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C6 THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 2014 THE HARTFORD COURANT SP RTS CENTRAL FOOTBALL UCONN Manuel On Va. Tech Job: 'I Am Not A Candidate' Blue Devils Officially Welcome Rossomando UConn's affiliation with the American Athletic Conference and Manuel's desire to get into one of the power conferences that are guaranteed a shot at the College Football Playoff. "The writing is on the wall," Roberts said. "Manuel is trying to get in while the getting is good." Manuel, a 1990 graduate of Michigan where he lettered in football and track and field, came to UConn from the University at Buffalo, where he was AD for six years. He has been at the center of many projects at UConn, helping to navigate fundraisingthat is financing the construction of the new basketball facility and the hiring of new hockey and football coaches.

However, UConn is in the midst of an uncertain athletic future as a charter member of the AAC after being rejected by the Atlantic Coast Conference. Virginia Tech, a football powerhouse that has produced players such as Michael Vick, is in the ACC and remains a key player in the world of college athletics. The Holdes have more all-time wins than any other program in the ACC. Lane Stadium in Blacksburg, which seats more than 66,000, is considered one of the nation's loudest stadiums and in 2005 was recognized by Rivals.com as having the best home-field advantage in the country. It would be quite a step up from Rentschler Field in East Hartford.

Manuel, considered a rising administrative star, helped Buffalo regain its footing, particularly academically. When he arrived four programs football, men's basketball, wrestling, and baseball were far below the NCAA Academic Progress Rate cut score of 925. By the end of 2009-10. all four teams posted a four-year APR rate above the cut score. He has faced the same challenge at UConn, where the academic standing of its men's basketball team led to its exclusion from postseason play last season.

Manuel signed a five-year contract with UConn in 2012, with the option for a two-year extension at the discretion of the university. He is paid a base salary of $450,000 a year and has been eligible for a $100,000 performance incentive annually if certain academic and athletic goals are achieved and is eligible for $100,000 in deferred compensation to be awarded at the conclusion of his five-year contract Athletic Director Denies Radio Report By JOHN ALTAVILLA jaltavillacourant.com For the same reasons UConn hired Warde Manuel to be athletic director in 2012, the university likely understands others will view him just as favorably when looking for one of their own. But on Wednesday, Manuel denied a Roanoke, Va, radio report that said he was high on the list of candidates to become the next AD at Virginia Tech. "I am not a candidate, have not been interviewed nor have I been contacted by Virginia Tech about its director of athletics position despite some recent media reports," Manuel said in a statement released by UConn. "I am very happy as the director of athletics at UConn and look forward to continuing to work with President Susan Herbst, my coaches, staff, student-athletes, donors and fans to enjoy a high level of continued success in athletics at UConn.

I wish Virginia Tech all the best in their search to replace one of the legends in our business, Jim Weaver." Weaver, the Holdes' AD for the past 16 years, is retiring at the end of the year because of multiple health concerns, including an 11-year battle with Parkinson's. Tuesday night, a user posting on a website devoted to conversation and coverage of Holdes athletics thekeyplay.com intimated that Manuel would be on a short list of six for the job, along with Chris Plonsky Texas women's director of athletics; Michael Kelly, chief operating officer at College Football Playoff; Whit Babcock, Cincinnati AD; Jeff Bourne, James Madison University AD; and John Ballein, an associate athletic director for football at Virginia Tech. The report originated from a radio talk show hosted by Greg Roberts on WFIR in Roanoke, Va. The subject of the show, which aired Tuesday, was the future of Virginia Tech athletics. The Manuel connection was discussed in the midst of a nearly 55-minute segment.

Roberts claimed that Manuel, 45, had become a candidate in large part because of UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAVEN PETE ROSSOMANDO is the new football coach for Central Connecticut. He has a career record of 42-13 and led New Haven to three consecutive Northeast-10 Conference titles in 2010-12. all-purpose yards a game last season for Central (4-8). Rossomando, 41, signed a four-year contract Additional terms were not available. Mclnerney was paid $138,320 in 2012, according to the Yankee Institute's online database.

Rossomando, who will be introduced at a news conference Friday, met a few players Wednesday. Because New Haven students were on break as his negotiations played out with Central, he couldn't address the team he was leaving. He did record a video to mail to every player. "Once you set emotions aside and look at the job and the opportunity with people I've grown to respect at Central, it just made sense," Rossomando said. "It's a higher level, a better conference with an automatic qualifier to the NCAA playoffs.

