both the clubs, same position as the sharks, battling for the postseason. so it's going to be a lot of fun. but the sharks a little wobbly tonight. >>> a big nab deal this evening -- nba deal this evening. garrett fisher back in los angeles for the first time since they unloaded him. and he's back with the thunder. here we go. kobe bryant, lakers started out great. then it didn't work. 25-shot, bryant scored 23 points. and rustle west brook was the -- russemwest -- the oklahoma city thunder, young and doing their business. >>> these are high times for stanford basketball. at the mit tournament, hello, dick davy. former bronco coach in santa clara. now a stanford assistant, finishing up a 44 year career tonight. jhonny dawkins' club was not selected for the top 68, they go to the second tier tournament and just turp out the lights. -- turn out the lights. 75-51. it is a national title, their third. >>> stanford women on their way to sunday's final four. trying to stop 6'8" brittany griener. the most dominating player. this young lady inside, nobody of her si

expand it's postseason from eight to ten teams beginning expand it's postseason from eight to ten teamseginning this season... each league l >>> major league baseball expand its post season from 8 to 10 teams beginning this season. mark, start the clock. the league opener, manny is swinging, results in a 6-4-3 double play. went 0-2 and the mariners beat the a's 8-5. the warriors making their only visit to philadelphia. the sixers blew it open in the second half. elton with the big two hand jam. >>> usf advance to the semifinals of the tournament after a 76-60 win against lmu. mike williams knocked down five of the 11 three's. >> city championship, mission taking on marshal. prescott gets the steal and almost throws it down. mission wins 89-76. second round of the honda classic in florida. tiger woods had a much better day with the putter and shot a 68. he remains seven strokes back. tom and justin rose are tieing for the lead. he finished strong with two birdies. >> got him right here. >> well, we'll have a slow show after the masters. >> all right, we'll see you right here at 11:00.

hopes to be back for the postseason, but that's still in doubt. so is the postseason. yesterday the caps responded with a 3-0 shutout of the wild. alex ovechkin notched his ninth goal in seven games, 36th of the season. caps and sabres currently tied for the eighth and final spot with 84 points. washington holds the tiebreaker with more victories. now tomorrow the two meet at verizon center and it's not going to be your ordinary regular season run of the mill game. >> it's the kind of game that everybody wants to coach and play and, you know, it's like game seven in a series. so it's a big game. players know it. we know it and so does the other team and their coaches know it. it should be a heck of a game. >>> the nfl owners meetings take place this week. saints coach sean payton has reportedly reached out to his mentor bill parcells to replace him while he serves his one year suspension for the bounty program. commissioner roger goodell said the league has not stopped investigating that the redskins and other teams had bounty programs when gregg williams coached for t

so, ten teams will make it to the postseason now. both leagues will have wild card teams.wild cards will meet in a one-game playoff. winners advance to play the team with the best league record. >>> by the way, bruce bochy realizes the playoff run starts with their first cactus league game tomorrow against the d-backs. >> it will be excited to get the games going and get some playing time. we have a doubleheader on sunday. so, they all will play. so, it's good to get the cobwebs out. it gives us a chance to see some of these kids. both players and pitchers. so, it's a good day. >>> to the gridiron, where the 49ers have applied their franchise tag on dashon goldson. the tag is not exclusive. the pro bowl safety can negotiate with other teams. the 49ers have the right to match any offer or take two first-round draft picks as compensation. now, goldson's agent says, he will not sign the one-year deal just yet. as the two sides continue to work on a very long-term deal. >>> that will do it for tonight, raj. enjoy your weekend. it will be great to be a safety mbig-me l, money.

disain'ting on hoya loss in the post season, but this year it's -- disappointing hoya loss in the postseason, but this year it's not that simple. this year exceeded all expectations and made what happened today even more difficult to swallow. after the game the georgetown faces said it all, sadness, shock and most of all disappointment. >> it's definitely a huge disappointment, but, you know, it's something that's going to hurt for a while and hopefully it will give us something going into next year. >> reporter: a tough one, jason. i know you didn't want it to end this way. >> definitely not. it's tough to go out knowing you won't ever get to suit up in this jersey again. >> reporter: how long will it take to get over this feeling? >> i mean obviously as a group it's tough for us because we've been through so much this year. we've been battle tested throughout the year. it hurts. it hurts, you know. i don't think for our returning guys this feeling won't go away for a long time. >> reporter: senior henry sims played only six minutes in the 1st half because of foul troubl he finished with on

