since beating Air Force in the 1995 Copper Bowl, and gave coach Mike Leach his first postseason victory. Five receivers caught touchdown passes for the Red Raiders, and Wes Welker had a 59-yard punt return for a score. It was the worst loss of the season for Clemson. Kingsbury, who was named the game's MVP, completed 32 of 43 passes and finished his career with 5,017 yards.

The only other players to reach the mark are BYU's Ty Detmer, who had 5,188 yards, and Houston's David Klingler, who had 5,140. 20. Xavier 6-2 164 20 21. Tulsa 6-1 146 22 22. Maryland 4-3 109 23 23.

North Carolina 7-2 100 24 24. N.C. State 6-1 67 25 25. Texas Tech 7-1 47 Others receiving votes: Minnesota 41 Stanford 37; Georgia 24; Gonzaga 24; Syracuse 21; Wake Forest 19; Clemson 18: Butler 15; Saint Joseph's 13; Oklahoma State 11; Brigham Young 10; LSU 10; Cincinnati Virginia West Virginia Southern Illinois Georgetown Hawaii College of Charleston Wyoming 2: Dayton Louisville 1 Oral Roberts 1 Pennsylvania Wisconsin 1. Monday's scores EAST Drexel 75, Colgate 54 Lehigh 54, Stony Brook 48 Manhattan 93, Hofstra 75 Massachusetts 76, Rider 54 Quinnipiac 78, Albany.

N.Y. 65 Rhode Island 71, lona 68 Rice 82, Navy 60 Rutgers 68. Morris Brown 48 Xavier 96, Siena 88 Yeshiva 72, CCNY 63 SOUTH Alabama 82. Morehead St. 64 Coastal Carolina 90, East Carolina 71 Florida 74, Charleston Southern 62 George Mason 55, Hartford 54 Maryland 101, UMBC 60 Mississippi 87, Evansville 69 N.C.-Wilmington 78, Coll.

of Charleston 69 Tennessee 79. W. Carolina 61 Tulane 94, Jackson St. 70 MIDWEST Chicago St. 79, Texas Southern 74 Indiana St.

73, 54 Michigan 85, E. Michigan 57 Iowa 81, Bay 67 Ohio St. 96. Radford 80 Valparaiso 654Cent. Michigan 51 Wisconsin 75, Ohio 51 SOUTHWEST Tulsa 78, TCU 65 FAR WEST Colorado 87, North Texas 71 New Mexico St.

66, Texas-Arlington College women's AP top 25 The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' women's college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Dec. 22, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week ranking: Record Pts Pv 1. Duke (41) 10-0 1,073 1 2LSU(1) 9-0 1,018 2 3. Connecticut (1) 9-0 1,001 3 4. Kansas St.

10-1 898 7 5. Tennessee 8-2 854 4 6. Stanford 6-1 811 5 7. Purdue 8-1 791 6 8. Texas Tech 7-1 736 9 9.

Vanderbilt 7-1 722 8 10. Arkansas 8-1 695 10 11. Minnesota 9-0 688 11 12. Notre Dame 6-1 616 12 13. North Carolina 8-1 575 13 14.

Mississippi St. 8-1 481 14 15. Texas 6-2 438 22 16. Louisiana Tech 7-2 434 17 17. Penn St.

7-2 392 16 18. South Carolina 8-1 309 18 19. Oklahoma 8-3 248 15 20. Boston College 6-2 194 19 21. Arizona 6-2 173 23 22.

UC Santa Barbara 4-1 142 23. Bay 8-2 132 25 24. Georgia 6-3 92 20 25. Michigan 8-1 71 Others receiving votes: Villanova 70, De-Paul 54, Colorado 52, Washington 39, West Virginia 27, Arizona St. 22.

Auburn 19, Ohio St. 18. BYU 15, Massachusetts 14, George Washington 13, Cincinnati 12, Alabama 11, Xavier 6, New Mexico 5, Mississippi 4, Illinois 3, Richmond 3, Dayton 2, Baylor 1, Virginia Tech 1. Monday's scores EAST Delaware 77, Marist 49 SOUTH Kentucky 106, Morris Brown 32 MIDWEST Notre Dame 46. Colorado St.

