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meets No. 4 seed Iowa State (23-11) in Chicago on Friday. Win that, and the Cavaliers will face a dou- ble-digit seed — either 10- seed and ACC leaguemate Syracuse (21-13) or 11-seed Gonzaga (28-7) — for their first Final Four since 1984. East Preseason No. 1-ranked North Carolina (30-6) did the expected by reaching Friday's games in Philadel- phia. The other top seeds — No. 2 Xavier, No. 3 West Virginia and No. 4 Ken- tucky — weren't so lucky. UNC faces No. 5 seed and Big Ten regular-sea- son champion Indiana (27- 7) in the first tournament meeting between the two since 1984, when the Hoo- siers upset the Tar Heels to end Michael Jordan's col- lege career. The bracket also fea- tures No. 6 Notre Dame (23-11) and No. 7 Wiscon- sin (22-12). And if the seeds hold, there would be an all- Atlantic Coast Conference final for a league with a tournament-record six Sweet 16 teams. "I probably think we've played our best basketball the entire season in these last couple of weeks," UNC coach Roy Williams said after Saturday's home-state win against Providence in Raleigh. "Now is that going to transfer when we play (in Philadelphia)? I have no idea because (they're) 18-, 19-, 20- or 21-year-olds. But the appreciation I have for them is because they've earned it." South Kansas' bracket largely went according to plan en- tering Thursday's games in Louisville, Kentucky. The Jayhawks (32-4) draw a dangerous team in No. 5 Maryland (27-8), a team ranked third in the preseason Top 25 and peaked at second in Feb- ruary. No. 2 seed Villanova (31- 5), a contender for its own 1-seed entering Selection Sunday, lurks in the other end of the bracket. The Wildcats meet No. 3 seed Miami (27-7) to give this region three of the top 11 teams in KenPom's rank- ings, the toughest of the four fields. So much for the Jay- hawks getting a favorable draw as the tournament's top overall seed, even as they're savoring being back in the Sweet 16 after two opening-weekend exits. West This is the only bracket that went chalk with all four top seeds advancing, which has happened just 16 times since 1985, according to STATS. Oregon (30-6) plays in Anaheim, California, on Thursday against 4-seed Duke (25-10), which is vul- nerable to foul trouble or fatigue with largely a six- man rotation. But the Blue Devils can hit the 3, while high-scoring guard Gray- son Allen (22.0 points) and likely one-and-done talent Brandon Ingram are scary matchups in a win-or-go- home setting. The bottom of the bracket features national player of the year candi- date Buddy Hield and No. 2 seed Oklahoma (27-7), one of six teams to hold the No. 1 spot in the AP Top 25 this year. The Soon- ers face 3-seed Texas A&M (28-8) fresh off the Aggies' miracle comeback to beat Northern Iowa in double overtime. NCAA FROMPAGE1 pulled any major upsets or surprises in any games. None of the 12 wins have come against a team seeded better than No. 7 — that was Syracuse's first- round win against Dayton on Friday in the Midwest Region — and nine have come against seeds 11 or lower. Then again, the parity in college basketball has made