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. >> we have a goal to make it to the postseason. this year, this team has a great chance of doing that. >> a brick -- britt mchenry, abc 7 sports. >> they are playing the honda classic and tiger woods hit the ball very well. it was on the greens where tiger woods was inconsistent. he finished with 1 over 71. seven shots behind the leader, davis love. . jeremy lin? he is still getting all of the attention in new york. last night he had 13 assists. he took a shot to the nose and had to leave the game. he did check back in. he got them back into the rhythm of the game. he had 19 points. new york beat the cavaliers won 20-103. --120-103. the turn over, how about the past? a little skip past. just then hawkins scored a layup. it is our play of the day. -- justin hawkins with a layup. >> the lady terrapins have a bye. the sophomore has been named the acc player of the year. when -- remember when i showed you the play of the week last week? he breaks the backboard on the down. that is her brother. what a week for this family. a great coupl

and 5-2, sharks now tied for 10th with nine games remaining, 8 teams make the postseason. >>> stanford, but cal, their season ends. they were trying all types of maneuvers, but not to be. notre dame wins going away, 73-62. cal none the less, a great season to make it to the ncaa tournament >>> who's the best player in college basketball? some say of all time, it's brittanygriner of baylor. they're now 36 and 0 on the year as they took apart florida. stanford could run into baylor on their way to a national title. >>> tiger woods set the play again thursday in arnold palmer's event. here's a good one. there were 24 players in this little charity event, tigers finished 23rd out of 24. >> wow. >> that means you can carry. that's nice. give ing back to the community, and he made some putts. but he was 23rd out of 24. but he'll be playing for palmer on thursday.

. >> one basketball team from the state of maryland in joined a trip to the postseason.ola and the automatic bid. not since 1994 has loyola celebrated in march. they put on a great show for its fans. 600 in attendance. they watched at center court. it comes in the eighth year for the coach at loyola. >> it is a long way from eight years ago when i figured i would be fired. it is a nice feeling. >> i have been a huge maryland fan my whole life. i was hoping there were going to get a good save. finally, on a team and getting selected. it is a dream come true. >> here is how the back it shapes up for loyola. they have a date against ohio state. they were a top five seeds all season. should the greyhounds pull the upset, they get the winner of gonzaga-west virginia. kentucky stays at one. michigan, north carolina, the top four. they stayed on the top line. the tar heels, let's pick it up second half. he can pop it from anywhere. drops that 3. 74-65. within one at 83-82. hj harrison it's a good look. florida state was the first ever ncaa tournament. -- gets there first ever n

a year ago, loyola missed the postseason. this year the hounds and the blue jays remained on track for a season ending collision. they have moved up to four in the polls. hopkins remains on the radar at number one. bill has the focus on hosting ohio state. -- loyola has the focus on the posting ohio state. -- hosting ohio state. >> i see a dangerous team up 6-1 on virginia. a three overtime loss to notre dame. they are talented. that has been an issue that we have getting out of the gate and putting some goals on the board the first quarter. we have to bring our energy and our a game. >> continued to whittle down their options. the o's added an infielder. the arrival. -- pushes the picture of the roster. -- pitcher off the roster. the trade does not shiny there. there are four of five pitchers to trim from the roster before next friday. the ballpark that changed baseball. another story for another day. >> will have another look at the seven-day forecast after this. >> another rally in our area protesting the murder of trayvon

are a perennial playoff team but this season san jose is in the rare position of fighting for the postseason. they got a big boost last night. >> ryan close corbeil only goal in the shootout for a 2-1 victory over nashville last night. it puts the sharks one point behind colorado. it is time for the sharks to get it it going. onto the basketball tournament where st. mary's hopes to keep bay area fans hopes alive for a while. they will face perdue today at 427 this afternoon. the st. mary's game will be on troop tv cable network although cbs 5 will be showing many other games throughout the day. syracuse was the third team in tournament history to be down at halftime against the 16th seed. the bulldogs survived, make that the orange survives against ashville winning 72-65. a three-point game with 30 seconds left. the referees did not help their cause whatsoever. it was a tight game. you have seen plenty of amazing shots during our cover of march madness but never one like this >> usually they have regular shots but these are different. three guys work together to hit the shot from 190 ft. in