This is the right thing to do." In a news release, Central athletic director Paul Schlickmann said, "He emerged from a very deep and competitive pool of candidates by virtue of his exceptional success as a head coach, the clarity and substance of his plan, his reputation as a man of character and ultimately his passion for the job." Rossomando said he is likely to hire several members of his New Haven staff. His recruiting will be rooted in Connecticut but will extend throughout the Northeast. Central awards the NEC maximum of 40 scholarships. A native of Staten Island, NY, Rossomando played football at Boston University in 1990-93. He has Northeast Conference experience, having served as an assistant at Albany for seven seasons.

Rossomando and his wife, Jessica, live in Oxford with their three children. "I'm exhilarated," he said. "I'm full of energy and ready to get going and get this ship pointed in the right direction." By MIKE ANTHONY manthonycourant.com Pete Rossomando talked Wednesday about generating more fan interest in Central Connecticut football and might have done that with his first comments about the team he is taking over. "You're going to see a spread, highflying offense," said Rossomando, who was officially announced as the 13th Central coach in program history. "You're going toseealotof Rob Hollomon.

He'll touch the ball a lot of different ways. Central is blessed with a lot of skill-position guys, and I think we'll score a lot of points." A new era is about to begin at Arute Field, just like one began in 2007 at DellaCamera Stadium. Rossomando spent six years and five seasons as coach at the University of New Haven, which restarted its football program after a five-year hiatus. The Chargers became the class of the Northeast-10 under Rossomando, who won three conference titles and was 42-13. He was a three-time NE-10 coach of the year and the 2012 Division II coach of the year.

At Central, Rossomando replaces Jeff Mclnerney, who resigned after eight seasons. Mclnerney led Central to NEC championships in 2009 and 2010 but was 10-23 the past three seasons. Central allowed an average of 35.4 points last season. New Haven (8-3) outscored opponents by an average of 40.2 to 24.8 last season. Rossomando's teams at New Haven averaged 35.9 points scored in his 55 games.

"Defensively, we'll be a team that runs to the ball and plays with a ferocity you haven't seen in a while, and one that gets after the quarterback," Rossomando said. "On special teams, we'll treat every ldckoff return like it's an offensive play, trying to take it to the house every single time." Hollomon, who will be a senior, was the FCS leader with an average of 189.17 SCOREBOARD AP Women's Top 25 AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUE EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC GP OL SL PTS SUPER BOWL XLVIII DENVER VS. SEATTLE: SUNDAY, FEB. 2, 6:30, FOX INSIDE THE NUMBERS: RUNNING BACKS 44 26 12 42 21 15 40 21 16 38 19 15 38 15 16 Manchester Providence St. John's Worcester Portland EAST MEN'S BASKETBALL EASTERN 84, KEENE STATE 53 KEENE STATE (5-10): Doyle 9-20 3-4 23, Howard 1-4 0-0 2, Tipton 4-13 1-2 9, Hammel 0-0 0-0 0, Edwards 2-4 2-2 6, Walker 0-6 0-2 0, Hepple 1-4 0-0 2, Gagliolo 0-2 3-4 3, Fragola 0-2 0-0 0, Murphy 0-0 0-0 0, Ozzella 1-5 1-3 4, Lunn 1-2 2-2 4.

