TV Schedule

(All times Eastern)

Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts

Wednesday, Feb. 6

COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S)

6 p.m.

CBSSN — UConn at Temple

7 p.m.

BTN — Maryland at Nebraska

ESPN2 — Notre Dame at Miami

ESPNEWS — Wichita State at East Carolina

ESPNU — Rhode Island at Davidson

SEC — Texas A&M at Ole Miss

7:30 p.m.

FS1 — Georgetown at Providence

8 p.m.

CBSSN — Creighton at Villanova

9 p.m.

BTN — Wisconsin at Minnesota

ESPN2 — LSU at Mississippi State

ESPNU — Oklahoma State at TCU

SEC — Georgia at Alabama

9:30 p.m.

FS1 — California at Oregon

10 p.m.

CBSSN — Nevada at Colorado State

11 p.m.

ESPNU — UNLV at Boise State

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

12 p.m.

ESPN2 — National Signing Day Special

2 p.m.

ESPNU — National Signing Day Special

GOLF

11 p.m.

GOLF — European Tour and LPGA Tour Golf: ISPS Handa Vic Open, men’s and women’s first round, Australia

NBA BASKETBALL

8 p.m.

ESPN — Washington at Milwaukee

10:30 p.m.

ESPN — San Antonio at Golden State

NHL HOCKEY

8 p.m.

NBCSN — Boston at NY Rangers

SKIING

6:25 a.m.

NBCSN — FIS World Alpine Championships: men’s super-G, Sweden

5 p.m.

NBCSN — FIS World Freestyle Championships: slopestyle, Utah

12 a.m. (Thursday)

NBCSN — FIS World Freestyle Championships: aerials skiing, Utah

SNOWBOARDING

2 a.m. (Thursday)

NBCSN — FIS World Freestyle Championships: snowboard cross racing, Utah

SOCCER

2:40 p.m.

NBCSN — Premier League: Everton vs. Manchester City —

basketball

All Times EST

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

W L Pct GB

Toronto 38 16 .704 —

Boston 34 19 .642 3½

Philadelphia 34 19 .642 3½

Brooklyn 28 27 .509 10½

New York 10 42 .192 27

Southeast Division

W L Pct GB

Charlotte 26 26 .500 —

Miami 24 27 .471 1½

Washington 22 31 .415 4½

Orlando 22 31 .415 4½

Atlanta 18 35 .340 8½

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Milwaukee 39 13 .750 —

Indiana 34 19 .642 5½

Detroit 23 29 .442 16

Chicago 12 41 .226 27½

Cleveland 11 42 .208 28½

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Southwest Division

W L Pct GB

Houston 31 22 .585 —

San Antonio 32 23 .582 —

Dallas 24 28 .462 6½

New Orleans 23 31 .426 8½

Memphis 21 33 .389 10½

Northwest Division

W L Pct GB

Denver 37 16 .698 —

Oklahoma City 33 19 .635 3½

Portland 32 20 .615 4½

Utah 30 24 .556 7½

Minnesota 25 27 .481 11½

Pacific Division

W L Pct GB

Golden State 37 15 .712 —

L.A. Clippers 29 25 .537 9

Sacramento 28 25 .528 9½

L.A. Lakers 27 26 .509 10½

Phoenix 11 44 .200 27½

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Monday’s Games

Atlanta 137, Washington 129

Detroit 129, Denver 103

Milwaukee 113, Brooklyn 94

Indiana 109, New Orleans 107

Houston 118, Phoenix 110

Sacramento 127, San Antonio 112

Tuesday’s Games

Boston at Cleveland, 7 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Charlotte, 7 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Indiana, 7 p.m.

Detroit at New York, 7:30 p.m.

Minnesota at Memphis, 8 p.m.

Orlando at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m.

Toronto at Philadelphia, 8 p.m.

Miami at Portland, 10:30 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games

Denver at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m.

New Orleans at Chicago, 8 p.m.

Washington at Milwaukee, 8 p.m.