regular-season games will now use the same overtime rules as postseason. no more sudden death.one. both teams will get at least one possession in overtime, and coaches will no longer have to use their challenge flag on turnovers. all turnovers will get an automatic review, the same approach the nfl already uses for scoring plays. mike messina lost much of his fan base in baltimore when he left the orioles and finished his career as a yankee, but he still has a place in the hall of fame. he pitched 10 years with the o's and 8 with the yankees. he won the third most gains in team history. ryan flared a signals and to write. orioles had the lead. we may see this a lot. the league did not last. there-inning double. -- third-inning double. three runs given up in a 9-3. orioles lost the blue jays. former jets quarterback has officially shifted his loyalty from the reptile family to carnivorous mammals. o'brien has announced his plans to play for the wisconsin badgers. the former rookie of the year also considered penn state and all this after leading maryland early this spring. becau

as a one- year deal to return to san francisco and run backaches hopefully you'll be healthy and postseason the also signed quarterback john johnson and gelatinous stanford for nfl scouts drool over. did you think about doing a practical joke and pretend you're in your something? a disney back with your mind? >>> on a very funny guy. authors item is practical. >>> he's going to the no. 1 pick we believe. thought

the owners voted 30-2 to expand the new rule for the postseason overtime to the regular season. all games that go into overtime now cannot end on a field goal on the first possession. >>> yesterday nick backstrom passed the nhl mandated concussion face line test. cheering him to play on the ice -- clearing him to play on the ice today. he's suffered 39 concussions. tomorrow the caps are in boston against the bruins. will backstrom make his return? >> no, he's not going to play tomorrow. we just want him with the team to see the drills that we're doing, some old battle drills that if he gets in, that's how he has to play. so they're hard drills out there. so every day he's pen fine. so it's good news for -- been fine. so it's good news for us and for him. >> the caps are in ninth place in the east, two points behind the sabres, five games on the regular season docket. tomorrow they're at the bruins, saturday home versus the canadiens, monday on the road against the lightning and next thursday the home finale against the panthers. next saturday the season finale at the new york ri

there's still a slim chance they could make their fifth straight postseason appearance. their best shot would be to win all of their remaining five games, but it won't be easy. three of those games are on the road, a place where the caps struggled all seasoning if 14- 20-4. first to check off the -- going 14-20-4. first to check off the list is boston. they'll clinch a playoff spot with their win tonight over the caps. >> we have to be at our best to beat boston because they're a good team. we all know they're solid. so we have to be our best. we can't give them chances or it's going to be in the back of our net. >> the goalie carousel keeps turning. tomas vokoun will start tonight, his first since march 16th. he says his strained groin is healed and dale hunter wanted that veteran experience on the ice. >>> time to vote in our high school game of the week poll. your last chance today among your choices, two big match-ups in boys lacrosse plus baseball girls soccer. >>> there's an ongoing debate in the sports world regarding college teams versus the pros. if an native te

tonight against tampa bay a result that at least for the moment puts washington into the postseason.ovechkin and the caps had watch two straight against the lightning. lightning on the power play. teddy purcell shoots and scores. how did purcell score? the puck goes off john karlsson's skate and tampa bay is in front 2-1. lightning can't clear. marcus johanhson says thank you very much. >> and check out the reaction from ovie. like a kid in a candy store. caps win 3-2. washington jumps into the eighth playoff spot in the eastern conference. up next, a road game against boston on saturday. >> college hoops now. there's no doubt georgetown is going dancing. but for now the hoyas are feeling the effects of march madness. against cincinnati today, the hoyas had a double-digit lead. however, the bearcats bounced georgetown in double overtime. hoyas were up by as many as 11 points in the second half but with ten seconds to go, georgetown down by 2. henry simms to otto porter and the freshman is clutch. we're going to overtime, tied at 54. final seconds of ot. hoyas trail by 2. again they s

