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B4 SPORTS Decatur, Illinois Tuesday, November 9, 1 999 Scoreboard The Associated Press BCS Standings Through games of Nov. 6 Poll Comp Schedule College Volleyball Eastern Illinois at Southeast Missouri, 7 p.m. On TV Today AUTO RACING Off-Road Championship. From Indianapolis. (R) noon (ESPN2) NHRA Sportsman's Series.

From Dallas. (R) 4 a.m. (ESPN2) BASKETBALL Portland Trail Blazers at Utah Jazz. (Live) (CC) 7 p.m. (TNT) GOLF Midwest Team Championships.

(R) 3 p.m. (FSMW) HOCKEY Dallas Stars at SL Louis Blues. (CC) 7 p.m. (ESPN) Pacific Coast League CALGARY CANNONS-Signed LHP Brian Barnes and Chris Tremie. Texas League AKRON AEROS-Named Carl Willis pitching coach, Mike Sarbaugh coach and Nick Paparesta trainer.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association BOSTON CELTICS-Waived Wayne Turner. Signed Doug Overton. CHARLOTTE HORNETS-Waived Jason Miskiri. NEW YORK KNICKS-Promoted Lori Hamamoto to vice president public relations from director of public and media relations. Named Dan Schoenberg director of public relations.

FOOTBALL National Football League NFL EUROPE-Named Bill Peterson president. HOCKEY National Hockey League TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING-Recalled Paul Mara from Detroit of the IHL. East Coast Hockey League WHEELING NAILERS-Suspended RW Vadim Slivchenko after he signed a contract to play in Europe. Western Professional Hockey League SAN ANGELO OUTLAWS-Released Jason Rushton. Signed LW Dave Lylyk.

COLLEGE BOWLING GREEN-Named Scott Seel-iger associate athletic director for development. CONCORDIA, ST.P.-Named Don Glover men's and women's track and field coach. TEMPLE-Named Bob Lange assistant director of media relations and George Phillips track and field coach. TEXAS RB Dante Hall from the football team for disciplinary reasons. AP U-E Avg.

Avg. Str Rat Tot. 1. Florida St. 1 1 1.00 1.00 16 0.64 8 2.64 2.

Tennessee 3 3 3.00 2.71 0.36 1 7.07 3. Virginia lech 2 2 2.00 3.00 60 2.40 0 7.40 4. Florida 4 4 4.00 4.57 8 0 32 1 9.89 5. Kansas St. 5 5.00 3.86 76 3.04 0 11.90 6.

Nebraska 7 6 6 50 5.86 35 1.40 1 14.76 7. Penn St. 6 8 7.00 6.86 19 0.76 15.62 8. Wisconsin 9 9 9.00 8.71 36 1.44 21.15 9. Alabama 11 13 12.00 8.43 1 0.04 1 22.47 10.

Mississippi St. I 7 7 50 13.86 94 3.76 25.12 11. Texas K) 10 OO 13.43 28 1.12 2 26.55 12. Michigan 16 15 15 50 10.86 6 0.24 2 28.60 13. Michigan St.

17 17 17.00 18.43 7 0.28 2 29.71 14. Brigham Young 15 12 13.50 14.57 45 1.80 1 30.87 15. Georgia Tech 13 14 13.50 15.29 64 2.56 2 33.35 RB DI KM NYT DR JS S-H ST I. Florida St. (1) 1 1 1 1111 1 Tennessee 3 2 4) 2 4 4 2 2 3.

Virginia Tech 2 6 2 4 2 2 3 (8) 4. Florida 6 (7) 5 3 5 6 4 3 5. Kansas St. (7) 3 3 5 3 3 6 4 6. Nebraska 5 5 6 8 7 5 5 (9) 7.

Penn St. 4 8 7 (9) 8 7 7 7 8. Wisconsin 4 9 10 10 8 11 (15) 9. Alabama 10 (11) 6 9 10 8 6 10. Mississippi St.

12 (26) 11 16 13 23 17 5 II. Texas 11 12 14 (15) 15 15 13 14 12. Michigan (17) 13 12 11 10 11 13. Michigan St. 8 9 12 (17) 12 11 9 12 14.

Brigham Young (23) 23 15 7 17 18 12 10 15. Georgia Tech 15 18 16 (22) 14 12 14 18 point for poll average, 1 point for computer rank average, 0.64 for and zero for losses. Florida State did not play on Saturday. Tennessee, ranked third in the AP media poll and the coaches' poll, had 7.07 points 3 for poll average, 2.71 for computer rank average, 0.36 for and 1 for losses. The Vols beat Notre Dame 38-14 To contact us To phone in a score, call 429-5151 or 1-800-453-3639.

To fax In a score, call 421-7965. Please call in to confirm receipt of the fax. To reach Sports Editor Michael Anderson, call 421-7985 or e- mail To reach Assistant Sports Editor Mike Albright, call 421-7909 or e-mail To reach Executive Sports Editor Mark Tupper, call 421-7983. Here's a familiar pairing: Florida State vs. Tennessee for the national championship.

The Seminoles (9-0) remained in first place in the latest Bowl Championship Series standings, released Monday, and the defending national champion Volunteers (7-1) jumped from fifth to second. The final BCS standings on Dec. 5 determine which teams play in college football's designated national title game the Sugar Bowl on Jan. 4. The standings are based on a formula that considers The Associated Press media poll and the USA TodayESPN coaches' poll, eight computer rankings, strength-of-schedule and number of losses.

