Reuters U.S. Sports Schedule at 2 PM ET on Friday, Mar. 17

Reuters U.S. sports schedule at 2 PM ET on Friday:

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COLLEGE BASKETBALL

NCAA Tournament tips off

Live coverage of all 16 NCAA Tournament first-round games from Greenville, S.C., Indianapolis, Tulsa, Okla., and Sacramento. (BKC-TEAM-TEAM-FIRSTLEDE-WRITETHRU, 700 words, The Sports Xchange)

NCAA: Greenville, S.C. Game time

S: 8 Arkansas vs. 9 Seton Hall 1:30 p.m.

S: 1 North Carolina vs. 16 Texas Southern ~4:00 p.m.

E: 2 Duke vs. 15 Troy 7:20 p.m.

E: 7 South Carolina vs. 10 Marquette ~9:50 p.m.

NCAA: Indianapolis Game time

MW: 7 Michigan vs. No. 10 Okla. State 12:15 p.m.

MW: 2 Louisville vs. 15 Jacksonville St. ~2:45 p.m.

S: 7 Dayton vs. 10 Wichita State 7:10 p.m.

S: 2 Kentucky vs. 15 Northern Kentucky ~9:40 p.m.

NCAA: Tulsa, Okla. Game time

E: 3 Baylor vs. 14 New Mexico State 12:40 p.m.

E: 6 SMU vs. 11 USC ~3:10 p.m.

MW: 1 Kansas vs. 16 UC Davis 6:50 p.m.

MW: 8 Miami vs. 9 Michigan State ~9:20 p.m.

NCAA: Sacramento, Calif. Game time

MW: 3 Oregon vs. 14 Iona 2:00 p.m.

MW: 6 Creighton vs. 11 Rhode Island ~4:30 p.m.

S: 6 Cincinnati vs. 11 Kansas State 7:27 p.m.

S: 3 UCLA vs. 14 Kent State ~9:57 p.m.

NCAA Women's Tournament

Wall to wall coverage of the NCAA Women's Championship begins Friday.

Bucknell vs. Maryland 12:05 p.m.

Belmont vs. Kentucky 12:10 p.m.

Auburn vs. N.C. State 12:10 p.m.

Northern Iowa vs. DePaul 12:15 p.m.

Western Kentucky vs. Ohio State 2:00 p.m.

Troy vs. Mississippi State 2:00 p.m.

UCA vs. Texas 2:00 p.m.

Elon College vs. West Virginia 2:00 p.m.

Long Beach State vs. Oregon State 5:05 p.m.

UNCA vs. South Carolina 5:10 p.m.

USF vs. Missouri 5:15 p.m.

Purdue vs. Green Bay 5:15 p.m.

Toledo vs. Creighton 7:00 p.m.

Michigan State vs. Arizona State 7:00 p.m.

RMU vs. Notre Dame 7:00 p.m.

Western Illinois vs. FSU 7:00 p.m.

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NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE

Giants lock up Pierre-Paul with $54M guarantee

Defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul and the New York Giants agreed to a four-year deal worth $17 million per season. (FBN-GIANTS-NEWS-PIERREPAUL, moved, The Sports Xchange, 350 words)

Pro day roundup: Oregon State in action

A week of headliner pro days wraps up with Oregon State and others. (FBN-DRAFT-PRODAYROUNDUP, expect by 7 p.m. ET, The Sports Xchange, by Rob Rang, 450 words)

NFL notebook

News and notes from around the NFL. (FBN-NOTEBOOK, expect by 8 p.m. ET, The Sports Xchange, 400 words)

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NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION

THE SPORTS XCHANGE covers all NBA games. Friday schedule:

Dallas at Philadelphia 7:00 p.m.

Chicago at Washington 7:00 p.m.

Toronto at Detroit 7:30 p.m.

Boston at Brooklyn 7:30 p.m.

Minnesota at Miami 8:00 p.m.

Houston at New Orleans 8:00 p.m.

Orlando at Phoenix 10:00 p.m.

Milwaukee at L.A. Lakers 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)

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NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE

THE SPORTS XCHANGE covers all NHL games. Friday schedule:

Florida at N.Y. Rangers 7:00 p.m.

New Jersey at Pittsburgh 7:00 p.m.

Dallas at Calgary 9:00 p.m.

Buffalo at Anaheim 10:00 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)

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GOLF

Grillo early leader at the Arnold Palmer Invitational

On a rather chilly morning for Florida, Emiliano Grillo warmed to the challenge at Bay Hill and emerged as the first-round leader along with Matt Fitzpatrick on Thursday after each finished with a 5-under-par 67 at the Arnold Palmer Invitational in Orlando, Fla. (GLF-PGA-RECAP-PALMERINVITE, expect by 8 p.m. ET, The Sports Xchange, 400 words)

Lewis, 4 others share early Founders Cup lead

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Stacy Lewis came back to Earth a bit on the back nine at the Bank of Hope Founders Cup on Thursday. But Lewis' front nine was other-worldly enough -- she shot 29 -- to allow her to finish with an 8-under 64 and settle into a five-way tie for first place after one round of the LPGA event. (GLF-LPGA-WRITETHRU-FOUNDERSCUP, expect by 8 p.m. ET, The Sports Xchange, by Mike Tulumello)

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MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

U.S. vies for WBC semifinal spot

SAN DIEGO – Marcus Stroman starts for the United States in Friday's matchup with Puerto Rico with the chance to move on to the World Baseball Classic semifinals on the line. (BBO-ANALYSIS-WBC, expect ASAP after 10 p.m. ET start, by Jack Magruder, The Sports Xchange, 700 words)

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 Friday. (MLB-ROUNDUP, expect by 8 p.m. ET, by The Sports Xchange, 400 words)

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TENNIS

ATP/WTA: BNP Paribas Open, Indian Wells (to 19)

Federer faces Kyrgios in blockbuster quarter-final

Evergreen 35-year-old Roger Federer, at his brilliant best in the early rounds, faces a stern quarter-final test against big-serving young Australian Nick Kyrgios, who won the only career meeting between the pair in three tiebreak sets when they met on clay in 2015. Japanese fourth seed Kei Nishikori plays American 17th seed Jack Sock in the other quarter-final. (TENNIS-INDIANWELLS/MEN, expect by 2300 GMT/7 PM ET, 400 words)

Women's semis set up Indian Wells title showdown

Kristina Mladenovic of France plays Russian Elena Vesnina in the opening women's semi-final, followed by third seed Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic going against Russia's Svetlana Kunzetsova to set up the women's final at the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells. (TENNIS-INDIANWELLS/WOMEN, expect by 0530 GMT/1:30 AM ET, 400 words)

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