on the road, and still clawing to maintain the eighth and final conference slot of the postseason, they went into the reigning stanley cup champ's home and did some work. cat caps up by a goal. dennis passing in front to brooks who would do the rest. it is a power play goal. got to love that. caps take a 4-2 lead. late in the third, johnny is there cleaning it out and gets the rebound and puts it in, so cutting it close here, but the caps, give them credit, over a minute to go, bruins with the extra attack, and brian gets in on the action and tomas becomes the man of the hour. caps win 4-3. closing final seconds, and up in the lane and it's no good. a heartbreaker. scramble. everyone is trying to do something, but nope, no dice. howard loses in the finals, a 4-53. and a huge upset in college basketball, florida state-east duke, 62-59, and they will face north carolina tomorrow in the finals. the nats nats had a split quad and tied at five with the feigers that. game was too close for comfort. >> a win is a >> it is one of the biggest festivals of the year now underway in austin, texas.

leading the cavaliers in their charge to the postseason, senior forward mike scott.p the cavs earn their first win against florida state in five years. senior night in charlottesville, mike scott, esan sen being honored. mike scott out front by his lonesome. second half, cavs go on a run. scott finished with a game high 28 points, 10 rebounds and his mama, lisa, she's loving it. five minutes to go. uva turns it over but check out the collision here between bernard james and joe harris of virginia. and james, well, he decides to kick harris there in the mid section. coach leonard hamilton, he used to coach here in washington, "what are you doing"? the seminoles trail by 10 after free throws. but they would rally. dulkys buries the 3-pointer. 5 seconds left. ian miller for three. are you kidding me? caps a 16-2 run. virginia fans are stunned. 0.8 left. virginia loses a heart breaker 63-60. the cavs still remain fourth in the acc. virginia tech on the road against clemson. we begin in the second half and check out the steal by andre young here. and then check out the be

let's they were possible but move stateside where some until you have strengthened their bid for a postseason n.b.a. playoff place the spurs darling minnesota one hundred sixteen to one hundred at home for a victory number four on the trot the hosts scoring the rivals in the water by the all figures thirty k. sixteen tony parker would then be forced to leave the court in the seconds with a hamstring hole but even with the all star guard the spurs continue to press holding on to their advantage with relative ease. before tim duncan it was the night's tough squirting twenty one twenty one out of. the final one hundred sixteen one hundred school line in favor of some until new means they lie second in the western conference. football were both in a one hundred club doctor had stated for a brief but was dead for almost eighty minutes before being revived at the weekend the twenty three year old midfielder suffered a cardiac arrest whilst playing for bolton against tottenham medics say he's making coach miraculous progress although it's too early to say if he'll ever play football again. i can't b

to hold their nerve to eventually claim the victory for the result means neither side of in the postseason in places. now based in europe's biggest snowboarding competition was held over the weekend just outside of russia's northern city of san petersburg apart from bringing together the brightest young snowboarding talents it was only the second time such a high caliber event has been held in russia michael great the slopes to bring us the story. petersburg region is not famed for its skiing snowboarding slopes but tucked away near russia's northern capital is a snowboarding haven in the making it's here the second annual quicksilver neustar snowboarding event was held part of a season long competition called the ticket to ride tour in which riders from all over the world compete in various locations worldwide. t.t. or or take it's a ride it is an international association and they have certain great syria for the level of competition if you want your event to have four star status you need to have these great theory in place then out of prize money level of infrastructure etc so far ever

that gives the nationals a better opportunity to make the postseason, especially considering how toughheir division. the nats skipper davey johnson has said if the team doesn't make the playoffs, management can fire him. danny with 106.7 the fan likes the confidence. >> this is a group that needs to turn the corner. it's fine to say, let's be patient, but at a certain point you have to put up enough w's, so i like the attitude that david johnson is learning. they expect to win. that he could change from years past. i'm in favor. >>> after 13 years behind the mic john thompson junior is signing off. for two hours a day the former georgetown hall of fame coach, he was funny, he was nostalgic, and today he was popping the bubbly. he was sing some bob marley as the night ended, or as the day ended down, saying his good- byes, but he just, at 70 years old -- >> had enough. >> he's had enough. he wants to try other things. he's spent almost 30 years coaching, 13 years in