Charlotte at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

Phoenix at Utah, 9 p.m.

Houston at Sacramento, 10 p.m.

San Antonio at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.

Thursday’s Games

L.A. Clippers at Indiana, 7 p.m.

Minnesota at Orlando, 7 p.m.

Toronto at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Boston, 8 p.m.

Memphis at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m.

San Antonio at Portland, 10:30 p.m.

Friday’s Games

Cleveland at Washington, 7 p.m.

Denver at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

New York at Detroit, 7 p.m.

Chicago at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m.

Milwaukee at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

Golden State at Phoenix, 9 p.m.

Minnesota at New Orleans, 9:30 p.m.

Miami at Sacramento, 10 p.m.

Golf

Through Jan. 20

Scoring

1, Eun-Hee Ji, 67.5. 2, Mirim Lee, 68.0. 3, Nelly Korda, 68.25. 4 (tie), Moriya Jutanugarn and Shanshan Feng, 68.5. 6 (tie), Stacy Lewis and Brooke M. Henderson, 69.0. 8, Lydia Ko, 69.25. 9, Georgia Hall, 69.5. 10 (tie), Lexi Thompson and Gaby Lopez, 69.75.

Driving Distance

1, Nelly Korda, 271.8. 2, Lexi Thompson, 271.5. 3, Ariya Jutanugarn, 269.8. 4, Brooke M. Henderson, 269.0. 5, Brittany Lincicome, 268.3. 6, Amy Yang, 263.1. 7, Mi Hyang Lee, 261.4. 8, Mirim Lee, 259.8. 9, Katherine Kirk, 258.8. 10, Sei Young Kim, 258.5.

Greens in Regulation

1, Mirim Lee, .847. 2, Sei Young Kim, .833. 3 (tie), Nelly Korda and Gaby Lopez, .819. 5 (tie), Lexi Thompson, Anna Nordqvist, Eun-Hee Ji and Shanshan Feng, .792. 9, 3 tied with .778.

Putts per GIR

1, Eun-Hee Ji, 1.67. 2, Mirim Lee, 1.72. 3, Moriya Jutanugarn, 1.73. 4, Stacy Lewis, 1.76. 5, Pernilla Lindberg, 1.77. 6, Lydia Ko, 1.78. 7, Shanshan Feng, 1.79. 8, Nelly Korda, 1.81. 9 (tie), Georgia Hall and Danielle Kang, 1.86.

Birdies

1, Eun-Hee Ji, 21. 2 (tie), Stacy Lewis and Brooke M. Henderson, 18. 4 (tie), Mirim Lee and Lydia Ko, 17. 6 (tie), Moriya Jutanugarn, Pernilla Lindberg, Nelly Korda and Gaby Lopez, 16. 10 (tie), Sei Young Kim and Shanshan Feng, 15.

Eagles

1, Mirim Lee, 2. 2 (tie), Georgia Hall and Nelly Korda, 1.

Sand Save Percentage

1 (tie), Katherine Kirk, Shanshan Feng and Thidapa Suwannapura, 1.000. 4, Marina Alex, .750. 5, Nelly Korda, .600. 6 (tie), Sei Young Kim, In Gee Chun, Nasa Hataoka, Ariya Jutanugarn, Pernilla Lindberg and Cristie Kerr, .500.

Rounds Under Par

1 (tie), Eun-Hee Ji and Mirim Lee, 1.000. 3, 11 tied with .750

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Women’s basketball

By The Associated Press

All Times EST

Wednesday, Feb. 6

EAST

Rhode Island at La Salle, 11 a.m.

East Carolina at UConn, 7 p.m.

Saint Louis at Fordham, 7 p.m.

UMBC at Hartford, 7 p.m.

Binghamton at Stony Brook, 7 p.m.

Davidson at Saint Joseph’s, 7 p.m.

VCU at St. Bonaventure, 7 p.m.

Mass.-Lowell at New Hampshire, 7 p.m.

Vermont at Maine, 7 p.m.