45 FAR WEST Idaho 66, S. Utah 64 Petrino to coach Louisville LOUISVILLE, Ky. Auburn offensive coordinator Bob Petrino was hired as Louisville's coach Monday, replacing his former boss who moved on to Michigan State. Petrino follows John L. Smith, who left the Cardinals last week after five seasons.

Wesleyan players held on bond: At Mid-dletown, two Wesleyan players, running back Young Douglas and linebacker Daniel Qui-nones, were ordered held on $75,000 bond on charges they robbed a clothing store at gunpoint. Wire reports Baseball College Preseason top 25 TUCSON, Ariz. The top 25 teams In the preseason Collegiate Baseball poll with 2002 records, point totals and final ranking (voting by coaches, sports writers and sports information directors): Record Pts Pvs 1. Texas 57-15 496 1 2. Florida State 60-14 493 9 3.

Southern Cal 37-24 490 12 4. Rice 52-14 489 7 5. Georgia Tech 52-16 485 5 6. Louisiana State 44-22 484 11 7. Cal St.

Fullerton 37-22 479 8. South Carolina 57-18 477 2 9 Stanford 47-18 475 4 10. Houston 48-17 470 10 11. Mississippi St. 34-24-1 468 12.

Arizona State 37-21 464 13. Long Beach St. 39-21 462 H.Miami 34-29 458 17 15. Wake Forest 47-13-1 457 14 16. Richmond 53-13 456 13 17.

Baylor 36-26 450 18. Clemson 54-18 449 3 19. Notre Dame 50-18 447 6 20. South Alabama 42-19 445 25 21. Florida Atlantic 46-21 440 15 22.

Nebraska 47-21 438 8 23. Tulane 36-27 437 24. SW Missouri St. 43-21 432 25. California 29-27 430 Transactions Monday's moves BASEBALL American League CLEVELAND INDIANS Agreed to terms with LHP Brian Anderson on a one-year contract.

Agreed to terms with A.J. Hinch on a minor league contract. OAKLAND ATHLETICS Signed OF Chris Singleton to a one-year contract with a club option for 2004. TEXAS RANGERS Agreed to terms with RHP Jovanny Cedeno on a minor league contract. National League SAN DIEGO PADRES Agreed to terms with Gary Bennett on a one-year contract.

Central League JACKSON SENATORS Released LHP Efren Canchola and LHP J.O. Hardcastle. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association ATLANTA HAWKS Placed Ema-nual Davis on the injured list. PHILADELPHIA 76ERS Claimed Kenny Satterfield off waivers from the Denver Nuggets. NBA Development League COLUMBUS RIVERDRAGONS Traded Jermaine Walker to Huntsville for Greg Stempin.

GREENVILLE GROOVE-Acquired Soumaila Semake. Waived Shawn Igo. WNBA WNBA Named John Maxwell director of basketball communications. FOOTBALL National Football League CHICAGO BEARS-Signed Jeff Grzeskowiak to the practice squad. GREEN BAY PACKERS-Waived OL Alcender Jackson.

Waived OL Pete Campion from the practice squad. Canadian Football League HAMILTON TIGER-CATS Resigned coach Ron Lancaster to a three-year contract. HOCKEY National Hockey League ATLANTA THRASHERS Recalled Milan Hnilicka from Chicago of the AHL. BOSTON BRUINS Recalled Tim Thomas from Providence of the AHL. COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS-Acti-vated LW Rick Nash from the injured list.

LOS ANGELES KINGS Placed RW Adam Deadmarsh on the injured list, retroactive to Dec. 16. Activated Derek Armstrong from the injured list. MONTREAL CANADIENS Recalled Ron Hainsey from Hamilton of the AHL. NEW YORK ISLANDERS Recalled LW Raffi Torres from Bridgeport of the AHL.

Assigned Alain Nasreddine to Bridgeport. American Hockey League GRAND RAPIDS GRIFFINS Assigned Chad Alban to Kalamazoo of the UHL. East Coast Hockey League GREENVILLE GRRROWL Suspended Jonathan Roy. TOLEDO STORM Announced that RW Alexandre Jacques has been called up by Saint John of the AHL. SOCCER Major League Soccer METROSTARS Acquired Eddie Pope, Jaime Moreno and MF Richie Williams from C.