Last season, Tennessee won the national title with a 23-16 win over Florida State in the Fiesta Bowl in the first year of the BCS setup. Virginia Tech (8-0) remained in third place despite Penn State's drop from second to seventh after the Nittany Lions (9-1) were beaten by Minnesota. A weak schedule, rated just 60th of 114 Division I-A teams, prevented the Hokies from advancing. Florida State's schedule was rated 16th toughest; Tennessee's ninth. Rounding out the top five were Florida in fourth place and Kansas State in fifth place.

Florida State, No. 1 in both polls since the preseason, had 2.64 points in the standings 1 Playoff pairings The Illinois High School Association pairings for football teams in the state's playoff quarterfinals (in bracket order with seeds, records, dates and times): Class 6A (11) Schaumburg (9-2) at (30) York (8-3), 7 p.m. (7) Lake Park (10-1) at (2) Lincon-Way (11-0), 6:30 p.m. (20) Downers Grove North (9-2) at (28) Glenbard East (8 3), 1 p.m. (1) Naperville Central (11-0) at (24) Elgin Larkin (9-2), 1 p.m.

Class SA (22) Chicago Hts Marian (8-3) at (30) Glenbard South (8 3), 1 p.m. (7) Providence (9-1) at (2) Rockford Boylan (11-0), 2 p.m. (5) Rock Island (10-1) at (4) Chicago Mount Carmel (10-1), 1 p.m. (25) Oak Lawn Richards (6-3) at (17) Oswego (9-2), 6 p.m. Class 4A (17) Peoria Notre Dame (10-1) at (11) Geneseo (10 1), 1:30 p.m.

(10) Morris (10-1) at (2) Joliet Catholic (110), 1 p.m. (20) Sterling (9-2) at (12) Metamora (10 1), 1 p.m. (8) Normal Community (11-0) at (16) Canton (10-1), Sat. 1 p.m. Class 3A (6) Newton (11-0) at (3) Benton (11-0), Sat, 1:30 p.m.

(7) Mount Carmel, III. (10-1) at (2) Byron (11-0), Sat, 2 p.m. (28) Lombard Montini (8-3) at (13) Yorkville (101), Sat, 1 p.m. (8) Kewanee (10-1) at (1) St. Joseph-Ogden (11-0), 1:30 p.m.

Class 2A (10) Fulton (9-2) at (6) Sciota Northwestern (10-1), Sat, 1 p.m. (8) Stillman Valley (9-2) at (5) Aledo (10-1), Sat, 1:30 p.m. (6) Argenta-Oreana (10-1) at (2) Macon Meridian (11-0), Sat, 1 p.m. (4) Tolono Unity (10-1) at (1) Tuscola (11-0), Sat, 1 p.m. Class 1A (6) Lexington (11-0) at (3) Carthage (11 0), Sat, 1:30 p.m.

(2) Virden (ll-O) at (23) Dakota (8-3), Sat, 1 p.m. (5) Galena (11-0) at (13) Greenfield (9-2), Sat. 1 p.m. (1) Freeport Aquin (11-0) at (25) Milledgeville (8-3), Sat. 1:30 p.m.

Standings American Conference East Explanation Poll Average The average of The Associated Press media poll and USA Today-ESPN coaches poll. Others receiving votes are calculated in order received. Computer Average The average of Richard Billingsiey, Dunkel Index, Kenneth Massey, New York Times, David Rothman, Jeff Sagarin, MatthewsScrlpps-Howard and the Hester AndersonSeattle Times, rankings. The computer component will be determined by averaging the seven highest computer rankings. The lowest computer ranking will be disregarded.

The computer ranking disregarded is in parentheses. Schedule Rank Rank of schedule strength compared to other Division l-A teams divided by 25. This component Is calculated by determining the cumulative wontoss records of the team's opponent (66.6 percent) and the cumulative wontoss records of the team's opponents opponents (33.3 percent). Losses One point for each loss during the season. .37 points this week.

Pet. PF PA .875 189 143 .750 223 162 .750 191 150 .667 181 146 .250 126 150 1 2 2 3 6 Miami Indianapolis New England Buffalo N.Y. Jets Central Jacksonville 7 .875 210 76 .750 166 157 .625 157 108 0 0 0 0 0 .375 .111 .111 136 144 116 278 83 238 8 0 West 2 0 Tennessee Pittsburgh Baltimore Cincinnati Cleveland Seattle Kansas City Oakland San Diego Denver .750 185 128 .625 190 119 Saturday night. Virginia Tech, ranked second in both polls, had 7.40 points 2 for poll average, 3 for computer rank average, 2.40 for strength-of-schedule and zero losses. While the Hokies failed to move up, they inched closer than they were last week.

Virginia Tech trailed Penn State by 1.7 points a week ago; it trails Tennessee by On Saturday, Maryland is at Florida State; Miami at Virginia Tech and Tennessee at Arkansas. Nebraska was in sixth place, followed by Penn State, Wisconsin, Alabama and Mississippi State. Also on Saturday, Kansas State is at Nebraska; Mississippi State at Alabama; and Michigan at Penn State. 157 153 127 166 177 185 .500 .500 .333 National Conference East PF PA 138 138 Pet. .625 5 5 4 2 2 3 3 3 6 7 .625 259 222 .571 182 129 .250 92 168 .222 114 184 N.Y.

