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COLLEGEBASEBALL Washington vs. Stanford:7 p.m., PAC-12. MLB SPRING TRAINING Tampa Bay Rays vs. Detroit Tigers: 10a.m., MLB. Atlanta Braves vs. Baltimore Orioles: 3p.m., MLB. Chicago Cubs at Arizona Dia- mondbacks: 6:30p.m., MLB. HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL Nationals Girls Semifinal, Gonzaga Prep vs. Miami Country Day: 8a.m., ESPNU. Nationals Girls Semifinal, South Shore High vs. Dillard: 10a.m., ESPNU. Nationals Boys Semifinal: noon, ESPN2. National Boys Semifinal: 2 p.m., ESPN2. NBA BASKETBALL Oklahoma City Thunder at Memphis Grizzlies: 5p.m., ESPN. Portland Trail Blazers at Los Angeles Lakers: 7:30p.m., ESPN. BOXING Friday Night Fights Petr Petrov vs. Gamaliel Diaz: 6 p.m., ESPN2. GOLF LPGA ANA Inspiration Round 2: 9a.m., GOLF. PGA Houston Open Round 2: noon, GOLF. SOCCER EPL Liverpool at Arsenal: 4:45 a.m., NBCSN. COLLEGE SOFTBALL California vs. Utah: 3p.m., PAC-12. Stanford vs. Washington: 5 p.m., PAC-12. TENNIS ATP Miami Open Men's Semi- final: 10a.m., ESPN2. NCAA California vs. Washing- ton: 1p.m., PAC-12. ATP Miami Open Men's Semi- final: 4p.m., ESPN2. Ontheair stattriestoignoretheim- pact of fielding and luck and is considered a bet- ter predictor of future per- formance than ERA. Play- ers whose FIP is lower than their ERA are often due for rebound seasons, while those with a higher FIP than ERA might be in for regression. The average FIP is the same as the aver- age ERA, to make for sim- pler comparisons. There is also a cousin of FIP, called xFIP, which measures fly balls instead of homers and assumes a pitcher gives up home runs on a league av- erage amount of fly balls. WPA Win Probability Added. A different measure of wins based on the con- text of when events happen. It takes a team's chance of winning a game before and after each plate appearance, with each team starting with a 50 percent chance. The hitter and pitcher each get credit or blame for any change. A homer leading off the game is worth more than one in the eighth in- ning of a 10-1 game but much less than one in the bottom of the ninth of a 1-1 game. WPA does not mea- sure defense and because it depends on when players get their chances, it is not as predictive of future per- formance as statistics like WAR or FIP. BABIP Batting average on balls in play. With grow- ing evidence that pitch- ers and hitters have lit- tle control over what hap- pens once a ball is put into play, BABIP tries to elimi- nate the effects of luck and fielding on performance. BABIP is a form of batting average that eliminates home runs and strikeouts, while adding sacrifice flies and bunts. Players with a BABIP much below .300 are likely due for an im- provement, while those much higher than .300 can be expected to regress. BACON Batting average on contact. Similar to BABIP, BACON also counts home runs as part of the mea- surement, only excluding strikeouts from the calcu- lation. ADJUSTED OPS+ Adjusted on-base plus slugging per- centage. Adding on-base and slugging percentage has become an easy tool to better measure the best hitters rather than tradi- tional stats like batting av- erage and RBIs. Adjusted OPS+ also alters the per- centage based on how the league as a whole is hitting and a player's home ball- park. This allows for easier comparisons between eras, as well as between hitters who play at hitter-friendly Coors Field compared to cavernous Petco Park. ERA+ Like Adjusted OPS+, ERA+ accounts for how a pitcher performs com- pared to the league as a whole and factors in home ballpark, once again mak- ing comparisons more ac- curate. UZR Ultimate Zone Rat- ing. Splits the field into 64 zones and compares how well a given fielder turns balls hit