CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Tyler Hansbrough hit a fadeaway jumper off an offensive rebound with 0.8 seconds left to help No. 1 North Carolina beat Virginia Tech 68-66 on Saturday in the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament semifinals.
The Tar Heels rallied from an eight-point deficit in the second half before getting the ball with 21 seconds left in a tie game.
Clemson 78, No. 7 Duke 74
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Trevor Booker scored 18 points, Cliff Hammonds added 17 and Clemson, the perennial pushover in the Atlantic Coast Conference, stunned to reach the tournament title game for the first time in 46 years.
Second-seeded Duke (27-5) cut the lead to 71-69 on Greg Paulus’ 3-pointer with 48 seconds left. But then Clemson, a 63-percent free throw shooting team, made 3-of-4 from the line.
No. 2 Memphis 77, Tulsa 51
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Antonio Anderson scored 19 points, and No. 2 Memphis added a third straight Conference USA tournament championship to the Tigers’ third consecutive regular-season title.
The Tigers finished the season with their seventh straight win and 42nd consecutive league win, strengthening their case for a second No. 1 seed in three seasons after tying the school record for wins in a season with 33.
No. 3 UCLA 67, No. 11 Stanford 64
LOS ANGELES – Darren Collison scored 28 points and UCLA won the Pac-10 tournament title.
The Bruins (31-3) used a 22-8 run in the second half to earn their 10th victory in a row and add the title to their third consecutive regular-season crown.
Arkansas 92, No. 4 Tennessee 91
ATLANTA – Steven Hill hit a turnaround jumper with 5.3 seconds remaining for his only points of the game and Arkansas knocked off Tennessee in the semifinals of the SEC tournament, perhaps costing the Volunteers a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament.
No. 6 Texas 77, Oklahoma 49
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A.J. Abrams broke out of a shooting slump with seven 3-pointers and 24 points, helping Texas reach its third consecutive Big 12 tournament final.
Texas, which has lost the past two Big 12 title games to Kansas, shot 50 percent and got 17 points from D.J. Augustin to move on to Sunday’s championship game against the fifth-ranked Jayhawks.
Georgia 60, Kentucky 56, OT
ATLANTA – Zac Swansey scored five points in overtime, including an unlikely turnaround 3-pointer with 1.2 seconds left, and Georgia continued its surprising SEC tournament run.
Georgia (15-16) will play Mississippi State in Saturday night’s second semifinal. Kentucky (18-12) is left with a nervous wait for Sunday’s NCAA tournament show.
No. 5 Kansas 77, Texas A&M 71
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Brandon Rush scored a career-high 28 points in front of his home town fans, sealing No. 5 Kansas’ win with two free throws.
UNLV 76, No. 24 BYU 61
LAS VEGAS – UNLV upset top-seeded BYU in the Mountain West Conference championship for the second straight season.
Wink Adams had 23 points and was at his best down the stretch, scoring 14 points in the final 6:48, including a trio of 3-pointers, as the second-seeded Runnin’ Rebels turned a close contest into a rout.
UMBC 82, Hartford 65
CATONSVILLE, Md. – Darryl Proctor scored 23 points to help Maryland-Baltimore County earn its first trip to the NCAA tournament with a victory in the America East championship game.
UMBC (24-8) was making its first trip to a championship game since starting Division I play in 1986. The Retrievers, who won the America East regular-season title, also set a school record for victories with the win.
Kent State 74, Akron 55
CLEVELAND – Haminn Quaintance scored 16 points and Kent State crowned a dominant conference season by beating bitter rival Akron in the Mid-American tournament championship.
Mike Scott scored 14 points with 13 rebounds,.
Chris Singletary scored 13 and Al Fisher 12 for Kent State.
Akron’s NCAA dreams fizzled again.
The Zips were beaten by Miami of Ohio on a buzzer-beating 3-pointer in last year’s final, and were hoping to erase that painful memory by making the NCAA field for the first time since 1986.
No. 8 Wisconsin 65, No. 19 Michigan State 63
INDIANAPOLIS – Brian Butch scored 19, Marcus Landry added 18 and Joe Krabbenhoft had 11 points and 10 rebounds as Wisconsin held off a foul-challenged Michigan State and earned its second straight trip to the Big Ten tournament title game.
Temple 69, Saint Joseph’s 64
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – Dionte Christmas scored 22 points and Temple earned its first NCAA tournament bid since 2001 with a victory over its archrival Saint Joseph’s in the championship of the Atlantic 10 tournament.
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