Giants Washington Dallas Arizona Philadelphia Detroit Green Bay Minnesota Tampa Bay Chicago ireen trade to odgers for Mondesi .750 182 148 .500 153 165 .500 .500 183 158 122 118 143 174 Central 6 2 0 4 4 0 4 4 0 4 4 0 4 5 0 West 6 2 0 3 5 0 6 3 750 265 118 .375 186 169 St. Louis Carolina San Francisco 3 Atlanta 2 New Orleans 1 150 234 117 216 123 179 5 0 7 0 7 0 .375 .222 .125 1953 Jim Gilliam, Brooklyn 1954 Wally Moon, St. Louis 1955 Bill Virdon, St. Louis 1956 Frank Robinson, Cincinnati 1957 Jack Sanford, Philadelphia 1958 x-Orlando Cepeda, San Francisco 1959 x-Willie McCovey, San Francisco 1960 Frank Howard, Los Angeles 1961 Billy Williams, Chicago 1962 Ken Hubbs, Chicago 1963 Pete Rose, Cincinnati 1964 Richie Allen, Philadelphia 1965 Jim Lefebvre, Los Angeles 1966 Tommy Helms, Cincinnati 1967 Tom Seaver, New York 1968 Johnny Bench, Cincinnati 1969 Ted Sizemore, Los Angeles 1970 Carl Morton, Montreal 1971 Earl Williams, Atlanta 1972 Jon Matlack, New York 1973 Gary Matthews, San Francisco 1974 Bake McBride, St. Louis 1975 John Montefusco, San Francisco 1976 Pat Zachry, Cincinnati, and Butch Metzger, San Diego, tie 1977 Andre Dawson, Montreal 1976 Bob Horner, Atlanta 1979 Rick Sutcliffe, Los Angeles 1980 Steve Howe, Los Angeles 1981 Fernando Valenzuela, Los Angeles 1982 Steve Sax, Los Angeles 1983 Darryl Strawberry, New York 1984 Dwight Gooden, New York 1985 x-Vince Coleman, St.

Louis 1986 Todd Worrell, St. Louis 1987 x-Benito Santiago, San Diego 1988 Chris Sabo, Cincinnati 1989 Jerome Walton, Chicago 1990 Dave Justice, Atlanta 1991 Jeff Bagwell, Houston 1992 Eric Karros, Los Angeles 1993 x-Mike Piazza, Los Angeles 1994 x-Raul Mondesi, Los Angeles 1995 Hideo Nomo, Los Angeles 1996 Todd Hollandsworth, Los Angeles 1997 x-Scott Rolen, Philadelphia 1998 Kerry Wood, Chicago 1999 Scott Williamson, Cincinnati x-unanimous selection 1999 Free Agents The 108 players who have filed for free agency. Eligible players may file through Thursday: AMERICAN LEAGUE ANAHEIM (3) Chuck Finley, Ihp; Jeff Huson, inf; Mike Magnante, Ihp. BALTIMORE (5) Jeff Conine, lb; Jim Corsi, rhp; Mike Fetters, rhp; Scott Kamieniecki, rhp; Arthur Rhodes, Ihp. BOSTON (3) Reggie Jefferson, dh; Kent Mercker, rhp; Pat Rapp, rhp.

CHICAGO (1) Darrin Jackson, of. CLEVELAND (8) Paul Assenmacher, Ihp; Carlos Baerga, inf; Harold Baines, dh; Wilfredo Cordero, of; Dwight Gooden, rhp; Chris Haney, Ihp; Mike Jackson, rhp; Mark Langston, Ihp. DETROIT (1) Luis Polonia, of. KANSAS CITY (4) Chad Kreuter, Scott Leius, inf; Rey Sanchez, ss; Tim Spehr, c. MINNESOTA (2) Terry Steinbach, Mike Trombley, rhp.

NEW YORK (4) David Cone, rhp; Joe Girardi, Mike Stanton, Ihp; Allen Watson, Ihp. OAKLAND (6) Buddy Groom, Ihp; Greg McMichael, rhp; Omar Olivares, rhp; Tony Phillips, 2b; Tim Raines, of; Tim Worrell, rhp. SEATTLE (3) Mike Blowers, lb; Butch Henry, Ihp; Mark Leiter, rhp. TAMPA BAY (3) Norm Charlton, Ihp; Paul Sorrento, lb; Bobby Wirt, rhp. TEXAS (10) Luis Alicea, 2b; John Burkett, rhp; Jeff Fassero, Ihp; Tom Goodwin, of; Roberto Kelly, of; Mark McLemore, 2b; Mike Morgan, rhp; Mike Munoz, Ihp; Aaron Seie, rhp; Todd Zeile, 3b.

TORONTO (5) Tony Fernandez, 3b; Graeme Lloyd, Ihp; Brian McRae, of; Bill Risley, rhp; David Segui, lb. NATIONAL LEAGUE ARIZONA (3) Andy Benes, rhp; Gregg Olson, rhp; Turner Ward, of. ATLANTA (6) Jose Hernandez, ss; Greg Myers, Otis Nixon, of; Rudy Seanez, rhp; Russ Springer, rhp; Gerald Williams, of. CHICAGO (5) Bobby Ayala, rhp; Jeff Blauser, ss; Mickey Morandini, 2b; Benito Santiago, Steve Trachsel, rhp. CINCINNATI (5) Steve Avery, Ihp; Juan Guzman, rhp; Mark Lewis, 3b; Greg Vaughn, of; Mark Wohlers, rhp.

COLORADO (5) Kurt Abbott, 2b; Jerry Dipoto, rhp; Kirt Manwaring, Kevin Ritz, rhp; Terry Shumpert, 2b HOUSTON (4) Tony Eusebio, Ricky Gutierrez, ss; Stan Javier, of; Brian Williams, rhp. MILWAUKEE (4) Jason Bere, rhp; Dave Nilsson, Eric Plunk, rhp; David Weathers, rhp. NEW YORK (4) Shawon Dunston, of; Orel Hershiser, rhp; John Olerud, lb; Kenny Rogers, Ihp. PHILADELPHIA (1) Jeff Brantley, rhp. PITTSBURGH (3) Joe Oliver, Ed Sprague, 3b; Dale Sveum, 3b.