into each zone into outs, compared to the league average. ISO Isolated Power. Mea- sures extra bases per at- bat, or essentially slugging percentage minus batting average. Shows which play- ers have the most power by taking singles out of slug- ging percentage. PITCH F/X A pitch-track- ing system created by Sportvision and used in ev- ery stadium that tracks the speed, location and trajec- tory of every pitch. Sport- vision also uses Hit f/x to measure what happens to batted balls and Field f/x to measure how much ground players cover and how dif- ficult plays are in the field. Stats FROM PAGE 1 The Associated Press ALAMEDA The Oakland Raiders have signed free agent tackle J'Marcus Webb. The team announced the deal on Thursday. Webb has played 55 games over five seasons with Chicago and Minne- sota. He has experience playing both right and left tackle and provides depth for the Raiders' line. Webb played on the Vi- kings in 2013 under offen- sive coordinator Bill Mus- grave. Musgrave is now running the offense in Oakland. NFL Raiders sign free agent tackle Webb clicked and I kind of fig- ured it out. On Wednes- day, I kind of engrained it, kept working and got pretty good. Today was awesome. It really was." Piercy was off the PGA Tour for six months last year while recovering from elbow surgery and said he still hadn't felt quite right before arriving in Hous- ton. But he liked his form Thursday the moment he first swung his driver. He began the day with a birdie on No. 10 and capped it by sinking a 30-foot birdie putt on the No. 9, his final hole. "Everything went right," said Piercy, who last won on the Tour at the Cana- dian Open in 2012. "I hit the ball so good. It's been building. I kept hitting good shot after good shot. By the end, I was (only) try- ing to make birdies." Teeing off 20 minutes before Piercy, Mickelson made himself the early front-runner by chip- ping in for birdie on his first hole, then turning the corner at 3-under, about the time Piercy be- gan his birdie run. Mick- elson reached 7-under at one point but bogeyed the par-three ninth, his final hole. The three-time Masters champion, one of at least 36 players in the Houston field who are headed to Augusta National next week for the season's first major, had skidded to a final-round 76 Sunday in the Texas Open. So, his late lapse here not- withstanding, Mickelson called his effort "a good round, a good start to the tournament. I got off to a quick start, birdieing three of the first four holes, and kept it going. "The course is in pristine condition. The greens be- ing soft are going to allow us to get more aggressive (aiming for) the pins and make some more birdies. The scores are going to be low" he said. "I'm just glad I was one of them." Golf FROM PAGE 1 Scoreboard Basketball NBA WESTERNCONFERENCE W L Pct GB z-Golden State 61 13 .824 — x-Houston 52 24 .684 10 x-Memphis 51 24 .680 10½ x-Portland 48 26 .649 13 x-Clippers 50 26 .658 12 x-San Antonio 49 26 .653 12½ Dallas 46 30 .605 16 Oklahoma City 42 33 .560 19½ New Orleans 40 34 .541 21 Phoenix 38 37 .507 23½ Utah 34 41 .453 27½ Denver 28 47 .373 33½ Sacramento 26 48 .351 35 Lakers 20 54 .270 41 Minnesota 16 59 .213 45½ EASTERNCONFERENCE W L Pct GB z-Atlanta 56 19 .747 — x-Cleveland 49 27 .645 7½ y-Toronto 45 30 .600 11 x-Chicago 45 30 .600 11 x-Washington 42 33 .560 14 Milwaukee 37 38 .493 19 Brooklyn 34 40 .459 21½ Miami 34 41 .453 22 Boston 34 41 .453 22 Charlotte 32 42 .432 23½ Indiana 32 43 .427 24 Detroit 29 46 .387 27 Orlando 22 53 .293 34 Philadelphia 18 58 .237 38½ New York 14 61 .187 42 x-clinchedplayoffspot y-clincheddivision z-clinchedconference Wednesday'sgames Washington 106, Philadelphia 93 San Antonio 103, Orlando 91 Charlotte 102, Detroit 