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SCOREBOARD

PRO BASKETBALL

NBA ATlANTIc WlPct GB y-Toronto .....................................46 18 .719 — y-Boston.......................................43 21 .672 3 Philadelphia .................................39 26 .600 71 / 2 Brooklyn .......................................30 34 .469 16 New York......................................21 45 .318 26 SoUTHEAST WlPct GB Miami ...........................................41 24 .631 — Orlando.........................................30 35 .462 11 Washington .................................24 40 .375 161 / 2 Charlotte ......................................23 42 .354 18 Atlanta .........................................20 47 .299 22 cENTRAl WlPct GB y-Milwaukee ................................53 12 .815 — Indiana .........................................39 26 .600 14 Chicago.........................................22 43 .338 31 Detroit..........................................20 46 .303 331 / 2 Cleveland......................................19 46 .292 34 SoUTHWEST WlPct GB Houston........................................40 24 .625 — Dallas ...........................................40 27 .597 11 / 2 Memphis ......................................32 33 .492 81 / 2 New Orleans ................................28 36 .438 12 San Antonio .................................27 36 .429 121 / 2 NoRTHWEST WlPct GB Denver ..........................................43 22 .662 — Utah..............................................41 23 .641 11 / 2 Oklahoma City..............................40 24 .625 21 / 2 Portland .......................................29 37 .439 141 / 2 Minnesota ....................................19 45 .297 231 / 2 PAcIFIc WlPct GB y-L.A. Lakers ................................49 14 .778 — L.A. Clippers .................................44 20 .688 51 / 2 Sacramento..................................28 36 .438 211 / 2 Phoenix ........................................26 39 .400 24 Golden State ................................15 50 .231 35 y-clinched playoff spot

HOCKEY

NHL ATlANTIc GPWloT Pts GF GA Boston.......................... 70 44 14 12 100 227 174 Tampa Bay ................... 70 43 21 6922 45 195 Toronto ........................ 70 36 25 9812 38 227 Florida .......................... 69 35 26 8782 31 228 Montreal ...................... 71 31 31 9712 12 221 Buffalo ......................... 69 30 31 8681 95 217 Ottawa ......................... 71 25 34 12 62 191 243 Detroit.......................... 71 17 49 5391 45 267 METRoPolITAN GPWloT Pts GF GA Washington ................. 69 41 20 8902 40 215 Philadelphia ................. 69 41 21 7892 32 196 Pittsburgh .................... 69 40 23 6862 24 196 Carolina ........................ 68 38 25 5812 22 193 Columbus ..................... 70 33 22 15 81 180 187 N.Y. Islanders............... 68 35 23 10 80 192 193 N.Y. Rangers ................ 70 37 28 5792 34 222 New Jersey .................. 69 28 29 12 68 189 230 cENTRAl GPWloT Pts GF GA St. Louis ....................... 71 42 19 10 94 225 193 Colorado ....................... 70 42 20 8922 37 191 Dallas ........................... 69 37 24 8821 80 177 Winnipeg...................... 71 37 28 6802 16 203 Nashville ...................... 69 35 26 8782 15 217 Minnesota.................... 69 35 27 7772 20 220 Chicago......................... 70 32 30 8722 12 218 PAcIFIc GPWloT Pts GF GA Vegas ........................... 71 39 24 8862 27 211 Edmonton..................... 71 37 25 9832 25 217 Calgary ......................... 70 36 27 7792 10 215 Vancouver .................... 69 36 27 6782 28 217 Arizona......................... 70 33 29 8741 95 187 Anaheim....................... 71 29 33 9671 87 226 Los Angeles.................. 70 29 35 6641 78 212 San Jose ....................... 70 29 36 5631 82 226

SOCCER

MLS EAST WlTPts GF GA Atlanta United ................... 200642 Montreal............................. 101443 New York ............................ 101443 Toronto FC .......................... 101432 Columbus............................ 101421 D.C. United ......................... 110333 Chicago ............................... 011123 New England ...................... 011123 Orlando City........................ 011112 Philadelphia........................ 011135 FC Cincinnati ...................... 020035 Inter Miami CF.................... 020013 New York City FC................ 020002 WEST WlTPts GF GA Sporting K.C. ...................... 200671 Minnesota United .............. 200683 Colorado.............................. 200642 FC Dallas............................. 101442 Los Angeles FC ................... 101443 Seattle................................ 101432 Portland.............................. 110323 Vancouver........................... 110323 Real Salt Lake .................... 002211 L.A. Galaxy ......................... 011112 San Jose ............................. 011147 Houston .............................. 011115 Nashville SC ....................... 020013