Toledo at Buffalo, 7 p.m.

SOUTH

George Washington at George Mason, 7 p.m.

Wofford at UNC-Greensboro, 7 p.m.

Sam Houston St. at McNeese St., 7:30 p.m.

Northwestern St. at New Orleans, 8 p.m.

Texas A&M-CC at SE Louisiana, 8 p.m.

Wichita St. at Memphis, 8 p.m.

South Florida at Tulane, 8 p.m.

MIDWEST

E. Michigan at Miami (Ohio), 7 p.m.

Akron at Ohio, 7 p.m.

Bowling Green at N. Illinois, 7 p.m.

Penn St. at Ohio St., 7 p.m.

W. Michigan at Kent St., 7 p.m.

Minnesota at Indiana, 7 p.m.

Ball St. at Cent. Michigan, 7 p.m.

Richmond at Dayton, 7 p.m.

W. Illinois at Purdue Fort Wayne, 7 p.m.

Kansas St. at Kansas, 8 p.m.

Nebraska-Omaha at South Dakota, 8 p.m.

SOUTHWEST

Lamar at Abilene Christian, 7 p.m.

Denver at Oral Roberts, 8 p.m.

SMU at Tulsa, 8 p.m.

Houston Baptist at Stephen F. Austin, 8 p.m.

TCU at Texas Tech, 8 p.m.

Oklahoma at Oklahoma St., 9 p.m.

FAR WEST

New Mexico at San Diego St., 2 p.m.

Air Force at Wyoming, 8:30 p.m.

Boise St. at UNLV, 9 p.m.

Fresno St. at Utah St., 9 p.m.

Colorado St. at Nevada, 9:30 p.m.

Long Beach St. at Cal Poly, 10 p.m.

Thursday, Feb. 7

EAST

Monmouth (NJ) at Rider, 7 p.m.

Niagara at Quinnipiac, 7 p.m.

Marist at Manhattan, 7 p.m.

Canisius at Fairfield, 7 p.m.

Duquesne at UMass, 7 p.m.

Siena at Iona, 7 p.m.

SOUTH

UTSA at FIU, 11 a.m.

Texas State at Appalachian St., Noon

Furman at W. Carolina, 5 p.m.

Belmont at E. Kentucky, 5 p.m.

Tennessee St. at Morehead St., 5:05 p.m.

E. Illinois at Murray St., 6 p.m.

Texas-Arlington at Coastal Carolina, 6 p.m.

North Texas at Marshall, 6 p.m.

Louisiana-Monroe at Georgia St., 6 p.m.

Northwestern at Maryland, 6:30 p.m.

Louisiana-Lafayette at Georgia Southern, 6:30 p.m.

Jacksonville St. at UT Martin, 6:30 p.m.

UAB at Old Dominion, 6:30 p.m.

SIU-Edwardsville at Austin Peay, 6:30 p.m.

Notre Dame at Miami, 7 p.m.

Boston College at Virginia, 7 p.m.

UTEP at FAU, 7 p.m.

Alabama at Florida, 7 p.m.

Syracuse at Louisville, 7 p.m.

NC State at Florida St., 7 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Georgia Tech, 7 p.m.

Rice at W. Kentucky, 7 p.m.

Duke at North Carolina, 7 p.m.

Mississippi at South Carolina, 7 p.m.

Clemson at Wake Forest, 7 p.m.

Kentucky at Auburn, 7 p.m.

Middle Tennessee at Charlotte, 7 p.m.

Arkansas at LSU, 9 p.m.

MIDWEST

Tennessee Tech at SE Missouri, 6:15 p.m.

Illinois at Purdue, 7 p.m.

Texas A&M at Missouri, 7 p.m.

Nebraska at Michigan, 7 p.m.

California Baptist at Chicago St., 8 p.m.

N. Kentucky at Green Bay, 8 p.m.

Wright St. at Milwaukee, 8 p.m.

Grand Canyon at Rio Grande, 8 p.m.

