LOS ANGELES – Ayinde Ubaka scored eight of his career-high 29 points in overtime and California stunned fourth-ranked UCLA 76-69 in the Pac-10 tournament quarterfinals Thursday night.
UCLA’s second straight loss dealt a serious blow to its hopes of being a No. 1 seed in next week’s NCAA tournament.
The five-minute overtime turned into a blowout, with Cal outscoring the Bruins 15-8. Ryan Anderson added 18 points for the eighth-seeded Golden Bears (16-16).
UCLA’s Arron Afflalo, the Pac-10’s player of the year, had his worst offensive performance of the season with three points, ending a streak of 29 games in double figures.
No. 16 Oregon 69, Arizona 50
LOS ANGELES – TaJuan Porter and Aaron Brooks burned Arizona with their long-range shooting, combining for nine 3-pointers to help Oregon beat the Wildcats in the quarterfinals of the Pac-10 tournament.
No. 9 Georgetown 62, Villanova 57
NEW YORK – Roy Hibbert scored eight of his 14 points in Georgetown’s opening 26-2 run, and the Hoyas held on for a victory over ninth-seeded Villanova in the quarterfinals of the Big East tournament.
No. 20 Notre Dame 89, Syracuse 83
NEW YORK – Russell Carter scored 24 points to help Notre Dame beat Syracuse in the quarterfinals of the Big East tournament, ending the Orange’s run for a third straight championship.
Notre Dame (24-6), which finished fourth in the conference and received a first-round bye, won its sixth straight game.
No. 10 Nevada 88, Idaho 56
LAS CRUCES, N.M. – Marcelus Kemp scored 14 points and Nevada gave its starters plenty of rest in a win over Idaho in the quarterfinals of the Western Athletic Conference tournament.
Miami 67, No. 17 Maryland 62
TAMPA, Fla. – Jack McClinton scored 17 points, Brian Asbury added 12 and undermanned Miami upset Maryland in the opening round of the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament.
NC State 85, Duke 80
TAMPA, Fla. – Duke’s reign as kingpins of the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament is over. Freshman Brandon Costner scored a career-high 30 points and Engin Atsur scored all 21 of his points after halftime, helping North Carolina State defeat the defending tourney champions in overtime.
No. 21 Duke (22-10) had won seven of the previous eight ACC tournament titles.
Saint Louis 74, UMass 71
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – Tommie Liddell scored 24 points, Ian Vouyoukas tallied 21 and Saint Louis may have ended Massachusetts’ dreams of an NCAA tournament bid with an overtime victory in the quarterfinals.
of the Atlantic 10 Conference tournament.
The second-seeded Minutemen (23-8) needed to make a statement in the tournament to impress the NCAA selection committee.
and losing their first game to the seventh-seeded Billikens (20-12) wasn’t the way to do it.
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