ST. LOUIS (6) David Howard, ss; Thomas Howard, of; Willie McGee, of; Darren Oliver, Ihp; Donovan Osborne, Ihp; Heathcliff Slocumb, rhp. SAN FRANCISCO (4) Charlie Hayes, 3b; Brent Mayne, Rich Rodriguez, Ihp; Scott Servais, c. $84M contract package overshadows NL Rookie of the Year announcement DANA POINT, Calif. (AP) The Los Angeles Dodgers made Shawn Green one of baseball's highest-paid players Monday, agreeing to a six-year, $84 million contract to complete a deal that sends Raul Mondesi to the Toronto Blue Jays.

The Dodgers acquired Green and minor league second baseman Jorge Nunez from Toronto in exchange for Mondesi and pitcher Pedro Borbon. Almost unnoticed in the wake of the trade and mammoth contract was the naming of Cincinnati reliever Scott Williamson as National League Rookie of the Year. Green's average salary of $14 million per season is the second-highest ever in baseball, trailing only the $15 million earned by his new teammate, pitcher Kevin Brown, in a $105 million, seven- day night, and Los Angeles was given 72 hours by the commissioner's office to work out a contract with Green. Williamson, 12-7 with a 2.41 ERA and 19 saves, received 17 first-place votes, nine seconds and six thirds for 118 points from a panel of the Baseball Writers' Association of America. Florida outfielder Preston Wilson was a distant second, getting nine first-place votes, 11 seconds and 10 third for 88 points.

Pittsburgh second baseman Warren Morris finished third, getting six firsts, 10 seconds and nine thirds for 69 points. Williamson, a starter in his first two pro seasons, was impressive in relief during spring games and survived one cut after another. The 23-year-old right-hander throws a fastball in the upper 90s and a nasty split-finger fastball. He quickly impressed manager Jack McKeon and pitching coach Don Gullett. "He was being brought along slowly, but it didn't take him long," McKeon said Monday.

year contract he agreed to with the Dodgers in December. It's the fourth-highest package ever in baseball, trailing only Brown, New York Mets catcher Mike Piazza ($91 million for seven years) and New York Yankees outfielder Bernie Williams ($87.5 million for seven years). Dodgers general manager Kevin Malone said Green is a perfect fit for the team. "The fact that he hits from the left side, and I think most important, his importance and his integrity," Malone said during a news conference at the general managers' meeting. Green is a native of suburban Tustin, some 35 miles from Dodger Stadium.

"It's something to get a chance to play at home in L.A.," Green said at the news conference "Everybody who knows baseball knows what a class organization this is." Mondesi, 28, had asked the Dodgers to trade him last season. The Dodgers and Blue Jays agreed to the tentative deal Fri Sunday's games New York Jets 12, Arizona 7 Baltimore 41, Cleveland 9 Buffalo 34, Washington 17 Chicago 14, Green Bay 13 Jacksonville 30, Atlanta 7 Indianapolis 25, Kansas City 17 Carolina 33, Philadelphia 7 Detroit 31, St. Louis 27 Pittsburgh 27, San Francisco 6 Tampa Bay 31, New Orleans 16 Seattle 37, Cincinnati 20 Denver 33, San Diego 17 Miami 17, Tennessee 0 OPEN: New England, New York Giants, Oakland Monday's game Dallas at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 14 Carolina at St.

Louis, noon Cleveland at Pittsburgh, noon Indianapolis at New York Giants, noon Kansas City at Tampa Bay, noon Miami at Buffalo, noon Minnesota at Chicago, noon San Francisco at New Orleans, noon Tennessee at Cincinnati, noon Washington at Philadelphia, noon San Diego at Oakland, 3 :05 p.m. Baltimore at Jacksonville, 3 :05 p.m. Detroit at Arizona, 3 :15 p.m. Green Bay at Dallas, 3 :15 p.m. Denver at Seattle, 7 :20 p.m.

OPEN: Atlanta Monday, Nov. 15 New York Jets at New England, 8 p.m. Monday's games MENS EXHIBITION Alabama 80, Siroki 70 Connecticut 115, NY All-Stars 66 Florida 109, Korabel 69 Fordham 87, Converse All-Stars 70 Hofstra 85, U.S.D.B.L. All Stars 75 Texas Arlington 96, Athlete's First 75 Marquette 74, California All Stars 72 Northwestern 57, California All-Stars 53 E. Illinois 95, NBC Thunder 87 Wisconsin 73, Athletes in Action 54 Eastern Illinois 95 NBC Thunder 87 Eastern Illinois (95) Joseph 4-9 5 8 13, Polite 7-13 0-3 19, Smith 3-7 5-5 11, Hill 7-11 2 2 21, Britfon 6-8 6-6 20, Thompson 0-0 1-2 1, Lewis 1-1 OO 2, Forest 1-3 2-2 4, Bergmann 0-0 2-2 2, Domercant 1-7 0-0 2.

