Today in Sports - Arizona State's Eddie House scores 61 points to tie Lew Alcindor’s Pac-10 record

Jan.

8 1972 The NCAA announces freshmen will be eligible to play on varsity football and basketball teams starting in the fall.

1973 David Vaughn of Oral Roberts grabs 34 rebounds in a 123-95 win over Brandeis.

1984 The Executive Committee of the NCAA votes to expand the championship basketball field to 64 teams starting in 1985.

1984 Bengt Gustafsson of the Washington Capitals scores five goals in a 7-1 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers.

1993 Michael Jordan becomes the 18th NBA player to reach the 20,000-point plateau when he scores 35 points in the Chicago Bulls game against the Milwaukee Bucks.

Jordan reaches 20,000-points in 620 games, faster than anyone except Wilt Chamberlain, who did it in 499 games.

1994 Dino Ciccarelli becomes the 19th NHL player to score 500 career goals in the Detroit Red Wings 6-3 victory over the Los Angeles Kings.

2000 Eddie House scores 61 points to tie Lew Alcindors Pac-10 record and lead the Sun Devils to 111-108 double-overtime victory over California.

2003 Utah guard Mark Jackson becomes the third NBA player to reach 10,000 career assists in the Jazzs 99-93 win over the Phoenix Suns.

Jackson joins career assists leader and teammate John Stockton (15,425) and Magic Johnson (10,141).

2007 Second-ranked Florida dominates Heisman Trophy winner Troy Smith and No.

1 Ohio State for a 41-14 in the BCS National Championship Bowl.

The Gators become the first Division I school to hold football and basketball titles at the same time.

2008 Goose Gossage becomes the fifth relief pitcher elected to the Hall of Fame.

2009 Tim Tebow wins the matchup of Heisman winners as No.

1 Florida beats No.

2 Oklahoma and this years Heisman winner Sam Bradford, 24-14, in the BCS National Championship Bowl.

2011 The Seattle Seahawks stun the defending Super Bowl champion New Orleans Saints 41-36 to open the NFL playoffs.

Seattle, the first division winner with a losing record at 7-9, advances behind four touchdown passes by Matt Hasselbeck and a brilliant 67-yard run by Marshawn Lynch.

2012 Denvers Tim Tebow connects with Demaryius Thomas on an electrifying 80-yard touchdown pass on the first play of overtime and the Broncos stun the Pittsburgh Steelers 29-23 in a AFC wild-card game.

The play, the longest to end a playoff game in overtime, takes 11 seconds and is the quickest ending to an overtime in NFL history.

2014 Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine and Frank Thomas are elected to baseballs Hall of Fame, while Craig Biggio fell two votes short.

2016 Oaklands Khalil Mack makes history earning a selection at two positions on the 2015 Associated Press All-Pro Team, an NFL first.

The second-year Raiders defensive end and outside linebacker draws enough support from a panel of 50 media members who regularly cover the league to make the squad both spots.

2018 College Football National Championship, Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta: #4 Alabama beats #3 Georgia, 26-23..

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