MlS lEAdERS Through Sunday, March 8 GoAlS Maximiliano Urruti, MTL ................................................3 Luis Amarilla, MIN ..........................................................2 Ezequiel Barco, ATL ........................................................2 Emerson Hyndman, ATL .................................................2 Gadi Kinda, KC .................................................................2 Kevin Molino, MIN ..........................................................2 Jordan Morris, SEA .........................................................2 Zdenek Ondrasek, DAL....................................................2 Ike Opara, MIN ................................................................2 Alan Pulido, KC................................................................2 Diego Valeri, POR............................................................2 Carlos Vela, LFC ..............................................................2 ASSISTS Kyle Duncan, NYR ........................................................... 2 Ethan Finlay, MIN ........................................................... 2 Jan Gregus, MIN ............................................................. 2 Pity Martinez, ATL.......................................................... 2 Djordje Mihailovic, CHI ................................................... 2 Jack Price, COL ................................................................ 2 Cristian Roldan, SEA....................................................... 2 Keegan Rosenberry, COL ................................................ 2 Florian Valot, NYR .......................................................... 2 SHoTS Carlos Vela, LFC ............................................................ 12 Luis Amarilla, MIN.......................................................... 9 Diego Rossi, LFC ............................................................. 9 Raul Ruidiaz, SEA ........................................................... 9 Jozy Altidore, TOR.......................................................... 8 Aleksandar Katai, LA...................................................... 8 Juergen Locadia, CIN ...................................................... 8 Zdenek Ondrasek, DAL ................................................... 8 Gustavo Bou, NE............................................................. 7 Randall Leal, NSH ........................................................... 7 Andre Shinyashiki, COL .................................................. 7 Maximiliano Urruti, MTL ................................................ 7

PRO FOOTBALL

XFL EAST WlPct PF PA DC............................................. 32 .600 82 89 St. Louis................................... 32 .600 97 77 New York ................................. 32 .600 79 85 Tampa Bay ............................... 14 .200 98115 WEST WlPct PF PA Houston ................................... 50 1.000 158111 Dallas ....................................... 23 .400 90102 Los Angeles ............................. 23 .400 129122 Seattle ..................................... 14 .200 87119

support t eams.” The olympic training center in Lake Placid, N.Y., was similarly closed this week. New York’s olympic regional Development Authority a nnounced Sunday that all training facilities, in addition to all ski mountains, must sus- pend operations. The site is the training base for many athletes who compete in winter sports, including bobsled- ders, lugers, biathletes and ski jumpers. Their competition sea- sons had largely wrapped, and many already had left the site. Similar to the Colorado facility, the L ake Placid g yms a nd training centers are closed, but athletes who remain still have access to dining and medical services and conditioning. [email protected]

struggle to find new training bas- es; facilities across the country have been shuttered in recent days, including private gyms, YmCA sites and many facilities with olympic-size swimming pools. The To kyo Games are scheduled to begin July 24. Even as concerns grow that a postponement might have t o be considered, the International olympic Com- mittee has encouraged athletes to keep training and planning to compete this summer. “The health and well-being of all those involved in the prepara- tions for the olympic Games To - kyo 2020 is our number-one con- cern,” I oC President Thomas Bach said in a communique issued Tuesday. “All measures are being taken to safeguard the safety and interests of athletes, coaches and

center and access medical and dining services, but all of the t rain- ing facilities are off-limits. “out of training for a month,” gymnast S am mikulak, a two-time olympian and six-time national champion, posted on Instagram. “I know I’m not alone on t his, h ow is everyone else dealing with their olympic preparation in these times?” many other olympic hopefuls have been displaced this week, including scores of college athletes targeting To kyo and those who train at universities’ facilities — gymnasts, swimmers, divers and track a nd field athletes among them — who also had to find new training accommodations after campuses closed down. The athletes who choose to leave Colorado Springs could