Totals 19-62 12-20 53. EASTERN (12-4): Kuczenski 1-2 0-0 2, Yarborough 1-2 5-6 7, Salzillo 3-13 3-3 17, Preston 5-6 3-3 16, Garrow 7-15 4-7 20, Sciro 0-1 0-0 0, Agyemang 0-0 1-2 1, Nunez 0-2 0-00, Lindo 1-3 0-02, Leumene 6-10 3-5 16, Borof sky 0-0 0-0 0, Sterne 0-0 0-0 0, Canny 1-1 1-2 3. Totals 28-58 20-28 84. GP OL SL PTS 40 25 12 40 24 12 41 21 13 39 19 14 38 17 15 Binghamton WBScranton Norfolk Hershey Syracuse NORTHEAST OFF OFF OFF OFF 1ST DEF DEF DEF DEF THE TEAMS REC YDS CAR YPG YPC TP RK FUMDWN YDS YPG YPC TP RK Broncos 15-3 1,873 461 117.1 4.1 16 15 6 107 1,626 101.6 3.9 15 7 Seahawks 15-3 2,188 509 136.8 4.3 14 4 2 116 1,626 101.6 3.9 4 7 BRONCOS ATT YPS YPC LG TP SEAHAWKS ATT YPSYPC LG TP Knowshon Moreno 2411,038 4.3 31 10 Marshawn Lynch 3011,257 4.2 43 12 Playoffs 37 141 3.8 28 1 Playoffs 50 249 5.0 40 3 MonteeBall 120 559 4.7 45 4 Russell Wilson 96 539 5.6 27 1 Playoffs 22 95 4.3 9 0 Playoffs 8 16 2.0 8 0 Ronnie Hillman 55 218 4.0 19 1 Robert Turbin 77 264 3.4 15 0 Peyton Manning 32 1 1 Playoffs 5 15 3.0 5 0 Playoffs 2 -2 -1 0 Christine Michael 18 79 4.4 13 0 CJ. Anderson 7 38 5.4 11 0 Golden Tate 3 3110.3 20 0 David Bruton 1 3535.0 35 0 Spencer Ware 3 10 3.3 4 0 Andre Caldwell 1 7 7.0 7 0 Doug Baldwin 2 6 3.0 3 0 Trindon Holliday 1 7 7.0 7 0 Derrick Coleman 2 3 1.5 4 0 Brock Osweiler 3 2 0.7 4 0 Tavaris Jackson 4 1 0.3 5 1 OPPONENTS 420 1,626 3.9 35 15 OPPONENTS 422 1,626 3.9 51 4 Playoffs 34 129 3.8 16 1 Playoffs 54 2 69 5.0 58 2 OL SL PTS 27 -43 Keene East.

26 41 Springfield Albany Adirondack Bridgeport Hartford 40 28 8 40 23 11 39 20 17 42 15 22 38 12 21 RK. TEAM CONF REC WEDNEXT GAME 1. UConn AAC 20-0 83-49 vs. Memphis 2. Notre Dame ACC 17-0 Thu vs.

Miami (FL), 8:30 3. Duke ACC 18-1 Thu at 24 Florida St, 7 4. Stanford Pac-12 17-1 Fri vs. UCLA, 11 5. Louisville AAC 19-1 Sun vs.

Memphis, 1 6. Maryland ACC 16-1 Thu at Virginia, 6:30 7. N. Carolina ACC 16-3 Jan 30 vs. Syracuse 8.

Oklahoma St. Big 12 16-1 64-56 at Kansas 9. Kentucky SEC 15-3 Thu vs. Alabama, 7 10. S.

Carolina SEC 17-2 Sun at 16 Vanderbilt, 2 11. Tennessee SEC 14-4 Thu at 11 6:30 12. Baylor Big 12 15-3 71-48 vs. Kansas St 13. Penn State Big 10 14-4 65-52 vs.

Indiana 14. Arizona State Pac-12 15-3 Fri at Utah, 9 15. LSU SEC 14-4 Thu vs. Auburn, 8 16. Vanderbilt SEC 16-3 Sun vs.

10 Carolina, 2 17. Texas SEC 15-4 Thu at Missouri, 8 18. West Virginia Big 12 17-2 70-51 at Texas Tech 19. California Pac-12 13-4 Fri vs. USC, 9 20.

Iowa State Big 12 14-4 Sat at Texas Tech, 8 21. Nebraska Big Ten 13-4 Sun at Northwestern, 5 22. Purdue Big Ten 13-5 Thu vs. Northwestern, 7 23. North Carolina StACC 16-3 Thu vs.

Boston 7 24. Florida State ACC 14-4 Thu vs. 3 Duke, 7 25. Gonzaga WCC 16-3 Thu at Loyola Mary, 10 WESTERN CONFERENCE MIDWEST GP OL WOMEN'S BASKETBALL EASTERN 71, KEENE STATE 66 KEENE STATE (8-7): D'Annolfo 3-8 3-3 10, Petrow 2-4 5-6 9, Kiernan 1-3 0-0 2, Cognetta 4-8 5-6 15, Wojtas 4-18 0-0 10, Brucks 0-0 0-0 0, Stacy 0-0 0-0 0, Kingwood 6-13 0-014, Williams 0-2 0-0 0, Kober 3-6 0-1 6. Totals 23-62 13-16 66.