N. Dakota St. at North Dakota, 8 p.m.

Michigan St. at Iowa, 9 p.m.

SOUTHWEST

Troy at UALR, 7:30 p.m.

South Alabama at Arkansas St., 8 p.m.

FAR WEST

S. Utah at Weber St., 2 p.m.

CS Bakersfield at New Mexico St., 8 p.m.

N. Arizona at Idaho St., 9 p.m.

Saint Mary’s (Cal) at BYU, 9 p.m.

Pacific at San Diego, 9 p.m.

Montana at Idaho, 9 p.m.

Montana St. at E. Washington, 9:05 p.m.

Hawaii at UC Irvine, 10 p.m.

Cal St.-Fullerton at UC Riverside, 10 p.m.

Pepperdine at San Francisco, 10 p.m.

Arizona at Washington, 10 p.m.

Sacramento St. at Portland St., 10 p.m.

Arizona St. at Washington St., 10 p.m.

Loyola Marymount at Santa Clara, 10 p.m.

UC Davis at UC Santa Barbara, 10 p.m.

Friday, Feb. 8

EAST

Yale at Princeton, 6 p.m.

Dartmouth at Cornell, 6 p.m.

Brown at Penn, 7 p.m.

James Madison at Northeastern, 7 p.m.

Harvard at Columbia, 7 p.m.

Towson at Hofstra, 7 p.m.

Seton Hall at Providence, 7 p.m.

SOUTH

William & Mary at Coll. of Charleston, 11:30 a.m.

Elon at UNC-Wilmington, 7 p.m.

MIDWEST

Missouri St. at S. Illinois, 7 p.m.

Youngstown St. at IUPUI, 7 p.m.

Xavier at Butler, 7 p.m.

Georgetown at Marquette, 8 p.m.

N. Iowa at Loyola of Chicago, 8 p.m.

Cleveland St. at Ill.-Chicago, 8 p.m.

St. John’s at Creighton, 8 p.m.

Villanova at DePaul, 8 p.m.

Evansville at Illinois St., 8 p.m.

Drake at Valparaiso, 8 p.m.

Indiana St. at Bradley, 8 p.m.

FAR WEST

Oregon St. at Stanford, 9 p.m.

Southern Cal at Utah, 9 p.m.

UCLA at Colorado, 9 p.m.

Oregon at California, 11 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 9

EAST

Mount St. Mary’s at Sacred Heart, Noon

Fairleigh Dickinson at St. Francis Brooklyn, 1 p.m.

Temple at UConn, 1 p.m.

American U. at Army, 1 p.m.

Kent St. at Buffalo, 1 p.m.

Maine at UMBC, 1 p.m.

Stony Brook at Mass.-Lowell, 1 p.m.

Monmouth (NJ) at Siena, 2 p.m.

Marist at Rider, 2 p.m.

New Hampshire at Binghamton, 2 p.m.

Holy Cross at Loyola (Md.), 2 p.m.

Manhattan at St. Peter’s, 2 p.m.

Boston U. at Lehigh, 2 p.m.

Canisius at Quinnipiac, 2 p.m.

Wagner at LIU Brooklyn, 2 p.m.

Vermont at Albany (NY), 2 p.m.

Lafayette at Bucknell, 2:30 p.m.

Harvard at Cornell, 4 p.m.

CCSU at St. Francis (Pa.), 4 p.m.

Colgate at Navy, 4 p.m.

Brown at Princeton, 5 p.m.

Dartmouth at Columbia, 5 p.m.

Niagara at Fairfield, 5 p.m.

Yale at Penn, 6 p.m.

Bryant at Robert Morris, 7 p.m.

SOUTH

Memphis at East Carolina, 1 p.m.

St. Bonaventure at Davidson, 1 p.m.

Rice at Marshall, 1 p.m.

Morgan St. at SC State, 2 p.m.

Howard at Florida A&M, 2 p.m.

Tennessee Tech at UT Martin, 2 p.m.

NJIT at Kennesaw St., 2 p.m.