United for Mike Petke, a first-round 2003 draft pick and an allocation. WRESTLING USA WRESTLING Named Iowa State coach Bobby Douglas coach, and iowa assistant coach Tom Brands assistant coach of the U.S. Freestyle World team. COLLEGE SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE-Named Tom Burnett commissioner. ALCORN STATE Announced Jeff Cammon has been ruled ineligible to play basketball for the remainder of the season for failing to meet requirements for another year of eligibility.

JACKSON STATE Named James Bell football coach. NEBRASKA Named Bo Pelini defensive coordinator. WASHBURN Named Tim Collins women's soccer coach. Trivia Today's answer Louisiana Tech won 54 in a row from 1980-82. Mount Mansfield 59.

Middlebury 54 Rice 87, North Country 63 Vergennes 87, Fair Haven 50 Montpelier 80, Enosburg 61 Missisquoi 67, Lamoille 59 St. Johnsbury 61, Spaulding 41 Randolph 61, Northfield 39 Thetford 79, Lyndon 57 High school girls hockey Stowe 7, U-32 1 Vermont schedule Today's games No games scheduled LEBANON, N.H. Latest skiing conditions as supplied by SnoCountry Mountain Reports. Skiing conditions are subject to change due to weather, skier traffic and other factors. Be aware of changing conditions: Ascutney Mountain loose granular groomed 24 36 base 23 of 56 trails, 41 open, 4 of 6 lifts, sm Mon-Fri: 9a-4p; SatSun: Dec 26: 40 trails 6 lifts Bear Creek Open 1222 2 trails, 1 lift, 9a-4p Bolton Valley loose granular groomed 6 20 base 28 of 55 trails, 51 open, 4 of 6 lifts, Mon: 9a-4p; Tue-Fri; 9a-9p; Sat: 9a-9p; Sun: 9a-4p Bromley Mountain loose granular groomed 14-32 base 37 of 43 trails, 86 open, 9 of 9 lifts, sm Mon-Fri: SatSun: Burke Mountain 1 new frozen granular groomed 6 20 base 24 of 38 trails 63 open, 3 of 4 lifts, Mon-Fri: 9a-4p; SatSun: 9a-4p Haystack loose granular groomed 14 35 base 29 of 42 trails, 7 miles.

90 acres, 70 open, 4 of 4 lifts, sm Mon-Fri: 8a-4p; SatSun: 8a-4p Jay Peak 4 new packed powder groomed 16 -40 base 60 of 75 trails, 80 open, 8 of 8 lifts, Mon-Fri: 9a-4p: SatSun: Killington loose granular groomed 25 55 base 119 of 200 trails, 55 miles, 59 open, 20 of 31 lifts, sm Mon-Fri: 9a-4p; SatSun: Dec 28: 150 trails, 29 lifts, 60 miles Mad River Glen loose granular 6 32 base 35 of 45 trails, 80 open, 4 of 5 lifts, Mon-Fri: Sat Sun: Dec 25: Magic Mountain frozen granular groomed 12 24 base 27 of 34 trails, 100 acres, 74 open, 3 of 4 lifts, sm Mon-Fri: SatSun: Middlebury College Snow Bowl loose granular groomed 8 38 base 8 of 17 trails, 47 open, 3 of 3 lifts, sm Mon-Fri: SatSun: Dec 25: not open Mount Snow loose granular groomed 14 35 base 72 of 145 trails, 32 miles 445 acres, 50 open, 14 of 23 lifts, sm Mon-Fri: 9a-4p; SatSun: 8a-4p Okemo Mountain loose granular groomed 20 40 base 104 of 106 trails, 542 acres, 98 open, 15 of 16 lifts, sm Mon-Fri: 9a-4p; SatSun: 8a-4p Pico Mtn at Killington loose granular groomed 25 45 base 23 of 48 trails, 9 miles, 48 open, 3 of 6 lifts, sm Mon-Fri: 9a-4p; SatSun; 8a-4p: Dec 28: 25 trails, 3 lifts, 10 miles Quechee Lakes loose granular groomed 14-30 base 6 of 12 trails, 50 open, 3 of 3 lifts, Mon-Fri: 9a-4p; SatSun 9a-4p; Dec 25: 12p-4p Smugglers' Notch 3 new loose granular groomed 12 -40 base 36 of 72 trails, 134 acres, 50 open, 8 of 8 lifts, sm Mon-Fri: SatSun: 8a-4p Stowe 1 new loose granular groomed 26 42 base 36 of 53 trails, 68 open 8 of 12 lifts, sm Mon-Fri: 8a-4p; SatSun: i Stratton Mountain loose granular groomed 19-48 base 76 of 90 trails, 29 miles, 402 acres. 84 open, 11 of 16 lifts, sm Mon-Fri: SatSun: Sugarbush 1 new variable groomed 3 60 base 76 of 115 trails, 66 open, 12 of 17 lifts, sm Mon-Fri: 8a-4p; SatSun: 8a-4p Suicide Six 5 OOp loose granular groomed 12 20 base 6 of 23 trails, 26 open 2 of 3 lifts, Mon-Fri: 9a-4p; SatSun: 9a-4p; Dec Top 16 players and ties from 2002 Masters: Phil Mickelson, Pad-raig Harrington, Sergio Garcia, Miguel Angel Jimenez, Adam Scott, Angel Cabrera, Chris DiMarco, Brad Faxon, Davis Love III, Shigeki Maruyama, Colin Montgomery Top eight players and ties from 2002 U.S. Open: Jeff Maggert, Scott Hoch. Billy Mayfair, Nick Price, Tom By-rum. Top four players and ties from 2002 British Open: Thomas Level, Stuart Appleby, Steve Elkinqton.