getting what was once that automatic hasn't been easy. The Big 12, Big Ten and Pac-12allmatchedtheACC's seven tournament bids. But in an upset-filled opening weekend, the ACC nearly matched those leagues' combined total (seven) of Sweet 16 teams. The Big 12 — pegged by many as the nation's best this year — still has No. 1 seed Kansas, No. 2 seed Oklahoma and No. 4 seed Iowa State but lost No. 3 seed West Virginia in the first round and is 6-4 in the NCAAs. The Pac-12 lost six teams, including No. 3 seed Utah, to leave only 1-seed Oregon and a 3-6 record. And while the Big Ten got three mid-range seeds into the Sweet 16 and went 8-4, the league took the biggest hit so far with title contender and No. 2 seed Michigan State fall- ing to 15-seed Middle Ten- nessee to torch bracket- pool picks everywhere. Throw in the Southeast- ernConference,whichman- aged a meager three bids and one Sweet 16 team, and those four leagues com- bined for 10 losses to teams with double-digit seeds. Some of those defeats eased the path for the ACC, with Miami, Duke, Notre Dame and Syracuse all ad- vancing to the Sweet 16 by beating the lower-seeded teams that had upset their power-conference brethren. Meanwhile, preseason No. 1-ranked North Car- olina and Virginia both pushed past ninth-seeded Big East teams in their sec- ond-round games Saturday night in Raleigh. The Cava- liers beat Butler, while the Tar Heels wore down foul- plagued Providence in front of a home-state crowd. ACC FROM PAGE 1 CHARLIERIEDEL—THEASSOCIATEDPRESS Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim stands with his players while a play is reviewed during the first half of a second-round game against Middle Tennessee in the NCAA Tournament, Sunday in St. Louis. met with the 49ers at last month's scouting combine and requested permission to seek a trade. The Browns, including coach Hue Jackson, said they remain interested in free agent Robert Griffin III, whom they hosted over the weekend. In case the Browns or other teams want to heat up trade talks at the own- ers meetings, the 49ers have their power brokers there, includingCEOJedYork,gen- eral manager Trent Baalke and coach Chip Kelly. Kelly isslatedtospeakatWednes- daymorning'sNFCcoaches' breakfast. The 49ers have main- tained they're not going to release Kaepernick be- fore his $11.9 million sal- ary becomes guaranteed April 1 and that they're ex- cited about him working with Kelly in an offseason program that begins in two weeks. The Denver Broncos, widely considered the fa- vorites to trade for Kaeper- nick, have a "fluid" quarter- back situation, as described by general manager John Elway and coach Gary Ku- biak. "I think we want to bring in some competition — not only at the quarter- back position, but all posi- tions," Elway told Denver- Broncos.com. "That's what we're in the process (of do- ing) now." 49ers FROM PAGE 1 "I think L.A. is great," Davis said. "It's up to Dean to make his deter- mination, and we'll give him the time to determine what he wants to do for his future, as well, because he has the same decisions to make. And we'll see what happens. That's really all we can do on