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"It's not a booming me- tropolis," Carter said. "But every team in the confer- ence has something to hang its hat on. At Oregon, their hat is a Nike-branded hat." He's hardly one-dimen- sional: Knight also recently contributed $500 million to build Oregon's applied sciences research center, one-upping himself on the $400 million he gave to Stanford, where he stud- ied business, to establish a grad-school scholarship program. But his biggest foot- print has come in sports, where the company he co- founded five-plus decades ago is a leader in dozens of areas, not the least of which are basketball shoes and apparel. No surprise, then, that it was Oregon that first took a chance with a wide-rang- ing palette of get-your-sun- glasses-out uniforms, all in neon-shaded hues of the school colors — green and gold. These days, dozens of schools feature those sort of uniforms. "You can't market the players, you can only mar- ket the program," market- ing expert Joe Favorito said. "They recognized that those bright and unique colors help connect to the younger audience." Knight, who Nike offi- cials said was not giving interviews this week, is hardly alone as a big-name, big-money donor at a ma- jor school. T. Boone Pickens sub- sidizes Oklahoma State's athletic program to the tune of hundreds of mil- lions. At Maryland, Un- der Armour owner Kevin Plank recently gave $25 million to go toward a redo of Cole Field House . It may not come as a co- incidence that Under Ar- mour is also taking nibbles out of Nike's dominance in the college-sponsorship ap- parel market. Two years ago, Nike sponsored 48 of the 68 teams in March Madness, according to Sports Business Daily. This year, it's 40. Under Armour is also making a debut of sorts at the Final Four, as apparel maker for South Carolina, which has both its men's and women's team in the title hunt. But Nike has been in this business since it be- gan, and has been pump- ing money into Oregon's programs throughout the 2000s. In 2001, Oregon reset the template on how to market a Heisman Trophy candidate, while also in- creasing its national pro- file, by spending $250,000 to splash quarterback Joey Harrington's likeness on a 10-story billboard in Times Square. "Joey Heisman," the sign read. From there, things only got bigger. Among Knight's invest- ments were $30 million to- ward renovating the score- board at Autzen Stadium, $41.7 million for an aca- demic center for athletes and $68 million toward a new football training fa- cility. "For the most part, the scholarships at these schools are all the same, they cover the same ele- ments of someone's life," said Dan Rascher, direc- tor of academic programs for the Sport Management Program at University of San Francisco. "It can be hard to differentiate. So all these little things end up becoming important." They add up to big things, and the arena is one of the best-outfitted in the country. Opened in 2011, it cost $227 million and stood as the most ex- pensive on-campus arena in the United States. The details are pains- taking: The lettering on the marquee spells out "Matt" — "in a Japanese-inspired Torii gate shape," accord- ing to the arena website . There's artwork outside the arena and fan-tribute displays on the concourse. The floor, emblazoned with the "Matt" logo set above the words "Deep in the Woods" is designed with the silhouette of a Pacific Coast tree line, in honor of Oregon's 1939 ti- tle team, known as The Tall Firs . A few years ago at a bas- ketball game, Oregon held "Uncle Phil Appreciation Night" for Knight's 76th birthday. Maybe they can hold an- other one at the Final Four, too. "Phil Knight is one of the legends," Ducks guard Ty- ler