Totals 30-59 23-30 95 NBC Thunder (87) Scott 4-12 0-0 8, Winbush 5-12 8-9 18, Huleen 7-13 4-5 18, Ferch 5-11 0-0 13, McDaniel 3 9 2 2 9, Williams 3-4 2-2 10, Brown 0-1 0-0 0, Charles 1-1 0-0 2, Dunham 3 5 2-6 9. Totals 31-68 18 24 87 NBC Thunder 44 43 87 Eastern Illinois 34 61 95 3-Point Goals Eastern Illinois 12-21 (Polite 5-9, Hill 5-6, Britton 2-4, Forest 0-1, Domercant 0-1) NBC Thunder 7-23 (Scott 0- 3, Winbush 0-4, Huleen 0-1, Ferch 3-7, McDaniel 1-2, Williams 2-3, Brown 0-1, Dunham 1-2) Fouled Out Scott Huleen, Rebounds Eastern Illinois 38 (Joseph 13) NBC Thunder 35 (Huleen 10) Assists Eastern Illinois 23 (Britton 6) NBC Thunder 17 (McDaniel 5) Total Fouls Eastern Illinois 19, NBC Thunder 25 Technical Fouls none Wisconsin 73, Athletes in Action 54 ATHLETES IN ACTION (54) King 2-3 0-0 4, D. Williams 1-4 2-2 5, Wood 5-11 0-0 10, Daniels 1-6 0-0 2, Bond 1-3 0-0 2, Brown 1-7 0-0 2, Hall 6-12 8-10 24, R. Williams 0-0 1-2 1, Dorsey 0-1 0-0 0, Coleman 2 2 0 0 4 Totals 19-49 11 14 54. WISCONSIN (73) Kowske 5-7 2 2 12, Vershaw 3-7 2-5 8, Bryant 2-7 0-0 6, Duany 4-5 12 13, Kelley 1- 3 5 6 7, Davis 1-2 0 1 2, Linton 5-7 11 11, Penney 1-3 0-0 2, Smith 0-0 0-0 0, Boone 2-8 0 0 4, Wills 3-6 2 2 8, Totals 27 55 13-19 73.

Halftime Wisconsin 42, Athletes in Action 30. 3-point goals Athletes in Action 5-22 (Hall 4-10, D. Williams 13 King 0-1, Wood 0-1, Brown 0-3, Daniels 0-4), Wisconsin 6-13 (Duany 4-5, Bryant 2-6, Boone 0-1, Penney 0-1). Fouled out none. Rebounds Athletes in Action 33 (Hall 6), Wisconsin 31 (Kowske 7).

Assists Athletes in Action 10 (Hall, R. Williams 2), Wisconsin 17 (Vershaw, Kelley, Boone 4). Total fouls Athletes in Action 20, Wisconsin 18. A 14,332. WOMEN'S EXHIBITION All Armed Forces 75, Texas-San Antonio 67 Illinois 107, Viktorija 53 Illinois 107, Viktorija 53 Viktorija (53) Zakyte 3-17 6-10 12, Gelumbickaite 5-8 0-0 10, Zagurskyte 1-6 0-0 2, Stasiunate 2-8 4-7 8, Nerverauskaite 5-13, 2-2 13, Miniotaite 1-2 1-3 3, Venckunaite 0-5 1-1 1, Grigiene 2-3 0-0 4.

Illinois (107) Catchings 0-3 4 8 4, Wilson 1 3 0-0 2, Blauser 7-13 6-10 20, A. Curtin 8-13 4 6 20, Parker 1-8 0-0 3, Hunter 6-9 1-2 13, Faulkner 3-6 4-6 10, Hagberg 1 2 7-10 9, Vana 2-3 0 0 4, Dallas 8-9 6-8 22. Viktorija 23 3053 Illinois 50 57107 3-Point Goals Viktorija 1-9 (Nerverauskaite 1-2), Illinois 1-11 (Parker 1-5). Rebounds Viktorija 29 (Zakyte 9), Illinois 61 (Dallas 9). Assists Viktorija 7 (Zakyte, Stasiunate, Nerverauskaite 2), Illinois 18 (Catchings 5).

Total Fouls Viktorija 28, Illinois 21. tees will return to Purdue next year RETIRED MEN'S GOLF LEAGUE At Sun N' Fun First Sam Gholson, Jim Campbell, Earl Rudolph, Dick Rotz Second Jack Dolan, Stan Polland, Ken Roberson Closest To Pin Ed Voice Low Net Ed Voice Low Gross Ed Voice PGA Tour Schedule-Winners Jan. 7-10 Mercedes Championships (David Duval) Jan. 14-17 Sony Open in Hawaii (Jeff Sluman) Jan. 20-24 Bob Hope Chrysler Classic (David Duval) Jan.

28-31 Phoenix Open, TPC of Scoffs-dale (Rocco Mediate) Feb. 4-7 Pebble Beach National Pro-Am (Payne Stewart) Feb. 11-14 Buick Invitational (Tiger Woods) Feb. 18-21 Nissan Open (Ernie Els) Feb. 24-28 y-Andersen Consulting Match Play Championship (Jeff Maggert) Feb.

25-28 Touchstone Energy Tucson Open (Gabriel Hjertstedt) March 4-7 Doral-Ryder Open (Steve Elkington) March 11-14 Honda Classic (Vijay Singh) March 18 21 Bay Hill Invitational (Tim Herron) March 25-28 The Players Championship (David Duval) April 1-4 BellSouth Classic (David Duval) April 8-11 The Masters (Jose Maria Olazabal) April 15-18 MCI Classic (Glen Day) April 22 25 Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic (Jesper Parnevik) April 29-May 2 Shell Houston Open (Stuart Appleby) May 5-9 Compaq Classic of New Orleans (Carlos Franco) May 13-16 GTE Byron Nelson Classic (Loren Roberts) May 20-23 MasterCard Colonial (Olin Browne) May 27-30 Kemper Open (Rich Beem) June 3-6 Memorial Tournament (Tiger Woods) June 10-13 FedEx St. Jude Classic (Ted Tryba) June 17-20 U.S. Open (Payne Stewart) June 24-27 Buick Classic (Duffy Waldorf) July 1-4 Motorola Western Open (Tiger Woods) July 8-11 Greater Milwaukee Open (Carlos Franco) July 15-18 British Open (Paul Lawrie) July 22-25 John Deere Classic (J.L. Lewis) July 29-Aug. 1 Canon Greater Hartford Open Brent Geiberger) Aug.

