Stock Options, Restricted Shares and Warrants (Summary of Unrecognized Compensation Cost) (Details) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2017 USD ($)
Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]
Fiscal 2018	$ 1,189
Fiscal 2019	673
Fiscal 2020	186
Fiscal 2021	46
Fiscal 2022	0
Thereafter	0
Total compensation cost	$ 2,094
Remaining weighted average expected term	2 years 2 months

Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Nonvested Awards, Compensation Cost Not yet Recognized, Due in Five Years

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Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Nonvested Awards, Compensation Cost Not yet Recognized, Due in Four Years

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Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Nonvested Awards, Compensation Cost Not yet Recognized, Due in Three Years

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Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Nonvested Awards, Compensation Cost Not yet Recognized, Due in Two Years

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Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Nonvested Awards, Compensation Cost Not yet Recognized, Due Thereafter

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Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Nonvested Awards, Compensation Cost Not yet Recognized, Next Twelve Months

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Unrecognized cost of unvested share-based compensation awards.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 718
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (i)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6415400&loc=d3e5070-113901

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Weighted average period over which unrecognized compensation is expected to be recognized for equity-based compensation plans, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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