Reuters U.S. Sports Schedule at 2:30 PM ET on Thursday, Mar. 16

Mar. 16 (Reuters) - Reuters U.S. sports schedule at 2:30 PM ET on Thursday: - - - - For any coverage questions, please contact us.general-news@thomsonreuters.com - - - - COLLEGE BASKETBALL NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION Tournament tips off Live coverage of all 16 NCAA Tournament first-round games from Buffalo, N.Y., Orlando, Fla., Milwaukee, Wis., Salt Lake City. (BKC-TEAM-TEAM-FIRSTLEDE-WRITETHRU, 700 words, The Sports Xchange) W: 5 Notre Dame vs. 12 Princeton 12:15 p.m. W: 4 West Virginia vs. 13 Bucknell ~2:45 p.m. E: 1 Villanova vs. 16 Mount St. Mary's 7:10 p.m. E: 8 Wisconsin vs. 9 Virginia Tech ~9:40 p.m. MW: 5 Iowa State vs. 12 Nevada 1:30 p.m. MW: 4 Purdue vs. 13 Vermont ~4:00 p.m. S: 5 Minnesota vs. 12 Middle Tenn. 7:27 p.m. S: 4 Butler vs. 13 Winthrop ~9:57 p.m. E: 5 Virginia vs. 12 UNC Wilmington 12:40 p.m. E: 4 Florida vs. 13 East Tenn. State ~3:10 p.m. W: 6 Maryland vs. 11 Xavier 6:50 p.m. W: 3 Florida St. vs. 14 Fla. Gulf Coast ~9:20 p.m. W: 1 Gonzaga vs. 16 South Dakota St. 2:00 p.m. W: 8 Northwestern vs. 9 Vanderbilt ~4:30 p.m. W: 7 Saint Mary’s vs. 10 VCU 7:20 p.m. W: 2 Arizona vs. 15 North Dakota ~9:50 p.m. Indiana fires Crean Tom Crean is finished at Indiana. He was fired Thursday after nine seasons with the Hoosiers. (BKC-INDIANA-NEWS-CREAN, moved, The Sports Xchange, 325 words) - - - - NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE Buccaneers OT Cherilus resigns Tampa Bay Buccaneers offensive tackle Gosder Cherilus announced his retirement over social media on Thursday morning. (FBN-BUCCANEERS-NEWS-CHERILUS, moved,, The Sports Xchange, 350 words) Pro day roundup: Clemson, Watson take stage National champion Clemson took to the pro day stage on Thursday, including quarterback Deshaun Watson and wide receiver Mike Williams. (FBN-DRAFT-PRODAYROUNDUP, expect by 7 p.m. ET, The Sports Xchange, 450 words) NFL notebook News and notes from around the NFL. (FBN-NOTEBOOK, expect by 8 p.m. ET, The Sports Xchange, 400 words) - - - - NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Bulls’ Wade done for season Dwyane Wade is out for the season with an elbow injury, tests revealed Thursday. (BKN-BULLS-NEWS-WADE, moved, The Sports Xchange, 375 words) THE SPORTS XCHANGE covers all NBA games. Thursday schedule: Oklahoma City at Toronto 7:00 p.m. Utah at Cleveland 7:00 p.m. Brooklyn at New York 7:30 p.m. Memphis at Atlanta 7:30 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Denver 9:00 p.m. Orlando at Golden State 10:30 p.m. NBA notebook News and notes from around the NBA. (BKN-NOTEBOOK, expect by 7:30 p.m. ET, The Sports Xchange, 375 words) - - - - NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE THE SPORTS XCHANGE covers all NHL games. Thursday schedule: Minnesota at Carolina 7:00 p.m. Winnipeg at N.Y. Islanders 7:00 p.m. Florida at Columbus 7:00 p.m. Philadelphia at New Jersey 7:00 p.m. Nashville at Washington 7:00 p.m. Chicago at Ottawa 7:30 p.m. Toronto at Tampa Bay 7:30 p.m. Boston at Edmonton 9:00 p.m. Dallas at Vancouver 10:00 p.m. Detroit at Arizona 10:00 p.m. St. Louis at San Jose 10:30 p.m. Buffalo at Los Angeles 10:30 p.m. NHL notebook News and notes from around the league. (HKN-NOTEBOOK, expect first version by 9:45 p.m. ET, The Sports Xchange, 375 words) - - - - GOLF Day, Cink start strong at Palmer Invitational Jason Day and Stewart Cink got rolling early at the Arnold Palmer Invitational. (GLF-PGA-RECAP-PALMERINVITE, expect by 8 p.m. ET, The Sports Xchange, 400 words) - - - - MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL MLB notebook News and notes from around the league. (MLB-NOTEBOOK, expect by 8 p.m. ET, by The Sports Xchange, 400 words) MLB roundup Capsule recaps of spring training games Thursday. (MLB-ROUNDUP, expect by 8 p.m. ET, by The Sports Xchange, 400 words) - - - -