5 8 Buick Open (Tom Pernice Jr.) Aug. 12-15 PGA Championship (Tiger Woods) Aug. 19-22 Sprint International (David Toms) Aug. 26-29 y-NEC Invitational (Tiger Woods) Aug. 26-29 Reno-Tahoe Open (Notah Begay III) Sept.

2-5 Air Canada Championship (Mike Weir) Sept. 9-12 Bell Canadian Open (Hal Sutton) Sept. 16-19 B.C. Open (Brad Faxon) Sept. 23-26 Westin Texas Open (Duffy Waldorf) Sept.

23-26 Ryder Cup (United States) Sept. 1-Oct. 3 Buick Challenge (David Toms) Oct. 7-10 Michelob Championship at Kingsmill (Notah Begay III) Oct. 13-17 Las Vegas Invitational (Jim Furyk) Oct.

21-24 National Car Rental Golf Classic (Tiger Woods) Oct. 28-31 Southern Farm Bureau Classic (Brian Henninger) Oct. 28-31 The Tour Championship (Tiger Woods) Nov. 4-7 y-American Express Championship (Tiger Woods) Nov. 12-14 x-Franklin Templeton Shark Shootout, Sherwood CC, Thousand Oaks, Calif.

Nov. 19-22 x-World Cup of Golf Nov. 27-28 x-Skins Game Dec. 2 5 x-JCPenney Classic, Westin Innisbrook Resort, Palm Harbour, Fla. Dec.

10-12 x-Diners Club Matches Dec. 18-19 x-Wendy's Three-Tour Challenge, Lake Las Vegas Resort, Henderson, Nev. y-World Golf Championship event Senior PGA Tour Schedule Jan. 30-31 Senior Skins Game (Hale Irwin) Feb. 5-7 Royal Caribbean Classic (Bruce Fleisher) Feb.

12-14 American Express Invitational (Bruce Fleisher) Feb. 19-21 GTE Classic (Larry Nelson) Feb. 26-28 ACE Group Classic (Allen Doyle) March 2-3 Senior Slam (Gil Morgan) March 12-14 Toshiba Senior Classic (Gary McCord) March 19-21 x-Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf (Hubert Green-Gil Morgan) March 26-28 Emerald Coast Classic (Bob Duval) April 1-4 The Tradition (Graham Marsh) April 15-18 PGA Senior Championship (Allen Doyle) April 23-25 Home Depot Invitational (Bruce Fleisher) April 30 May 2 Bruno's Memorial Classic (Larry Nelson) May 7 9 Nationwide Championship (Hale Irwin) May 13-16 Las Vegas Senior Classic (Vicente Fernandez) May 21-23 Bell Atlantic Classic (Tom Jenkins) May 28 30 Boone Valley Classic (Hale Irwin) June 4-6 Cadillac NFL Classic (Allen Doyle) June 1113 BellSouth Senior Classic (Bruce Fleisher) June 18-20 Southwestern Bell Dominion (John Mahaffey) June 24-27 Ford Senior Players Championship (Hale Irwin) July 2-4 State Farm Senior Classic (Christy O'Connor) July 8-11 U.S. Senior Open (Dave Eichelberger) July 16-18 Amerltech Senior Open (Hale Irwin) July 23-25 Coldwell Banker Burnet Classic (Hale Irwin) July 30 Aug. Utah Showdown (Dave Eichelberger) Aug.

6 8 Lightpath Long Island Classic (Bruce Fleisher) Aug. 13-15 Foremost Insurance Championship (Christy O'Connor) Aug. 20-22 BankBoston Classic (Tom McGinnis) Aug. 26-29 AT8.T Canada Senior Open (Jim Ahern) Sept. 3-5 TD Waterhouse Championship (Allen Doyle) Sept.

10-12 Comfort Classic (Gil Morgan) Sept. 17-19 Bank One Championship (Tom Watson) Sept. 24-26 Kroger Senior Classic (Gil Morgan) Oct. 1-3 Vantage Championship (Fred Gibson) Oct. 8-10 The Transamerica (Bruce Fleisher) Oct.

15-17 Raley's Gold Rush Classic (David Graham) Oct. 22-24 EMC Kaanapaii Classic (Bruce Fleisher) Oct. 29 31 Pacific Bell Senior Classic (Joe Inman) Nov. 4-7 IngersoURand Senior Tour Championship (Gary McCord) Nov. 12-14 x-Senior Match Play Challenge, Hyatt Dorado Beach, Dorado, Puerto Rico year," Brees said.

"An extra year will provide me with a bit more maturity. I know that I can become a better player by staying another year." The Boilermakers (6-4) are coming off a loss this weekend to Wisconsin. The media billed that game as a contest between two contenders for the Heisman Trophy Brees and Badgers' running back Ron Dayne. "I think next year we have a chance to do a lot of great things with this football team. I still feel that there's a lot of things to do here," said Brees.

Tiller called Brees one of the most productive players he's ever coached. "His return just makes our goals a little more achievable," he said. potential of becoming a favorite in the race for the Heisman Trophy had nothing to do with the announcement. "We just kind of agreed that this was the best way to go. It really wasn't as hard as I thought it would be.

I'm coming back next year to have fun," said Brees, a native of Austin, Texas. Brees also said he feels he has goals still to achieve at Purdue. As a junior, he has thrown for 3,334 yards and 21 touchdowns through 10 games. The Boilermakers are off this weekend and close their season Nov. 20 on the road against instate rival Indiana.

