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MLBSPRINGTRAINING BASEBALL Detroit Tigers vs. Houston Astros:10a.m.,MLB. Chicago White Sox vs. Mil- waukee Brewers: 1p.m., MLB. Cincinnati Reds vs. Arizona Diamondbacks: 6:30p.m., MLB. COLLEGE MEN'S BASKETBALL First Four: 3:30p.m., TRUTV. NIT Tournament: 4p.m., ESPN2. NIT Tournament: 5p.m., ESPNU. First Four: 6p.m., TRUTV. NIT Tournament: 6p.m., ESPN2. NIT Tournament: 7p.m., ESPNU. NBA BASKETBALL Oklahoma City Thunder at Boston Celtics: 4p.m., ESPN. Los Angeles Clippers at Hous- ton Rockets: 6:30p.m., ESPN. New Orleans Pelicans at Sac- ramento Kings: 7p.m., CSN. New York Knicks at Golden State Warriors: 7:30p.m., CSNBA. NHL HOCKEY Philadelphia Flyers at Chicago Blackhawks: 5p.m., NBCSN. SKIING FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup Men's Super G: 3a.m., NBCSN. UEFA SOCCER Champions League Arsenal vs. Barcelona Round of 16Leg 2: 12:30p.m., FS1. TENNIS BNP Paribas Open Men's Fourth Round and Women's Quarterfinal: 11a.m., TENNIS. Ontheair ter team didn't win. I've lost a national champion- ship when the better team didn't win. I've been a part of it long enough to know the highs and lows of this business. Are we talented enough? Yes. Are we expe- rienced? Yes. Do, and will, we play good enough? I don't know. The other team may have something to do with that. Just go play, and do the best you can." NOTREDAME No team has had more success over the past decade against the Huskies than Notre Dame. The Irish had a stretch from 2011-2013 when they won seven of the eight meetings, including knock- ing UConn out of the Final Four in 2011 and 2012. When the two teams met earlier this season, Notre Dame went shot for shot with the Huskies and only lost by 10 points. The Irish, who hit 13 3-pointers in that game, were miss- ing star forward Brianna Turner, who was out with a shoulder injury. SOUTH CAROLINA When these two teams met last month as the top two teams in the country, the Gamecocks lost at home by a dozen points in front of a sold-out crowd. Star A'ja Wilson left midway through the second quar- ter with a leg injury. She returned in the fourth pe- riod with the game out of reach. The Gamecocks have the size and talent to compete with UConn, they just need to get consistent outside shooting to have a chance. SOUTH FLORIDA Sure, UConn beat them already three times this year, but coach Jose Fernandez's team led the Huskies at the half of one of those games and were competitive in the other two contests. The Bulls have shown no fear of UConn with star Courtney Williams saying before the American Athletic Confer- ence final that the Huskies were "beatable." APsportswriterTim Dahlberg in Las Vegas contributed to this report. UConn FROM PAGE 1 or six brackets in various pools and plunk down a total of about $40 in entry fees. He's more analytical than Weatherwax. For each matchup, he looks at of- fensive and defensive scor- ing averages and how the teams fared against com- mon opponents and top competition. He waits un- til just before tipoff of the first games to hit the send button. Brad Wiemels, a Clem- son University sophomore from Columbus, Ohio, evaluates the same met- rics as Dietrich, plus he weighs performances at neutral sites and delves into stats that some would consider minutia. Wiemels helps friends who are fill- ing out brackets and runs a personal website called "Bradketology" (http://bit. ly/1TMaH6Y). Wiemels said he'll occa- sionally back up his brack- ets with a few bucks, but his priority is to win the annual pool among 20-30 family members and take home the prize known as the "Weirdy Doll." "The trophy is coveted," he said. "You want to hold onto it, put it on the man- tle, show it off. It's like a voodoo doll-looking thing. My second cousin found it somewhere. It's not some- thing I would call a par- ticularly impressive piece of artwork. There's a rea- son it's called the 'Weirdy Doll."' As of Tuesday afternoon, Kansas and Michigan State were the top two choices to win the national champi- onship, according to brack- ets entered in contests run by ESPN, Yahoo.com and CBSSports.com. Office pools have long been the most popular av- enues for participation in this madness. They are against the rules — wink, wink — at many companies because gambling is illegal most places, not to men- tion that having employees devote time to picking win- ners can have an adverse effect on productivity. Some workplaces, how- ever, embrace the camara- derie. Billionaire Warren Buf- fett announced on CNBC two weeks ago that one of his 300,000 Berkshire Ha- thaway employees could win $100,000 by pick- ing the most consecutive winners in the tourna- ment. Buffett said at least one employee will win the $100,000 prize, but if mul- tiple employees tie, they will share it. Buffett said if an employee can some- how pick all 48 winners in the opening rounds, he'll pay that person $1 million a year for life. The hectic pace of coaching the best team in the NBA doesn't stop the Golden State Warriors' Steve Kerr from keeping an eye on the tournament. Kerr played at Arizona, and his son, Nick, is a re- serve guard for California. "We'll have a tourna- ment pool on our team, but don't tell anyone. It's prob- ably illegal. There won't be any money involved. Let's make that clear," Kerr said. Steve Cuddihy, who works for a computer man- ufacturing company in Burnsville, Minnesota, is a pioneer of online bracket contests. He's been run- ning OfficePool64.com since the dial-up days of 1997. He knew he was get- ting to be big-time a few years later when the NCAA sent him a cease-and-desist order for using the trade- marked terms "March Madness" and "Final Four" on his website. About 1,500 brackets were submitted each year when he was starting out. That number has leveled off at about 450 in recent years, he said, because peo- ple have migrated to the big sports websites that run contests. Cuddihy has discovered that luck is as important as skill in winning first prize. The 46-year-old follows the sport closely. His mother does not. "I've never won my own pool in the 20 years I've run it," he said, "but my mom has." AP Business Writer Josh Funk in Omaha, Nebraska, and AP Sports Writer Janie McCauley in Oakland contributed. Pools FROM PAGE 1 record 25 games. The last time the Ducks broke into the top 10 was the 2006-7 season, when they were ranked as high as No. 7 and went on to win the Pac-12 Tournament and advance to the Sweet 16 in the NCAA Tournament. Oregon popped into the rankings early in the sea- son, but stumbled with losses to UNLV and Boise State in December. The team then opened confer- ence play with a loss at ri- val Oregon State. But the Ducks re- bounded, with the high- light coming on Jan. 28 when they snapped Arizo- na's 49-game home win- ning streak