Top 25 Capsules
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Perry Ellis had 20 points, Devonte Graham added 14 points and eight assists, and top-ranked Kansas held on through a shaky finish to beat No. 22 Baylor 70-66 in the Big 12 Tournament semifinals Friday night.
Wayne Selden Jr. dunked his way to 11 points for the Jayhawks (29-4), who muddled through an ugly first half before eventually avenging their loss to the Bears (22-11) in last year's semifinals.
Kansas will play No. 9 West Virginia for the title Saturday night.
The Jayhawks were in control when coach Bill Self put in his reserves late, but a series of missed free throws and turnovers allowed the Bears to make a run. After Baylor got within 68-64 with 20 seconds left, Self had no choice but to send his starters back in.
Jonathan Motley's putback got the Bears within three with five seconds to go, but Graham calmly made the second of two free throws at the other end to put the game away.
Rico Gathers had 13 points and nine boards for the Bears.
NO. 9 WEST VIRGINIA 69, NO. 6 OKLAHOMA 67
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -West Virginia escaped with a victory over Oklahoma when Buddy Hield's half-court shot was ruled a fraction of a second late in the Big 12 Tournament semifinals.
Jevon Carter scored 26 points to lead the Mountaineers (26-7), but it was Jaysean Paige whose pullup jumper over Isaiah Cousins gave them the lead back with 11.1 seconds left.
Christian James missed a potential go-ahead layup at the other end and the Sooners (25-7) fouled with 1.8 seconds left. They got another chance when West Virginia's Jonathan Holton could only make the second of two free throws, and they quickly got the ball in the hands of the Big 12 player of the year.
Hield took a couple of dribbles before letting loose his shot, and it banked in as the Sooners poured off the bench and into the crowd to celebrate. Meanwhile, the game officials huddled at the video monitors and reviewed the shot, ultimately determining that it came off Hield's hand a moment too late.
MICHIGAN 72, NO. 10 INDIANA 69
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Kameron Chatman made a 3-pointer with 0.2 seconds left to give Michigan an upset over Indiana in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals.
It was only the second field goal Chatman made and it came right in front of the Wolverines' bench. It sent Michigan (22-11) into Saturday's semifinals against No. 13 Purdue.
Zak Irvin led the Wolverines with 17 points and Muhammad-Ali Abdur-Rahkman had 15.
Troy Williams scored 16 and Kevin "Yogi" Ferrell had 14 for the Big Ten regular-season champs. The Hoosiers (25-7) have reached the semis only once since 2007.
Indiana appeared to have the game in hand when it took a 66-61 lead with 2:36 left. But the Wolverines rallied to score the final six points.
NO. 13 PURDUE 89, ILLINOIS 58
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Reserve center Isaac Haas scored 16 points on 8-of-9 shooting and Purdue crushed Illinois in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals.
Vince Edwards added 14 points, Caleb Swanigan had 11 points and 12 rebounds and Dakota Mathias added 11 for Purdue (25-7), which shot 58.3 percent.
The Boilermakers made 24 of their first 36 shots, including 8 of 14 from 3-point range, taking a 60-27 lead on P.J. Thompson's 3-pointer with 15:59 left. Consecutive 3-pointers from Edwards pushed the Boilermakers' lead to 66-30 with 12:13 to play.
Illinois (15-19) got 17 points from Maverick Morgan, 16 from Malcolm Hill and 13 from Kendrick Nunn.
NO. 2 MICHIGAN STATE 81, OHIO STATE 54
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Big Ten player of the year Denzel Valentine scored 19 points and Eron Harris added 13 to help Michigan State blow out Ohio State in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals.
The Spartans (27-5) have won 11 of 12 and will face No. 18 Maryland in Saturday's semifinal.
JaQuan Lyle had 10 points to lead the Buckeyes (20-13), who have lost three of five and must wait until Sunday to see if they'll get in the NCAA Tournament.
NO. 18 MARYLAND 97, NEBRASKA 86
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Jake Layman scored a season-high 26 points, freshman Diamond Stone had 23 and Maryland beat Nebraska in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals.
Maryland (25-7) led by as many as 23 in the second half before Nebraska closed to 92-86 with 1:37 to play. Damonte Dodd and Layman combined to make three free throws down the stretch to seal the win.
Layman was 8 for 13 from the field while scoring 20 points or more for the first time this season. His previous season high for the senior forward was 19 points.
NO. 7 NORTH CAROLINA 78, NOTRE DAME 47
WASHINGTON (AP) - With Marcus Paige leading the way, North Carolina scored 24 consecutive points over a 9 1/2-minute span bridging halftime and easily beat defending champion Notre Dame for a spot in the ACC Tournament final.
UNC (27-6) reached its record 34th ACC title game and fifth in the past six years. But the Tar Heels have gone 0-4 in finals in that span, including a loss to the Fighting Irish a year ago.
UNC will meet No. 4 Virginia on Saturday in the conference title game.