that." Davis reiterated his common refrain of ingress, egress and parking being the most important things for the Raiders' next home and he seems to have con- cerns about that aspect of the Inglewood plan. "I don't know whether they're going to create that there," Davis said. As for Oakland, Davis had nothing to update. "I'm still trying to get something with the sta- dium," he said. Raiders FROM PAGE 1 PAUL SANCYA — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE Oakland Raiders team owner Mark Davis walks on the field before a game against the Lions, in Detroit. Davis called Inglewood "a great opportunity." in his first season as a No. 1 goalie. The Sharks also needed to regain the trust of the fan base, which didn't hide its displeasure at the end of last season when the team went through the motions in a final home game loss to Dallas and "Fire Wilson" chants echoed throughout SAP Center. There's still a lot of work to be done by the Sharks or- ganization in getting all of their fans back on board. For various reasons, not all team-performance re- lated, season ticket renew- als dipped considerably this past offseason, and through 34 home games in 2015-16, only 12 have been announced as sellouts. Wilson controls what he can control, and after bringing in DeBoer, his first major personnel move was to trade a declining Antti Niemi to Dallas and seek an upgrade in net. The Sharks thought highly of Jones, and after he was traded by Los An- geles to Boston, Wilson sent an unprotected first round pick in 2016 and prospect Sean Kuraly to the Bruins for Jones. It was a leap of faith given that Jones was en- tering his third NHL sea- son and had never played in more than 19 games in one year as a backup to Jona- than Quick. Sharks FROM PAGE 1 Scoreboard Baseball SPRINGTRAINING AMERICAN LEAGUE W L Pct Toronto 12 4 .750 Detroit 14 7 .667 Houston 11 8 .579 Texas 11 8 .579 Ch ic ag o 10 8 .5 56 Los Angeles 10 8 .556 Oakland 9 8 .529 Cleveland 10 10 .500 Minnesota 9 9 .500 Seattle 10 11 .476 New York 8 9 .471 Tampa Bay 8 9 .471 Kansas City 10 13 .435 Boston 9 12 .429 Baltimore 5 12 .294 NATIONAL LEAGUE W L Pct Arizona 16 4 .800 Washington 13 4 .765 Philadelphia 14 5 .737 Milwaukee 10 8 .556 Los Angeles 10 9 .526 Colorado 8 8 .500 Cincinnati 9 11 .450 New York 7 9 .438 San Francisco 9 12 .429 Miami 7 10 .412 St. Louis 7 10 .412 Chicago 6 13 .316 Pittsburgh 6 13 .316 San Diego 5 12 .294 Atlanta 6 15 .286 NOTE: Split-squad games count in the standings; games against non-major league teams do not. Monday's games Washington 5, Houston 3 Atlanta 7, Pittsburgh (ss) 3 Philadelphia 4, Detroit 3 Boston 4, St. Louis 3 Pittsburgh (ss) 2, Minnesota 0 Miami 2, N.Y. Mets 1 Oakland 6, San Francisco 4 Seattle 6, L.A. Dodgers 3 Milwaukee (ss) 4, L.A. Angels 3 Cleveland 9, Chicago White Sox 4 Colorado vs. Texas, (n.) Milwaukee (ss) vs. Arizona, (n.) Cincinnati vs. San Diego, (n.) Tuesday's games Boston vs. Miami at Jupiter, Fla., 10:05 a.m. Minnesota (ss) vs. Philadelphia at Clear- water, Fla., 10:05 a.m. Atlanta vs. Houston at Kissimmee, Fla., 10:05 a.m. Toronto vs. Detroit at Lakeland, Fla., 10:05 a.m. Baltimore vs. Minnesota (ss) at Fort My- ers, Fla., 10:05 a.m. San Francisco (ss) vs. Chicago White Sox at Glendale, Ariz., 1:05 p.m. Chicago Cubs vs. Cincinnati at Goodyear, Ariz., 1:05 p.m. Milwaukee vs. Colorado at Scottsdale, Ariz., 1:10 p.m. Oakland vs. L.A. Angels at Tempe, Ariz., 1:10 p.m. Texas vs. San Diego at Peoria, Ariz., 1:10 p.m. N.Y. Mets vs. N.Y. Yankees at Tampa, Fla., 3:35 p.m. L.A. Dodgers vs. Kansas City at Surprise, Ariz., 6:05 p.m. San Francisco (ss) vs. Arizona at Scotts- dale, Ariz., 7:10 p.m. Athletics 6, Giants 4 Oakland San Fran AB R H B AB R H B Burns cf 2 0 0 1 Span cf 4 0 1 0 Sportman lf1 0 0 0 G.Hrndz cf 1 0 0 0 Canha lf 3 1 1 0 Panik 2b 4 0 0 0 McBride 1b 1 0 0 0 J.Lopez p 0 0 0 0 Coghlan 2b 3 1 1 2 Osich p 0 0 0 0 Rdrigz 2b 0 0 0 0 Posey 1b 3 0 0 0 K.Davis dh 3 1 1 0 Green 1b 1 0 0 0 R.Healy dh 1 0 0 0 Pence rf 3 1 1 1 Alonso 1b 3 0 0 0 Wmson lf 1 0 0 0 J.Brugman cf10 1 0 Pagan lf 3 1 2 0 Phegley c 3 0 0 1 Kottaras c 1 0 0 0 Blair c 1 0 1 0 T.Brown c 0 0 0 0 Smlinski rf 3 1 1 0 Olivo c 3 2 2 1 T.Mrincv rf 1 0 0 0 Romo p 0 0 0 0 Chapman 3b4 1 1 2 R.Pena 2b 1 0 0 0 Sogard ss 4 1 1 0 Gillaspie 3b3 0 2 1 Adrianza ss3 0 1 1 Smrdzija p 2 0 0 0 Parker rf 2 0 0 0 Totals 34 6 8 6 35 4 9 4 Oakland 011 022 000 — 6 San Fran 010 102 000 — 4 E: Phegley (1), Canha (1); DP: San Fran- cisco 1; LOB: Oakland 3, San Francisco 6; 2B: K.Davis (3), Olivo (1); HR: Coghlan (1), M.Chapman (4), Pence (3); SF: Burns. IP H R ER BB SO Oakland Bassitt W,2-0 51/3 8 4 4 1 4 Rodriguez 12/3 1 0 0 0 1 P.Schuster 1 0 0 0 0 2 Clombe S,1-1 1 0 0 0 1 0 San Francisco Smrdzija L,0-3 6 6 6 6 0 3 Romo 1 0 0 0 0 1 J.Lopez 1 0 0 0 1 1 Osich 1 2 0 0 0 0 WP: Samardzija 2. T: 2:49; A: 12,056 (12,000). Basketball NBA WESTERN CONFERENCE PACIFIC DIVISION W L Pct GB y-Golden State 63 7 .900 — Clippers 43 26 .623 191/2 Sacramento 27 43 .386 36 Phoenix 19 50 .275 431/2 Lakers 14 55 .203 481/2 SOUTHWEST DIVISION W L Pct GB y-San Antonio 59 11 .843 — Memphis 40 30 .571 19 Houston 35 35 .500 24 Dallas 35 35 .500 24 New Orleans 26 43 .377 321/2 NORTHWEST DIVISION W L Pct GB y-Oklahoma City 48 22 .686 — Portland 36 35 .507 121/2 Utah 34 36 .486 14 Denver 29 42 .408 191/2 Minnesota 22 48 .314 26 EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC DIVISION W L Pct GB Toronto 48 21 .696 — Boston 41 30 .577 8 New York 28 43 .394 21 Brooklyn 19 50 .275 29 Philadelphia 9 62 .127 40 SOUTHEAST DIVISION W L Pct GB Miami 40 29 .580 — Atlanta 41 30 .577 — Charlotte 40 30 .571 1/2 Washington 35 35 .500 51/2 Orlando 29 41 .414 111/2 CENTRAL DIVISION W L Pct GB y-Cleveland 50 20 .714 — Indiana 37 33 .529 13 Chicago 36 33 .522 131/2 Detroit 37 34 .521 131/2 Milwaukee 30 41 .423 201/2 y-clinched division Monday's games Cleveland 124, Denver 91 Indiana 91, Philadelphia 75 Charlotte 91, San Antonio 88 Boston 107, Orlando 96 Detroit 92, Milwaukee 91 Chicago 109, Sacramento 102 Golden State 109, Minnesota 104 Washington 117, Atlanta 102 Memphis at Phoenix, (n.) Tuesday's games Charlotte at Brooklyn, 4:30 p.m. Miami at New Orleans, 5 p.m. Houston at Oklahoma City, 5 p.m. Memphis at Lakers, 7:30 p.m. Warriors 109, Timberwolves 104 WARRIORS (109) Barnes 3-7 0-0 6, McAdoo 3-8 