EASTERN (12-4): Ritrosky 6-14 3-4 15, Brooks 3-5 6-7 12, Leonard 2-7 6-8 10, Nappi 8-16 1-2 22, McBride 0-3 4-4 4, DePoi 1-4 0-0 3, Pfohl 0-10-0 0, Rodriguez 1-4 0-0 3, Foster 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 22-56 20-25 71. 41 27 11 39 19 12 40 21 15 43 18 19 39 17 16 Grand Rapids Milwaukee Chicago Rockford Iowa NORTH GP OL SL PTS 39 23 12 39 19 16 Toronto Hamilton Rochester Lake Erie Utica WEST 38 38 38 17 15 17 18 13 20 NHL Covers.com Chicago Carolina St. Louis at Columbus at Tampa Bay Pittsburgh at Dallas at Vancouver at Anaheim at San Jose Keene 21 45 66 East. 27 44 71 THURSDAY 130 at Minnesota 110 110 at Buffalo -110 120 at NY Rangers 100 145 Philadelphia 125 150 Ottawa 130 130 at Islanders 110 140 Toronto 120 165 Nashville 140 150 Los Angeles 130 225 Winnipeg 185 GP OL SL PTS Texas Abbotsford Charlotte Okla.

City San Antonio 26 11 26 14 19 19 16 20 15 21 NBA AAC MEN'S STANDINGS AAC WOMEN'S STANDINGS CONF. TOTAL CONF. TOTAL Cincinnati 6 0 17 2 UConn 7 0 20 0 Louisville 6 1 17 3 Louisville 7 0 19 1 SMU 4 2 15 4 Rutgers 5 2 14 4 Memphis 3 2 13 4 South Florida 5 2 10 8 Houston 3 2 11 7 Temple 4 3 10 8 UConn 3 3 15 4 Memphis 3 4 10 9 Rutgers 2 4 8 11 SMU 2 5 11 7 Central Florida 1 4 9 7 Central Florida 16 8 10 South Florida 15 10 9 Cincinnati 16 8 10 Temple 0 6 5 12 Houston 0 7 4 14 WEDNESDAY'S RESULT Texas 4, Iowa 3 (SO) THURSDAY'S SCHEDULE Oklahoma City at Charlotte, 7 p.m. Rochester at Lake Erie, 7 p.m. FRIDAY'S SCHEDULE Springfield at Hartford, 7 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Charlotte, 7 p.m. Worcester at Manchester, 7 p.m. Bridgeport at Portland, 7 p.m. Hershey at Syracuse, 7 p.m. Albany at Binghamton, 7:05 p.m.

St. John's at Providence, 7:05 p.m. Toronto at Hamilton, 7:30 p.m. W-BScranton at Norfolk, 7:30 p.m. Rockford at Milwaukee, 8 p.m.

Iowa at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m. Grand Rapids at Texas, 8:30 p.m. Utica at Abbotsford, 11 p.m. WEDNESDAY'S RESULT Louisville 86, South Florida 47 THURSDAY'S SCHEDULE Houston at Memphis, 8 p.m. Central Florida at Cincinnati, 9 p.m.

SATURDAY'S SCHEDULE UConn at Rutgers, 7 p.m. PRO BOWL ROSTERS TEAM SANDERS Coach TS: Chuck Pagano, Ind Captains: TS: J.J. Watt, Hou TS: Jamaal Charles, K.C. Defensive tackles TS: Ndamukong Suh, Det TS: Gerald McCoy, T.B. TS: Dontari Poe, K.C.

Offensive Guards TS: Marshal Yanda, Bal TS: Logan Mankins, NE TS: Kyle Long, Chi Centers TS: Mike Pouncey, Mia TS: Alex Mack, Cle Fullbacks TS: Marcel Reece, Oak Special teams TS: Matthew Slater, N.E. Punters TS: Brandon Fields, Mia Long snappers TS: J.J. Quarterbacks Cam Newton, Car Andrew Luck, Ind Nick Foles, Phi Running backs Jamaal Charles, KC Eddie Lacy, GB Alfred Morris, Wash. Receivers A.J. Green, Cin Dez Bryant, Dal Antonio Brown, Pit DeSean Jackson, Phi Tight ends Jordan Cameron, Cle Jason Witten, Dal Offensive tackles Branden Albert, KC Trent Williams, Wash Duane Brown, Hou Defensive ends J.J.