Dorsey said. "It's great having him on our side." Oregon FROMPAGE1 and Hall of Fame coach Tara VanDerveer concoct. "We've seen every kind of defense all season," she said. Wilson also had a warn- ing: If Stanford focuses too much on her, watch out for the South Carolina guards. "In the past, they would play off our point guards because they thought they couldn't shoot," Wilson said. "The basketball world has to play" freshman Tya- sha Harris. "That takes one defender out of the paint." Wilson is the Game- cocks' only post player, surrounded by capable sidekicks Kaela Davis and Allisha Gray, who also are juniors. Wilson lost her low-post mate when se- nior center Alaina Coates suffered an ankle injury. But the four-time South- eastern Conference cham- pion Gamecocks have "never fretted it," coach Dawn Staley said. Wilson wouldn't let them. She has been a di- vining rod in leading South Carolina to its second Final Four in three seasons. Wil- son hasn't always played nice in marshaling team- mates. "I'm still your friend, I'm not trying to bash you," she said of her methods. "I'm not trying to be bossy but I want to lead you to a na- tional championship." As deeply talented as Wilson is, Stanford won't walk onto the court intim- idated. Not after the highly competitive Pac-12 season during which the Cardinal faced a boatload of big tal- ents. Kate Paye, who was pro- moted to associate head coach at the beginning of the season, described Cal's Kristine Anigwe and Utah's Emily Potter as the kind of players who pre- pare a team for the likes of Wilson. "We've had to guard Kelsey Plum," she added of the Washington guard who was named the AP women's player of the year Thursday. "At this point, we've had to utilize a lot of different game plans." Stanford has succeeded as a collective. The Cardi- nal doesn't have a bonafide star as in previous seasons with Nneka and Chiney Ogwumike, both No. 1 WNBA draft picks. "I need more antacid," VanDerveer joked Thurs- day. But VanDerveer has worn a smile much of the topsy-turvy season. She reached the 1,000-victory milestone with a roster she wouldn't trade for anyone. The success starts with the leadership of seniors Karlie Samuelson, Briana Rober- son and McCall. But the Cardinal has be- come a challenge to defend because of improved scor- ing of sophomore Alanna Smith and McPhee. Both employ inside-out games that make them unpre- dictable. Stanford had trouble cracking the top 10 much of the season, but moved up by winning 12 of its past 13 games. "In the preseason, we had moments when ev- erything just clicked, then we'd have moments where no one could shoot, no one can do anything," McPhee said. "It all just came together at the right moment." Stanford FROM PAGE 1 AUTORACING NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series, STP 500Practice:8:30a.m.,FS1. NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, Alpha Energy Solutions 250Practice: 10a.m., FS1. NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, Alpha Energy Solutions 250Final Practice: noon, FS1. NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series, STP 500Qualifying: 1:30p.m., FS1. BASEBALL MLB Spring Training, Tampa Bay Rays vs. Philadelphia Phillies: 10a.m., MLB. MLB Spring Training, New York Yankees at Atlanta Braves: 4:30p.m., MLB. MLB Spring Training, Oakland Athletics at San Francisco Giants: 7p.m., (22). NCAA, Texas A&M at LSU: 6p.m., ESPNU. HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL Nationals Girls Semifinal, St. Frances vs. Hamilton Heights: 8a.m., ESPNU. Nationals Girls Semifinal, Seton Catholic vs. Miami Country Day: 10a.m., ESPNU. Nationals Boys Semifinal: noon, ESPN2. Nationals Boys Semifinal: 2p.m., ESPN2. COLLEGE MEN'S BASKETBALL