Louisiana-Monroe at Georgia Southern, 2 p.m.

Chattanooga at ETSU, 2 p.m.

Winthrop at Presbyterian, 2 p.m.

UNC-Asheville at Campbell, 2 p.m.

UTSA at FAU, 2 p.m.

Florida Gulf Coast at Liberty, 2 p.m.

Radford at High Point, 2 p.m.

Delaware St. at NC A&T, 2 p.m.

Wofford at W. Carolina, 2 p.m.

Northwestern St. at McNeese St., 2 p.m.

Norfolk St. at Bethune-Cookman, 2 p.m.

Texas-Arlington at Appalachian St., 2 p.m.

Md.-Eastern Shore at NC Central, 2 p.m.

Texas State at Coastal Carolina, 2 p.m.

North Florida at North Alabama, 2 p.m.

UTEP at FIU, 2 p.m.

Louisiana-Lafayette at Georgia St., 2 p.m.

Belmont at Morehead St., 2:05 p.m.

E. Illinois at Austin Peay, 2:30 p.m.

Jacksonville at Lipscomb, 2:30 p.m.

Southern Miss. at Louisiana Tech, 3 p.m.

SC-Upstate at Charleston Southern, 3 p.m.

North Texas at W. Kentucky, 3 p.m.

Nicholls at New Orleans, 3 p.m.

Mercer at Samford, 3 p.m.

Jackson St. at Alcorn St., 4 p.m.

Ark.-Pine Bluff at Alabama St., 4 p.m.

Furman at UNC-Greensboro, 4 p.m.

Middle Tennessee at Old Dominion, 4 p.m.

UAB at Charlotte, 4 p.m.

Grambling St. at Southern U., 4 p.m.

Coppin St. at Savannah St., 4 p.m.

Tennessee St. at E. Kentucky, 4:30 p.m.

MVSU at Alabama A&M, 5 p.m.

Longwood at Gardner-Webb, 6 p.m.

Richmond at VCU, 6 p.m.

SIU-Edwardsville at Murray St., 6 p.m.

MIDWEST

N. Illinois at Ball St., 12:05 p.m.

Ohio at Cent. Michigan, 1 p.m.

Oakland at Detroit, 1 p.m.

Oral Roberts at South Dakota, 2 p.m.

E. Michigan at Toledo, 2 p.m.

Wright St. at Green Bay, 2 p.m.

Miami (Ohio) at Bowling Green, 2 p.m.

Denver at N. Dakota St., 2 p.m.

California Baptist at UMKC, 3 p.m.

W. Illinois at Nebraska-Omaha, 3 p.m.

Jacksonville St. at SE Missouri, 3 p.m.

North Dakota at S. Dakota St., 3 p.m.

N. Kentucky at Milwaukee, 3 p.m.

W. Michigan at Akron, 5 p.m.

West Virginia at Iowa St., 7 p.m.

CS Bakersfield at Rio Grande, 8 p.m.

Texas at Kansas, 8 p.m.

SOUTHWEST

TCU at Baylor, 1 p.m.

SE Louisiana at Cent. Arkansas, 3 p.m.

Lamar at Stephen F. Austin, 3 p.m.

UCF at SMU, 3 p.m.

South Alabama at UALR, 4 p.m.

Incarnate Word at Texas A&M-CC, 4 p.m.

Sam Houston St. at Abilene Christian, 4:30 p.m.

Prairie View at Texas Southern, 6:30 p.m.

Oklahoma St. at Texas Tech, 7:30 p.m.

Troy at Arkansas St., 8 p.m.

FAR WEST

Arizona at Washington St., 3 p.m.

Nevada at New Mexico, 3 p.m.

Loyola Marymount at San Francisco, 3 p.m.

San Diego St. at Utah St., 4 p.m.

Pacific at BYU, 4 p.m.

N. Arizona at Weber St., 4 p.m.

S. Utah at Idaho St., 4 p.m.

Grand Canyon at New Mexico St., 4 p.m.