with an 83-75 win in Tucson. Oregon fin- ished 14-4 in conference. It was Oregon's sixth- straight season with at least 20 wins, coinciding with Altman's arrival in Eugene. Going into the season, the Ducks were projected to finish fourth in the Pac- 12's preseason poll. They were faced with replac- ing Young, who averaged 19.8 points, 4.5 rebounds and 3.7 assists last season and was named the Pac-12 Player of the Year. With Young, the league's top scorer, Oregon finished 26-10, and beat Oklahoma State to open the NCAA Tournament before falling to Wisconsin. Altman said at the be- ginning of this season that he was looking for more balanced scoring. And, in a sense, that's what hap- pened. Sophomore Dylan Brooks emerged to lead the team with an average of 16.7 points, including a 10-game stretch during conference play with 20 or more points a game. Oregon FROM PAGE 1 tinue to work on." The walks are most dis- concerting. When Hill posted a 2-1 record and 1.55 ERA over four starts at the end of the 2015 season, he walked just five batters in 29 innings with 36 strike- outs. In his three outings this spring, covering just 7 2/3 innings, he has walked 12 and struck out seven. The confounding thing is he does seem to fade in and out. Hill tossed a 1-2-3 first inning, but then opened the second allow- ing a double and two walks. To start the third, he threw eight straight balls to the first two hitters, but then struck out Carlos Gonzalez and got Nolan Arenado on a popup to second. Having survived the Rockies' two toughest hitters, he served up a first-pitch fastball over the plate that Mark Reyn- olds massacred for a three- run homer. Hill ended his outing by issuing two more walks in the fourth and both run- ners were erased trying to steal. It wasn't exactly the most impressive scoreless inning to salvage his day. "He's just out of rhythm," said manager Bob Melvin. "It looks like he's out ahead of his arm a little bit on some of his breaking balls that are just staying up. He's searching for the right arm slot. At times, he has it but he's just not consis- tent with it right now. He'll find it." The manager also thinks Hill is putting a little un- due pressure on himself to perform and show that the A's made a smart decision. "There's probably frus- tration on his part," said Melvin. "He wants to im- press his teammates here. It's been a couple outings here where he hasn't. My feeling is it's just going to be one start where he finds his arm slot and he'll be off to the races." Hill said he may try to throw more changeups his next outing, one pitch that was working for him against Colorado, to try and get back into counts. He clearly does have swing- and-miss stuff, but until he starts finding the zone and spotting his pitches, oppos- ing hitters won't be swing- ing much. That's when the trouble starts. A's FROM PAGE 1 Scoreboard Baseball SPRINGTRAINING AMERICAN LEAGUE W L Pct Toronto 10 2 .833 Houston 9 4 .692 Texas 9 4 .692 Detroit 9 6 .600 Chicago 7 6 .538 Los Angeles 7 6 .538 Minnesota 7 6 .538 A's 6 6 .500 Seattle 7 8 .467 Cleveland 6 8 .429 Tampa Bay 6 9 .400 Kansas City 6 10 .375 Boston 5 9 .357 New York 4 8 .333 Baltimore 2 11 .154 NATIONAL LEAGUE W L Pct Arizona 11 3 .786 Los Angeles 9 3 .750 Washington 9 3 .750 Philadelphia 11 4 .733 St. Louis 7 5 .583 Colorado 8 6 .571 Milwaukee 6 6 .500 New York 6 6 .500 Cincinnati 7 8 .467 Miami 5 7 .417 Giants 6 