conditioning areas. T hey won’t r e-
open for at least 30 days, accord-
ing to the m essage.
“This is a fluid situation t hat the
State will continue to monitor,”
the athletes were told, “and the
duration could be e xtended.”
The center is the largest train-
ing hub for athletes training for
the olympics. Several U.S. olym-
pic teams use the space on a per-
manent or regular basis, i ncluding
boxing, cycling, shooting and
wrestling. There were about
200 olympic and Paralympic ath-
letes training there this week,
about 75 percent of whom are
considered resident athletes,
which means they stay in dorms
and t rain a t the site full time.
Athletes can stay a t the training

olympICs from D1

U.S. athletes have training interrupted

Morry GAsH/AssocIAted Press

Two-time olympic gymnast sam mikulak took to social media to express his disappointment with being unable to train at his usual facility.

“What conditions need to be met, for example, for the Games to proceed? This is the type of information that we would like in order to have certainty that athletes and the general public will be appropriately protected.” That’s exactly right. If, in fact, the IoC is being guided by health experts the world over, then they should share the specifics that are driving their decision- making processes. According to the World Health organization, Japan had 873 confirmed coronavirus cases as of Wednesday. Does the IoC have information that would lead it to believe that number will be, say, zero by July 24? What about the travelers — athletes, sponsors, fans, all of them — coming from countries, including the United States, where the worst is yet to come? About the United States: The USoPC is holding a board meeting via video conference Wednesday and Thursday. It is approaching the first olympics under the leadership of new CEo Sarah Hirshland. Will Hirshland do what her predecessor, Scott Blackmun, failed to do in spectacular fashion: protect athletes’ safety and well-being above all else? on Wednesday, the IoC said Bach held a conference call with more than 200 athletes from around the world. “We will keep acting in a responsible way in the interest of the athletes,” Bach told an in- house IoC interviewer afterward. Will they? The athletes are certainly wondering. “The decisions the IoC is making and the way they communicate those decisions is not just affecting people four months in the future,” Xiao wrote in his email. “It is impacting them right now.” Becoming an olympian is, at some level, built on hopes and dreams. But staging a safe olympics must be based on facts and figures that are clearly communicated. There is no room for bravado. The Games may be months off. The decision to deal with a delay that feels inevitable should be made right now. [email protected]

For more by Barry svrluga, visit washingtonpost.com/svrluga.

competition, right? That already seems impossible. “I think the IoC insisting this will move ahead, with such conviction, is insensitive and irresponsible given the state of humanity,” Hayley Wickenheiser, a Canadian hockey player who is a member of the IoC’s Athletes Commission, wrote Tuesday on Twitter. “We don’t know what’s happening in the next 24 hours, let alone the next three months.” The head of the french swimming federation, a pharmacist named Gilles Sezionale who is working on the coronavirus impact in his country, was blown away by the IoC’s tone-deafness this week. “I can’t explain it,” he said in an interview with the newspaper Le Parisien. “What they write is indecent. It’s shocking.” Even in their steadfastness, the IoC must be working through alternatives and scenarios. To not do so would be irresponsible. The athletes deserve to be included in that discussion. Short of that, they should at minimum be informed of it. How will officials make a decision? When will officials make a decision? “A lthough it’s not correct to speculate, the message that we are going full-steam ahead is speculation,” Xiao wrote in his email. “We still have no information about when the decision will be made whether to postpone, and how the IoC will make that decision.