"It's better for most people, including myself, to stay another WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) Purdue quarterback Drew Brees said he is ready to have fun playing football again after announcing he will return to school in 2000 to play his senior season. "I'm relaxed, it's a good feeling," the Heisman Trophy candidate told reporters Monday. "I know this is definitely what was meant to be." The announcement ended months of speculation about Brees' future, including rumors he would opt for the National Football League instead of returning to Purdue next year. Brees said he made the decision after meeting privately with his mother and father and Coach Joe Tiller on Sunday.

He said the NCAA Women's Division I First Round Wednesday, Nov. 10 California (13-6-1) at Brigham Young (20- 3- 0) San Diego State (15-6-0) at San Diego (15- 4- 0) Colgate (10-7-2) at Dartmouth (9-7-1) Fairfield (14-3-3) at Boston College (14-6-1) Evansville (10-9-2) at Dayton (17-4-0) Cal Poly (12-8-0) at Fresno State (14-5 2) Montana (12-5-1) at Texas (15 4-1) Eastern Michigan (17-3-3) at Minnesota (12-8-0) Princeton (12-4-1) at Hartford (15-4-2) Pennsylvania (13-3-1) at James Madison (136-1) Baylor (14-6-1) at Southern Methodist (15- 5- 1) Long Island (11 8 2) at Maryland (10-9-1) Marquette (15-6-2) at Missouri (14-7-1) Wright State (11-8-1) at Michigan (16-5-1) Elon (10-7-2) at Duke (12 9-0) Central Florida (15-5-1) at Furman (20-2-0) Second Round Saturday, Nov. 13 or -Sunday, Nov. 14 California-Brigham Young winner at Santa Clara (20 0-0) San Diego State-San Diego winner at UCLA (14-4-1) Colgate-Dartmouth winner at Connecticut (15-6 -0) Fairfield-Boston College winner at Harvard (144-1) Evansville-Dayton winner at Notre Dame (18 3-0) Cal Poly-Fresno State winner at Stanford (14-4-1) Montana-Texas winner at Kentucky (16-2-2) Eastern Michigan-Minnesota winner at Nebraska (16-2-2) Princeton-Hartford winner at Florida (21-1-0) Pennsylvania-James Madison winner at Virginia (12-6-0) Baylor-Southern Methodist winner Southern California (14-5-0) Long Island-Maryland winner at Penn State (18 3 1) Marquette-Missouri winner at Clemson (136-1) Wright State-Michigan winner at Wake Forest (15-6-0) Elon Duke winner at William Mary (183-0) Central Florida-Furman winner at North Carolina (19-2-0)Third Round Friday, Nov. 19, Saturday, Nov.

20 or Sunday, Nov. 21 TBAQuarterfinals Friday, Nov. 26, Saturday, Nov. 27 or Sunday, Nov. 28 TBA At San Jose, Calif.

Semifinals I faBBte I towns' Couch off to rocky start Division l-AA Poll The top 25 teams in the Sports Network Division l-AA football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Nov. 7 and points. BY RICK G0SSELIN Knight Ridder Newspapers Record Pfs Pvs 1. Troy State (61) 9-0 1,715 1 2. Tennessee State (6) 9-0 1,586 2 3.

Ga Southern (1) 8 2 1,521 4 4. Montana 8 1 1,515 5 5. Appalachian State 7-2 1,440 6 6. Hofstra 8 1 1,315 10 7. Illinois State 8 2 1,262 11 8.

Florida 9-2 1,254 12 9. Furman 7 2 1,069 7 10. Youngstown State 8 2 1,006 14 11. Northern Iowa 7 2 961 13 12. Southern 8-1 953 3 13.

Portland State 8 2 827 15 14. James Madison 7-2 824 8 15. Jackson State 7-2 716 16 16. Lehigh 8-1 700 9 17. Massachusetts 6-3 667 17 18.

South Florida 7 3 485 21 19. Villanova 6-3 440 20 20. Northern Arizona 6-3 369 22 21. Eton College 8 2 339 23 22. Colgate 8-1 304 23.

North Carolina 8-1 279 24 24. Delaware 6-3 209 25 25. Stephen F. Austin 6-3 157 19 Division II Poll Friday, Dec. 3 TBA Stockholm Open Results Results Monday of the $825,000 Stockholm Open ATP Tour tournament at the Royal Tennis Hall: Singles First Round Tim Henman (2), Britain, def.

Stefan Koubek, Austria, 6-1, 6-3. Andreas Vinciguerra, Sweden, def. Dominik Hrbaty, Slovakia, 6-4, 3-6, 6 3. Jan-Michael Gambill, United States, def. Arnaud Di Pasquale, France, 6-2, 6-3.

Jens Knippschild, Germany, def. Magnus Larsson, Sweden, 6-4, 6 4. Doubles First Round Wayne Black, Zimbabwe, and Sandon Stolle (2), Australia, def. Roger Federer, Switzerland, and Magnus Norman, Sweden, 6 3, 6 0. Kremlin Cup Results Results Monday of the $1 million Kremlin Cup ATP Tour tournament: Singles First Round Andrei Pavel, Romania, def.

Igor Kunitcin, Russia, 6-2, 6 2. Daniel Vacek, Czech Republic, def. Michail Youzhny, Russia, 6-1, 6-4. Jeff Tarango, United States, def. Vince Spadea (2), United States, 7-6 (7-5), 6-2.

Jan Kroslak, Slovakia, def. Jan Siemerink, Netherlands, 5-7, 7-6 (7-3), 7-4 (7-3). Justin Gimelstob, United States, def. Andrei Cherkasov, Russia, 6 3, 6-3. Doubles First Round Petr Pala and Pavel Vizner, Czech Republic, def.

Mark Knowles, Bahamas, and Daniel Nestor, Canada, 5-5, retired. Advanta Championships VILLANOVA, Pa. Results Monday from the $520,000 Advanta Championships women's tennis tournament: Henrieta Nagyova, Slovakia, def. Seda Noorlander (11), Netherlands, 6-0, 6-3. Maria Vento, Venezuela, def.