9 .400 Pittsburgh 5 8 .385 Chicago 4 10 .286 San Diego 4 10 .286 Atlanta 4 11 .267 NOTE: Split-squad games count in the standings; games against non-major league teams do not. Monday's games Atlanta 5, Tampa Bay 0 Pittsburgh 3, Boston 1 Minnesota 5, St. Louis 3 Washington 1, Houston 1, tie Detroit 9, N.Y. Mets 2 Baltimore 8, Philadelphia 7 Cleveland 4, Texas 2 San Diego 10, Chicago Cubs 2 Kansas City 9, Chicago White Sox 3 L.A. Dodgers 6, Milwaukee 2 L.A. Angels 10, Cincinnati 2 Colorado 6, Seattle (ss) 4 Arizona 8, Seattle (ss) 3 A's 10, Giants 3 Tuesday's games Washington 6, Houston 4 Detroit 10, Atlanta 6 Philadelphia 5, Tampa Bay 2 N.Y. Mets 8, Miami 6 Toronto 6, Baltimore 6, tie Chicago White Sox 8, L.A. Dodgers 6 Texas 5, Cleveland 4 Cincinnati 4, Kansas City 2 L.A. Angels 4, Seattle 4, tie Colorado 6, A's 2 Chicago Cubs 11, San Diego 1 N.Y. Yankees 6, Boston 3 Wednesday's games Detroit vs. Houston at Kissimmee, Fla., 10:05 a.m. Pittsburgh vs. Baltimore at Sarasota, Fla., 10:05 a.m. Washington vs. Miami at Jupiter, Fla., 10:05 a.m. St. Louis vs. Atlanta at Kissimmee, Fla., 10:05 a.m. Chicago White Sox vs. Milwaukee at Phoenix, 1:05 p.m. L.A. Angels vs. Cleveland at Goodyear, Ariz., 1:05 p.m. Colorado vs. L.A. Dodgers at Glendale, Ariz., 1:05 p.m. Chicago Cubs vs. Kansas City at Sur- prise, Ariz., 1:05 p.m. Giants vs. Seattle at Peoria, Ariz., 1:10 p. m. Toronto vs. N.Y. Yankees at Tampa, Fla., 3:35 p.m. Boston vs. Minnesota at Fort Myers, Fla., 4:05 p.m. Cincinnati vs. Arizona at Scottsdale, Ariz., 6:40 p.m. Rockies 6, Athletics 2 Oakland Colorado AB R H B AB R H B Crisp cf 3 0 1 0 G.Parra cf 2 2 1 0 Olson 1b 1 0 0 0 Tapia cf 1 0 0 0 Canha dh 3 0 0 0 Story ss 2 1 0 0 Pndr ph-dh 1 0 0 0 George 2b 1 0 0 0 Lowrie 2b 3 0 1 0 Gnzalez rf 3 0 0 0 Ldndorf 2b 1 0 1 0 Cuevas rf 1 0 0 0 B.Butler 1b 2 0 0 0 Arendo 3b 3 1 2 1 J.Brgman cf1 0 0 0 Ynoa pr-3b 1 0 1 0 Phegley c 3 0 0 0 M.Rynld 1b2 2 1 3 Lambo lf 1 0 0 0 Parker 1b 1 0 0 0 Smlinski lf 3 1 1 0 Raburn dh 2 0 0 0 Barreto ss 1 0 0 0 Cstl ph-dh 1 0 0 0 Fuld rf 3 0 2 0 Hundley c 3 0 1 1 Muncy 3b 1 0 0 0 T.Mrphy c 0 0 0 0 Chpmn 3b 3 1 1 2 LMhieu 2b 1 0 0 1 Blair c 1 0 0 0 Wolters ss 0 0 0 0 Sogard ss 2 0 0 0 B.Barns lf 2 0 1 0 J.Whtker rf 1 0 0 0 Tchman lf 0 0 0 0 Totals 34 2 7 2 26 6 7 6 Oakland 000 200 000 — 2 Colorado 023 010 00x — 6 E: K.Parker (1); DP: Oakland 1, Colorado 1; LOB: Oakland 7, Colorado 4; 2B: Lad- endorf (1), Arenado (2); 3B: Ynoa (1); HR: M.Chapman (3), Mar.Reynolds (2); SB: G.Parra 2 (3), Hundley (1); CS: LeMahieu (1), B.Barnes (2); SF: LeMahieu. IP H R ER BB SO Oakland R.Hill L,0-2 4 3 5 5 6 4 Fe.Rodriguez 2 2 1 1 0 2 Manaea 2 2 0 0 0 3 Colorado DLRs W,1-0 32/3 5 2 2 2 2 Germen 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 Flande 3 1 0 0 0 2 Qualls 1 1 0 0 0 0 McGee 1 0 0 0 0 0 WP: Manaea. Umpires: Home, Ryan Blakney, First, Dale Scott. Second, Alan Porter. Third, Ben May. T: 2:42; A: 8,207 (11,000). Basketball NBA WESTERN CONFERENCE PACIFIC DIVISION W L Pct GB y-Golden State 60 6 .909 — Clippers 42 23 .646 171/2 Sacramento 25 40 .385 341/2 Phoenix 18 49 .269 421/2 Lakers 14 53 .209 461/2 SOUTHWEST DIVISION W L Pct GB y-San Antonio 56 10 .848 — Memphis 39 28 .582 171/2 Houston 34 33 .507 221/2 Dallas 34 33 .507 221/2 New Orleans 24 42 .364 32 NORTHWEST DIVISION W L Pct GB Oklahoma City 45 22 .672 — Portland 35 33 .515 101/2 Utah 32 35 .478 13 Denver 28 40 .412 171/2 Minnesota 21 