they’re concerned for their safety. They deserve clear and transparent messaging about contingency plans should the Games not be able to start as scheduled July 24. “I would like to encourage all the athletes to continue their preparation for the olympic Games To kyo 2020 with great confidence and full steam,” IoC President Thomas Bach said march 3. Think about how long ago that feels and how much has changed since. Ye t the IoC hasn’t backed down from that stance, as absurd as it seems. How is an athlete to train “with great confidence and full steam” in the current environment? Spain and Italy, for instance, are completely shut down. Tr y finding great confidence and full steam there. “We want the olympics to take place, but with security,” Spanish olympic Committee President Alejandro Blanco said in a statement reported by reuters. “We’re an important country in the world, and four months before the Games, our athletes can’t arrive in equal conditions.” That is plain fact, and Spain is not alone. There are so many health concerns when considering whether to stage an olympics given there will be more than 11,000 athletes and countless officials, fans, media and workers arriving from all over the globe. But if experts deem it safe enough to pull off, it ought to be done as a fair

morale. Perhaps it serves NBC,
which invested $12 billion to
broadcast 10 Winter and
Summer Games between 2012
and 2032.
You know who it doesn’t
serve? The athletes, on whose
backs the olympics are built but
whose thoughts too frequently
don’t matter enough. Nor does it
serve public health, given the
coronavirus pandemic that has
parts of the world paralyzed.
The athletes are caught in the
middle and have no clear idea
how to proceed. Continue a strict
and regimented training
program designed to peak for
qualifiers that might not take
place? or curtail training in
hopes of protecting themselves
and others — but risk falling
behind if, against all odds, the
show goes on as scheduled?
“A thletes are in a no-win
situation where they are trying
to continue to prepare for the
olympic/Paralympic Games, but
they are finding it more difficult
to do so and will need to take
more and more risks in order to
get the appropriate training,”
Han Xiao, a table tennis player
who serves as the chair of the
USoPC’s Athletes’ Advisory
Council, wrote in an email to The
Washington Post. “They will
eventually be endangering both
themselves and the public in
order to prepare to compete, and
it will not be their fault.”
Xiao said his council does not
have an official position on
whether the olympics should be
postponed or canceled, but it has
heard from athletes across
sports. right now, he said,
athletes are against cancellation,
which makes sense. These people
aren’t just deciding whether to
go for a run after work. These
runs are their whole lives.
Players in the NBA or major
League Baseball will have
another season if this one is
canceled. An athlete preparing
for the To kyo Games has been
building to this point for four
years — and more. The idea of
cancellation makes the brain
hurt and the heart fall.
But Xiao said more athletes
are open to the idea of
postponement. Internationally,
some are calling for it. Their
training already has been
disrupted. Like the rest of us,

sVrluga from D1

BARRY SVRLUGA

IOC thinking only about bottom line, not competitors

JeAn-cHrIstoPHe Bott/AssocIAted Press IoC president Thomas Bach continued to say the 2020 summer olympics will proceed as scheduled — without input from athletes.

FINAL USA TODAY MEN’S TOP 25 POLL The top 25 teams in the USA Today men’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Sunday, points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week’s ranking: REcoRd PTS PVS

Kansas (29) 28-3 795 1

Gonzaga (3) 31-2 760 2

Dayton 29-2 741 3

Baylor 26-4 677 5

Florida State 26-5 656 4

San Diego State 30-2 601 6

Kentucky 25-6 569 7

Duke 25-6 507 10

Villanova 24-7 501 8

Creighton 24-7 501 9

Maryland 24-7 486 11

Michigan State 22-9 472 12

Louisville 24-7 427 14

Oregon 24-7 405 13

Seton Hall 21-9 387 15

Brigham Young 24-8 306 16

Virginia 23-7 224 18

Ohio State 21-10 218 20

Wisconsin 21-10 216 19

Auburn 25-6 213 17

Butler 22-9 130 21

Illinois 21-10 124 22

Houston 23-8 110 24

West Virginia 21-10 109 23

Iowa 20-11 91 25

o thers receiving votes: E ast Tennessee State (30-4) 34, Penn State (21-10) 32, Michigan (19-12) 25, Arizona (21-11) 18, Stephen F. Austin (28-3) 15, Texas Tech (18-13) 8, Liberty (30-4) 8, Utah State (26-8) 5, LSU (21-10) 5, Saint Mary’s (26-8) 4, Southern California (22-9) 4, Providence (19-12) 4, Northern Iowa (25-6) 4, UCLA (19-12) 3, Colorado (21-11) 3, Rutgers (20-11) 2. The USA Today Sports Board of Coaches is made up of 32 head coaches at Division I institutions. All are members of the National Association of Basketball Coaches.