CBI Tournament, Carolina vs. Wyoming Cham- pionship Game 3: 4p.m., ESPNU. WOMEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL Division I Tournament Final Four Semifinal, Stanford vs. South Carolina: 4:30p.m., ESPN2. Division I Tournament Final Four Semifinal, Mississippi State vs. Connecticut: 6:30p.m., ESPN2. NBA San Antonio Spurs at Oklahoma City Thunder: 5p.m., ESPN. Sacramento Kings at New Orleans Pelicans: 5 p.m., CSN-CA (Alternate). Houston Rockets at Golden State Warriors: 7:30p.m., CSN-BA, ESPN. GOLF LPGA, ANA Inspiration Round 2: 9a.m., GOLF. PGA, Houston Open Round 2: 1p.m., GOLF. LPGA, ANA Inspiration Round 2: 4p.m., GOLF. NHL San Jose Sharks at Calgary Flames: 6p.m., CSN-CA. SKATING ISU Figure Skating World Championship Women's Free: 10a.m., NBCSN. SOCCER MLS, Sporting KC at Toronto: 4:30p.m., FS1. MLS, Atlanta at Seattle: 7p.m., FS1. EPL, Everton at Liverpool: 4:25a.m., NBCSN. COLLEGE SOFTBALL Arizona vs. Cal: 4p.m., PAC12BA. Utah vs. Stanford: 6p.m., PAC12BA. TENNIS ATP, Miami Open Semifinal: 10a.m., ESPN2. On the air CHARLIE RIEDEL — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE Oregon guard Payton Pritchard, le , and teammate Dylan Ennis celebrate at the end of the team's Midwest Regional final against Kansas. Scoreboard NBA WE ST ER N C ON FE RE NCE PACIFIC DIVISION W L Pct GB z-GoldenState 61 14 .813 — x- Cl i pp er s 45 3 1 .5 92 1 6 1 / 2 Sacramento 29 46 .387 32 Phoenix 22 53 .293 39 Lakers 21 53 .284 391/2 SOUT HWE ST D IVI SI ON W L Pct GB x-San Antonio 57 17 .770 — x-Houston 51 23 .689 6 Mem ph is 4 1 34 . 54 7 161 / 2 New Orleans 32 43 .427 251/2 Dallas 31 43 .419 26 NORTHWEST DIVISION W L P ct G B x-Utah 46 29 .613 — x-Oklahoma City 43 31 .581 21/2 Portland 36 38 .486 91/2 Denver 35 39 .473 101/2 Minnesota 29 44 .397 16 EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC DIVISION W L P ct G B x-Boston 48 27 .640 — x-Toronto 45 30 .600 3 Philadelphia 28 47 .373 20 New York 28 47 .373 20 Brooklyn 16 59 .213 32 SOUTHEAST DIVISION W L Pct GB z-Washington 46 29 .613 — Atlanta 39 36 .520 7 Miami 37 38 .493 9 Charlotte 34 41 .453 12 Orlando 27 48 .360 19 CENTRAL DIVISION W L Pct GB z-Cleveland 47 26 .644 — Milwaukee 39 36 .520 9 Indiana 37 38 .493 11 Chicago 35 39 .473 121/2 Detroit 35 41 .461 131/2 x-clinched playoff spot z-clinched division Wednesday's games Atlanta 99, Philadelphia 92 Oklahoma City 114, Orlando 106, OT Charlotte 110, Toronto 106 Miami 105, New York 88 Milwaukee 103, Boston 100 Memphis 110, Indiana 97 New Orleans 121, Dallas 118 Golden State 110, San Antonio 98 Clippers 133, Washington 124 Utah 112, Sacramento 82 Thursday's games Detroit 90, Brooklyn 89 Cleveland at Chicago, n Lakers at Minnesota, n Clippers at Phoenix, n Houston at Portland, n Friday's games Denver at Charlotte, 4 p.m. Indiana at Toronto, 4 p.m. Orlando at Boston, 4:30 p.m. Philadelphia at Cleveland, 4:30 p.m. Dallas at Memphis, 5 p.m. Detroit at Milwaukee, 5 p.m. New York at Miami, 5 p.m. Sacramento at New Orleans, 5 p.m. San Antonio at Oklahoma City, 5 p.m. Washington at Utah, 6 p.m. Houston at Golden State, 7:30 p.m. College basketball NCAA MEN'S TOURNAMENT FINAL FOUR At University of Phoenix Stadium Glendale, Ariz. National semifinals Saturday's games South Carolina (26-10) vs. Gonzaga (36- 1), 3:09 p.m. North Carolina (31-7) vs. Oregon (33-5), 40 minutes after the conclusion of the first game National championship Monday's game Semifinal winners, 6 p.m. NATIONAL INVITATION TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIP Thursday's game TCU 88, Georgia Tech 56 NCAA WOMEN'S TOURNAMENT FINAL FOUR At Dallas National semifinals Friday's games Stanford (32-6) vs. South Carolina (31-4), 4:30 p.m. UConn (36-0) vs. Mississippi State (33-4), 6:30 p.m. National