Men's Basketball

2K SPORTS CLASSIC

COACHES VS. CANCER

REGIONAL ROUNDS

Syracuse

Nov. 9--Albany vs. Syracuse

Nov. 11--Robert Morris vs. Syracuse, 7 p.m.

Chapel Hill

Nov. 9--FIU vs. North Carolina

Nov. 11--N.C. Central vs. North Carolina, 9 p.m.

Columbus

Nov. 9--Alcorn State vs. Ohio State

Nov. 12--James Madison vs. Ohio State, 7 p.m.

Berkeley

Nov. 9--Murray State vs. California

Nov. 11--Detroit vs. California, 11 p.m.

SUBREGIONAL ROUNDS

Albany

Nov. 20--Detroit vs. Robert Morris, 5 p.m.

Nov. 20--Alcorn State vs. Albany, 5 p.m.

Nov. 21--Robert Morris vs. Alcorn St., 4:30 p.m.

Nov. 21--Detroit vs. Albany, 4:30 p.m.

Nov. 22--Alcorn State vs. Detroit, 2:30 p.m.

Nov. 22--Robert Morris vs. Albany, 2:30 p.m.

Miami

Nov. 20--James Madison vs. Murray St., 4 p.m.

Nov. 20--N.C. Central vs. FIU, 4 p.m.

Nov. 22--James Madison vs. FIU, 6 p.m.

Nov. 22--Murray State vs. N.C. Central, 6 p.m.

Nov. 23--N.C. Central vs. James Madison, 4 p.m.

Nov. 23--Murray State vs. FIU, 4 p.m.

CHAMPIONSHIP ROUNDS

November 19

Game 1--Syracuse vs. California, 7 p.m.

Game 2--North Carolina vs. Ohio State, 9 p.m.

November 20

3rd place--Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser, 5 p.m.

Championship--Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, 7 p.m.

NOTE: All championship round games shown on ESPN2.

College Basketball Power Index

By Keith Glantz & Russell Culver

Women's Basketball

The preseason top 25 teams in the USA Today-ESPN Women's College Basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, final 2008-09 records, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and 2008-09 final regular-season ranking:

Others receiving votes: Middle Tennessee 118; Kansas 110; Rutgers 106; Auburn 84; Georgia 76; Georgia Tech 73; South Dakota State 70; Mississippi State 66; Gonzaga 48; Kansas State 39; San Diego State 39; Florida 31; TCU 12; North Carolina State 11; Arizona 10; Michigan 10; Bowling Green 7; South Florida 6; Syracuse 6; South Carolina 3; Arkansas-Little Rock 2; Ball State 2; Georgetown 2; Richmond 2; Southern Methodist 2; Temple 2; Central Florida 1; Charlotte 1; Fresno State 1; Hartford 1; Minnesota 1; West Virginia 1; Western Kentucky 1.

Football

ACC STANDINGS

(Before games of Nov. 7)

The Atlantic Coast Conference

Thursday, Nov. 5

Virginia Tech 16, East Carolina 3

Saturday, Nov. 7

Virginia at Miami

Maryland at N.C. State

Wake Forest at Georgia Tech

Duke at North Carolina

Florida State at Clemson

Saturday, Nov. 14

Virginia Tech at Maryland, 1 p.m.

Boston College at Virginia, 3:30 p.m.

Clemson at N.C. State

Georgia Tech at Duke

Florida State at Wake Forest

Miami at North Carolina

High School

FOOTBALL

The TRIANGLE TOP 12

The top 12 teams in theTriangle area, as selected by the staff of the News & Observer, with rank,school, (prevous ranking), record and opponents.

1. Harnett Central (2)10-0-0

Nov. 6: hosted Garner

2. Wake Forest-Rolesville(3) 10-0-0

Nov. 6: at Leesville Rd.