Irina Spir-lea, Romania, 3-6, 7-6 (7-5), 6-2. Julie Halard-Decugis (8), France, def. Conchita Martinez, Spain, 7-5, 6-2. Alexandra Stevenson, United States, def. Anke Huber, Germany, 7-5, 2-6, 6-1 Championship Sunday, Dec 5 TBA only three passes to wide receivers with the longest covering a mere seven yards.

OFFENSIVE BEST Detroit wide receiver GERMANE CROWELL caught eight passes for 163 yards and a touchdown against St. Louis in a showdown of NFC division leaders. His biggest catch was a 57-yarder on fourth-and-28 in the closing minutes that moved the Lions into St. Louis territory and set up the game-winning touchdown. DEFENSIVE BESTS Miami cornerback SAM MADISON intercepted three Steve McNair passes to short-circuit the Tennessee offense and pave the way for a 17-0 victory over the Titans in the clash of 6-1 AFC powers.

TRIBUTE There was a moment of silence at all NFL games Sunday for the late WALTER PAY-TON. But the Chicago Bears paid special tribute to their Hall of Fame running back by beating Green Bay for the first time since 1993 to snap a 10-game losing streak against the Packers. GOOD WEEK Seattle halfback RICKY WAITERS had his first two 100-yard rushing games of the season in a span of six days last week against Green Bay and Cincinnati. RELIEF For the second time this season, GUS FREROTTE relieved an injured Charlie Batch and led the Detroit Lions on a game-winning touchdown drive in the final minute. His 12-yard touchdown to Johnnie Morton with 28 seconds left beat St.

Louis on Sunday. He also beat Minnesota in October. WORST FEELING OZZIE NEW-SOME was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame as a member of the Cleveland Browns last summer. He returned to Cleveland last weekend as Baltimore's vice president of personnel and watched the Ravens dismantle the Browns in their first trip back to Cleveland since moving to Maryland in 1996. "This is very satisfying," New-some said.

"But I have a lot of empathy for that other team. Those are the Cleveland Browns." BAD WEEK The PACKERS lost back-to-back games at Lambeau Field in a span of six days to Seattle and Chicago. It's the first time they've lost consecutive home games since their pre-con-tender days in 1991. NEW YORK (AP) Baseball contracts with average annual values of $10 million or more. Figures were obtained by The Associated Press from player and management sources and include all guaranteed income but not income from potential incentive bonuses.

There is no distinction for money deferred without interest: Tim Couch could have returned to Kentucky this fall and been the Heisman Trophy favorite. Instead, he chose to be humbled by the National Football League. Couch endured the worst start of his brief pro career Sunday in his team's biggest game of the season the first visit by the old Browns to Cleveland. Couch completed only nine of 21 passes for 57 yards and was pulled in the fourth quarter of Cleveland's 41-9 loss to the Baltimore Ravens. Couch threw an interception, fumbled twice and was sacked four times on his way to the bench.

He's now 1-7 as a starter and the Browns are 1-8. "You never want to be pulled," Couch said. "I always want to be out there with my teammates. If we're losing, I want to be out there losing with them. If we're winning, I want to be out there winning with them.

I feel like it's my offense and not to be out there is kind of frustrating." Against the Ravens, Couch completed only three of his first 12 passes a slow start that allowed the Ravens to build a 17-3 lead. He wound up completing Club Years Avg. Salary Brown, LA 199945 Green, LA 200045 Vaughn, Ana 1999-04 Johnson, Ari 1999-02 Piazza, NYM 1999-05 Belle, Bal 1999 03 Martinez, Bos 19V8 03 Williams, NYY 1999-05 Walker, Col 2000 05 Maddux, Atl 1998 02 Bonds, SF 1999 00 Sheffield, LA 1998 03 Sosa, Cubs 1998 01 Belle, WSox 1997-98 $15,000,000 $14,000,000 $13,333,333 $13,100,000 $13,000,000 $13,000,000 $12,500,000 $12,500,000 $12,500,000 $11,500,000 $11,450,000 $11,416,667 $10,625,000 $10,000,000 The top 20 teams in the NCAA Division II football poll with records through Nov. 7 and points Record Pts 1. Carson-Newman, Tenn.

10-0 80 2. Slippery Rock, Pa. 9-1 76 3. Northern Colorado 9 1 72 4. NW Missouri State 9 1 68 5.

UC Davis 8 1 64 6. Fort Valley State, Ga. 10-0 60 7. Pittsburg State, Kan. 9-1 56 8.

Southern Arkansas 81 52 9. North Dakota 8-1 48 10. Northwood, Mich. 8-1 42 11. Western Washington 8-1 39 12.

Catawba, N.C. 9-1 37 13. North Dakota State 8-2 30 14. Shipoensburg, Pa. 8-2 29 15.

Shepherd, W.Va. 8-1 20 tie. South Dakota State 7-3 20 tie. SE Oklahoma State 7-3 20 18. Central Oklahoma 8-1 15 19.

Winston-Salem State 7-2 5 20. NW State, Okla. 7 3 2 NL Rookies of the Year 1947 Jackie Robinson, Brooklyn 1948 Alvin Dark, Boston 1949 Don Newcombe, Brooklyn 1950 Sam Jethroe, Boston 1951 Willie Mays, New York 1952 Joe Black, Brooklyn BASEBALL National League LOS ANGELES DODGERS-Acquired OF Shawn Green and 2B Jorge Nunez from the Toronto Blue Jays for OF Raul Mondesi and LHP Pedro Borbon. Signed Green to a six-year contract..