78 Boston 100, Indiana 87 Brooklyn 100, New York 98 Dallas 135, Oklahoma City 131 Houston 115, Sacramento 111 Milwaukee 95, Chicago 91 Toronto 113, Minnesota 99 Utah 98, Denver 84 Clippers 126, Portland 122 New Orleans 113, Lakers 92 Thursday'sgames Cleveland 114, Miami 88 Houston 108, Dallas 101 Phoenix at Golden State, (n.) Friday'sgames New York at Washington, 4 p.m. Charlotte at Indiana, 4 p.m. Milwaukee at Boston, 4:30 p.m. Toronto at Brooklyn, 4:30 p.m. Detroit at Chicago, 5 p.m. Oklahoma City at Memphis, 5 p.m. Orlando at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Denver at San Antonio, 5:30 p.m. New Orleans at Sacramento, 7 p.m. Portland at Lakers, 7:30 p.m. MEN'SNCAATOURNAMENT FINALFOUR AtLucasOilStadium Indianapolis NationalSemifinals Saturday,April4 Michigan State (27-11) vs. Duke (33-4), 3:09 p.m. Kentucky (38-0) vs. Wisconsin (35-3), 5:49 p.m. NATIONALCHAMPIONSHIP Monday,April6 Semifinal winners MEN'SNATIONALINVITATION TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIP Thursday,April2 Stanford 66, Miami 64 (OT) Stanford66,Miami64,OT STANFORD(24-13) Nastic 5-13 1-3 11, Randle 8-16 6-7 25, Mar. Allen 4-9 1-2 9, Brown 3-11 1-2 9, R. Allen 0-7 2-2 2, Sanders 0-0 1-2 1, Cartwright 0-0 0-0 0, Humphrey 1-2 0-0 2, Travis 3-8 1-1 7. Totals 24-66 13-19 66. MIAMI(25-13) Newton 4-12 0-0 10, Reed 4-8 7-10 16, McClellan 5-16 6-7 17, Sherman 3-6 2-3 8, Cruz Uceda 1-6 0-0 3, Burnett 1-6 0-0 2, Thomas 1-1 0-0 2, Palmer 2-2 1-2 6, Lecomte 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 21-58 16-22 64. Halftime: Stanford 32-21. End of Regula- tion_Tied 59;3-PointGoals: Stanford 5-21 (Randle 3-8, Brown 2-5, Mar. Allen 0-3, R. Allen 0-5), Miami 6-17 (Newton 2-2, Palmer 1-1, Reed 1-3, Cruz Uceda 1-3, McClellan 1-5, Burnett 0-1, Sherman 0-2); FouledOut: Nastic, Thomas;Rebounds: Stanford 45 (Brown 12), Miami 39 (Cruz Uceda, Newton, Reed, Sherman 5); Assists: Stanford 8 (Randle 3), Miami 11 (Reed 4);TotalFouls: Stanford 19, Miami 18;A: Na. WOMEN'SNCAATOURNAMENT FINALFOUR AtTampa,Fla. NationalSemifinals Sunday,April5 Notre Dame (35-2) vs. South Carolina (34-2), 3:30 p.m. UConn (36-1) vs. Maryland (34-2), 5:30 p.m. NATIONALCHAMPIONSHIP Tuesday,April7 Semifinal winners WOMEN'SNATIONALINVITATION TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIP Saturday,April4 UCLA (18-18) at West Virginia (23-14), noon NHL WESTERNCONFERENCE PACIFICDIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA y-Anaheim 79 50 22 7 107 232 217 Vancouver 77 45 27 5 95 224 208 Calgary 78 42 29 7 91 230 208 Los Angeles 76 37 25 14 88 201 192 San Jose 77 38 30 9 85 217 216 Edmonton 77 23 41 13 59 186 260 Arizona 77 23 46 8 54 161 256 CENTRALDIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA x-Nashville 78 47 22 9 103 224 193 x-St. Louis 77 47 23 7 101 233 191 Chicago 76 46 24 6 98 217 176 Minnesota 77 44 26 7 95 221 189 Winnipeg 77 39 26 12 90 217 204 Dallas 77 37 30 10 84 239 248 Colorado 77 35 30 12 82 207 218 EASTERNCONFERENCE ATLANTICDIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA x-Montreal 78 47 22 9 103 207 179 x-Tampa Bay 79 47 24 8 102 251 206 Detroit 77 40 24 13 93 223 211 Boston 78 40 25 13 93 207 200 Ottawa 77 39 26 12 90 222 205 Florida 78 36 27 15 87 198 211 Toronto 78 29 43 6 64 204 249 Buffalo 77 22 47 8 52 152 258 METROPOLITANDIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA y-N.Y. Rangers77 49 21 7 105 234 181 Washington 78 43 25 10 96 232 194 N.Y. Islanders 78 45 27 6 96 238 219 Pittsburgh 77 42 24 11 95 211 194 Columbus 77 38 35 4 80 214 237 Philadelphia 77 31 29 17 79 202 220 New Jersey 77 31 33 13 75 170 197 Carolina 77 28 38 11 67 177 214 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division Wednesday'sgames Buffalo 4, Toronto 3 Ph il ad el ph ia 