season one is up scar hastings and i was in some petersburg ansgar have reached this spot in the postseason for the first time that there seems to be no stopping the mismatch in the last league as men are leading by three goals to one early in the final period big thirty going off he was the grandson of the soviet hockey legend of the same name as i brace for the vehicle sent out was the other player on the scoresheet before do not call them back just a few minutes ago. tennis now and world number two maria sharapova house shrugged off her erratic form to steamroll the french open champion lean out and resume to the semifinals of the sony ericsson open in miami the three time beating finally sure i was guilty of more than fifty unforced errors in a match and lost her four previous meetings with the chinese player straight sets. the russian three time major winner and we relished the record books to win six three six love in just over an hour and. i'm sure it's. all over on the men's side second seed rafael nadal reached the quarterfinals for the sixth consecutive year with a straight set wi

hundred four one of the three to improve their chances of a playoff place oklahoma's a flee into the postseason over. staying with basketball where a passion seemingly spilled over in the chinese basketball association this week former n.b.a. star stephan. norbury allegedly assaulting a supporter during a tense playoff train the beijing ducks on the shank she brave dragon you're watching game number four in the best of five series a tight for throughout but one that spiraled out of control in the final four for a selection of the referee's decisions making the home crowd little agitated to say the least shanxi eventually winning one zero to the one hundred which leveled the series a two piece when the game was over one brave dragons fan accused pete marbury of hitting him on the head former new york knick marbury denies or positions calling them a one hundred percent of. the twenty twelve formula one season is fast approaching with their first start of the year this trillion brown prix getting going this weekend in melbourne too thought the nature cloran lewis hamilton has been speaking in the

. >> reporter: another march, another disappointing hoya loss in the postseason, but it's not quite thatthis year. you see this, team exceeded all expectations and it made what happened today on this court even more difficult to swallow. after the game the georgetown faces said it all, sadness, shock and most of all disappointment. >> definitely a huge disappointment, but it's something that's going to hurt for a while and hopefully it will give us something to go on the next year. >> reporter: it's a tough one, jason. i know you didn't want it to end this way. >> definitely not. it's tough to go out on a loss knowing that you won't ever get to suit up in the jersey again. >> reporter: how long will it take to get over this feeling? >> i mean obviously as a group it's tough for us because we have been through so much this year. we've been battle tested throughout the year. it hurts. it hurts. i don't think for the returning guys this feeling won't go away for a long time. >> reporter: senior henry sims played only six minute in the 1st half because of foul trouble. he finished with only

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if the season ended today, the capitals would miss out on the postseason.chance to jump into the eighth spot in the eastern conference tonight against fulla the capitals, well, they laid an egg for the second game in a row. former cap jaromir jagr in town. and the caps coming off a 5-0 loss against new jersey. first period troy brouwer lays a big hit on philly's eric gustafsson and scott hartnell doesn't take kindly to that. he drops the gloves with brouwer. gets a shot in. but troy brings him to the ice. the only highlight for the caps. second period, pavel kubina shoots, redirected by eric wellwood. that beats michal movieert. >>> paul hewlett and george mason taking on -- in the semifinals. the rams came out on fire. troy daniels' three-pointer puts vcu up 21-0. they would lead by 16 at halftime. second half mason trying to come back. cornelius hits the three to cut the deficit to single digits. patriots down nine. here we go. 35 seconds to go. mason down eight. but morrison turns it over. thee ugs ahead to reddick. vcu wins it 74-64. the rams will face

. >> the postseason is not new to them. they led them to two straight maryland titles. they are in their second big dance with plenty of company. >> my family will be here to support me. >> tonight they will try to make history against michigan state. >> we should stay calm and play our game. we will be able to do when has never been done. >> good luck. a no. 16 has never won against a number one. we are pulling for them. >> all of his friends and family there with them. that is great. >> we believe. >> still to come -- >> it is the friday before st. >> it is matched pay for medical school students. they find out where they will spend the next four-seven years. >> of georgetown university's 193 students matched the this year. some have the extra challenge of matching with their mates. >> it is matched madness inside. >> i did not sleep much last night. >> they just do not know yet which one. >> michigan, but if i get somewhere else i will love that, too. >> love complicates their chances. >> it was a compromise. >> we interviewed a few other places because we are doing