Wyoming at Colorado St., 4 p.m.

UC Davis at Cal Poly, 5 p.m.

Arizona St. at Washington, 5 p.m.

UNLV at Fresno St., 5 p.m.

Seattle at Utah Valley, 5 p.m.

Boise St. at San Jose St., 5 p.m.

Cal St.-Fullerton at UC Irvine, 5 p.m.

Montana St. at Idaho, 5 p.m.

Saint Mary’s (Cal) at San Diego, 5 p.m.

N. Colorado at Portland St., 5 p.m.

CS Northridge at UC Santa Barbara, 5 p.m.

Pepperdine at Santa Clara, 5 p.m.

Montana at E. Washington, 5:05 p.m.

Hawaii at Long Beach St., 7 p.m.

Gonzaga at Portland, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, Feb. 10

EAST

Saint Joseph’s at George Washington, Noon

St. John’s at Providence, 1 p.m.

Miami at Pittsburgh, 2 p.m.

Michigan at Penn St., 2 p.m.

James Madison at Hofstra, 2 p.m.

Delaware at Drexel, 2 p.m.

Rhode Island at UMass, 2 p.m.

Boston College at Syracuse, 2 p.m.

Dayton at Duquesne, 2 p.m.

George Mason at Fordham, 2 p.m.

Towson at Northeastern, 2 p.m.

Maryland at Rutgers, 2 p.m.

SOUTH

Louisville at Virginia Tech, Noon

Florida at Georgia, Noon

Georgia Tech at Wake Forest, 1 p.m.

Duke at Virginia, 2 p.m.

Elon at Coll. of Charleston, 2 p.m.

Houston at South Florida, 2 p.m.

William & Mary at UNC-Wilmington, 2 p.m.

Tennessee at Mississippi St., 2 p.m.

North Carolina at Clemson, 2 p.m.

MIDWEST

Florida St. at Notre Dame, Noon

N. Iowa at Valparaiso, 1 p.m.

Youngstown St. at Ill.-Chicago, 1 p.m.

Cleveland St. at IUPUI, 2 p.m.

Wichita St. at Cincinnati, 2 p.m.

Drake at Loyola of Chicago, 2 p.m.

Seton Hall at Creighton, 2 p.m.

Northwestern at Minnesota, 2 p.m.

Villanova at Marquette, 3 p.m.

Wisconsin at Illinois, 3 p.m.

Evansville at Bradley, 3 p.m.

La Salle at Saint Louis, 3 p.m.

Indiana St. at Illinois St., 3 p.m.

Purdue at Nebraska, 3 p.m.

Georgetown at DePaul, 3 p.m.

Iowa at Ohio St., 4 p.m.

Vanderbilt at Missouri, 4 p.m.

SOUTHWEST

Auburn at Arkansas, 2 p.m.

Tulane at Tulsa, 3 p.m.

Kansas St. at Oklahoma, 3 p.m.

FAR WEST

UCLA at Utah, 2 p.m.

Southern Cal at Colorado, 3 p.m.

Oregon St. at California, 4 p.m.

Oregon at Stanford, 4 p.m.

Monday, Feb. 11

EAST

Bryant at St. Francis (Pa.), 6 p.m.

Fairleigh Dickinson at Sacred Heart, 6 p.m.

CCSU at Robert Morris, 7 p.m.

Mount St. Mary’s at LIU Brooklyn, 7 p.m.

St. Francis Brooklyn at Wagner, 7 p.m.

South Carolina at UConn, 7 p.m.

SOUTH

Norfolk St. at Florida A&M, 5:30 p.m.

Morgan St. at Savannah St., 5:30 p.m.

Delaware St. at NC Central, 5:30 p.m.

Md.-Eastern Shore at NC A&T, 5:30 p.m.

Coppin St. at SC State, 5:30 p.m.

Howard at Bethune-Cookman, 5:30 p.m.

Ark.-Pine Bluff at Alabama A&M, 6:30 p.m.