Watt, Hou Mario Williams, Buf Greg Hardy, Car. Outside linebackers Tambi Hali, KC Terrell Suggs, Bal Brian Orakpko, Wash Inside linebackers Luke Kuechly, Car Paul Posluszny, Jax Comerbacks Patrick Peterson, Ari Darrelle Revis, TB Brent Grimes, Mia Tim Jennings, Chi Safeties Eric Berry, KC Eric T.J. Ward, Cle Kickers Justin Tucker, Bal Punt returner Cordarrelle Patterson, Min TEAM RICE Coach TR: Ron Rivera, Car. Captains: TR: Drew Brees, N.O. TR: Robert Defensive tackles TR: Jason Hatcher, Dal TR: Marcell Dareus, Buf Kyle Williams, K.C.

Offensive Guards TR: Jahri Evans, N.O. TR: Ben Grubbs, N.O. TR: Evan Mathis, Phi Centers TR: Ryan Kalil, Car TR: Nick Mangold, NYJ Fullbacks TR: Mike Tolbert, Car Special teams TR: Justin Bethel, Ari Punters TR: Johnny Hekker, StL Long snappers TR: Matt Overton, Ind Quarterbacks Drew Brees, NO Philip Rivers, SD Alex Smith, KC Running Backs LeSean McCoy, Phi Matt Forte, Bears DeMarco Murray, Dal Receivers Brandon Marshall, Chi Josh Gordon, Cle Larry Fitzgerald, Ari Alshon Jeffery, Chi Tight ends Jimmy Graham, NO Tony Gonzalez, Atl Offensive tackles Joe Thomas, Cle Tyron Smith, Dal Jordan Grosss, Car Defensive ends Robert Quinn, StL Cameron Jordan, NO Cameron Wake, Mia Outside linebackers Robert Mathis, Ind Justin Houston, KC John Abraham, Ari Inside linebackers Vontaze Burflict, Cin Derrick Johnson, KC Comerbacks Alterraun Joe Haden, Cle Brandon Flowers, KC Antonio Cromartie, NYJ Safeties Jairus Byrd, Buf Eric Reid, SF Antrel Rolle, NYG Kicker Stephen Gostkowski, NE Punt returner DexerMcCluster, KC Game: Sunday in Honolulu WEDNESDAY'S RESULTS UConn 83, Memphis 49 Pennsylvania 74, Temple 70 Rutgers 69, Central Florida 48 SATURDAY'S SCHEDULE Central Florida at Cincinnati, 2 p.m. Rutgers at Temple, 2 p.m. SMU at Houston, 3 p.m.

Covers.com THURSDAY at Miami 12 LA Lakers at Portland 7 Denver COLLEGE BASKETBALL Covers.com THURSDAY at Ohio State 10 Illinois at Arizona WA Colorado Florida 5Vi at Alabama at Cincinnati 15 UCF at UCLA 6 Stanford at Memphis 13 Houston Oregon VA at Washington at Penn State 3 Nebraska 3 E. Illinois at W. Illinois 2 South Dakota at SE Mo. St. SlU-Ed'sville at Yngstwn St.

VA Valparaiso Buffalo 714 at Ball State Southern Miss AVi at Old Dominion Elon 2Vi at Chattanooga at St. John's 414 Seton Hall Wofford PK at Ga Southern at E. Carolina 8 Tulane Davidson 2 at W. Carolina at Siena AYi St. Peter's at Monmouth 3Yi Fairfield at Kent St.

5 W. Michigan Appalach.St. 2 at Citadel at La Tech 1214 Charlotte W. Kentucky PK at La-Monroe at Murray St. 8 Tenn Tech at Samford 4 NC-Greens.

at North Dakota 8Vi Sacra. St. E. Kentucky 8Vi at Tenn. St.

at Rice 1 Marshall at Belmont 8 More head St. UAB 2Vi at North Texas at UALR 5 Texas State at Austin Peay 314 Jacksnvlle St. at Neb. Omaha 2 Denver at La-Lafayette 1 Georgia St at Weber St. 8 Montana St.

at Tulsa 5 Mid Tenn St. at Arizona St. 5 Utah at Texas-Arl. 654 Troy at N. Colorado 7 N.