Top four players and ties from 2002 PGA Championship: Chris Riley, Fred Funk, Justin Leonard. Top 40 players from the 2002 PGA Tour money list: Jerry Kelly, Charles Howell III, Jim Furyk, Jeff Slu-man, Choi, Len Mattiace, Robert Al-lenby. Rocco Mediate, John Rollins, Bob Estes, Kenny Perry, Loren Roberts, Scott McCarron, Steve Lowery, Phil Ta-taurangi, John Cook, Kevin Sutherland, Craig Parry, Jonathan Byrd, Pat Perez. Top 10 players from the 2003 PGA Tour money list after The Players Championship: TBD. Top 50 players from the final 2002 world ranking: Michael Campbell, Darren Clarke, Eduardo Romero, Scott Verplank, Thomas Biorn, Niclas Fasth, Justin Rose, Mike Weir, Peter Vermont scores Monday's results High school girls basketball Winooski 60, United Christian 23 Bellows Falls 75, Rice 50 Montpelier 63, Lyndon 37 Chelsea 46, Rochester 40 Peoples 43, Richford 22 Enosburg 40, Lake Region 37 Oxbow 54, U-32 52 Milton 53, Harwood 31 Danville 51, Northfield 17 High school boys basketball Essex 61, BFA-St.

Albans 24 Burlington 68, South Burlington 47 NFL AMERICAN CONFERENCE East WIT Pel PF PA Miami 9 6 0 .600 354 274 Y. Jets 8 7 0 .533 317 319 New England 8 7 0 .533 354 322 Buffalo .7 8 0 .467 352 388 South Pet PF PA x-Tennessee10 5 0 .667 354 321 Indianapolis 9 6 0 .600 329 300 Jacksonville 6 9 0 .400 315 295 Houston 4 11 0 .267 210 343 North WIT Pet PF PA x-Pittsburgh 9 5 1 .633 356 314 Cleveland 8 7 0 .533 320 304 Baltimore 7 8 0 .467 285 320 Cincinnati 2 13 0 .133 270 429 West Pet PF PA x-Oakland 10 5 0 .667 426 304 Denver 8 7 0 .533 355 337 Kansas City 8 7 0 .533 467 375 San Diego 8 7 0 ,533 305 336 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East HIT Pet PF PA x-Philadel. 12 3 0 .800 408 231 Y. Giants 9 6 0 .600 310 272 Washington 6 9 0 .400 287 351 Dallas 5 10 0 .333 203 309 South Pet PF PA x-TampaBay11 4 0 .733 331 196 Atlanta 9 5 1 .633 386 290 New Orleans 9 6 0 .600 426 378 Carolina 6 9 0 .400 248 296 North WIT Pet PF PA x-GreenBay 12 3 0 .800 381 286 Minnesota 5 10 0 .333 352 406 Chicago 4 11 0 .267 281 364 Detroit 3 12 0 .200 270 413 West WIT Pet PF PA x-San Fran. 10 5 0 .667 347 320 St.