4 , P it ts bur gh 1 Anaheim 5, Edmonton 1 San Jose 5, Colorado 1 Thursday'sgames Columbus 4, N.Y. Islanders 3, SO Washington 5, Montreal 4, SO Ottawa 2, Tampa Bay 1, OT Boston 3, Detroit 2 Florida 6, Carolina 1 N.Y. Rangers 3, Minnesota 2 St. Louis 4, Calgary 1 Chicago 3, Vancouver 1 Edmonton at Los Angeles, (n.) Friday'sgames Chicago at Buffalo, 4 p.m. Montreal at New Jersey, 4 p.m. St. Louis at Dallas, 5:30 p.m. Colorado at Anaheim, 7 p.m. Arizona at San Jose, 7 p.m. Baseball MLBSPRINGTRAINING Thursday'sgames St. Louis 0, N.Y. Mets 0, tie Tampa Bay 10, Philadelphia 1 Detroit 3, N.Y. Yankees (ss) 2 N.Y. Yankees (ss) 6, Pittsburgh 2 Cleveland 4, Cincinnati 3 San Diego 6, Milwaukee 5 Arizona 10, Chicago White Sox 2 Atlanta 6, Baltimore 5 Boston 8, Minnesota 5 Dodgers at Angels, (n.) Oakland at San Francisco, (n.) Friday'sgames Washington vs. N.Y. Yankees at Tampa, Fla., 10:05 a.m. Tampa Bay vs. Detroit at Lakeland, Fla., 10:05 a.m. Milwaukee vs. Cleveland at Goodyear, Ariz., 1:05 p.m. Atlanta vs. Baltimore at Sarasota, Fla., 3:05 p.m. Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, 4:05 p.m. Minnesota vs. Boston at Fort Myers, Fla., 4:05 p.m. Cincinnati vs. Toronto at Montreal, 4:07 p. m. Kansas City at Houston, 5:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets at Texas, 5:05 p.m. Chicago Cubs at Arizona, 6:40 p.m. Colorado vs. Seattle at Peoria, Ariz., 7:05 p.m. Dodgers at Angels, 7:05 p.m. Oakland at San Francisco, 7:15 p.m. Golf PGA-HOUSTONOPEN Thursday At Golf Club of Houston, The Tournament Humble, Texas Purse: $5.9 million Yardage: 7,441 ;Par: 72 (36-36) FirstRound Scott Piercy .............................30-33—63 -9 J.B. Holmes............................... 35-30—65 -7 Alex Cejka................................. 33-32—65 -7 Luke Guthrie ............................33-33—66 -6 Phil Mickelson ......................... 35-31—66 -6 Charles Howell III....................34-32—66 -6 Shawn Stefani..........................34-32—66 -6 Graham DeLaet ....................... 32-35—67 -5 Hunter Mahan..........................33-34—67 -5 Victor Dubuisson ....................34-33—67 -5 Andrew Putnam ...................... 36-31—67 -5 Matt Kuchar.............................33-34—67 -5 Sergio Garcia........................... 35-32—67 -5 Alex Prugh................................33-34—67 -5 Cameron Tringale ...................32-36—68 -4 Paul Casey................................33-35—68 -4 Michael Putnam......................34-34—68 -4 Patrick Reed..............................31-37—68 -4 Jonas Blixt................................35-33—68 -4 Michael Thompson.................33-35—68 -4 John Huh...................................34-34—68 -4 Chez Reavie..............................33-35—68 -4 Austin Cook...............................37-31—68 -4 Scott Brown .............................34-34—68 -4 Chris Stroud.............................34-34—68 -4 S.J. Park .....................................31-37—68 -4 Kelvin Day.................................36-32—68 -4 Aaron Baddeley....................... 33-36—69 -3 Freddie Jacobson.................... 33-36—69 -3 Chad Collins............................. 33-36—69 -3 Jordan Spieth........................... 35-34—69 -3 Justin Rose ............................... 36-33—69 -3 Charley Hoffman..................... 35-34—69 -3 Mark Wilson.............................35-34—69 -3 Ben Crane................................. 34-35—69 -3 Jarrod Lyle................................ 33-36—69 -3 Blake Adams............................ 34-35—69 -3 Johnson Wagner...................... 36-33—69 -3 Tom Hoge.................................. 34-35—69 -3 David Hearn ............................. 33-36—69 -3 Jhonattan Vegas ..................... 