Whatever doubts there might have been about the Tar Heels as the NCAAs approach were wiped away during the game-changing run. In sum, this was relentless and riveting. And it all happened with Brice Johnson on the sideline, sitting with two fouls.
NO. 4 VIRGINIA 73, NO. 11 MIAMI 68
WASHINGTON (AP) - Atlantic Coast Conference player of the year Malcolm Brogdon scored 24 points and No. 4 Virginia beat 11th-ranked Miami 73-68 to make it to the conference title game.
Virginia (26-6) could become an NCAA Tournament No. 1 seed after an impressive showing this week. Against Miami (25-7), the Cavaliers led wire-to-wire to the delight of the crowd that made Verizon Center feel like a home game.
Ja'Quan Newton had 19 points off the bench to lead Miami.
Miami did cut it as close as three points but a series of turnovers stunted the comeback bid.
NO. 3 VILLANOVA 76, PROVIDENCE 68
NEW YORK (AP) - Kris Jenkins scored 21 points and Villanova smothered Providence stars Ben Bentil and Kris Dunn on defense, advancing to the Big East championship game with a victory at Madison Square Garden.
Ryan Arcidiacono added 15 points and a headlong dive over the press table, landing two or three rows deep, Derek Jeter-style. Hobbled center Daniel Ochefu scored all eight of his points in the final 6:41, helping the top-seeded Wildcats (29-4) hold on down the stretch.
They will try to win their second consecutive tournament title when they face Seton Hall on Saturday night.
Stars on both sides were shut down in a tightly called game that left both coaches seething at the officials.
Bentil, who scored 38 points in a quarterfinal win over Butler, was held to a season-low three and fouled out midway through the second half. He came in leading the Big East at 21.7 per game.
SETON HALL 87, NO. 5 XAVIER 83
NEW YORK (AP) - Khadeen Carrington had 23 points and seven rebounds to lead Seton Hall to a win over Xavier for the Pirates' first Big East Tournament title game appearance since 1993, 2 1/2 years before he was born.
Fellow sophomore Isaiah Whitehead added 20 points and eight assists in the semifinal as third-seeded Seton Hall beat the Musketeers for the second time in less than two weeks.
Seton Hall led by as many as 17 points in the first half, beating the Musketeers to loose balls and converting steals into easy baskets. And when Xavier made a second-half run, Whitehead kept answering with big plays.
Angel Delgado scored 15 points for Seton Hall (24-8). Edmond Sumner led the second-seeded Musketeers (27-5) with 21 points.
NO. 16 KENTUCKY 85, ALABAMA 59
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Jamal Murray scored 23 points, Alex Poythress made a career-best four 3-pointers and Kentucky had an easy time in a rout of Alabama in the Southeastern Conference Tournament.
Playing about 50 miles southeast of his Clarksville, Tennessee, home, Poythress put on an offensive show in his final SEC tournament with 7-of-8 shooting including 4 of 5 from long range for 20 points. It was the senior forward's third 20-point game this season and first since posting a career-best 25 at Alabama on Jan. 9.
Murray added perimeter shots as second-seeded Kentucky finished 13 of 23 from behind the arc to beat the 10th-seeded Crimson Tide (18-14) for the third time this season. The Wildcats advanced to Saturday's semifinal against Georgia.
Tyler Ulis added 17 points for the Wildcats, who led by as many as 26.
NO. 17 TEXAS A&M 72, FLORIDA 66
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Jalen Jones made a go-ahead layup with 2:08 remaining and Alex Caruso followed with a steal and layup 13 seconds later to key a late 7-0 run that pushed Texas A&M past Florida in the Southeastern Conference Tournament.
Playing for the first time as the tournament's top seed, the Aggies (25-7) needed everything to break free of a Florida team that stayed with them throughout a tight game featuring 11 ties and eight lead changes.
Admon Gilder's two free throws with 22.8 seconds left sealed the Aggies' seventh straight win.
House and Tyler Davis each scored 15 points for Texas A&M, which will face LSU in Saturday's semifinal. Jones finished with 13 points.
Kasey Hill's 18 points led five players in double figures for eighth-seeded Florida (19-14).
NO. 8 OREGON 95, NO. 15 ARIZONA 89, OT
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Elgin Cook scored 22 points and Oregon survived a wild closing sequence in regulation to beat Arizona in overtime in the Pac-12 semifinals.
Oregon (27-6) led by 17 early in the second half, but Arizona (25-8) charged back and tied it in improbable fashion.
Oregon's Chris Boucher missed two free throws with 12 seconds left, and Arizona's Gabe York followed with a 3-pointer after gathering a rebound. Mark Tollefsen stole the inbound pass and was fouled, but hit just 1 of 2 free throws to send the game to overtime.
The Ducks dominated overtime, going up six on 3-pointers by Dwayne Benjamin and Dillon Brooks to earn a spot in Saturday night's championship game against No. 24 California or No. 12 Utah.
Tyler Dorsey had 19 points and Brooks 17 for the Ducks, who had 11 blocked shots and 10 steals.