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Marquette's Jake Thomas reacts to teammate Todd Mayos' basket that forces overtime against St. John's in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game Saturday, March 8, 2014, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Tom Lynn)

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Marquette's Todd Mayo forces overtime with this shot at the buzzer over St. John's Orlando Sanchez at the the end second half of an NCAA college basketball game Saturday, March 8, 2014, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Tom Lynn)

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** FILE ** In this photo taken Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014, convicted felons from Yolo County arrive at the Deuel Vocational Institution in Tracy, Calif. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

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In this photo taken Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014, the leg restraints are removed from a prisoner after arriving from Yolo County to the Deuel Vocational Institute near Tracy, Calif. California counties are thwarting the state's efforts to comply with a federal court order to reduce it's inmate population by sending state prisons far more convicts than anticipated including a record number of second-strikers. The state is trying to comply with a landmark restructuring of its criminal justice system through a nearly 3-year-old law pushed by Gov. Jerry Brown that keeps lower-level felons in county jails while reserving scarce state prison cells for serious, violent and sexual offenders.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

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In this photo taken Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014, with belongings in hand new arrivals to the Deuel Vocational Institution are taken inside the prison near Tracy, Calif. California counties are thwarting the state's efforts to comply with a federal court order to reduce it's inmate population by sending state prisons far more convicts than anticipated including a record number of second-strikers. The state is trying to comply with a landmark restructuring of its criminal justice system through a nearly 3-year-old law pushed by Gov. Jerry Brown that keeps lower-level felons in county jails while reserving scarce state prison cells for serious, violent and sexual offenders.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

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In this photo taken Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014, new arrivals from county jails wait in a holding unit before being assigned to cells at the Deuel Vocational Institution in Tracy, Calif. California counties are thwarting the state's efforts to comply with a federal court order to reduce it's inmate population by sending state prisons far more convicts than anticipated including a record number of second-strikers. The state is trying to comply with a landmark restructuring of its criminal justice system through a nearly 3-year-old law pushed by Gov. Jerry Brown that keeps lower-level felons in county jails while reserving scarce state prison cells for serious, violent and sexual offenders.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

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In this photo taken Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014, carrying his belongings and blanket Derek Martinez, 37, waits to enter a his assigned cell block after his arrival at the Deuel Vocational Institution in Tracy Calif. Martinez, a second strike offender from Shasta County, has been serving a life term with the possibility of parole for first degree murder since 2007. California counties are thwarting the state's efforts to comply with a federal court order to reduce it's inmate population by sending state prisons far more convicts than anticipated including a record number of second-strikers. The state is trying to comply with a landmark restructuring of its criminal justice system through a nearly 3-year-old law pushed by Gov. Jerry Brown that keeps lower-level felons in county jails while reserving scarce state prison cells for serious, violent and sexual offenders.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

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In this photo taken Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014, Derek Martinez, 37, is processed after his arrival at the Deuel Vocational Institution in Tracy Calif. Martinez, a second strike offender from Shasta County, has been serving a life term with the possibility of parole for first degree murder since 2007. California counties are thwarting the state's efforts to comply with a federal court order to reduce it's inmate population by sending state prisons far more convicts than anticipated including a record number of second-strikers. The state is trying to comply with a landmark restructuring of its criminal justice system through a nearly 3-year-old law pushed by Gov. Jerry Brown that keeps lower-level felons in county jails while reserving scarce state prison cells for serious, violent and sexual offenders.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)