35-34—69 -3 Rickie Fowler ........................... 33-36—69 -3 Ryan Moore.............................. 35-34—69 -3 Russell Henley......................... 35-34—69 -3 Nick Watney..............................37-32—69 -3 Bryce Molder ........................... 35-34—69 -3 Tony Finau................................35-34—69 -3 Cody Gribble............................ 34-35—69 -3 Sam Saunders ......................... 33-36—69 -3 Gonzalo Fdez-Castano............34-36—70 -2 Ernie Els.....................................32-38—70 -2 Charl Schwartzel .....................36-34—70 -2 Martin Flores ............................36-34—70 -2 Brice Garnett............................36-34—70 -2 Jon Curran.................................35-35—70 -2 Adam Hadwin ...........................35-35—70 -2 Francesco Molinari..................36-34—70 -2 J.J. Henry ...................................35-35—70 -2 Martin Kaymer .........................32-38—70 -2 Kevin Streelman.......................36-34—70 -2 Keegan Bradley........................37-33—70 -2 Billy Hurley III ...........................34-36—70 -2 Daniel Berger............................38-32—70 -2 Whee Kim ..................................35-35—70 -2 Charlie Beljan ...........................36-35—71 -1 Brendan Steele.........................35-36—71 -1 Justin Thomas ..........................32-39—71 -1 Scott Langley............................35-36—71 -1 Ryo Ishikawa.............................35-36—71 -1 D.A. Points.................................37-34—71 -1 Robert Streb .............................34-37—71 -1 Darren Clarke ...........................35-36—71 -1 Louis Oosthuizen .....................34-37—71 -1 Woody Austin ...........................37-34—71 -1 Pat Perez ...................................33-38—71 -1 Jason Bohn................................35-36—71 -1 Kyle Reifers...............................36-35—71 -1 Jamie Donaldson......................35-36—71 -1 Lee Westwood..........................35-36—71 -1 Derek Ernst ...............................35-36—71 -1 Padraig Harrington..................34-37—71 -1 Bill Haas.....................................35-36—71 -1 K.J. Choi.....................................35-36—71 -1 Ken Duke....................................36-35—71 -1 Oscar Fraustro .........................36-35—71 -1 Jim Herman...............................35-36—71 -1 Blayne Barber...........................35-36—71 -1 Troy Merritt................................38-34—72 E Stewart Cink..............................36-36—72 E David Toms.................................37-35—72 E Chesson Hadley.........................34-38—72 E Jeff Overton ...............................35-37—72 E Steve Wheatcroft......................35-37—72 E Jim Renner..................................36-36—72 E Fabian Gomez............................36-36—72 E Hudson Swafford......................37-35—72 E Brian Davis .................................36-36—72 E Matt Jones..................................37-35—72 E Justin Leonard...........................35-37—72 E Steven Bowditch .......................38-34—72 E Jerry Kelly...................................34-38—72 E Chad Campbell..........................35-37—72 E Roger Sloan................................34-38—72 E Danny Willett.......................... 35-38—73 +1 Brian Harman ......................... 35-38—73 +1 Smylie Kaufman..................... 34-39—73 +1 Brendon de Jonge .................. 35-38—73 +1 Joost Luiten............................. 38-35—73 +1 Kevin Chappell........................ 