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they're not going to the nca tournament unless they win this postseason event.ht over arizona state. 85-65. stanford plays cal tomorrow night. pay on the manning is a free agent saying good-bye to the colts after 14 seasons, the only four-time mvp, what makes him so special? he began his career starting, as a rookie, went all the way through, was injured all of last season. they got a chance to get andrew with number one, so manning had to go. >> in life and in sports we all know that nothing lasts forever. times change, circumstances change and that's the reality of playing in the nfl: i i haven't thought about where i will play but i have thought about where i have been. i have truly been blessed. i have been blessed to play here. i have been blessed to be in the nfl. >> he's one of those rare guys that stayed in one spot. that's why the emotion is so high, even brett favre, as much as people love him for a time, he played many atlanta, then he wouldn't quit, went to jets and bounced around in minnesota, o when, randy moss, the big name guy that is bounce arou

just stroll into the playoffs every year, but right now the drama is all about getting into the postseason. so sit back and embrace the race. tonight at the average its it was every shark on deck, no matter how small. phoenix nite town, winning the last three minutings. clowe takes a puck to the head. that is not going to make ryan very happy. shake it off, buddy. in the 1st period, pavelski to burns. and talk about momentum breaker, sharks led 2-1. le phoenix scores with one-half second left on the clock. how does that happen? phoenix scores early in the 3rd to make it 3-2, but the sharks are able to answer. 3-3 and we're going to another shoot-out and in the shoot-out, handzus scores first and beats mike smith. the game is on. later, ryane clowe is over that head injury and again he scores, so it's time for antinemi to make the stop. sharks earn two valuable points. this is incredibly big. they ared to a for the 8th spot. dallas won tonight, so they jump back to 3rd place, but phoenix is inth place. kings, sharkses and colorado avalanche all with 86 points, san josi has 7 more regular-se

tom izzo is the best postseason coach in college basketball. the game but coaches are institutions. and you look at tom izzo. i like him to get a seventh final four since 1999. he has a system that he's worked out. a team of -- a fleet of managers who help him put together video on the second games of these tough weekends. michigan state, they're an institution at this point in the month of march. >> you have to send me some help. and maybe you can -- >> i'll send you some tips. >> thank you. >>> new information into cnn just in this past hour on the u.s. army soldier accused of gunning down 16 afghans. those who knew him describe him of a man with mounting personal problems. because, bad weather the price of oil those are every airlines reality. and solutions won't come from 500 tons of metal and a paint job. they'll come from people. delta people. who made us one of the biggest airlines in the world. and then decided that wasn't enough. why you fell in love with her in the first place. and why you still feel the same. but your erectile dysfun

the capitals try and rebound from a big setback in their push for the postseason. as news 4 at 6:00 continues. >>> d.c. police have speed cameras keeping an eye on you but who is watching the police when it comes to regulating that speed camera program? each speed camera ticket cost at least $125 bucks and in a news 4 exclusive tracee wilkins uncovers why the district changed the way it was operating some of the cameras. >> reporter: speed cameras like this one are called across the road or atr radar. it means it's an unmanned speed camera. and because there is no officer standing by to validate an infraction there are other things in place like white lines on the road. these white lines mark distances beyond the speed camera and in photos they show the progression of the vehicle in question and are secondary confirmation that the vehicle was actually speeding. while these lines are here now, they weren't for sometime. nearly 100,000 tickets were issued without them. tickets that the district has not excused. news 4 has obtained internal d.c. police e-mails. one en

they are proposing banning teams postseason competition if they don't graduate enough players on time. >> we are on storm watch and we will check in with crews spread out across the bay area as a new storm pushes through the area. >>> and a murder suicide at the hands of an iraq veteran is the most recent tragedy to shed light on ptsd among the armed forces. we dig deepener to the growing issue and the fight for treatment. . >>> our next round of rain pushing in. when the heaviest downpours will arrive. >> and live in marin where we are just getting hammered by this latest storm. the decision sound from a wild day of weather ahead. >> i'm john fowler live where workers face one set back but may get unlikely help trying to save the boardwalk. >> complete bay area news coverage. starting right now. this is ktvu channel 2news at since. >> good evening. . >> another round of heavy rain trenching parts of the bay area. it arrives in the north bay first and is quickly moving south. crews are rushing to repair the damage from earlier in the week. >> it's making it a rough drive for those hea