46 .313 24 EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC DIVISION W L Pct GB Toronto 45 21 .682 — Boston 39 28 .582 61/2 New York 28 40 .412 18 Brooklyn 19 48 .284 261/2 Philadelphia 9 58 .134 361/2 SOUTHEAST DIVISION W L Pct GB Miami 39 28 .582 — Atlanta 38 29 .567 1 Charlotte 37 29 .561 11/2 Washington 31 35 .470 71/2 Orlando 29 37 .439 91/2 CENTRAL DIVISION W L Pct GB Cleveland 47 19 .712 — Indiana 36 31 .537 111/2 Chicago 33 32 .508 131/2 Detroit 34 33 .507 131/2 Milwaukee 29 39 .426 19 y-clinched division Monday's games Dallas 107, Charlotte 96 Chicago 109, Toronto 107 Miami 124, Denver 119 Houston 130, Memphis 81 Oklahoma City 128, Portland 94 Washington 124, Detroit 81 Phoenix 107, Minnesota 104 Golden State 125, New Orleans 107 Utah 94, Cleveland 85 Tuesday's games Indiana 103, Boston 98 Orlando 116, Denver 110 Brooklyn 131, Philadelphia 114 Toronto 107, Milwaukee 89 Clippers at San Antonio, (n.) Sacramento at Lakers, (n.) Wednesday's games Dallas at Cleveland, 4 p.m. Oklahoma City at Boston, 4 p.m. Chicago at Washington, 4 p.m. Orlando at Charlotte, 4 p.m. Atlanta at Detroit, 4:30 p.m. Minnesota at Memphis, 5 p.m. Clippers at Houston, 6:30 p.m. New Orleans at Sacramento, 7 p.m. New York at Golden State, 7:30 p.m. COLLEGE MEN'S TOP 25 POLL Record Pts Prv 1. Kansas (63) 30-4 1,623 1 2. Michigan St. (2) 29-5 1,552 2 3. North Carolina 28-6 1,488 7 4. Virginia 26-7 1,384 4 5. Oregon 28-6 1,371 8 6. Villanova 29-5 1,283 3 7. Oklahoma 25-7 1,215 6 8. West Virginia 26-8 1,193 9 9. Xavier 27-5 1,127 5 10. Kentucky 26-8 920 16 10. Miami 25-7 920 11 12. Purdue 26-8 873 13 13. Utah 26-8 870 12 14. Indiana 25-7 828 10 15. Texas A&M 26-8 682 17 16. Louisville 23-8 585 14 17. Arizona 25-8 559 15 18. Maryland 25-8 489 18 19. Duke 23-10 383 19 20. Seton Hall 25-8 374 — 21. Baylor 22-11 347 22 22. Iowa St. 21-11 317 21 23. California 23-10 270 24 24. SMU 25-5 84 25 25. Iowa 21-10 82 20 COLLEGE WOMEN'S TOP 25 POLL Record Pts Prv 1. UConn (32) 32-0 800 1 2. Notre Dame 31-1 753 2 3. South Carolina 31-1 747 3 4. Baylor 33-1 707 4 5. Maryland 30-3 672 5 6. Oregon St. 28-4 635 6 7. Texas 28-4 595 7 8. Louisville 25-7 568 8 9. Ohio St. 24-7 504 9 10. UCLA 24-8 475 10 11. Arizona St. 25-6 443 11 12. Kentucky 23-7 433 12 13. Stanford 24-7 390 13 14. Syracuse 25-7 382 14 15. Mississippi St. 26-7 376 15 16. Michigan St. 24-8 342 16 17. Florida St. 23-7 311 17 18. Texas A&M 21-9 268 19 19. Miami 24-8 233 20 20. DePaul 25-8 168 18 21. South Florida 23-8 151 21 22. Colorado St. 31-1 135 22 23. West Virginia 24-9 120 23 24. Oklahoma 21-10 73 24 25. Florida 22-8 36 25 MEN'S NCAA TOURNEY (FIRST FOUR) Florida Gulf Coast 96, Fairleigh Dickin- son 65 Vanderbilt vs. Wichita State, (n.) MEN 'S N IT FIRST ROUND Tuesday, March 15 South Carolina 88, High Point 66 Florida State 84, Davidson 74 Ohio State 72, Akron 63, OT Alabama (18-14) at Creighton (18-14) (n.) Long Beach State (20-14) at Washington (18-14), (n.) Florida (19-14) at North Florida (22-11), (n.) Texas Southern (18-14) at Valparaiso (26-6), (n.) IPFW (24-9) at San Diego State (25-9), (n.) New Mexico State (23-10) at Saint Mary's (Cal) (27-5), (n.) NHL WESTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts GF GA d-Dallas 70 41 20 9 91 227 203 d-Los Angeles 68 41 22 5 87 185 154 St. Louis 71 41 21 9 91 187 179 Anaheim 68 38 21 9 85 174 160 Chicago 70 41 23 6 88 195 173 San Jose 68 38 24 6 82 203 179 Nashville 70 35 