championship Sunday's game Semifinal winners, 3 p.m. MLB SPRING TRAINING Thursday's games N.Y. Mets 5, Las Vegas 4 Detroit 7, Baltimore 3 Minnesota 6, Tampa Bay 6 N.Y. Yankees 14, Philadelphia 1 Boston 8, Washington 1 Colorado 10, San Diego 5 St. Louis vs. Memphis at Memphis, TN, n Chicago Cubs vs. Houston at Houston, TX, n Cleveland vs. Arizona at Phoenix, n L.A. Dodgers vs. L.A. Angels at Anaheim, CA, n A's vs. Giants, n Friday's games Rochester vs. Minnesota at Fort Myers, Fla., 9:05 a.m. Tampa Bay vs. Philadelphia at Clearwa- ter, Fla., 10:05 a.m. N.Y. Mets at Army, canceled Chicago Cubs vs. Houston at Houston, TX, 11:10 a.m. Baltimore vs. Norfolk at Norfolk, VA, 12:05 p.m. Boston vs. Washington at Washington, DC, 1:05 p.m. St. Louis vs. Springfield at Springfield, MO, 3:05 p.m. Cincinnati vs. Louisville at Louisville, KY, 3:15 p.m. Detroit vs. Miami at Jupiter, Fla., 4:05 p.m. Pittsburgh vs. Toronto at Montreal, Canada, 4:07 p.m. N.Y. Yankees vs. Atlanta at Atlanta, GA, 4:35 p.m. Kansas City vs. Texas at Arlington, TX, 5:05 p.m. Chicago White Sox vs. Milwaukee at Milwaukee, WI, 5:10 p.m. San Diego vs. Lake Elsinore at Lake Elsinore, CA, 6 p.m. Cleveland vs. Arizona at Phoenix, 6:40 p.m. Colorado vs. Seattle at Peoria, Ariz., 6:40 p.m. L.A. Dodgers vs. L.A. Angels at Anaheim, CA, 7:07 p.m. A's vs. Giants, CA, 7:15 p.m. NHL WESTERN CONFERENCE PACIFIC DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA x-Anaheim 76 42 23 11 95 203 186 x-San Jose 76 43 26 7 93 206 186 x-Edmonton 76 42 25 9 93 225 196 Calgary 77 43 30 4 90 212 208 Los Angeles 76 36 33 7 79 185 189 Vancouver 76 30 37 9 69 173 223 Arizona 77 27 41 9 63 182 247 CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA x-Chicago 77 49 21 7 105 234 198 x-Minnesota 76 44 24 8 96 244 195 St. Louis 76 42 28 6 90 214 201 Nashville 76 39 26 11 89 226 210 Winnipeg 77 35 35 7 77 229 244 Dallas 77 31 35 11 73 207 244 Colorado 76 20 53 3 43 150 258 EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Montreal 77 44 24 9 97 214 190 Ottawa 75 41 25 9 91 196 194 Boston 77 41 30 6 88 220 203 Toronto 75 36 24 15 87 230 221 Tampa Bay 76 38 29 9 85 215 213 Florida 77 33 33 11 77 199 222 Buffalo 77 32 33 12 76 193 221 Detroit 77 31 34 12 74 192 229 METROPOLITAN DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA x-Washington 76 51 17 8 110 248 170 x-Columbus 76 49 19 8 106 236 174 x-Pittsburgh 76 46 19 11 103 259 216 x-N.Y. Rangers77 46 26 5 97 245 206 Carolina 76 35 27 14 84 202 214 N.Y. Islanders 76 35 29 12 82 222 234 Philadelphia 77 37 32 8 82 206 225 New Jersey 76 27 35 14 68 174 224 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Top three teams in each division and two wild cards per confer- ence advance to playoffs. x-clinched playoff spot Wednesday's games Chicago 5, Pittsburgh 1 Los Angeles 4, Calgary 1 Washington 5, Colorado 3 St. Louis 3, Arizona 1 Thursday's games Carolina 2, Columbus 1, OT Philadelphia 6, N.Y. Islanders 3 Montreal 6, Florida 2 Boston 2, Dallas 0 Tampa Bay 5, Detroit 3 Toronto at Nashville, n Anaheim at Winnipeg, n Ottawa at Minnesota, n San Jose at Edmonton, n Friday's games Pittsburgh at N.Y. Rangers, 4 p.m. New Jersey at N.Y. Islanders, 4:30 p.m. Columbus at Chicago, 5:30 p.m. San Jose at Calgary, 6 p.m. St. Louis at Colorado, 6 p.m. Los Angeles at Vancouver, 7 p.m. Washington at Arizona, 7 p.m. Soccer MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER WESTERN CONFERENCE W L T PtsGF GA Portland 3 1 0 9 12 6 FC Dallas 2 0 1 7 4 2 Houston 2 1 0 6 7 6 San Jose 2 1 0 6 5 4 Kansas City 1 0 2 5 2 1 Seattle 1 1 1 4 6 5 Colorado 1 1 1 4 3 3 Galaxy 1 2 0 3 3 4 Salt Lake 0 2 2 2 1 4 Vancouver 0 2 1 1 2 5 Minn. Utd. 0 3 1 1 6 18 EASTERN CONFERENCE W L T PtsGF GA Columbus 2 1 1 7 7 6 New York 2 