FINAL USA TODAY WOMEN’S TOP 25 POLL The top 25 teams in the USA Today women’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Monday, points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week’s ranking: REcoRd PTS PVS

South Carolina (26) 32-1 794 1

Oregon (6) 31-2 772 2

Baylor 28-2 715 3

Connecticut 29-3 706 4

Maryland 28-4 682 5

Stanford 27-6 592 7

North Carolina State 28-4 572 8

UCLA 26-5 543 9

Mississippi State 27-6 523 10

South Dakota 30-2 424 11

Arizona 24-7 384 12

Gonzaga 28-3 372 13

DePaul 28-5 368 14

Northwestern 26-4 359 15

Oregon State 23-9 319 16

Princeton 26-1 291 17

Kentucky 22-8 235 18

Missouri State 26-4 226 19

Texas A&M 22-8 174 21

Indiana 24-8 168 22

Iowa 23-7 126 23

Florida Gulf Coast 30-3 105 24

Arkansas 24-8 69 25
o thers receiving votes: T CU (22-7) 20, Arizona State
(20-11) 10, Dayton (25-8) 9, James Madison (25-4) 8,
Ohio State (21-12) 7, Marquette (24-8) 7, Central
Michigan (23-7) 7, Troy (25-4) 1, Stony Brook (28-3) 1,
Duke (18-12) 1.
The USA Today Sports Board of Coaches is made up of 32
head coaches at Division I institutions. All are members
of the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

FINAL AP MEN’S TOP 25 POLL REcoRd PTS PVS

Kansas (63) 28-3 1,623 1

Gonzaga (1) 31-2 1,547 2

Dayton (1) 29-2 1,505 3

Florida State 26-5 1,381 4

Baylor 26-4 1,337 5

San Diego State 30-2 1,279 6

Creighton 24-7 1,154 7

Kentucky 25-6 1,118 8

Michigan State 22-9 1,023 9

Villanova 24-7 1,011 11

Duke 25-6 990 10

Maryland 22-9 924 12

Oregon 24-7 892 13

Seton Hall 21-9 727 16

Virginia 23-7 586 17

Wisconsin 21-10 539 18

Brigham Young 24-8 537 14

Ohio State 21-10 459 19

Auburn 25-6 453 20

Illinois 21-10 263 21

Houston 23-8 179 22

Butler 22-9 165 24

West Virginia 21-10 159 22

Iowa 20-11 109 25
o thers receiving votes: Stephen F. Austin 78, East
Tennessee State 66, Providence 63, Michigan 62, Utah
State 36, Saint Mary’s 33, Penn State 21, Arizona 7,
Rutgers 6, Richmond 6, USC 4, New Mexico State 4,
Texas Tech 3, UCLA 2, Vermont 2, Purdue 1, Belmont 1,
Liberty 1, Utah 1.

FINAL AP WOMEN’S TOP 25 POLL REcoRd PTS PVS

South Carolina (26) 32-1 746 1

Oregon (4) 31-2 724 2

Baylor 28-2 676 3

Maryland 28-4 654 4

Connecticut 29-3 642 5

Stanford 27-6 560 7

North Carolina S tate 28-4 543 8

Mississippi State 27-6 505 9

UCLA 26-5 501 10

Northwestern 26-4 394 12

Arizona 24-7 385 13

Gonzaga 28-3 359 11

Oregon State 23-9 321 14

DePaul 28-5 298 15

Kentucky 22-8 283 16

South Dakota 30-2 259 17

Texas A&M 22-8 246 19

Indiana 24-8 194 20

Iowa 23-7 174 21

Princeton 26-1 163 22

Missouri State 26-4 121 23

Arkansas 24-8 97 24

Arizona State 20-11 31 25
others receiving votes: TCU 11, Ohio State 10, Boston
College 6, Marquette 5, Rutgers 4, Florida Gulf Coast 3,
Texas 2, Iowa State 2, Boise State 2, Duke 1, Central
Michigan 1.

