Pitt gets past Marquette
Sam Young scored 22 points to lead Pittsburgh to the Big East tournament championship game for the seventh time in eight years, this time with a 68-61 victory over No. 25 Marquette on Friday night.
The seventh-seeded Panthers (25-9) will meet top-seeded and ninth-ranked Georgetown for the conference title for the second straight year tonight. The Hoyas won last year's game 65-42.
Pittsburgh has one championship game victory, over Connecticut in 2003.
Jerel McNeal had 17 points for Marquette (24-9.)
Georgetown 72, W. Virginia 55: Roy Hibbert had 25 points and 13 rebounds, and No. 9 Georgetown (27-4) withstood West Virginia's only big run midway through the second half to beat the Mountaineers (24-10) in the Big East tournament semifinals.
Saint Joseph's 61, Xavier 53: Pat Calathes scored 24 points as Saint Joseph's (21-11) held No. 10 Xavier (27-6) to a season-low point total in the Atlantic 10 tournament semifinals.
North Carolina 82, FSU 70: Tyler Hansbrough scored 22 points to help No. 1 North Carolina (30-2) beat Florida State (19-14) in the ACC quarterfinals, completing a tough three-game season sweep of the Seminoles while reaching the semifinals for the fifth time in six seasons.
Duke 82, Georgia Tech 70: Jon Scheyer scored 18 points as No. 7 Duke (27-4) beat Georgia Tech (15-17) in the ACC quarterfinals.
Memphis 69, Southern Miss 53: Derrick Rose scored 25 points as No. 2 Memphis (31-1) advanced to the Conference USA tournament championship for a fourth straight year, beating Southern Mississippi (19-14) in the semifinals for its 41st consecutive league victory.
Kansas 64, Nebraska 54: Brandon Rush scored 6 points in a 15-4 run, and No. 5 Kansas (29-3) overcame its worst half of the season, erasing a shocking 9-point Nebraska lead and beating the Huskers (19-12) in the Big 12 tournament quarterfinals.
Texas 66, Oklahoma St. 59: Damion James had 23 points and 11 rebounds, and D.J. Augustin powered a 14-0 run starting the second half for No. 6 Texas (27-5), which beat Oklahoma State (17-15) in the Big 12 tournament quartefinals.
American 52, Colgate 46: Garrison Carr scored 17 points as American (21-11) beat Colgate (18-14) in the Patriot League tournament final to earn its first trip to the NCAA Tournament since the school joined Division I in 1967. Brian Gilmore added 11 points and wrestled away a key steal in the final 20 seconds for the top-seeded Eagles.
UCLA 57, USC: 54: Freshman Kevin Love scored 11 points in a 15-2 run to open the second half that propelled No. 3 UCLA (30-3) over Southern California (21-11) in the Pac-10 tournament semifinals.
SEC tournament
A severe storm ripped into the Georgia Dome in Atlanta during the Southeastern Conference tournament, sending debris tumbling from the ceiling, prompting fans to flee for the exits and postponing the final game Friday night.
The storm struck while Alabama and Mississippi State were in overtime in their quarterfinal matchup. They were able to finish after a delay of more than an hour -- Mississippi State won 69-67 -- but the last game between Georgia and Kentucky was called off because of concerns that more strong storm cells were closing in on downtown.
The SEC was considering the unprecedented scenario of playing three games today, with the Georgia-Kentucky winner having to return later in the day for a semifinal game against Mississippi State.
Tennessee 89, S. Carolina 87: Lowly South Carolina (14-18) was in position to pull off a major upset against No. 4 Tennessee before Chris Lofton hit a 3-pointer with 11.4 seconds remaining to give the Vols (29-3) the victory in the SEC tournament quarterfinals.