Daily Freeman (Kingston, NY)

Local sports schedule

- By Aaron Beard

TODAY OCIAA BOYS SWIMMING Kingston at Minisink Valley, 4:30 p.m. NON-LEAGUE BOYS BASKETBALL Livingston Manor at Coleman Catholic, 5 p.m. Marlboro at Newburgh, 7 p.m. NON-LEAGUE GIRLS BASKETBALL Onteora at Monticello, 6 p.m. Saugerties at Ravena, 7:30 p.m. TUESDAY MHAL BOYS BASKETBALL Wallkill at New Paltz, 5:30 p.m. Highland at Roosevelt, 5:30 p.m. Ellenville at Dover, 5:30 p.m. Webutuck at Spackenkil­l, 5:30 p.m. Rhinebeck at Coleman Catholic, 5:30 p.m. Red Hook at Rondout, 5:45 p.m. Millbrook at Pine Plains, 5:45 p.m. MHAL GIRLS BASKETBALL Spackenkil­l at Webutuck, 4:15 p.m. New Paltz at Wallkill, 5:30 p.m. Roosevelt at Highland, 5:30 p.m. Rondout at Red Hook, 5:45 p.m. Pine Plains at Millbrook, 5:45 p.m. Dover at Ellenville, 6 p.m. OCIAA GIRLS BASKETBALL Kingston at Valley Central, 6:30 p.m. OCIAA ALPINE SKIING Giant Slalom at Holiday Mountain, 4:30 p.m. OCIAA BOYS SWIMMING Marlboro at Cornwall, 4:30 p.m. Goshen at Rhinebeck, 4:30 p.m. SECTION 9 NORDIC SKIING Meet at Mohonk Mountain, 3:30 p.m. SECTION 9 WRESTLING Duals: Saugerties, Minisink Valley, Middletown, Monticell at Newburgh, 4 p.m. Duals: Wallkill, MonroeWood­bury, Washington­ville at Pine Bush, 5 p.m. Onteora, Rondout, Liberty, Chester at Port Jervis, 6 p.m. COLLEGIATE MEN’S BASKETBALL SUNY Ulster at Orange, 7 p.m. WEDNESDAY MHAL BOYS BASKETBALL Rondout at Highland, 5:45 p.m. MHAL GIRLS BASKETBALL Ellenville at Millbrook, 5:45 p.m. OCIAA BOYS BASKETBALL Kingston at Middletown, 6:30 p.m. OCIAA BOYS SWIMMING Kingston at Monroe-Woodbury, 4:30 p.m. SECTION 9 GYMNASTICS Kingston at Roosevelt, 4 p.m. SECTION 9 WRESTLING Duals: at Minisink Valley (semifinals, 5:30 p.m.; championsh­ip, 7 p.m.) Burke Catholic at Ellenville, 6 p.m. COLLEGIATE MEN’S BASKETBALL Marist at Quinnipiac, 7 p.m. THURSDAY MHAL BOYS BASKETBALL Wallkill at Saugerties, 5:30 p.m. MHAL GIRLS BASKETBALL Rhinebeck at Dover, 4:15 p.m. OCIAA GIRLS BASKETBALL Kingston at Pine Bush, 6:30 p.m. OCIAA ALPINE SKIING Giant Slalom at Holiday Mountain, 4:30 p.m. OCIAA BOYS SWIMMING Goshen at Marlboro, 4:30 p.m. Rhinebeck at New Paltz, 4:30 p.m. SECTION 9 NORDIC SKIING Meet at Mohonk Mountain, 3:30 p.m. NON-LEAGUE GIRLS BASKETBALL Warwick at Roosevelt, 6:30 p.m. COLLEGIATE MEN’S BASKETBALL Sussex at SUNY Ulster, 7 p.m. COLLEGIATE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Marist at Qunnipiac, 10 a.m. FRIDAY MHAL BOYS BASKETBALL New Paltz at Roosevelt, 5:30 p.m. Rondout at Marlboro, 5:30 p.m. Coleman Catholic at Pine Plains, 5:30 p.m. Ellenville at Onteora, 5:30 p.m. Rhinebeck at Webutuck, 5:30 p.m. Red Hook at Highland, 5:45 p.m. Dover at Millbrook, 5:45 p.m. MHAL GIRLS BASKETBALL Webutuck at Rhinebeck, 4:15 p.m. Roosevelt at New Paltz, 5:30 p.m. Millbrook at Dover, 5:30 p.m. Highland at Red Hook, 5:45 p.m. Marlboro at Rondout, 5:45 p.m. Onteora at Ellenville, 6 p.m. OCIAA GIRLS BASKETBALL Kingston at Valley Central, 7 p.m. OCIAA BOYS SWIMMING Highland at Minisink Valley, 4:30 p.m. SCHOLASTIC WRESTLING Eastern States Tournament at Sullivan, 10:40 a.m. COLLEGIATE SWIMMING SUNY New Paltz at Cortland, 1 p.m.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

There’s no questionin­g the talent or the offensive potential for No. 2 Duke with its star freshman class. Finding the defensive play to go with all that hasn’t been easy.

The Blue Devils allowed North Carolina State to shoot 55 percent after halftime in Saturday night’s 96-85 road loss in Atlantic Coast Conference play, one of several upset losses for AP Top 25 teams in the past week.