Arizona at Idaho St. 1 Montana at E. Wash. 18 S. Utah CalPolySLO 114 atCalSt.

Full at Pacific 714 Loy. Marymt Hawaii 814 at UC Davis at UC Irvine 1314 Northridge at St. Mary's 11 Pepperdine at Gonzaga 1614 San Diego BYU 414 at Portland UCSB 1014 at UC Rivers. TOUR DOWN UNDER Wednesday Stage 2: 93.2 miles Prospect to Stirling, Australia PL CYCLIST, COUNTRY 1. Diego Ulissi, Italy 2.

Simon Gerrans, Australia 3. Cadel Evans, Australia 4. Francesco Gavazzi, Italy 14. Brent Bookwalter, U.S. 30.

Caleb Fairly, U.S. 71. Evan Huffman, U.S. TIME 3:52:14 same same same same BASEBALL AMERICAN LEAGUE Chicago: Named Bo Jackson team ambassador. New York: RHP MasahiroTanaka agreed to 7-year deal.

Designated LHP David Huff for assignment. Oakland: LHP Eric O'Flaherty agreed to 2-year deal. Designated OF Corey Brown for assignment. NATIONAL LEAGUE New York: OFIB Lucas Duda agreed to 1-year deal. San Diego: Got LHP Alex Torres and RHP Jesse Hahnfrom Rays for INF Logan For-sythe, INF Maxx Tissenbaum, RHP Matt Andriese, RHP Brad Boxbergerand RHP Matt Loll is.

MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL MILB: Suspended St. Louis minor league RHP Andrew Pierce (State College-NYP) 50 games following positive test for amphetamine under Minor League drug program. BASKETBALL NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Atlanta: Signed James Nunnally to 2nd 10-day deal. Chicago: Signed Mike James to a 10-day deal. Boston: Signed Vander Blue to 10-day deal.

WOMEN'S NBA WNBA: Phoenix will host July 19 All Star Game. FOOTBALL NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE Atlanta: Named Scott Pioli assistant GM. Dallas: Named Mike Pope TEs coach. Minnesota: Signed DT Kheeston Randall to reservefuture deal. New England: Assistant head coachO coach Dante Scarnecchia retired.

Named Dave DeGuglielmo OL coach. N.Y. Giants: Named Craig Johnson RBs coach. San Francisco: Signed QB McLeod Bethel-Thompson. Tennessee: Named Mike Mularkey TEs coach.

HOCKEY NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Buffalo: Called up Phil Varone from; sent Brayden McNabb and Kevin Por- terto Rochester (AHL). Columbus: Recalled Cody Bass from; returned Jack Skille to Springfield (AHL). Activated Jonathan Ericsson from IR. Minnesota: Reassigned Johan Gus-tafsson to Iowa (AHL). Nashville: Traded Kevin Klein to Rangers for Michael Del Zotto.

New Jersey: Sent LW Reid Boucher to Albany (AHL). San Jose: Recalled Taylor Doherty from Worcester (AHL). AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUE Springfield: Released Ryley Grantham from his professional tryout. SOCCER MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER ChivasUSA: Signed Tony Lochhead. D.C.

United: Re-signed Chris Korb. Orlando City SC: Signed MF Yordany Alvarez. Toronto FC: 1-year partnership agreed to with Wilmington FC (USL Pro). COLLEGE California: Named Art Kaufman defensive coordinator. CCSU: Named Pete Rossomando football coach.

Felician: Named Steve Eisenstein assistant softball coach. Tulsa: Named Josh Blankenship QBs coach. UAB: Named Bill Clark football coach. Wofford: Named Jerome Riase defensive line coach. same same 4:54 time behind 115.

Thomas Peterson, U.S. OVERALL STANDINGS 1. Gerrans, Australia 7:12:31 WEDNESDAY'S MEN'S RESULTS EAST American U. 86, Boston 56 Army 66, Colgate 63 Bucknell 70, Loyola-Maryland 60 Canisius 87, Niagara 74 Duke 67, Miami-Florida 46 Fordham 76, George Mason 70 Hofstra 77, William Mary 60 Holy Cross 59, Lafayette 58 Lehigh 68, Navy 66, OT Longwood 69, Liberty 66 Northeastern 57, Towson 54 Richmond 58, Massachusetts 55 Saint Louis 76, Duquesne 72 St. Bonaventure 66, La Salle 51 St.