3. Southern Durham (4)10-1-0

Nov. 6: reg. season finished

4. Middle Creek (5) 9-1-0

Nov. 6: at Apex

5. Southeast Raleigh (3)8-2-0

Nov. 6: at West Johnston

6. Holly Springs (6) 7-3-0

Nov. 6: hosted Athens Drive

7. Fuquay-Varina (7) 8-2-0

Nov. 6: hosted Lee County

8. Cardinal Gibbons (8)9-1-0

Nov. 6: at Oxford Webb

9. Leesville Road (9) 8-2-0

Nov. 6: hosted WF-Rolesville

10. South Johnston (10)9-1-0

Nov. 6: hosted Triton

11. Northwood (11) 9-1-0

Nov. 6: at Cedar Ridge

12. Hillside (12) 7-3-0

Nov. 6: hosted Northern Durham

CAROLINA-NINE 2-ACONFERENCE

Friday, Nov. 6

South Granville at GranvilleCentral

Carrboro hosts Pasquotank

Northwood at Cedar Ridge

CAROLINA-SIX 3-A CONFERENCE

Friday, Nov. 6

Cardinal Gibbons at OxfordWebb

Northern Vance at SouthernVance

Chapel Hill at Orange

PAC-SIX 4-A CONFERENCE

Friday, Nov. 6

East Chapel Hill at Person

Southern Durham , idle

Northern Durham at Hillside

Riverside at Jordan

Soccer

CARDINAL GIBBONS 8, UNION PINES 0

Wednesday, Nov. 8

Goals : CGI--T.Bousquet 2, V.DiFilippo 2, P.Dougherty, C.Mulvey, J.Schramme, W.Wolf.

Assists: CGI--D.Bartushak, P.Dougherty, B. Dunham, R.Liberatore, J.Schramme 2.

EAST CHAPEL HILL 3, LUMBERTON 0

Wednesday, Nov. 8

Goals: ECH--E.Centeno, A.Kurdi, own goal.

Assists: ECH--T.Boulton.

RALEIGH CHARTER 3,

N.C. SCIENCE AND MATH 2

Wednesday, Nov. 4

Goals : SCI--N.Lewis 2. RCH--D.Fitzmaurice, E.Jones, S.Ligtenberg.

Assists: SCI--C.Upchurch. RCH--J.LeBlanc, A.Lightfoot.

CHAPEL HILL 5, ROCKINGHAM 0

Wednesday, Nov. 4

Goals: CHHS -- Chris Gillespie 2, Jamie Dell 1, Chipper Root 1, Alex Steiner 1.

CARRBORO 2, LOUISBURG 0

Wednesday, Nov. 4

Goals: Sean Scott, Sam Hickey.

Assists: Scott Weathers, Connor Roach.

PAC-6 All-Conference Team

East Chapel Hill: Chris Jaques, Blake Vickers, Joey Strand; (GK) Dan Jackson;

Jordan: Teddy Mullin, SonnyMukungu, Ezra Ntirugelegwa, Christian Bowers, Joaquin Del Rosario, Mark Harris,Nolan Cain, Jon Ray; (GK)Kyle Stuart;

Northern Durham: Andrew Poole, Jesus Morales, Mike Rice;

Person: Felipe Gomez, Jorge Martin;

Riverside: Jared Rist, Benji Lozier, DennisHodge, Gabe Rivera.

Southern Durham: Josh Alderman Martinez, Saul Deharo.

Tennis

NCHSAA Dual-Team Tournament

CHAPEL HILL 6, CARDINAL GIBBONS 3

3-A Quarterfinals

Tuesday, Nov. 3

Singles: Brooker (CGI) def. Helpingstine 6-2, 5-7,12-10; Kimbrough (CHL) def. Smith 6-1, 6-2; Cohen (CHL) def. Lynch-Daniels 6-3,6-0; Krause (CGI) def. Sutton 7-6 (5); 7-5; Jones (CHL) def. Whiteley 6-3, 6-1;Strine (CHL) def. Randolph 6-3, 6-3.

Doubles: Helpingstine and Kimbrough (CHL) def. Brookerand Lynch-Daniels 10-3; Smith and Krause (CGI) def. Sutton and Jones 10-6;Cohen and Wayne (CHL) def. Whiteley and Bok 10-1.

Volleyball

NCHSAA STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS

Saturda y, Nov. 10

At Reynolds Coliseum, N.C. State, Raleigh

1-A: Pender (26-2) vs. Rosman (31-1)

2-A: Cedar Ridge (26-4) vs. North Surry (32-0)

3-A: Cardinal Gibbons (24-1) vs. West Henderson (27-1)

4-A: Greenville Rose (24-0) VS. Ardrey Kell (23-5)