It was a continuati­on of shaky defensive play for a young team that trailed the Wolfpack throughout the second half in part because it couldn’t get any stops while giving up a series of drive-and-dish baskets. And the Blue Devils have allowed their first three league opponents combined to shoot nearly 49 percent both from the field and behind the arc.

“We know how to play defense,” freshman guard Trevon Duval said. “We go over it in practice every day. We do it in practice all the time. It’s just translatin­g it to the game and talking. If

Packers to promote Gutekunst to GM

we talk, then that puts us all in the position to make stops and make the right plays on defense.”

Duke (13-2, 1-2 ACC) ranks 104th nationally in KenPom’s adjusted defensive efficiency by allowing 100 points per 100 possession­s. Duval pointed to communicat­ion problems, while Hall of Fame coach Mike Krzyzewski said his team would just have to “keep working at it” after a “crappy” defensive showing and must learn how to handle the challenge of facing every opponent’s best shot.

Consider the Boston College loss on Dec. 9 as an example; the Eagles made 15 of 26 3-pointers in that one.

“We’re their opportunit­y,” Krzyzewski said. “They’ve never experience­d anything like that, where the team you see on tape isn’t the team that shows up against you. And we have to be able to handle that.”

Of course, Duke’s 2015 team that won the national championsh­ip had its regular-season defensive struggles, too, only to figure things out. That group went from allowing 65.6 points and 43 percent shooting through the

A person familiar with the decision tells The Associated Press that the Green Bay Packers are promoting player personnel director Brian Gutekunst to be the team’s next general manager.

The person requested anonymity because the team has made no formal announceme­nt. Gutekunst would replace Ted Thompson, who is transition­ing to a senior advisory role in the front office.

The Houston Chronicle first reported Sunday that Gutekunst had taken the job.

Gutekunst has been Green Bay’s player personnel director for nearly two years, though he has been with the Packers’ player personnel department for nearly two decades.

The Packers (7-9) finished with a losing record and out of the playoffs for the first time since 2008. first 33 games to allowing 56.3 points and 38 percent shooting through six NCAA Tournament games.

“We’ve got to get better,” Krzyzewski said. “To me, it’s that simple. Now the process of getting there, that’s what we have to figure out. For the most part, we’ve been able to do that. And hopefully we’ll be able to do that again.”

CHANGES COMING: Expect a lot of movement in Monday’s new AP Top 25 poll.

Five top-10 teams and 13 ranked teams overall had at least one loss this week as of Saturday. That included Duke, No. 4 Arizona State, No. 5 Xavier, No. 7 Oklahoma and No. 10 Kansas.

The list also included No. 12 North Carolina, which is the midst of a difficult opening ACC stretch. The Tar Heels lost 81-80 at No. 24 Florida State on Wednesday, then lost 61-49 at No. 8 Virginia on Saturday.

THE BIG MATCHUP: Sixth-ranked West Virginia already has a win against a top-10 team in Virginia. The Mountainee­rs added another one Saturday against the seventh-ranked Sooners and freshman star Trae

Canadian team buys more time with Manziel

The Canadian Football League’s Hamilton Tiger-Cats have bought themselves more time to negotiate with former NFL quarterbac­k Johnny Manziel.

The CFL team issued a statement Sunday confirming that an offer was made to the 2012 Heisman Trophy winner. By doing so, the Tiger-Cats maintained his rights and prevented him from becoming a free agent.

The team had 10 days to make an offer to the 25-year-old Manziel, who remains on its negotiatio­n list for another year even if he rejects the bid.

The former Texas A&M star played two tumultuous seasons in the NFL until the Cleveland Browns released him in March 2016 amid a number of off-field issues.

Hamilton (6-12) finished third in the East Division last year and missed the playoffs. Young, the national leader in scoring and assists.

Young finished with 29 points, but the Mountainee­rs won 89-76 .

DIGGING OUT: No. 23 Tennessee had started 0-2 in the Southeaste­rn Conference after a loss to Auburn, but the Volunteers beat No. 17 Kentucky on Saturday — beating the Wildcats in Knoxville for the third straight year.

MILLER’S LAMENT: It’s been a wild year for Arizona. The Wildcats went from No. 2 to unranked in a week after a 0-3 showing in the Battle 4 Atlantis in the Bahamas in November, then climbed back in the rankings after a ninegame winning streak that included last weekend’s win against then-unbeaten Arizona State.

But on Saturday, the Wildcats lost at Colorado — which upset Arizona State on Thursday — and coach Sean Miller was candid afterward.

“You always want your team to play for you, as the coach,” Miller said. “Our guys, they really struggle playing for me, they really do. We’ll see where we go from here.”

Bears interview Chief’s Nady for coaching job

The Chicago Bears were interviewi­ng Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinato­r Matt Nagy for their head coaching job.

Nagy has spent 10 seasons working under Andy Reid in Philadelph­ia and Kansas City. He did not call plays until late this season, but has drawn praise for his work with Chiefs quarterbac­k Alex Smith. In Chicago, he would be trying to develop No. 2 overall draft pick Mitchell Trubisky.

The Chiefs won the AFC West, only to blow an 18-point halftime lead in a playoff loss to Tennessee on Saturday. The Bears met with Nagy in Kansas City on Sunday.

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