The Utah Hockey Club's attempt to use 'Yeti' as their team name was denied due to potential confusion with the Yeti brand.

First Period_1, San Jose, Zetterlund 12 (Granlund, Ceci), 0:58. Second Period_2, Utah, Schmaltz 7 (Keller, DeSimone), 5:57. Third Period_3, Utah, Hayton 8 (Bjugstad, Maatta), 18:28. Shots on Goal_San Jose 8-3-9_20. Utah 10-6-9_25. Power-play opportunities_San Jose 0 of 2; Utah 0 of 1.

No offense in kenpom.com 's history has ever eclipsed an adjusted 130 offensive rating. Auburn is sitting at 131.3 with February looming right around the corner. Bruce Pearl, offensive coordinator Mike Burgomaster and this Auburn staff are on the verge of some historic stuff. Pearl's willingness to change and evolve is at the epicenter of it.

Hiter is ranked as the nation's top running back and has drawn interest from Ohio State, Georgia, Michigan, Tennessee and Virginia, all of whom have offered the 5-foot-11 1/2, 190 pound prospective recruit.

Saturday, Jan. 25 SMU at NC State 11 a.m. CW Georgetown at Providence 11:30 a.m. FOX Michigan St. at Rutgers 12:30 p.m. CBS Seton Hall at Creighton 12:30 p.m. FS1

Mike Lopresti is a member of the US Basketball Writers Hall of Fame, Ball State journalism Hall of Fame and Indiana Sportswriters and Sportscasters Hall of Fame. He has covered college basketball for 43 years, including 39 Final Fours. He is so old he covered Bob Knight when he had dark hair and basketball shorts were actually short.

CS Bakersfield at Cal St.-Fullerton, 10 p.m. Idaho St. at Sacramento St., 10 p.m. Long Beach St. at CS Northridge, 10 p.m. Loyola Marymount at Pacific, 10 p.m. San Diego at Portland, 10 p.m. UC Irvine at UC Riverside, 10 p.m. UC Santa Barbara at UC San Diego, 10 p.m. Weber St. at Portland St., 10 p.m.

The Utah Jazz were the first NBA team to hold an event aimed at criminal record expungement. One-quarter of Utahns have a criminal record that can hinder getting jobs, housing or professional licensing. Utah was the second state to pass a "clean slate law" to automatically clear certain misdemeanor offenses.

Republicans in the Utah Legislature have among their top goals to make the state the energy capital of the country, and even the world. This legislative session, they are expecting to lay part of the foundation to make it happen,

After a crushing loss to Michigan, many wrote off Ryan Day and the Buckeyes. But Ohio State proved the doubters wrong, roaring back to claim a National Championship against Notre Dame.

Notre Dame at Boston College, 7 p.m. Siena at Mount St. Mary's, 7 p.m. St. Francis (Pa.) at LIU Brooklyn, 7 p.m. St. Peter's at Merrimack, 7 p.m. UCLA at Rutgers, 7 p.m. Milwaukee at N. Kentucky, 6 p.m.

Wednesday, Jan. 22 Detroit at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m. Minnesota at Dallas, 7:30 p.m. Phoenix at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m. Charlotte at Memphis, 8 p.m. Cleveland at Houston, 8 p.m.