22 13 83 192 179 Minnesota 70 32 27 11 75 184 175 Colorado 70 35 31 4 74 188 198 Arizona 69 30 32 7 67 185 211 Vancouver 68 27 29 12 66 166 197 Winnipeg 69 29 35 5 63 181 205 Calgary 69 29 35 5 63 189 217 Edmonton 72 27 38 7 61 171 212 EASTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts GF GA x-Washington 69 50 14 5 105 221 161 d-Florida 70 39 22 9 87 198 171 Boston 70 39 23 8 86 213 188 N.Y. Islanders 68 38 21 9 85 194 170 N.Y. Rangers 69 39 23 7 85 197 181 Tampa Bay 70 40 25 5 85 191 167 Pittsburgh 69 37 24 8 82 190 174 Detroit 70 34 25 11 79 176 186 Philadelphia 68 33 23 12 78 178 183 Carolina 70 31 26 13 75 171 188 Ottawa 71 33 30 8 74 205 220 New Jersey 70 33 30 7 73 154 178 Montreal 70 32 32 6 70 188 198 Bu ff al o 70 2 8 33 9 6 5 16 7 19 0 Columbus 69 28 33 8 64 180 215 Toronto 69 24 34 11 59 164 202 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. x-clinched playoff spot Monday's games N.Y. Islanders 3, Florida 2 Los Angeles 5, Chicago 0 Calgary 7, St. Louis 4 Nashville 3, Edmonton 2 Winnipeg 5, Vancouver 2 Anaheim 7, New Jersey 1 Tuesday's games Pittsburgh 2, N.Y. Islanders 1, SO Washington 2, Carolina 1, OT Philadelphia 4, Detroit 3 Toronto 4, Tampa Bay 1 Florida 4, Montreal 1 Ottawa 3, Minnesota 2, OT Los Angeles at Dallas, (n.) Boston at San Jose, (n.) Wednesday's games Montreal at Buffalo, 4 p.m. Philadelphia at Chicago, 5 p.m. St. Louis at Edmonton, 6:30 p.m. Winnipeg at Calgary, 7 p.m. Colorado at Vancouver, 7 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Anaheim, 7:30 p.m. Soccer MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER WESTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA Kansas City 2 0 0 6 3 1 San Jose 2 0 0 6 3 1 Houston 1 0 1 4 8 3 Salt Lake 1 0 1 4 4 3 Los Angeles 1 1 0 3 4 2 Portland 1 1 0 3 3 3 Colorado 1 1 0 3 1 1 FC Dallas 1 1 0 3 2 5 Vancouver 0 2 0 0 3 5 Seattle 0 2 0 0 1 3 EASTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA Montreal 2 0 0 6 6 2 Toronto FC 1 0 1 4 4 2 N.Y. City FC 1 0 1 4 6 5 Philadelphia 1 1 0 3 2 3 New England 0 0 2 2 3 3 Orlando City 0 0 2 2 3 3 Chicago 0 1 1 1 4 5 D.C. United 0 1 1 1 1 4 Columbus 0 2 0 0 2 4 New York 0 2 0 0 0 5 Note: Three points for victory, one point for tie. Friday, March 18 Orlando City at N.Y. City FC, 4 p.m. Sa tu rda y, M arc h 19 Columbus at Chicago, 2 p.m. Houston at New York, 4 p.m. Montreal at FC Dallas, 6 p.m. Vancouver at Seattle, 7 p.m. Salt Lake at Portland, 7:30 p.m. San Jose at Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m. Tennis BNP PARIBAS OPEN RESULTS Tuesday At The Indian Wells Tennis Garden Indian Wells Purse: Men: $7.04 million (Masters 1000); Women: $6.84 million (Premier) Surface: Hard-Outdoor Singles MEN Third Round Alexander Zverev, Germany, def. Gilles Simon (16), France, 6-2, 6-2. Kei Nishikori (5), Japan, def. Steve John- son (30), United States, 7-6 (6), 7-6 (5). John Isner (9), United States, def. Adrian Mannarino, France, 6-4, 7-6 (4). Feliciano Lopez (18), Spain, def. Roberto Bautista Agut (14), Spain, 7-6 (5), 6-7 (10), 6-4. Rafael Nadal (4), Spain, def. Fernando Verdasco, Spain, 6-0, 7-6 (9). Dominic Thiem (11), Austria, def. Jack Sock (21), United States, 7-5, 6-7 (5), 6-1. WOMEN Fourth Round Petra Kvitova (8), Czech Republic, def. Nicole Gibbs, United States, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4. Agnieszka Radwanska (3), Poland, def. Jelena Jankovic (19), Serbia, 6-3, 6-3. Simona