1 1 7 4 4 Atlanta Utd. 2 1 0 6 11 3 Orlando City 2 0 0 6 3 1 Toronto FC 1 0 2 5 4 2 N.Y. City FC 1 1 1 4 5 2 Chicago 1 1 1 4 3 5 New England 1 2 0 3 6 5 Montreal 0 1 2 2 3 4 Philadelphia 0 1 2 2 3 4 D.C. United 0 2 1 1 0 6 Note: Three points for victory, one point for tie. Friday's games Kansas City at Toronto FC, 4:30 p.m. Atlanta Utd. at Seattle, 7 p.m. Saturday,'s games San Jose at N.Y. City FC, 11 a.m. Montreal at Chicago, noon Orlando City at Columbus, 1 p.m. Philadelphia at D.C. United, 4 p.m. Salt Lake at Minn. Utd., 5 p.m. New York at Houston, 5:30 p.m. FC Dallas at Colorado, 6 p.m. Galaxy at Vancouver, 7 p.m. Golf PGA TOUR SHELL HOUSTON OPEN Thursday At Golf Club of Houston Humble, Texas Purse: $7 million Yardage: 7,441; Par: 72 (36-36) First round Rickie Fowler ........................... 33-31—64 -8 Sung Kang ................................ 32-33—65 -7 Stewart Cink............................34-32—66 -6 Jhonattan Vegas .....................33-33—66 -6 Kyle Stanley .............................32-34—66 -6 Vaughn Taylor.......................... 36-31—67 -5 Keegan Bradley....................... 36-31—67 -5 Justin Rose ............................... 35-32—67 -5 Hudson Swafford.................... 35-32—67 -5 Troy Merritt.............................. 31-36—67 -5 Russell Henley.........................34-33—67 -5 Tom Hoge.................................. 32-35—67 -5 Harold Varner III .....................34-34—68 -4 Ryan Blaum..............................34-34—68 -4 Kevin Streelman......................35-33—68 -4 Jason Dufner............................36-32—68 -4 Aaron Baddeley.......................33-35—68 -4 Bryce Molder ...........................34-34—68 -4 Andrew Loupe .........................32-36—68 -4 Geoff Ogilvy.............................34-34—68 -4 Grayson Murray ......................34-34—68 -4 Billy Horschel...........................34-34—68 -4 Adam Scott ..............................35-33—68 -4 D.A. Points................................33-35—68 -4 Luke List ...................................34-34—68 -4 Robert Garrigus ......................34-34—68 -4 Jason Kokrak ............................37-31—68 -4 Andy Sullivan...........................34-34—68 -4 Wesley McClain.......................34-34—68 -4 Matt Every.................................37-32—69 -3 Danny Lee................................. 34-35—69 -3 Nick Taylor ............................... 36-33—69 -3 Jimmy Walker .......................... 35-34—69 -3 Steve Marino............................ 35-34—69 -3 Harris English .......................... 34-35—69 -3 Cameron Tringale ................... 36-33—69 -3 J.J. Spaun.................................. 34-35—69 -3 Zac Blair.....................................37-32—69 -3 Johnson Wagner...................... 35-34—69 -3 Jordan Spieth........................... 35-34—69 -3 Tyrone Van Aswegen ............. 35-34—69 -3 Angel Cabrera ......................... 35-34—69 -3 Rafael Campos ........................ 35-34—69 -3 Carl Pettersson........................35-35—70 -2 Ryan Palmer..............................34-36—70 -2 Jamie Lovemark .......................37-33—70 -2 Ryo Ishikawa.............................37-33—70 -2 Michael Thompson..................38-32—70 -2 K.J. Choi.....................................37-33—70 -2 James Hahn...............................37-33—70 -2 Charles Howell III.....................36-34—70 -2 Daniel Berger............................35-35—70 -2 Alex Cejka..................................36-34—70 -2 Bernd Wiesberger....................35-35—70 -2 Ollie Schniederjans .................34-36—70 -2 Spencer Levin...........................34-36—70 -2 Mark Hubbard ..........................35-35—70 -2 John