38-35—73 +1 Robert Allenby.........................36-37—73 +1 LPGA-ANAINSPIRATION Thursday At Mission Hills Country Club, Dinah Shore Tournament Course Rancho Mirage, Calif. Purse: $2.5 million Yardage: 6,769;Par: 72 (36-36) FirstRound a-denotes amateur Morgan Pressel.......................34-33—67 -5 Ai Miyazato..............................34-34—68 -4 Juli Inkster................................ 35-34—69 -3 Gwladys Nocera...................... 34-35—69 -3 So Yeon Ryu ............................. 34-35—69 -3 Alison Walshe.......................... 36-33—69 -3 Na Yeon Choi.............................36-34—70 -2 Austin Ernst ..............................34-36—70 -2 Charley Hull ..............................35-35—70 -2 In Gee Chun...............................35-36—71 -1 Shanshan Feng.........................35-36—71 -1 Pat Hurst ...................................35-36—71 -1 Ariya Jutanugarn .....................34-37—71 -1 Moriya Jutanugarn ..................36-35—71 -1 Haeji Kang.................................35-36—71 -1 Hyo Joo Kim...............................35-36—71 -1 Lydia Ko .....................................34-37—71 -1 Alison Lee..................................36-35—71 -1 Meena Lee.................................35-36—71 -1 Mirim Lee...................................38-33—71 -1 Pernilla Lindberg......................35-36—71 -1 Catriona Matthew....................36-35—71 -1 Anna Nordqvist ........................34-37—71 -1 Jenny Shin .................................36-35—71 -1 Amy Yang ..................................36-35—71 -1 Katie Burnett .............................36-36—72 E Ha Na Jang..................................33-39—72 E Sei Young Kim............................34-38—72 E Candie Kung...............................34-38—72 E Tennis MIAMIOPENRESULTS Thursday At The Tennis Center at Crandon Park Key Biscayne, Fla. Purse: Men, $6.27 million (Masters 1000);Women,$5.38million(Premier) Surface: Hard-Outdoor Singles MEN Quarterfinals John Isner (22), United States, def. Kei Nishikori (4), Japan, 6-4, 6-3. Novak Djokovic (1), Serbia, def. David Ferrer (6), Spain, 7-5, 7-5. WOMEN Semifinals Carla Suarez Navarro (12), Spain, def. Andrea Petkovic (9), Germany, 6-3, 6-3. Doubles MEN Semifinals Vasek Pospisil, Canada, and Jack Sock (2), United States, def. Marcelo Melo and Bruno Soares (3), Brazil, 6-4, 3-6, 10-7. Bob Bryan, United States, and Mike Bryan (1), United States, def. John Isner, United States, and Sam Querrey, United States, 7-6 (5), 7-5. Soccer MAJORLEAGUESOCCER WESTERNCONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA FC Dallas 3 0 1 10 6 1 Vancouver 3 1 0 9 5 4 San Jose 2 2 0 6 6 6 Salt Lake 1 0 2 5 5 4 Los Angeles 1 1 2 5 5 4 Houston 1 1 2 5 2 2 Kansas City 1 1 2 5 3 4 Seattle 1 1 1 4 5 3 Colorado 0 0 3 3 0 0 Portland 0 1 3 3 3 4 EASTERNCONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA New York 2 0 1 7 5 2 D.C. United 2 1 0 6 2 2 N.Y. City FC 1 1 2 5 3 2 Orlando City 1 1 2 5 4 4 New England 1 2 1 4 2 6 Columbus 1 2 0 3 3 3 Toronto FC 1 2 0 3 4 5 Chicago 1 3 0 3 2 5 Montreal 0 1 2 2 2 3 Philadelphia 0 2 2 2 3 6 Note: Three points for victory, one point for tie. Friday,April3 D.C. United at Orlando City, 4 p.m. Saturday,April4 Toronto FC at Chicago, noon New England at Colorado, 4 p.m. Los Angeles at Vancouver, 7 p.m. Houston at Seattle, 7 p.m. FC Dallas at Portland, 7:30 p.m. Sunday,April5 Salt Lake at San Jose, 2 p.m. Philadelphia at Kansas City, 4 p.m. Odds GLANTZ-CULVERLINE For April 3 NCAATournament TOMORROW FinalFour AtIndianapolis Favorite Line(O/U) Underdog Kentucky 5 (131) Wisconsin Duke 5 (138½) Michigan St. NBA Favorite Line(O/U) Underdog at Washington 15½ (193) New York at Indiana 5 (196½) Charlotte at Brooklyn 3½ (209) Toronto at Boston 5½ (196) Milwaukee at Memphis 4½ (199) Oklahoma City Orlando 4½ (201) at Minnesota at Chicago 8½ (197½) Detroit at San Antonio 12½ (207½) Denver