sports director dave feldman with more on a team that continues to achieve postseason success. >> the monday to advance to the sweet 16 and head coach brenda frese feels this team is very similar to her 2006 national championship team, but as lindsay murphy reports this, team still has some big obstacles to overtime. >> they will advance to the sweet 16 as they outlast louisville. >> we're obviously on a tremendous ride, tremendous journey with this team, a team that doesn't want their season to end. >> reporter: brenda frese has done it again. for the fourth time in her 10 years as maryland's head coach the terps are in the sweet 16, the only local team with its dancing shoes still on. >> i feel like they would have felt it was a failed season had they not gotten out of college park back to back years. so i feel like a burden has probably been lifted from shirr shoulders. >> reporter: the temps find -- from their shoulders of. >> reporter: the terps find themselves in a bit of an underdog role. reason being the aggies are the national champ, but vanity the temps earned the right to b

they've got one of the deepest -- postseason relevant in september. they've got one of the deepest pitching staffs. >> i'm not that same way. looks like makes morse will start on the dl. a lot of -- mike morse will start on the d.l. i've worried about they've never seated before at this kind of a level. they -- competed before at this kind of a level. they may be game or two shy of that second wildcard spot. >> thanks so much, guys. we'll send it back over to you. >>> still ahead tonight some states aren't waiting for the supreme court's decision on healthcare reform. we'll tell you how they're getting ready to handle the law as it stands now. >> also she is barely the size of a business card, but she's already making a pretty big impact. meet the pint sized pup a little later on. >> and the pink is giving way to green along the tidal basin, how you can still enjoy the cherry blossoms once the blooms are gone. that's next. >>> japanese folk dances were on the agenda today at the cherry blossom festival. these contemporary versions of the ancient dance

a chance to control their own postseason destiny but what it turned into was a decackle.ost -- debacle. hosting the buffalo sabres last night. got into a hole early on. shoots with the kickout save but thomas vanek is there for the putback. a few minutes later off the face-off. semin goes five hole. the sabres were red hot. too much for even the captain. pominville scores on the power play as buffalo cruises past the caps 5-1. >>> the lady terps found themselves in too big of a hole they couldn't big out of last night. facing notre dame it was close early. alicia thomas with the steal, with 17 on the night but it didn't take long for the irish to pull away. diggins with the jumper and then working it on defense too. gets the steal. she had 22 on the night. there's an easy two. the lady terps lose by a lot. 31, tough pill to swallow, their season is over. >>> thompson played his last game as a hoya. the georgetown junior is hiring an agent and entering the nba draft. he originally declared for the 2011 draft but decided to return for another year. >>> that's going to do it

he's a sophomore now and a key component to the heels' postseason success.phy reports his help is now a major concern. >> north carolina is one of the favorites to win this year's ncaa tournament, but the tar heels' future could be in doubt with the recent injury to guard kendall marshall. the sophomore broke his right wrist sunday in the game versus creighton and underwent surgery monday. his status is uncertain. >> if he, can he will. he'll try because he's a tough kid, but obviously you feel for him. sent him a text just to say hey, you know, we're thinking of you because it's got to be tough. i mean i think he's so important to carolina. i've heard a lot of announcers say he's not their most talented player, but he's the most important. >> if you follow the hoop scene in virginia, you know exactly who kendall marshall is and what he meant to the bishop o'connell basketball program. in 2010 his senior season marshall let the knights to the virginia state championship as mvp. according to his former head coach joe wooten, son of morgan wooten, he's one of

the postseason continues today for the maryland men's basketball team. terps play north carolina in the quarterfinals of the a.c.c. tournament. maryland rolled past wake forest in the first-round game yesterday in atlanta. terrell just tore up wake's defense. he did it scoring and passing. great feed to big alex, seven assists. wake down 10. into the half, going on a 5-0 run. travis hits the three. 31-26, maryland at the half, but the terps go on a 25-5 run to start the second half. nick from city college, big game for nick. he had 19. the rout is on. he was challenged all year by the coach, the best player on the court yesterday. he had 25, 82-60, maryland wins. they play north carolina today at 12:00 noon. again, great feed there from the freshman, nick. the orioles go for the third straight win today, got good news on nick markakis. nick had abdominal surgery in january. he'll make his spring training debut wednesday against the pirates. the orioles beat the braves yesterday in sarasota, second straight win for the orioles. this is darren oh -- darren