Huh....................................35-35—70 -2 Sean O'Hair ...............................36-34—70 -2 Chris Stroud..............................36-34—70 -2 Michael Kim ..............................37-33—70 -2 Matt Jones.................................35-35—70 -2 Patrick Cantlay.........................35-35—70 -2 Beau Hossler.............................37-33—70 -2 J.T. Poston .................................34-36—70 -2 Morgan Hoffmann ...................35-36—71 -1 Davis Love III.............................36-35—71 -1 David Lingmerth.......................35-36—71 -1 Jon Rahm ...................................34-37—71 -1 Charley Hoffman......................34-37—71 -1 Chez Reavie...............................37-34—71 -1 Derek Fathauer.........................34-37—71 -1 Sam Saunders ..........................34-37—71 -1 Bryson DeChambeau ..............35-36—71 -1 Chad Campbell.........................36-35—71 -1 Ricky Barnes.............................36-35—71 -1 Scott Brown ..............................40-31—71 -1 Kyle Reifers...............................37-34—71 -1 Whee Kim ..................................36-35—71 -1 Tony Finau.................................37-34—71 -1 J.J. Henry ...................................36-35—71 -1 Luke Donald ..............................35-36—71 -1 Ernie Els.....................................37-34—71 -1 Patton Kizzire...........................37-34—71 -1 Peter Uihlein .............................35-36—71 -1 Martin Flores .............................37-35—72 E Shawn Stefani............................38-34—72 E Cameron Smith .........................38-34—72 E Phil Mickelson ...........................36-36—72 E Hunter Mahan............................35-37—72 E Ben Crane...................................38-34—72 E Blayne Barber............................35-37—72 E Mackenzie Hughes ...................36-36—72 E Chad Collins...............................37-35—72 E Roberto Castro..........................37-35—72 E Kevin Chappell...........................35-37—72 E Richy Werenski..........................38-34—72 E Riley Arp .....................................36-36—72 E LPGA TOUR ANA INSPIRATION Thursday At Mission Hills CC (Dinah Shore Tourna- ment Course) Rancho Mirage Purse: $2.7 million Yardage: 6,769; Par: 72 (36-36) a-amateur Partial first round (Play halted due to high winds) Karine Icher .............................33-34—67 -5 a-Eun Jeong Seong ..................31-37—68 -4 Michelle Wie ............................34-34—68 -4 Sung Hyun Park.......................34-34—68 -4 So Yeon Ryu .............................35-33—68 -4 Lexi Thompson........................ 35-34—69 -3 Jenny Shin ................................ 34-35—69 -3 Simin Feng.................................34-36—70 -2 Ha Na Jang.................................35-35—70 -2 Paula Creamer..........................35-35—70 -2 Haru Nomura ............................34-36—70 -2 Anna Nordqvist ........................36-34—70 -2 Candie Kung..............................35-35—70 -2 Mirim Lee...................................37-33—70 -2 Mi Jung Hur ...............................37-33—70 -2 Pernilla Lindberg......................34-36—70 -2 Jin Young Ko..............................35-35—70 -2 Sakura Yokomine.....................35-35—70 -2 a-Lucy Li ....................................35-36—71 -1 Stacy Lewis...............................37-34—71 -1 Gerina Piller ..............................34-37—71 -1 Shanshan Feng.........................36-35—71 -1 In-Kyung Kim ............................34-37—71 -1 Mo Martin..................................34-37—71 -1 Da ni el le K an g ...... .... ......... ....... .. 