UNDATED (AP) — Auburn’s shot at a No. 1 seed in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament has been severely damaged yesterday.
Tyrece Radford scored 19 points and Quenton Jackson made five throws in the final minute Friday as Texas A&M beat the fourth-ranked Tigers, 67-62 in the SEC quarterfinals. Jackson finished with 17 points to for the Aggies, who led 37-21 at halftime and improved to 22-11. The win like puts A&M in the NCAA Tournament.
Jabari Smith had a team-high 17 points for the Tigers, who are 27-5 following their third loss in six games.
Also in the SEC quarters, TyTy Washington scored 25 points and Oscar Tshiebwe0 tied a half-century-old school record in leading fifth-ranked Kentucky past Vanderbilt, 77-71. Tshiebwe had 12 points and 14 rebounds in his his 26th double-double of the season, tying the Wildcats record set by Dan Issel in 1969-70.
Au’Diese Toney scored 22 points and JD Notae added 19 as No. 15 Arkansas beat LSU, 79-67. Chris Lykes chipped in 18 points as the Razorbacks (25-7) won for the 15th time in their last 17 games to set up a semifinal meeting with Texas A&M.
Josiah-Jordan James led five players in double figures 16 points, 14 of them during a six-minute stretch in which ninth-ranked Tennessee pulled away to a 72-59 victory over Mississippi State. Kennedy Chandler had 11 points in the Vols’ 10th win in 11 games.
In the Big Ten quarterfinals, Marcus Bingham Jr. matched his career high with 19 points and Tyson Walker scored nine of his 11 points in the final 90 seconds to send seventh-seeded Michigan State past No. 12 Wisconsin, 69-63. The Badgers led 40-36 before Bingham answered with all of the points in the Spartans’ 11-2 run.
Also in the Big Ten, Trayce Jackson-Davis scored 21 points, including three free throws in the closing seconds of Indiana’s 65-63 upset of 16th-ranked Illinois Jackson-Davis knocked down two free throws with 26.1 seconds left to put the Hoosiers ahead.
Jaden Ivey scored 17 points and Zach Edey had 15 to lead No. 9 Purdue past Penn State, 69-61. Brandon Newman added 12 points for the Boilermakers in his first action since Feb. 10.
Keegan Murray had 26 points and eight rebounds to lead No. 24 Iowa to a 84-74 victory over Rutgers. Jordan Bohannon and Tony Perkins each scored 16 points for the 24-9 Hawkeyes, who have a meeting with Indiana on Saturday.
The Big 12 title game will have Kansas against Texas Tech.
Ochai Agbaji scored 22 points and sixth-ranked Kansas cruised to a 75-62 victory over TCU. Mitch Lightfoot added 15 points while playing extended minutes in place of injured big man David McCormack.
Clarence Nagolny made his only points of the night on go-ahead foul shots with less than a minute left and No. 14 Texas Tech escaped with a 56-55 victory over Oklahoma. Jacob Groves had a chance to force overtime before missing the second of two free throws for the Sooners.
In the ACC semifinals, Paolo Banchero had 18 points and 11 rebounds in seventh-ranked Duke’s 80-76 victory over Miami in the ACC semifinals. AJ Griffin scored 21 points, including three free throws in the final 20 seconds to seal coach Mike Krzyzewski’s 22nd appearance in the conference title game. Darius Maddox had a career-high 20 points as Virginia Tech defeated North Carolina, 72-59. Keve Aluma had 18 points for the Hokies.
It will be eighth-ranked Villanova against Creighton in the Big East title game on Saturday.
Jermaine Samuels had 21 points and 12 rebounds for the Wildcats in a 63-60 victory against No. 20 UConn. Brandon Slater had 15 points and a highlight-reel block for Villanova.
Arthur Kaluma scored 10 of his 17 points during a 12-0 run in the second half that sent Creighton to a stunning 85-58 rout of No. 11 Providence in the Big East semifinals. Alex O’Connell had 18 points and Ryan Kalkbrenner added 15 points and nine rebounds as the fourth-seeded Bluejays handed the Friars the most lopsided loss for a No. 1 seed in Big East tourney history.
Arizona and UCLA will battle for the Pac 12 championship.
Azoulas Tubelis had 20 points and 11 rebounds and No. 2 Arizona pulled away late to beat Colorado 82-72 in the Pac-12 Tournament semifinals. The Wildcats played without point guard Kerr Kriisa, who sprained his right ankle in the closing seconds of Thursday’s win against Stanford.
Jaime Jaquez Jr. scored 19 points, Jules Bernard added 15 and No. 13 UCLA beat No. 21 Southern California 69-59. Tyger Campbell added 14 points for the Bruins.
In the American Athletic Conference quarterfinals, Fabian White Jr. provided 18 points with eight rebounds for 18th-ranked Houston in a 69-56 win over Cincinnati. Jamal Shead had 15 points and seven assists for the Cougars, who trailed by 10 in the second half.