Grambling St. at Alcorn St., 6:30 p.m.

Jackson St. at Southern U., 6:30 p.m.

MVSU at Alabama St., 6:30 p.m.

Kentucky at Alabama, 7 p.m.

MIDWEST

Indiana at Michigan St., 7 p.m.

FAR WEST

N. Colorado at Sacramento St., 8:05 p.m.

Tuesday, Feb. 12

EAST

Manhattan at Monmouth (NJ), 7 p.m.

Iona at Rider, 7 p.m.

SOUTH

Lipscomb at Liberty, 7 p.m.

Presbyterian at UNC-Asheville, 7 p.m.

Campbell at Hampton, 7 p.m.

Kennesaw St. at North Florida, 7 p.m.

SC-Upstate at Longwood, 7 p.m.

Jacksonville at Stetson, 7 p.m.

NJIT at Florida Gulf Coast, 7 p.m.

High Point at Charleston Southern, 7 p.m.

Gardner-Webb at Winthrop, 7 p.m.

SOUTHWEST

Texas at Oklahoma St., 8 p.m.

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PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — The New England Patriots’ competitive but action-starved Super Bowl victory over the Los Angeles Rams was seen by 100.7 million people on television and streaming services, the smallest audience for football’s annual spectacle in a decade.

A boycott by disgruntled New Orleans Saints fans, a campaign by fans of quarterback Colin Kaepernick and a game with only one touchdown combined to shrink the audience. On CBS alone, the game was seen by 98.2 million people, compared to 103.4 million who watched on NBC last year, according to the Nielsen company.

Since reaching a peak of 114.4 million viewers for the Patriots’ 2015 victory over the Seattle Seahawks, the Super Bowl audience has slipped each year since. The Super Bowl is traditionally the most-watched television event of the year in the U.S., and its audience hadn’t dipped below 100 million since the Pittsburgh Steelers-Arizona Cardinals game in 2009.

CBS dealt with a city that held a major grudge. Many fans in New Orleans, where the hometown Saints were victimized by a blown referee’s call toward the end of its loss to the Rams in the NFC championship, skipped the game entirely. Preliminary ratings from New Orleans showed that Super Bowl viewership this year was half what it was in 2018.

New Orleans’ Times Picayune newspaper printed a mostly blank front page on Monday with the words, “Super Bowl?” What Super Bowl?”

The newspaper asked, “you think the NFL is sad that the Saints weren’t in it to spice up the night?”

There was also a campaign on Twitter by people who said they would not watch the game because of Kaepernick, the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback who hasn’t been able to land a job in the NFL since leading demonstrations in protest of police treatment of minorities.

After a season of offensive fireworks and conference championships that both went into overtime, Sunday’s game was a defensive struggle where the teams were tied 3-3 entering the fourth quarter. That’s a tough slog for the casual fan, and the Super Bowl draws millions who don’t watch football regularly.

At one point CBS commentator Tony Romo said, “this is hard to watch.” Others were blunter still. The website The Ringer said that “the historically boring Super Bowl sent football back to the Stone Age.”

Cindy Boren of The Washington Post wrote that it was “a snore of a Super Bowl.” The New York Times headlined a story: “How boring was the Super Bowl? The punts got exciting.”

The words “boring” and “Super Bowl” appeared in the same tweets more than 70,000 times in the past 24 hours. The words “worst” and “Super Bowl” were matched more than 50,000 times.

If anything, football fans have been spoiled by a string of competitive Super Bowls after many years in which big game blowouts became commonplace. This year the game’s outcome was in doubt until the final seconds, but it had only one touchdown and few scoring threats.

The one growth area for CBS was streaming. The network said an average of 2.6 million people streamed the game, up 31 percent over last year.

CBS did achieve its goal of having a large audience sample its new talent show, “The World’s Best.” Nielsen said 22.2 million people watched the show’s debut, the most-watched entertainment show since the Oscars last year and the biggest entertainment premiere on TV since “Undercover Boss” debuted after the Super Bowl nine years ago.