New Orleans 6½ (206) at Sacramento Portland 8 (196) at Lakers NHL Favorite Line Underdog Montreal -150/+130 at New Jersey Chicago -300/+240 at Buffalo at Dallas -115/-105 St. Louis at Anaheim -250/+210 Colorado at S an J os e -3 00 /+ 24 0 Ar iz ona Transactions BASEBALL AmericanLeague BostonRedSox: Optioned Ofs Jackie Bradley Jr. and Rusney Castillo to Paw- tucket (IL). Reassigned RHP Dalier Hinojosa, SS Deven Marrero and C Matt Spring to minor league camp. ChicagoWhiteSox: Reassigned RHPs Brad Penny and Scott Carroll to minor league camp. ClevelandIndians: Optioned INF Jesus Aguilar to Columbus (IL). MinnesotaTwins: Selected the contract of OF Shane Robinson from Rochester (IL). NewYorkYankees: Optioned RHP Chase Whitley to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL). Reassigned INFs Nick Noonan and Rob Refsnyder and C Eddy Rodriguez to minor league camp. TexasRangers: Claimed RHP Logan Ver- rett off waivers from Baltimore. Placed OF Antoan Richardson on the 60-day DL. TorontoBlueJays: Agreed to terms with LHP Felix Doubrant on a minor league contract. NationalLeague AtlantaBraves: Optioned RHP Brandon Cunniff to Gwinnett (IL). CincinnatiReds: Assigned RHP Sam LeCure outright to Louisville (IL). Reas- signed RHP Michael Lorenzen to minor league camp. MilwaukeeBrewers: Traded 1B Hunter Morris to Pittsburgh for a player to be named. Assigned Inf/Of Elian Herrera to minor league camp. NewYorkMets: Agreed to terms with OF Juan Lagares on a five-year contract. SanDiegoPadres: Released RHP Jose Valverde. BASKETBALL NationalBasketballAssociation SacramentoKings: Signed C Sim Bhullar to a 10-day contract. FOOTBALL NationalFootballLeague AtlantaFalcons: Released S Zeke Motta. CarolinaPanthers: Released G Derek Dennis and LB Horace Miller. ChicagoBears: Released C Roberto Garza and S Anthony Walters. Signed C Will Montgomery to a one-year contract. DenverBroncos: Signed DL Antonio Smith to a one-year contract. MiamiDolphins: Signed LB Spencer Paysinger. MinnesotaVikings: Signed QB Mike Kafka and DE Caesar Rayford. Released QB Pat Devlin. OaklandRaiders: Signed OT J'marcus Webb. PittsburghSteelers: Re-signed DT Clif- ton Geathers to a one-year contract. Burnett missed a 3-point attempt that might have clinched it. Randle then leaned into Davon Reed on a jumper to draw a foul and the chance to put Stanford in front. Miami (25-13) threw the ball away on the ensuing inbounds pass, and after Brown made a free throw with 3.1 seconds to go, the Hurricanes appeared to do it again. But the offi- cials went to the monitor and reversed the call, rul- ing Stanford touched the ball last. That gave Miami one last chance with the ball under the basket and 1.8 seconds left. With the scored tied 55- all and just over a min- ute left in regulation, the game became a contest of the teams' top scorers driving to the hoop. Twice Randle hit shots to put Stanford in the lead only for McClellan to draw a foul on the other end and hit both free throws to tie it. After McClellan made it 59-59 with 16.8 seconds to go, Stanford worked the ball around for an open 3-point attempt by Marcus Allen, who had made some big second-half shots. But he missed it at the buzzer to send the game to over- time. Stanford center Stefan Nastic had fouled out late in regulation, and McClel- lan finally started to find room in the paint in OT. Stanford FROM PAGE 1 FRANK FRANKLIN II — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Miami's Sheldon McClellan (10) falls while fighting for position with Stanford's Chasson Randle (right), Christian Sanders (above right) and Michael Humphrey (le ) during the NIT championship game Thursday in New York. | SPORTS | REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 2015 2 B