UNDATED (AP) — Eleventh-ranked Villanova has won a potential matchup of the Big East title game.
The Wildcats completed a season sweep of No. 9 Providence by downing the Friars, 76-74. Caleb Daniels had a game-high 20 points for the Wildcats, who blew most of a 14-point lead before holding on at the foul line. Eric Dixon dropped in 15 points and Collin Gillespie 14 for Villanova.
Justin Minaya buried a 3-pointer with 32 seconds left that pulled Providence within 69-68. Jared Bynum had a team-high 19 points for the Big East regular-season champs.
Also on Tuesday’s top-25 men’s basketball schedule:
— Second-ranked Arizona clinched the Pac-12 regular-season title by building a 51-27 halftime lead in a 91-71 thrashing of No. 16 Southern Cal. Bennedict Mathurin delivered 19 points and Kerr Kriisa had 18 for the Wildcats.
— Mike Krzyzewski’s final true road game with Duke is an 86-56 rout of Pittsburgh. Freshman guard Trevor Keels scored a career-high 27 points, Paolo Banchero added 21 and the fourth-ranked Blue Devils clinched at least a share of its 13th Atlantic Coast Conference regular-season title under Krzyzewski.
— Mike Miles Jr. had 19 points and six assists as TCU earned its second consecutive win over a top-10 team, 74-64 over sixth-ranked Kansas. Miles hit a layup and a 3-pointer to put the 19-9 Horned Frogs ahead, 59-49 with 7:44 remaining. The Jayhawks have dropped consecutive games for the first time this season to fall a half-game behind Baylor in the Big 12 standings.
— Oscar Tshiebwe had a double-double and seventh-ranked Kentucky shot 60% in an 83-72 win over Mississippi. Tshiebwe had 18 points and grabbed 15 rebounds. Sahvir Wheeler chipped in 16 points and TyTy Washington added 14 off the bench.
— Chucky Hepburn banked in a tiebreaking 3-pointer with 1.5 seconds left to give 10th-ranked Wisconsin a 70-67 victory over No. 8 Purdue, clinching a share of the Big Ten regular-season title for the Badgers. The freshman guard finished the night with a career-high 17 points.
— Josiah-Jordan James scored a career-high 23 points, including back-to-back 3-pointers that gave No. 13 Tennessee the lead for good in the second half of a 75-68 decision over Georgia. Kennedy Chandler had 16 points for the Vols, who 64-49 lead before allowing the Bulldogs to pull within four.
— Fabian White Jr. had a career-high 28 points plus 10 rebounds as 14th-ranked Houston clobbered Cincinnati, 71-53. Josh Carlton had 15 points and nine rebounds in the Cougars’ fifth consecutive win.
— Bryce McGowens scored 26 points and Alonzo Verge Jr. added 13 points with 11 assists as Nebraska beat a ranked team for the first time in 25 tries, 78-70 against No. 23 Ohio State. C.J. Wilcher added 15 points on 6-of-11 shooting for the Huskers, who overcame a seven-point deficit in the first half and won their second straight game.