Halep (5), Romania, def. Barbora Strycova, Czech Republic, 6-3, 1-0, retirement. Odds PREGAME.COM LINE NBA Wednesday Favorite Line (O/U) Underdog at Charlotte 9 (2101/2) Orlando at Cleveland 91/2 (2081/2) Dallas Chicago 3 (OFF) at Washington Oklahoma City 3 (2201/2) at Boston at Detroit 1 (198) Atlanta at Memphis OFF (OFF) Minnesota at Houston 21/2 (214) Clippers at Sacramento 21/2 (222) New Orleans at Golden State 15 (219) New York College Basketball Wednesday Favorite Line (O/U) Underdog Southern 2 Holy Cross Michigan 4 Tulsa at Georgia 7 Belmont at St. Bon. 111/2 Wagner at Monmouth 8 Bucknell at Virginia Tech 31/2 Princeton at G. Wash. 6 Hofstra at G. Tech 31/2 Houston at BYU 91/2 UAB at Ohio 4 Albany NY at Nc Green. 8 Houston Baptist at Vermont 61/2 W. Carolina at Duquesne 41/2 Nebraska-Omaha at EWASH. PK Pepperdine at Nevada 41/2 Montana Idaho 2 at Seattle U Texas-Arlington 131/2 at Savannah State at Fordham 8 Boston University at Columbia 121/2 Norfolk State at Fairfield 61/2 New Hampshire at Nj Tech 21/2 Army at Cent. Mich. 81/2 UT Martin UC Irvine 41/2 at North Dakota at Loui.-laf. 71/2 Texas A&M Corpus Thursday Miami 131/2 Buffalo Baylor 51/2 Yale Duke 101/2 UNC-Wilmington Providence 2 Southern Cal Virginia 24 Hampton Butler 4 Texas Tech Kansas 261/2 Austin Peay UConn 31/2 Colorado Indiana 12 Chattanooga Kentucky 14 Stony Brook Purdue 9 UALR Iowa St 71/2 Iona Utah 81/2 Fresno St Gonzaga PK Seton Hall Friday Villanova 171/2 NC Asheville Iowa 71/2 Temple West Virginia 7 Stephen Austin Oklahoma 141/2 Cs Bakersfield Va Comm. 41/2 Oregon St Texas A&M 13 Green Bay Texas 41/2 N. Iowa Xavier 131/2 Weber State Wisconsin 11/2 Pittsburgh Michigan St 18 Mid. Tennessee Dayton 1 Syracuse Maryland 9 So. Dakota State California 7 Hawaii Cincinnati 2 St. Joseph's NHL Wednesday Favorite Line Underdog at Buffalo -125/+115 Montreal at Chicago -190/+175 Philadelphia St. Louis -145/+135 at Edmonton at Calgary -120/+110 Winnipeg at Vancouver -108/-102 Colorado at Anaheim -145/+135 NY Rangers Transactions BASEBALL American League Boston Red Sox: Optioned OF Bryce Brentz, INF Sean Coyle, LHP Edwin Esco- bar and RHP Pat Light to Pawtucket (IL), and LHP Williams Jerez to Portland (EL). Reassigned 3B Chris Dominguez and C Ali Solis to their minor league camp. Chicago White Sox: Announced the retirement of 1B-DH Adam LaRoche. Kansas City Royals: Selected the contract of RHP Dillon Gee from Omaha (PCL). Placed LHP Mike Minor on the 60-day DL. FOOTBALL National Football League Atlanta Falcons: Re-signed S Charles Godfrey. Signed S Damian Parms, WR Aldrick Robinson and CB DeMarcus Van Dyke. Baltimore Ravens: Signed WR Mike Wal- lace to a two-year contract. Buffalo Bills: Named John Blake defen- sive line coach. Carolina Panthers: Signed DT Paul Soliai to a two-year contract. Cincinnati Bengals: Re-signed CB Adam Jones. Dallas Cowboys: Signed LB Rolando McClain. Denver Broncos: Matched Miami's four- year contract offer to RB C.J. Anderson. Minnesota Vikings: Re-signed TE Rhett Ellison and CB Marcus Sherels. New England Patriots: Traded DE-Lb Chandler Jones to Arizona Cardinals for G Jonathan Cooper and a 2016 second-round draft pick. Re-signed DB Nate Ebner. Philadelphia Eagles: Agreed to terms with CB Nolan Carroll on a one-year contract. Pittsburgh Steelers: Signed OT Ryan Harris to a two-year contract. | SPORTS | REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 2016 2 B