Louis 6 9 0 .400 285 349 Seattle 6 9 0 .400 324 341 Arizona 5 10 0 .333 255 380 x-clinched division Saturday's Games Minnesota 20. Miami 17 San Francisco 17, Arizona 14 Philadelphia 27. Dallas 3 Sunday's Games Atlanta 36, Detroit 15 Green Bay 10, Buffalo 0 Washington 26, Houston 10 Carolina 24, Chicago 14 N.Y. Giants 44, Indianapolis 27 Tennessee 28, Jacksonville 10 Kansas City 24, San Diego 22 Cincinnati 20, New Orleans 13 Cleveland 14. Baltimore 13 Seattle 30.

St. Louis 10 Oakland 28. Denver 16 N.Y. Jets 30, New England 17 Monday's Game Pittsburgh 17. Tampa Bay 7 Saturday, Dec.

28 Philadelphia at N.Y. Giants, 1:30 p.m. Kansas City at Oakland, 5 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 29 Minnesota at Detroit, 1 p.m.

Dallas at Washington, 1 p.m. Tennessee at Houston, 1 p.m. Miami at New England, 1 p.m. Baltimore at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m. Cincinnati at Buffalo, 1 p.m.

Atlanta at Cleveland, 1 p.m. Carolina at New Orleans, 1 p.m. Jacksonville at Indianapolis, 4:05 p.m. Green Bay at N.Y. Jets, 4:15 p.m.

Seattle at San Diego, 4:15 p.m. Arizona at Denver, 4:15 p.m. Tampa Bay at Chicago, 8:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 30 San Francisco at St.

Louis, 9 p.m. Steelers 17, Buccaneers 7 Pittsburgh 17 0 0 017 Tampa Bay 0 0 0 7 7 First Quarter Pit Randle El 1 1 pass from Maddox (Reed kick), 12:01. Pit Scott 30 interception return (Reedkick. 11:10. Pit FG Reed 26, 4:24.

Drive: 9 plays, 70 yards. 5:04. Fourth Quarter TB K.Johnson 18 pass from R.Johnson (Gramatica kick), 1:14. Late Sunday Jets 30, Patriots 17 N.Y. Jets 14 3 3 1030 New England 7 3 7 0 17 First Quarter NY Coles 32 pass from Pennington (Hall kick).

9:47. NE Faulk 87 kickoff return (Vinatieri kick), 9:33. NY Moss 1 1 pass from Pennington (Hall kick). 2:55. Second Quarter NE FG Vinatieri 49, 9:49.

NY-FG Hall 39, 4:24. Drive: 12 plays, 50 yards, 5:25. Third Quarter NE Faurla 6 pass from Brady (Vinatieri kick), 6:19. NY-FG Hall 23, 1:50. Fourth Quarter NY Chrebet 15 pass from Pennington (Hall kick), 8:45.

NY-FG Hall 43, 2:31. NY NE First downs 19 14 Rushes-yards 31-108 23-97 Passing 285 119 Punt Returns 3-47 4-26 Kickoff Returns 4-98 7-220 Interceptions Ret, 1-23 0-0 Comp-Att-Int 23-34-0 19-37-1 Sacked-Yards Lost 0-0 2-14 Punts Fumbles-Lost 2-0 2-1 Penalties-Yards 7-60 4-30 Time of Possession 34 22 25 38 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING New York, Martin 26-106. Jordan 2-2, Pennington 3-0. New England, A.Smith 14-46, Brady 4-24, Faulk 2-13, M.Edwards 2-7, Patten 1-7. PASSING-New York, Pennington 23-33-0-285, Anderson 0-1-0-0.