36 -3 5— 71 - 1 Katherine Perry........................36-35—71 -1 Paula Reto.................................35-36—71 -1 Jacqui Concolino......................38-33—71 -1 Laura Gonzalez Escallon ........38-33—71 -1 Tennis MIAMI OPEN Thursday At The Tennis Center at Crandon Park Key Biscayne, Fla. Purse: Men, $6.99 million (Masters 1000); Women, $6.99 million (Premier) Surface: Hard-Outdoor Singles MEN Quarterfinals Roger Federer (4), Switzerland, def. Tomas Berdych (10), Czech Republic, 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (6). Nick Kyrgios (12), Australia, def. Alexander Zverev (16), Germany, 6-4, 6-7 (9), 6-3. WOMEN Semifinals Caroline Wozniacki (12), Denmark, def. Karolina Pliskova (2), Czech Republic, 5-7, 6-1, 6-1. Odds PREGAME.COM LINE NBA Friday Favorite Line (O/U) Underdog at Charlotte 2 (2201/2) Denver at Toronto 6 (207) Indiana at Cleveland 101/2 (219) Philadelphia at Boston 101/2 (2171/2) Orlando at Miami OFF (OFF) New York at Milwaukee 91/2 (2001/2) Detroit at Memphis 41/2 (192) Dallas at N. Orleans 101/2 (2061/2) Sacrmnto at Utah OFF (OFF) Washington San Antonio 1 (2081/2) at Okla. City at Golden State 71/2 (2311/2) Houston College basketball Friday Favorite Line Underdog at Wyoming 81/2 Coastal Carolina St. Peter's 41/2 at T. A&M Corpus Saturday Gonzaga 7 South Carolina North Carolina 5 Oregon Transactions MLB American League Boston Red Sox: Placed LHP Drew Pomeranz on the 10-day DL. Cleveland Indians: Optioned 3B Giovanny Urshela and INF Erik Gonzalez to Columbus (IL). Detroit Tigers: Released RHP Mike Pelfrey. Minnesota Twins: Optioned C John Ryan Murphy to Rochester (IL). Reassigned C Eddy Rodriguez, INFs Bengie Gonzalez, Matt Hague, ByungHo Park and Ben Paulsen, and OF J.B. Shuck to their minor league camp. Placed INF Ehire Adrianza and LHP Ryan O'Rourke on the 10-day DL. New York Yankees: Optioned INF-OF Rob Refsnyder to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL). Texas Rangers: Agreed to terms with 2B Rougned Odor on six-year contract through 2022. National League Colorado Rockies: Optioned INF-OF Jordan Patterson to Albuquerque (PCL). Reassigned LHP Harrison Musgrave and C Anthony Bemboom to their minor league camp. Los Angeles Dodgers: Optioned INF Chris Taylor, OF Trayce Thompson and LHP Julio Urias to Oklahoma City (PCL). Reassigned C Bobby Wilson to the minor leagues. St. Louis Cardinals: Placed RHPs John Gant, Alex Reyes and Trevor Rosenthal and LHP Tyler Lyons on the 10-day DL. Recalled RHP Sam Tuivailala from Memphis (PCL). San Diego Padres: Selected the contract of RHP Craig Stammen. Placed LHP Rob- bie Erlin on the 60-day DL. NBA Indiana Pacers: Agreed to terms with G Lance Stephenson. NFL Cincinnati Bengals: Re-signed DE Wal- lace Gilberry to a one-year contract. Los Angeles Chargers: Named LaDainian Tomlinson special assistant to the owner. Minnesota Vikings: Signed WR Mitch Mathews, CB Terrell Sinkfield and TE Nick Truesdell. NHL Buffalo Sabres: Signed F C.J. Smith to a two-year contract. Assigned D Brady Austin to Rochester (AHL). Chicago Blackhawks: Recalled F Vinnie Hinostroza from Rockford (AHL). New Jersey Devils: Assigned F Blake Pietila to Albany (AHL). Washington Capitals: Signed F Gar- rett Pilon to a three-year, entry-level contract. SOCCER Major League Soccer Columbus Crew: Acquired F Kekuta Man- neh from Vancouver for M Tony Tchani, $225,000 in Targeted Allocation Money and $75,000 in General Allocation Money and a 2018 first-round draft pick. Fc Dallas: Agreed to terms with coach Oscar Pareja on a long-term contract extension. COLLEGES Dayton: Named Anthony Grant men's basketball coach. Idaho State: Announced the retirement of football coach Mike Kramer. Named Rob Phenicie football coach. | SPORTS | REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 2017 2 B