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Today in the Daily Sports Roundup: The ACC, Big Ten, and SEC begin their conference tourneys, and Tiger Woods tees it up at the WGC-CA Championship.

The march toward Madness . . .

Sportsbooks brace as the ACC, Big Ten, and SEC conference tournaments all finally get underway on Thursday with opening-round matchups. The first day of ACC action at Atlanta‘s Georgia Dome has Miami vs. Virginia Tech, Georgia Tech vs. Clemson, NC State vs. Maryland, and Virginia vs. Boston College, while the Big Ten has Northwestern vs. Minnesota, Iowa vs. Michigan, and Indiana vs. Penn State at the Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis to get their tourney started on Thursday.

Meanwhile, the SEC tournament gets going at the St. Pete Times Forum in Tampa on Thursday, with Mississippi vs. Kentucky, Georgia vs. Mississippi State, Vanderbilt vs. Alabama, and Arkansas vs. Florida. The other five major conference tourneys continue on Thursday as well, highlighted by marquee Big East teams Pittsburgh, Connecticut, Louisville, and Villanova finally seeing action.

Other ranked teams set to hit the floor on Thursday include No. 6 Oklahoma, No. 11 Kansas, and No. 14 Missouri in the Big 12 tournament, No. 4 Memphis in the Conference USA tournament, No. 13 Washington, No. 15 UCLA, and No. 23 Arizona State in the Pac-10 tournament, and No. 25 BYU in the MWC tournament. As well, No. 19 Xavier will play their first game in the A-10 tourney.

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Tipping off on the hardwood  . . .

The Spurs will host the Lakers in the first of two NBA games on the schedule for Thursday night. San Antonio and Los Angeles have met twice over the past two months, with each team winning at home. The Lakers rolled to a 99-85 home win as 7.5-point favorites on January 25, while the Spurs pulled out a 112-111 home win as 3-point favorites on January 14. The O/U was 1-1 over those two contests.

The second half of Thursday’s NBA doubleheader then sees Cleveland in Phoenix to battle the Suns. The Cavaliers and Suns met in Cleveland back on February 11, with LeBron James and company cruising to a 109-92 home win as 9-point favorites. Mo Williams poured in 44 points for Cleveland in that victory, while James had 26 points. Amare Stoudemire had 27 points in a losing cause.

Taking a trip around the rink . . .

The NHL loads up with 13 games on the schedule for Thursday night, including Washington at Philadelphia. The last time the Caps and Flyers met on the ice was back on February 24, when Philadelphia grabbed a 4-2 road victory. Jeff Carter, Scott Hartnell, Arron Asham, and Claude Giroux scored for the Flyers in that victory, while Alex Ovechkin and Nicklas Backstrom replied for the Capitals.

Also on the busy Thursday slate: Ottawa at Boston, Phoenix at New Jersey, Pittsburgh at Columbus, Florida at Buffalo, the Islanders at Montreal, Tampa Bay at Toronto, the Rangers at Nashville, Carolina at Dallas, San Jose at St. Louis, Minnesota at Colorado, and Atlanta at Edmonton. As well, a pair of division leaders will meet on the ice in Detroit when the Wings get a visit from the Flames.

Rounding out the Roundup . . .

Tiger Woods will be back on the course this week at Doral Golf Resort in Miami, Florida for the WGC-CA Championship, an event he has won six of the nine times it has been held. Vegas oddsmakers, then, have Woods pegged as the 5/2 favorite to capture the trophy yet again, with Phil Mickelson behind him on the list at 8/1. Geoff Ogilvy, who is the defending champ, is listed third at 10/1 odds, where he’s tied with Sergio Garcia, while 2004 champ Ernie Els is sitting at 12/1. Mike Weir, who came out on top in this event back in 2000, is listed at 40/1 odds.