1-2 7, Green 10-13 4-8 24, Curry 6-17 5-6 19, Thompson 5-14 2-2 17, Speights 4-6 0-0 8, Livingston 4-6 0-0 8, Barbosa 4-7 1-2 9, Rush 2-6 0-0 5, Varejao 2-2 1-2 5, Clark 0-1 1-2 1. Totals 43-87 15-24 109. TIMBERWOLVES (104) Wiggins 8-21 8-11 25, Dieng 2-7 4-4 8, Towns 11-19 1-2 24, Rubio 5-9 7-7 20, LaVine 7-13 3-4 19, Muhammad 2-6 0-0 4, Jones 0-2 0-0 0, Prince 1-1 2-2 4, Smith 0-4 0-0 0. Totals 36-82 25-30 104. Golden State 27 34 28 20 — 109 Minnesota 29 29 31 15 — 104 3-Point Goals: Golden State 8-24 (Thompson 5-5, Curry 2-9, Rush 1-4, Green 0-1, Clark 0-1, Barnes 0-2, Barbosa 0-2), Minnesota 7-19 (Rubio 3-7, LaVine 2-5, Towns 1-1, Wiggins 1-3, Muhammad 0-1, Jones 0-1, Dieng 0-1); Fouled out: None; Rebounds: Golden State 55 (Green 9), Minnesota 49 (Towns 11); Assists: Golden State 31 (Curry 11), Minnesota 26 (Rubio 11); Total fouls: Golden State 20, Minnesota 20; Technicals: Golden State Coach Kerr; A: 19,452 (19,356). NCAA MEN'S TOURNAMENT EAST REGIONAL At Wells Fargo Center Philadelphia Regional Semifinals Friday, March 25 Wisconsin (22-12) vs. Notre Dame (23- 11), 4:27 p.m. North Carolina (30-6) vs. Indiana (27-7), 6:40 p.m. Regional Championship Sunday, March 27 Semifinal winners SOUTH REGIONAL At KFC YUM! Center Louisville, Ky. Regional Semifinals Thursday, March 24 Villanova (31-5) vs. Miami (27-7), 4:10 p.m. Kansas (32-4) vs. Maryland (27-8), 6:40 p.m. Regional Championship Sa tu rda y, M ar ch 2 6 Semifinal winners MIDWEST REGIONAL At The United Center Chicago Regional Semifinals Friday, March 25 Virginia (28-7) vs. Iowa State (23-11), 4:10 p.m. Syracuse (21-13) vs. Gonzaga (28-7), 6:40 p.m. Regional Championship Sunday, March 27 Semifinal winners WEST REGIONAL At The Honda Center Anaheim, Calif. Regional Semifinals Thursday, March 24 Oklahoma (27-7) vs. Texas A&M (28-8), 4:37 p.m. Oregon (30-6) vs. Duke (25-10), 6:40 p.m. Regional Championship Saturday, March 26 Semifinal winners NCAA WOMEN'S TOURNAMENT BRIDGEPORT REGIONAL Second Round Monday, March 21 At Storrs, Conn. UConn 97, Duquesne 51 At Los Angeles South Florida 74, UCLA 56 At Austin, Texas Texas 73, Missouri 55 Regional Semifinals At Bridgeport, Conn. Saturday, March 26 UConn (34-0) vs. Mississippi State (28-7), TBA South Florida (25-8) vs. Texas (30-4), TBA DALLAS REGIONAL Second Round Monday, March 21 At College Station, Texas Florida State 74, Texas A&M 56 Regional Semifinals Saturday, March 26 At Dallas Baylor (35-1) vs. Florida State (25-7), TBA DePaul (27-8) vs. Oregon State (30-4), TBA SIOUX FALLS REGIONAL Regional Semifinals Friday, March 25 At Sioux Falls, S.D. South Carolina (33-1) vs. Syracuse (27-7), TBA Ohio State (26-7) vs. Tennessee (21-13), TBA LEXINGTON REGIONAL Second Round Monday, March 21 At South Bend, Ind. Notre Dame 87, Indiana 70 At Stanford, Calif. Stanford 66, South Dakota State 65 At Lexington, Ky. Kentucky 79, Oklahoma 58 At College Park, Md. Washington 74, Maryland 65 Regional Semifinals Friday, March 25 At Lexington, Ky. Notre Dame (33-1) vs. Stanford (26-7), TBA Kentucky (25-7) vs. Washington (24-10), TBA Stanford 66, S. Dakota St. 65 S. DAKOTA ST. (27-7) Young 5-10 0-0 13, Guebert 1-4 0-0 2, Mill- er 7-16 