Mar 28, 2008 - 04:05:05 CDT
When: Today and Saturday.Where:Sioux Falls, S.D.
On the air: KFYR (550 AM).
Records:The Wizards are 26-18 and in first place in the Central Division. The Skyforce is 25-20 and in second in the Central.
Series:These are the last of 10 meetings between Dakota and Sioux Falls.The Skyforce holds a 5-3 edge.
Notes: Former Wizards assistant Brian Walsh was named the acting head coach of the Rio Grande Valley Vipers on Wednesday. Walsh, who was an assistant with the Vipers, replaces Bob Hoffman, who left the team to become head coach at Mercer University. Walsh, who was an assistant for Casey Owens in 2004-05, was offered the Wizards head coaching job twice before the following season, but turned it down for personal reasons. ... The Wizards can clinch a division title with a sweep over Sioux Falls, but the Skyforce can take command if it wins both games. If Sioux Falls wins either contest, it will hold a tiebreaker edge over Dakota by virtue of a better head-to-head record. If the Wizards sweep, they would have the advantage on the second tiebreaker (record against teams with records over .500). ... Neither team will be at full strength, with Dakota's Blake Ahearn and the Skyforce's Kasib Powell both on 10-day contracts with the Miami Heat. Powell scored 14 points for Miami on Wednesday.
- By Lou Babiarz
STANDINGS
Central Division
W L GB
WIZARDS 26 18 -
Sioux Falls 25 20 1½
Iowa 19 25 7
Fort Wayne 15 29 11
Southwest Division
W L GB
Austin 27 16 -
Tulsa 24 19 3
Colorado 23 19 3½
Albuquerque 20 23 7
Rio Grande Valley 17 29 11½
West Division
W L GB
Idaho 30 12 -;
Los Angeles 30 13 ½
Utah 20 23 10½
Anaheim 20 25 11½
Bakersfield 9 34 21½
Wednesday, March 26
Los Angeles 101, Colorado 90
Anaheim 109, Austin 104
Thursday, March 27
Iowa 133, Fort Wayne 121
Colorado at Bakersfield, n
Friday, March 28
WIZARDSat Sioux Falls, 7 p.m.
Austin at Los Angeles
Albuquerque at Rio Grande Valley
Utah at Idaho
Saturday, March 29
WIZARDSat Sioux Falls, 7 p.m.
Albuquerque at Rio Grande Valley
Tulsa at Colorado
Utah at Idaho
Sunday, March 30
Austin at Bakersfield
Anaheim at Los Angeles
Iowa at Fort Wayne
Tulsa at Colorado
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