they hammer on the avalanche 5-1, the sharks making a strong push heading into that postseason now.dvancing up the ranks, looking like they're going to make that spot solid. it is 5:54 right now. >>> well, the battle over gay rights could soon be on that legal fasttrack. a federal appeals court was asked on monday to speed up its review of a san francisco case. it involved the legality of the defense of the marriage act which denies federal benefits to same-sex couples. the obama administration also wants the courts to convene an 11-judge panel. that would allow them to set a stricter standard for the laws which deny equal treatment. this is also the last step before a supreme court review. >>> apple is in trouble down under. they're talking about the new ipad 4g capabilities there. the australian competition and consumer commission is seeking court orders demanding injunctions, penalties, and refunds. claiming apple misled customers saying the new ipad could connect to 4g networks, but it operates on a frequency that is different from the ipad's, so it cannot connect. >>> 5:55 righ

kate longworth was in berkeley as they began their postseason journey. >> reporter: coach montgomerys the team hasn't had much time to digest its seating in this year's ncaa tournament but as the madness of march set in the bears took the court in berkeley for final practice before boarding a bus heading to the airport to go to dayton, ohio facing what the team knows is a do or die situation. >> hopefully they have a chip on their shoulder. we're one and done now. there is no more we can do at this stage. so hopefully they'll be ready to go and again you have to perform. it is not like you can go there and get another one. we have to perform. >> an understanding of how important this is. you know, get a mindset and just be on the same page. >> reporter: and should the bears beat south florida on wednesday, that will be their 25th victory of the year. that will be the bears' most wins in a single season since back in 1960. it also extends cal's trip from dayton, ohio, until nashville, tennessee, where they will face number five temple on friday. in berkeley, i'm kate longworth nbc bay

new rules instituted by the ncaa, uconn, the 2011 men's basketball champs, will be banned from postseasonxt year. banned because of its terrible record graduating basketball players. >> there's plenty of blame to go around at least in our men's basketball program. >> ok. drew griffin is joining us live. she says there's plenty of blame to go around, but who should our finger be pointing at? >> you know, i pointed at the coach in our report because he is the person closest to the team. the president pointed at the whole entire school, which needs to cultivate these players, make sure they are in class. and they are doing things better at uconn. and at other schools too, primarily because they are facing this ban next year. >> when you say they are doing things better, what are they doing better? like making the kids go to class? >> making the kids go to class. it's that simple. >> come on. >> that's what i don't get. but, carol, there is blame to go around in all aspects. and i think the big of the problem in college basketball is, coaches get judged by who wins on the court. so they are r

the teams for this university risk forfeiting postseason games, playoffs if this logo is displayed bytes, cheerleaders or band or if they keep the name in general. lis wiehl fox news legal analyst. we have a mark igarsh defense attorney around former prosecutor. before we get started we have to pick this part of the story. the state legislature in north dakota made illegal for the team to drop that name. they want that team or university to keep that name. >> right. jenna: but the ncaa says hey, our league, our rules. who is right? >> ncaa is not right here. the legislature passed that law. they have a statewide referendum coming up. let the voters decide. we're not talking about the wimpy or loser sue. we're talking about the fighting sioux. fighting irish, take that away too? everyone in north dakota wants the fighting sioux. not just florida, by the way. utah, michigan and florida. many states the ncaa okay there to use indians? cleveland indians? ant atlanta braves? come on. >> we showed video, seminoles, they were able to keep the name because of agreement with the tribe. the tri

you have to navigate a health care facility to find the room they happen to be doing in postseason that day and by every standard in health care today we ex post somebody to an institution that has a higher likelihood of providing a means of infection and i think it's important and the va is headed on a new course of creating that super outpatient facility that can help of the veterans' needs. it will take a while but we will never get there if we don't build that into our long-term and short-term maintenance request, construction request. i think i could question whether the total votes in the budget this year even comes close to handling just a maintenance needs we have in the existing facilities and you probably agree with me on that. those are some of my thoughts having heard your testimony and try to put it in perspective what we've heard from the administration's budget proposal. and i would just pos one more question to each of you if you want to respond to you can go well. what do you feel should be alarming to the nation's veterans and policymakers, and i will just start down h