5-9 19, Ober 5-8 0-0 12, Thompson 6-13 1-2 14, Alexander 1-4 0-0 2, Boever 1-7 1-2 3, Cornemann 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 26-63 7-13 65. STANFORD (26-7) Thompson 7-15 4-8 19, Kay. Johnson 1-2 4-10 6, Roberson 3-5 0-0 7, McCall 9-14 1-2 20, Samuelson 3-10 0-0 9, Smith 1-2 0-0 2, McPhee 1-3 0-0 2, Sniezek 0-3 0-0 0, Kai. Johnson 0-2 1-2 1. Totals 25-56 10-22 66. S. Dakota St. 17 10 23 15 – 65 Stanford 18 15 13 20 – 66 3-Point Goals_S. Dakota St. 6-16 (Young 3-3, Ober 2-3, Thompson 1-2, Cornemann 0-1, Alexander 0-2, Miller 0-2, Boever 0-3), Stanford 6-18 (Samuelson 3-6, Roberson 1-3, Thompson 1-4, McCall 1-4, Sniezek 0-1). Fouled Out_None; Rebounds: S. Dakota St. 34 (Miller 8), Stanford 38 (McCall 12); Assists: S. Dakota St. 11 (Boever 4), Stanford 18 (Thompson 5); Total Fouls: S. Dakota St. 19, Stanford 13; A: 1,961. WOMEN'S NIT Utah 92, Gonzaga 77 Oregon 84, Fresno State 59 NHL WESTERN CONFERENCE PACIFIC DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA x-Los Angeles 72 44 23 5 93 198 165 Anaheim 71 40 22 9 89 182 164 San Jose 72 41 25 6 88 214 185 Arizona 72 31 34 7 69 188 217 Calgary 73 31 36 6 68 202 228 Vancouver 71 27 32 12 66 167 205 Edmonton 75 29 39 7 65 181 219 CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Dallas 73 43 21 9 95 236 211 St. Louis 73 42 22 9 93 194 185 Chicago 73 42 24 7 91 203 179 Nashville 73 37 23 13 87 202 187 Colorado 73 38 31 4 80 198 204 Minnesota 73 34 28 11 79 194 186 Winnipeg 72 29 37 6 64 184 216 EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Florida 73 40 24 9 89 207 181 Tampa Bay 72 41 26 5 87 196 171 Boston 73 39 26 8 86 216 197 Detroit 72 36 25 11 83 184 190 Ottawa 73 34 31 8 76 211 223 Montreal 73 33 34 6 72 192 209 Buffalo 73 29 34 10 68 173 198 Toronto 72 26 35 11 63 174 209 METROPOLITAN DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA x-Washington 71 51 15 5 107 227 168 N.Y. Rangers 73 41 24 8 90 207 192 Pittsburgh 72 40 24 8 88 204 179 N.Y. Islanders 71 38 24 9 85 197 181 Philadelphia 71 35 24 12 82 186 190 New Jersey 73 35 31 7 77 166 189 Carolina 72 31 27 14 76 175 195 Columbus 72 29 35 8 66 188 223 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. x-clinched playoff spot Monday's games N.Y. Rangers 4, Florida 2 Philadelphia 4, N.Y. Islanders 1 Toronto 5, Calgary 2 Na sh vi ll e 5 , L os A ng el es 2 Tuesday's games Buffalo at Carolina, 4 p.m. Philadelphia at Columbus, 4 p.m. Anaheim at Montreal, 4:30 p.m. Washington at Ottawa, 4:30 p.m. Detroit at Tampa Bay, 4:30 p.m. Vancouver at Winnipeg, 5 p.m. Los Angeles at Minnesota, 5:30 p.m. Dallas at Chicago, 5:30 p.m. Edmonton at Arizona, 7 p.m. St. Louis at San Jose, 7:30 p.m. Soccer MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER WESTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA Kansas City 3 0 0 9 4 1 Los Angeles 2 1 0 6 7 3 San Jose 2 1 0 6 4 4 FC Dallas 2 1 0 6 4 5 Salt Lake 1 0 2 5 6 5 Houston 1 1 1 4 11 7 Portland 1 1 1 4 5 5 Colorado 1 1 1 4 2 2 Vancouver 1 2 0 3 5 6 Seattle 0 3 0 0 2 5 EASTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA Montreal 2 1 0 6 6 4 Philadelphia 2 1 0 6 5 3 Orlando City 1 0 2 5 4 3 Toronto FC 1 1 