Joseph's 61, Rhode Island 57 VMI 82, High Point 80, OT Wake Forest 83, Virginia Tech 77 W. Virginia 87, Texas Tech 81 SOUTH Campbell 65, Radford 63 Charleston 75, NC-Wilmington 70 Charleston S. 78, Gardner-Webb 76 Coastal Carolina84, Presbyterian 72 Georgia 97, S. Carolina 76 Louisville 86, S. Florida 47 Michigan 75, Iowa 67 Mississippi 63, Vanderbilt 52 Mississippi St.

82, Auburn 74 Mississippi Vail. St. 72, S. 64 N.C. Asheville 81, Winthrop 66 N.

Carolina Cent. 84, N.Carolina 44 Tennessee 81, Arkansas 74 MIDWEST Akron 78, E. Michigan 68 Bowling Green 58, Ohio 56 Bradley 69, N. Iowa 65 Cleveland St. 74, Illinois-Chicago 64 Drake 57, S.

Illinois 54 Green Bay 83, Oakland 69 Indiana St. 65, Loyola-Chicago 61 Miami (OH) 86, Cent. Michigan 80 Minnesota 81, Wisconsin 68 Oklahoma 77, Texas Christian 69 Toledo 77, N. Illinois 68 VCU 80, Dayton 66 Wichita St. 70, Illinois St.

55 WEST: Wyoming 66, Air Force 59 WOMEN'S RESULTS EAST American U. 63, Boston 56 Army 62, Colgate 45 Bucknell 67, Loyola-Maryland 60 Connecticut 83, Memphis 49 Dayton 81, Massachusetts 67 DePaul 92, Georgetown 69 Duquesne 77, VCU 65 Holy Cross 75, Lafayette 68 Navy 73, Lehigh 61 Penn St. 65, Indiana 52 Pennsylvania 74, Temple 70 St. Bonaventure 63, Rhode Island 55 St. John's 59, Villanova 52 St.

Joseph's 75, George Washington 69 UAB 80, Old Dominion 64 SOUTH Baylor 71, Kansas St. 48 E. Carolina 53, Rice 47 La. Tech 64, Florida Atlantic 63 Middle Tenn. St.

60, Texas-San Ant. 41 Rutgers 69, Cent. Florida 48 Texas-El Paso 86, S. Mississippi 85, OT Troy 85, Texas-Arlington 62 Tulane 78, Charlotte 76, OT W. Virginia 70, Texas Tech 51 W.

Kentucky 77, Louisiana-Monroe 73 MIDWEST Arkansas-Little Rock 77, Texas St. 70 Cent. Michigan 87, Kent St. 53 Oklahoma St. 64, Kansas 56 Richmond 67, Saint Louis 58 W.

Michigan 86, Miami (OH) 75, OT WEST Boise St. 74, New Mexico 60 San Diego St. 88, San Jose St. 65 UNLV 73, Utah St. 67 Wyoming 82, Air Force 47 2.

Ulissi, Italy :07 3. Andre Greipel, Germany :11 4. Evans, Australia :13 13. Bookwalter, Albuquerque, N.M. :21 41.

Fairly, Amarillo, Texas :21 93. Huffman, Elk Grove, Calif. 4:14 125. Peterson, Everett, Wash. 13:19 Source: cyclingnews.com MEN RPI RANKINGS RK.

TEAM RPI SOS 1. Kansas .7170 1 2. Arizona .6842 30 3. Massachusetts .6819 10 4. Wisconsin .6786 2 5.

Villanova .6712 6 6. Michigan St. .6702 25 7. Syracuse .6695 57 8. Florida .6687 24 9.

Wichita State .6642 72 10. Creighton .6523 21 11. Iowa State .6515 11 12. Kentucky .6428 4 13. San Diego St.

.6404 69 14. Oklahoma St. .6359 37 15. Pittsburgh .6384 66 16. Ohio State .6351 22 17.

Oklahoma .6333 7 18. Duke .6317 15 19. Colorado .6282 17 20. Virginia .6277 8 21. Cincinnati .6262 88 22.

Florida State .6243 20 23. G.Washington .6238 77 24. Gonzaga .6216 67 25. Michigan .6197 34 26. St.