NBA lEAdERS Through Wednesday, March 11 ScoRING GFGFTPTS AVG Harden, HOU ...................... 61603 619 2,096 34.4 Beal, WAS .......................... 57593 385 1,741 30.5 Antetokounmpo, MIL ........ 57623 361 1,690 29.6 Young, ATL ........................ 60546 481 1,778 29.6 Lillard, POR ........................ 58531 389 1,677 28.9 Doncic, DAL ........................ 54512 369 1,549 28.7 Westbrook, HOU ............... 53568 269 1,456 27.5 Leonard, .AC ...................... 51476 311 1,370 26.9 Davis, LAL .......................... 55508 386 1,467 26.7 Booker, PHX ....................... 62544 405 1,619 26.1 James, LAL ........................ 60586 239 1,544 25.7 LaVine, CHI ........................ 60539 268 1,530 25.5 Ingram, NO ........................ 56469 283 1,358 24.3 Mitchell, UTA ..................... 63560 249 1,525 24.2 Siakam, TOR ...................... 53459 220 1,253 23.6 Tatum, BOS ....................... 59499 225 1,390 23.6 McCollum, POR .................. 62549 123 1,395 22.5 FIEld GoAlS FG FGA PcT Robinson, NY ................................. 253 341 .742 Gobert, UTA .................................. 353 506 .698 Allen, BKN ..................................... 267 413 .646 Capela, HOU .................................. 244 388 .629 Clarke, MEM .................................. 254 408 .623 Whiteside, POR ............................. 418 676 .618 Adams, OKC .................................. 262 443 .591 Valanciunas, MEM ........................ 385 657 .586 Simmons, PHI ............................... 361 617 .585 Collins, ATL ................................... 353 605 .583 Harrell, LAC ................................... 471 812 .580 Adebayo, MIA ............................... 408 719 .567 Wood, DET .................................... 288 508 .567 Ayton, PHX .................................... 255 465 .548 THREE-PoINTERS 3FG 3FGA PcT Hill, MIL ........................................... 73152 .480 Curry, DAL ..................................... 136 300 .453 Redick, NO ..................................... 156 345 .452 Robinson, MIA .............................. 243 543 .448 McDermott, IND ............................ 118 265 .445 Morris, NY ..................................... 116 264 .439 Olynyk, MIA .................................... 80185 .432 Bertans, WAS ............................... 200 472 .424 Bjelica, SAC ................................... 125 295 .424 Holiday, IND .................................. 122 288 .424 Middleton, MIL .............................. 133 318 .418 Niang, UTA ...................................... 77185 .416 Korver, MIL ..................................... 86207 .415 Bogdanovic, UTA ........................... 189 457 .414 Thomas, WAS ................................. 78189 .413 FREE THRoWS FT FTA PcT Wanamaker, BOS .......................... 108 116 .931 Booker, PHX .................................. 405 442 .916 Middleton, MIL .............................. 178 196 .908 Bogdanovic, UTA ........................... 250 277 .903 Redick, NO ..................................... 147 163 .902 Paul, OKC ....................................... 225 250 .900 Burks, GS ....................................... 201 224 .897 Brogdon, IND ................................. 145 162 .895 Murray, DEN .................................. 158 177 .893 Leonard, LAC ................................. 311 350 .889 Lillard, POR ................................... 389 438 .888 Gallinari, OKC ................................ 234 264 .886

NHl lEAdERS Through Wednesday, March 11 GoAlS GP G Alex Ovechkin, Washington ................................ 68 48 David Pastrnak, Boston ....................................... 70 48 Auston Matthews, Toronto................................. 70 47 Leon Draisaitl, Edmonton .................................... 71 43 Mika Zibanejad, N.Y. Rangers ............................. 57 41 Sebastian Aho, Carolina ...................................... 68 38 Kyle Connor, Winnipeg ........................................ 71 38 Jack Eichel, Buffalo.............................................. 68 36 Nathan MacKinnon, Colorado .............................. 69 35 Connor McDavid, Edmonton ................................ 64 34 Patrick Kane, Chicago .......................................... 70 33 Nikita Kucherov, Tampa Bay ............................... 68 33 Max Pacioretty, Vegas......................................... 71 32 Artemi Panarin, N.Y. Rangers ............................. 69 32 Patrice Bergeron, Boston .................................... 61 31 William Nylander, Toronto .................................. 68 31

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