New England, Brady 19-37-1-133. RECEIVING New York. Coles 5-78 Anderson 5-34, Moss 4-77, Chrebet 4-61, Becht 2-21, Sowell 1-7, Baker 1-4, Martin 1-3. New England, Patten 5-38 Faulk 4-38, A.Smith 4-22, Fauria 2-12, T.Brown 2-8, M.Edwards 1-9, Givens 1-6. MISSED FIELD GOALS-None.

College Bowls Tuesday, Dec. 17 New Orleans Bowl North Texas 24, Cincinnati 19 Wednesday, Dec. 18 GMAC Bowl Mobile, Ala. Marshall 38, Louisville 15 Monday Tangerine Bowl At Orlando, Fla. Texas Tech 55, Clemson 15 Wednesday Las Vegas Bowl WNBA: UCLA (7-5) vs.

New Mexico (7-6), 4:30 p.m. (ESPN) Hawaii Bowl At Honolulu Tulane (7-5) vs. Hawaii (10-3), 8 p.m. (ESPN) Thursday Motor City Bowl At Detroit Toledo (9-4) vs. Boston College (8-4), 5 p.m.

(ESPN) Insight Bowl At Phoenix Oregon State (8-4) vs. Pittsburgh (8-4), 8:30 p.m. (ESPN) Friday, Dec. 27 Houston Bowl Southern Mississippi (7-5) vs. Oklahoma State (7-5), 1 p.m.

(ESPN) Independence Bowl At Shreveport, La. Nebraska (7-6) vs. Mississippi (6-6), 4:30 p.m. (ESPN) Holiday Bowl At San Diego Kansas State (10-2) vs. Arizona State (8-5), 8 p.m.

(ESPN) Saturday, Dec. 28 Alamo Bowl At San Antonio Colorado (9-4) vs. Wisconsin (7-6), 8 p.m. (ESPN) Continental Tire Bowl At Charlotte, N.C. West Virginia (9-3) vs.

Virginia (8-5), 11 a.m.(ESPN2) Div. I-AA poll PHILADELPHIA The final top 25 teams in the Sports Network Division I-AA football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, final records and pre-play-off ranking: Record Pts Pvs 1. W.Kentucky(41) 12-3 1,120 15 2. McNeese State (4) 13-2 1.083 1 3. Georgia Southern 11-3 1,012 2 4.

Villanova 11-4 965 12 5. Western Illinois 11-2 954 3 6. Maine 11-3 850 7 7. Montana 11-3 848 9 8. Grambling State 11-2 771 4 9.

Furman 8-4 649 6 10. Appalachian St. 8-4 631 5 11. Northeastern 10-3 624 8 12. Fordham 10-3 619 21 13.

Eastern Illinois 6-4 558 10 14. Wofford 9-3 542 14 15. Bethune-Cook 11-2 532 11 16. Northwestern St. 9-4 514 13 17.

Pennsylvania 9-1 408 16 18 Idaho State 8-3 345 17 19. Montana State 7-6 273 24 20. Murray State 7-5 225 23 21. Eastern Kentucky 8-4 217 19 22. Gardner-Webb 9-1 214 18 23.

Nicholls State 7-4 204 20 24. Southeast Missouri 8-4 141 22 25. Colgate 9-3 106 25 Div. Ill poll Final Record Pts Pvs 1 1. MU Union, Ohio (49) 14-0 2.

Trinity, Texas 14-1 3. Bridgewater, Va. 11-1 4. St. John's, Minn.

12-2 5. John Carroll, Ohio 12-2 6. Linfield, Ore. 10-1 7. Wabash, Ind.

12-1 8. M. Hardin-Baylor, Tx 10-1 9. Rowan, N.J. 10-1 10.

Wittenberg, Ohio 10-2 11. Wheaton, III. 10-2 12. Hanover, Ind. 10-1 1,225 1,175 1.062 1,056 4 2 6 971 11 937 7 869 9 803 5 766 3 736 10 707 12 625 8 565 -523 16 517 15 424 13 409 23 356 17 290 -262 19 251 24 239 20 234 14 204 18 104 22 13.

Brockport N.Y. 10-3 14. Coe, Iowa 10-2 10-2 9- 1 10- 2 9-1 9- 3 8- 2 9- 3 7-4 10- 1 9-2 9-1 15. Wartburg, Iowa 16. Widener.