1 4 4 3 N.Y. City FC 1 1 1 4 6 6 New York 1 2 0 3 4 8 Chicago 0 1 2 2 4 5 New England 0 1 2 2 3 6 D.C. United 0 1 2 2 2 5 Columbus 0 2 1 1 2 4 Note: Three points for victory, one point for tie. Sunday's games Philadelphia 3, New England 0 D.C. United 1, Colorado 1, tie Kansas City 1, Toronto FC 0 Saturday, March 26 New England at N.Y. City FC, noon FC Dallas at D.C. United, 2:30 p.m. Houston at Vancouver, 7 p.m. Odds PREGAME.COM LINE NBA Tuesday Favorite Line (O/U) Underdog Charlotte 51/2 (202) at Brooklyn at Okla City 101/2 (220) Houston Miami 9 (200) at New Orleans Memphis 1 (206) at Lakers College Basketball Tuesday Favorite Line (O/U) Underdog at Valparaiso 41/2 Saint Mary's (Cal) at BYU 41/2 Creighton Thursday Kansas 61/2 Maryland Villanova 4 Miami Oregon 3 Duke Oklahoma 21/2 Texas A&M Friday North Carolina 51/2 Indiana Notre Dame 1 Wisconsin Virginia 5 Iowa St Gonzaga 41/2 Syracuse NHL Tuesday Favorite Line Underdog at Columbus OFF Philadelphia at Carolina -145/+135 Buffalo at Ottawa OFF Washington at Tampa Bay -155/+145 Detroit Anaheim -165/+155 at Montreal at Winnipeg -140/+130 Vancouver at Minnesota OFF Los Angeles at Chicago OFF Dallas at Arizona -120/+110 Edmonton at San Jose -135/+125 St. Louis Transactions BASEBALL Major League Baseball MLB: Named Jorge Perez-Diaz as senior vice president and special counsel, litigation and international affairs. American League Chicago White Sox: Optioned RHP Erik Johnson to Charlotte (IL). Reassigned RHP Tyler Danish and INF Steve Lombar- dozzi to their minor league camp. Detroit Tigers: Optioned RHP Jose Val- dez to Toledo (IL). Assigned RHP Preston Guilmet, LHP Drake Britton, C Miguel Gonzalez, INFs Dominic Ficociello, Tommy Field and JaCoby Jones and Ofs Mike Gerber and Jason Krizan to their minor league camp. Houston Astros: Optioned OF Andrew Aplin, INF Nolan Fontana and RHP Asher Wojciechowski to their minor league camp. Reassigned INF Tony Kemp to their minor league camp. Oakland Athletics: Optioned INFs Tyler Ladendorf and Max Muncy to Nasvhille (PCL). Texas Rangers: Optioned LHP Alex Clau- dio, RHP Anthony Ranaudo, 3B Joey Gallo, INF Jurickson Profar and OF Nomar Maz- ara to Round Rock (PCL). Assigned RHP Francisco Mendoza, OF Lewis Brinson, INF Ryan Cordell and INF Drew Robinson to their minor league camp. National League St. Louis Cardinals: Optioned LHP Marco Gonzales to Memphis (PCL). Washington Nationals: Reassigned RHPs Erik Davis, Michael Brady and Burke Badenhop to minor league camp. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association Memphis Grizzlies: Signed G Jordan Farmar to a 10-day contract. FOOTBALL National Football League Detroit Lions: Signed WR Jeremy Kerley. Assigned G Jared Coreau to Grand Rapids (AHL). Green Bay Packers: Promoted Eliot Wolf to director-football operations and Brian Gutekunst to director of player personnel. Jacksonville Jaguars: Named Monte Kiffin defensive assistant, John Benton assistant offensive line coach and John Donovan offensive quality control coach. Minnesota Vikings: Signed TE Brian Leonhardt. | SPORTS | REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM TUESDAY, MARCH 22, 2016 2 B