Net Income Per Share (Details) - shares	12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2018	Mar. 31, 2017	Mar. 31, 2016
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Weighted average number of basic shares outstanding (in shares)	31,758,000	32,000,000	32,556,000
Weighted average number diluted shares outstanding adjustment (in shares)	238,000	355,000	483,000
Weighted average number of diluted shares outstanding (in shares)	31,996,000	32,355,000	33,039,000
Annual RSUs and Annual PSUs
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Antidilutive securities excluded from computation of earnings per share (in shares)	200	17,000	0
2007 LTIP SARs
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Antidilutive securities excluded from computation of earnings per share (in shares)	0	0	90,000
LTIP PSUs
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Antidilutive securities excluded from computation of earnings per share (in shares)	0	269,000	389,000
LTIP NQSOs
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Antidilutive securities excluded from computation of earnings per share (in shares)	397,000	192,000	0
Deferred Non-Employee Director Equity Awards
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Antidilutive securities excluded from computation of earnings per share (in shares)	1,000	0	0

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