Pa. 17. Muhlenberg. Pa. 18.

Howard Payne, Tx 19. King Pa. 20. Springfield. Mass.

21. Wash, i Pa. 22. Crosse 23. MacMurray, III.

24. Alma, Mich. 25. St. Norbert, Wis.

Basketball College men's AP top 25 The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' men college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Dec. 22, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking: Record Pts Pv 1. Alabama (35) 6-0 1.718 2 2. Pittsburgh (14) 8-0 1,673 4 3. Duke (16) 6-0 1,657 3 4.

Arizona (5) 5-1 1,551 1 5. Oklahoma 6-1 1,406 7 6. Connecticut 7-0 1,299 8 7. Illinois (1) 8-0 1,279 12 8. Notre Dame 10-1 1,250 9 9.

Texas 7-2 1,135 10 10 Indiana 8-1 1,113 6 11. Oregon 8-1 1,029 5 12. Florida 8-2 917 13 13. Marquette 7-1 822 14 U.Kentucky 6-2 806 18 15. Michigan St.

7-2 761 15 16. Mississippi St. 7-1 756 16 17. Missouri 6-1 726 11 18. Creighton 9-0 614 20 19.

Kansas 6-3 585 19 20. Tulsa 6-1 334 22 21. Xavier 6-2 314 21 22. North Carolina 7-2 296 23 23. Maryland 4-3 212 24 24.

LSU 7-1 173 25. Wake Forest 6-0 87 Others receiving votes: Saint Joseph's 77, Georgetown 52, Butler 51, Stanford 47, N.C. State 46. Georgia 34. Cincinnati 27, Texas Tech 25.

Virginia 24, Minnesota 22, Clemson 20, Gonzaga 19, Syracuse 19, Oklahoma St. 17, BYU 16, Louisville 15, Coll. of Charleston 12, Iowa St. 11, Wisconsin 11, West Virginia 9, Wyoming 5, Penn 2, N. Arizona 1.

USA TodayESPN top 25 The top 25 teams in the USA Today-ESPN men's college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Dec. 22, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking: Record Pts Pv I. Duke (19) 6-0 756 2 2 Pittsburgh (6) 8-0 724 3 3. Alabama (4) 8-0 716 4 4. Arizona (1) 5-1 679 1 S.Oklahoma 6-1 610 7 6.

Connecticut (1) 7-0 606 8 7. Illinois 8-0 546 12 8. Notre Dame 10-1 512 11 9. Oregon 8-1 508 5 10. Texas 7-2 505 9 II.

Indiana 8-1 500 6 12. Marquette 7-1 365 14 13. Florida 8-2 354 13 14. Kentucky 6-2 332 16 15. Michigan State 7-2 319 15 16.

Missouri 6-1 305 10 17. Mississippi State 7-1 304 17 18 Creighton 9-0 275 19 19. Kansas 6-3 237 18 League MORNING BREAK Masters mails 87 invitations Lefty Anderson rejoins Indians Golf PGA Masters field AUGUSTA, Ga. Players eligible for the 2003 Masters, to be played April 10-13 at Augusta National Golf Club. The rest of the field will be determined after The Players Championship the last week in March.

Players listed in only one category. Masters champions: Tiger Woods. Vijay Singh, Jose Maria Ola-zabal, Mark O'Meara, Nick Faldo, Ben Crenshaw, Bernhard Langer, Fred Couples, Ian Woosnam, Sandy Lyle, Larry Mize, Jack Nicklaus, Seve Ballesteros, Craig Stadler, Tom Watson, Fuzzy Zoel-ler, Gary Player, Raymond Floyd, Tommy Aaron, Charles Coody. U.S. Open champions (last five years): Retief Goosen, Lee Janzen.

British Open champions (last five years): Ernie Els, David Duval, Paul Lawrie. PGA champions (last five years): Rich Beem. David Toms. Players Championship (last three years): Craig Perks. U.S.

Amateur champion and runner-up: Ricky Barnes, Hunter Ma-han. British Amateur champion: Alejandro Larrazabal. U.S. Amateur Public Links champion: Ryan Moore. U.S.