Louis .6186 90 27. Oregon .6185 26 28. Iowa .6161 84 29. Xavier .6158 40 30. UCLA .6155 32 31.

Louisville .6148 76 32. Minnesota .6123 14 33. California .6116 63 34. New Mexico .6102 44 35. Kansas St.

.6101 28 36. Texas .6097 38 37. Connecticut .6087 51 38. Memphis .6087 33 39. Toledo .6075 152 40.

BYU .6068 12 SOS-strength of schedule rank Source: realtimerpi.com CONFERENCE RPI RANK SOS RK 1. Big 12 1 2. Big Ten 2 3. Pacific-12 5 4. Big East 3 5.

Atlantic Coast 4 6. Atlantic 10 9 7. Southeastern 6 8. American 7 9. West Coast 10 10.

Mountain West 8 11. Missouri Valley 11 12. Mid-American 12 13. Horizon 13 14. Conference USA 15 15.

Summit 14 16. Colonial 16 17. Metro Atlantic 19 18. Sun Belt 18 19. Big West 17 20.

Ivy League 21 21. Western Athletic 20 22. Patriot 25 23. Atlantic Sun 22 24. Ohio Valley 28 25.

Northeast 29 26. Southland 23 27. Big Sky 26 28. Southern 31 29. America East 30 30.

Big South 32 31. Southwestern 27 32. Mid-Eastern 24 through Tuesday BARBASO TOUR NAM ENT OF CHAMPIONS in Allen Park, Mich. Top 5 advanced to stepladder finals Jason Belmonte, Australia 243.08 Dom Barrett, England 236.59 Wes Malott, Pflugrville, Tex. 233.65 Dan MacLelland, Canada 229.33 Pete Weber, St.

Ann, Mo. 229.00 SUNDAY, ESPN FINALS noon-2 p.m.: 5 Player Stepladder at Thunderbowl Arena NFL SUPER BOWL XLVIII FEB. 2 Denver 214 4714 Seattle PRESEASON SOFTBALL POLL ON THE TEE TOUR COURSE, SITE STATS 2013 CHAMPION PGA Thu-Sun Torrey Pines (South) 36-36-72 Tiger Woods Farmers Insurance Open-a La Jolla, Calif. 7,569 274 (-14) LPGA Thu-Sat Ocean Club GC 36-37-73 llhee Lee Pure Silk Bahamas Classic Paradise Island 6,644 126 (-11) EUROPEAN Wed-Sat DohaGC 36-36-72 Chris Wood Qatar Masters Doha, Qatar 7,400 270 (-18) WEB.COM Feb. 21-24 Panama GC Par 70 Kevin Foley Panama Claro Championship Panama City 7,102 272 (-8) NFCA DIV.

I TOP 25 2013 PTS LY 1. Tennessee (7) 52-12 729 2 2. Oklahoma (17) 57-4 720 1 3. Washington (1) 45-17 702 4 4. Florida (6) 58-9 684 4 5.

Michigan (1) 51-13 652 6 6. Alabama 45-15 604 10 7. Arizona State 50-12 593 6 8. Oregon 50-11 576 9 9. Nebraska 45-16 572 8 10.

Texas 51-10 532 3 11. Texas 42-18 383 13 12. Kentucky 41-21 374 14 13. La-Lafayette 47-15 367 12 14. Missouri 38-14 357 11 15.

Florida State 44-19 317 15 FOUR CONTINENTS Through Sunday in Taiwan WEDNESDAY'S RESULTS Men: Short program LTakahito Mura, Japan 84.21 2. Richard Dornbush, Corona, Calif .82.13 7. Joshua Farris, Renton, Wash. 74.85 8. Adam Rippon, Scranton, Pa.

72.90 Pairs: Short program 1. Sui WenjingHan Cong, China 75.26 2. Alexa ScimecaC. Knierim, U.S. 66.04 3.

Tarah KayneDaniel O'Shea, U.S. 62.05 4. Haven DenneyB. Frazier, U.S. 58.57 Ice dance: Short dance 1.

Piper GillesPaul Poirier, Can. 62.38 2. Madison HubbellZ. Donohue, U.S. 61.05 CHAMPIONS Feb.

7-9 Old Course Broken 36-36-72 Allianz Championship Sound, Boca Raton, Fla. 6,807 Rocco Mediate 199 (-17) TV: a-Golf Channel.