Mid-Amateur champion: George Zahringer. IN VERMONT The final world golf ranking of the year was published Monday and set in motion a holiday tradition: Masters invitations are in the mail. The 87 players who already have qualified include a record 39 foreign-born players and 10 professionals who will be making their first trip to Augusta National, such as PGA champion Rich Beem and rookie Jonathan Byrd. Among those not on the invitation list are John Daly, Tom Lehman, Paul Azinger and Mark Calca-vecchia, who will have to play hard in the first three months of next season to have a chance at playing in the Masters. The final field will not be determined until after The Players Championship.

BASKETBALL Leslie, Miller honored: In Colorado Springs, Lisa Leslie and Reggie Miller were selected Monday as the USA Basketball Female and Male Athletes of the Year. Leslie, of the WNBA's Los Angeles Sparks, earned the honor for the third time after leading the United States to the world title. She also won in 1993 and 1998. Miller, a star guard of the Indiana Pacers, was cited for his contributions at the world championships, where a team of NBA players finished in sixth place. El BASEBALL Anderson returns to Indians: In Cleveland, Brian Anderson, who last appeared in a Cleveland uniform during the 1997 World Series, will return to pitch for his hometown team next year.

Anderson and the Indians agreed to a one-year contract, and he figures to fill a spot in the starting rotation. Athletics sign Singleton: In Oakland, the Athletics shored up their outfield, signing free agent Chris Singleton to a one-year contract with a club option for 2004. Padres add Bennett: In San Diego, the Padres signed catcher Gary Bennett to a one-year contract, after Colorado declined to offer him a contract for 2003. SAILING Oracle not penalized for radar: In Auckland, New Zealand, no penalty was imposed on Oracle of San Francisco, even though a jury ruled the syndicate broke America's Cup rules by using a sophisticated radar system during races. MLS United, MetroStars work trade: In Washington, D.C.

United broke up the remnants of its championship teams, sending forward Jaime Moreno, defender Eddie Pope and midfielder Richie Williams Basketball Recreational Burlington Parks Rec Women's Sunday's scores Above the Rim 44, Cupcakes 40; Waterfront Catering 60, Doggie Daycare 52; Veterans 49, Misfits 40. Racquet's Edge Men's League Championship Chuck's Mobil 80, Pioneer Painting 76 enters tumultuous period Continued from Page 5B sports finance analyst. "What they're doing now, it looks like weakness, but I actually think it's strength," Ganis said. "They have confidence in their business model that they can eliminate clubs that can't survive in the short term." The WNBA started with eight teams in 1997 and expanded to 16. Ackerman said the league most likely will play with fewer than 16 teams in 2003 but hopes to return to that number in 2004.

Hartford, where the University of Connecticut has generated high interest in the women's game, is the league's top non-NBA target market and could have a WNBA team next summer. Also under consideration are Nashville, Pittsburgh and St. Louis. The league might place a team in Oakland, in 2004 that would be owned by the Golden State Warriors, Ackerman said. In 2002, leaguewide attendance averaged 9,228 during the regular season.

The league has averaged more than 9,000 fans since its inception, but critics say many tickets are given away or sold at steep discounts. Supporters point out the NBA needed a quarter-century to build such an attendance. "There's so much people are missing in terms of how these girls are role models and how they're impacting the community," Goch said. "No, it's not on a ledger, but it's important." The league ultimately must answer to the bottom line. Ackerman describes the WNBA's losses as "significant." Some teams have had single-season deficits of more than $1 million a big number in a league where a season's revenues range from $2 million to $3 million.

Before a seventh season can begin, the league must reach a new collective bargaining agree ment. Negotiations opened last month, but Pam Wheeler, the union's director of operations, said her group is waiting for the league to respond to its initial proposal. The players seek a pension plan, looser restrictions on endorsement deals, some form of free agency and higher salaries, Wheeler said. The average salary is $46,000. "At this point it becomes incumbent on the league to make good on its promise that when the league becomes successful it would repay the players for their sacrifices," Wheeler said.

to the MetroStars for defender Mike Petke, a 2003 first-round draft pick and a United did retain one future player allocation. stalwart from its three MLS titles, re-signing seven-time all-star midfielder Marco Etcheverry to a one-year deal. Wire reports.