Chris Wright scored 27 points, and No. 22 Georgetown sailed past No. 3 Syracuse with an impressive second-half surge, beating the top-seeded Orange 91-84 in the quarterfinals of the Big East tournament Thursday in New York.
Though still a strong candidate for a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament, Syracuse sustained a potentially costly loss when starting center Arinze Onuaku injured his right leg with 5:07 left.
Onuaku landed awkwardly after trying to block Greg Monroe's shot. Whistled for a foul on the play, Onuaku grabbed his knee immediately and was tended to by medical staff before being helped off the floor. The senior did not return.
Austin Freeman added 18 points and Jason Clark 17 for the No. 8 seed Hoyas (22-9), who will play Marquette in the semifinals tonight.
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Marquette 80, No. 10 Villanova 76: Lazar Hayward gave Marquette the lead for good with a 3-pointer with 1:51 to play and hit the clinching free throws with 3.2 seconds left.
Darius Johnson-Odom was 5-of-7 from 3-point range and scored a career-high 24 points for the fifth-seeded Golden Eagles (22-10), while Hayward had 20 points and seven rebounds.
Corey Stokes had 22 points for No. 4 seed Villanova (24-7), which has lost five of six.
Notre Dame 50, No. 16 Pittsburgh 45: Luke Harangody came off the bench and hit three key free throws in the final two minutes, helping Notre Dame hold off Pittsburgh.
Harangody and Tory Jackson each had 12 points for the Fighting Irish (23-10).
Seventh-seeded Notre Dame will play West Virginia in the semifinals tonight.
Brad Wanamaker scored 16 for Pittsburgh (24-8).
No. 7 West Virginia 54, Cincinnati 51: Da'Sean Butler, who scored 15 points, took an inbounds pass and banked in a 3-pointer from the head of the key at the buzzer to send third-seeded West Virginia (25-6) over Cincinnati.
Cincinnati (18-15) had a chance to win it, but Dion Dixon lost the ball on the sideline with 3.1 seconds left.
Big Ten
Michigan 59, Iowa 52: Manny Harris had 22 points and nine rebounds to help Michigan defeat Iowa in the first round of the Big Ten tournament in Indianapolis.
DeShawn Sims added 14 points for the Wolverines (15-16), who advanced to play No. 5 Ohio State in today's quarterfinals.
Freshman Cully Payne scored a season-high 25 with five 3-pointers for Iowa (10-22). Aaron Fuller added 10 points and 13 rebounds.
Northwestern 73, Indiana 58: Michael Thompson scored 11 of his 16 points in a late run to lead Northwestern past Indiana (10-21).
Seventh-seeded Northwestern (20-12) clinched its first 20-win season in school history and will play No. 2 seed Purdue in today's quarterfinals.
Minnesota 76, Penn State 55: Devoe Joseph scored 15 points to help Minnesota beat Penn State (11-20).
The sixth-seeded Golden Gophers (19-12) advanced to play No. 11 Michigan State in today's quarterfinals.
Big 12
No. 1 Kansas 80, Texas Tech 68: Cole Aldrich had 12 points and 18 rebounds, and Kansas downed scrappy Texas Tech in the Big 12 quarterfinals in Kansas City, Mo.
The Jayhawks (30-2) had to withstand a rally by Texas Tech (17-15) in the second before pulling away to join Kentucky and North Carolina in the 2,000-win club.
Kansas faces Texas A&M in today's semifinals.
No. 23 Texas A&M 70, Nebraska 64: Donald Sloan scored 23 points, and Bryan Davis had a key three-point play at the 1:01 mark, enabling Texas A&M to stave off upset-minded Nebraska.
Nebraska (15-18) cut the lead to 62-58 with 1:35 left on Sek Henry's 3-pointer. Davis then converted his three-point play for A&M (23-8).
No. 9 Kansas St. 83, Oklahoma St. 64: Jamar Samuels scored 21 of his career-high 27 points in the first half and added 10 rebounds, helping Kansas State avenge a home-court loss to Oklahoma State (22-10).
Denis Clemente had 12 points and 10 assists and Jacob Pullen 19 points to send Kansas State (25-6) into today's semifinal against Baylor.
No. 21 Baylor 86, Texas 67: LaceDarius Dunn, benched with three quick fouls in the first half, rebounded with 17 of his 19 points after intermission for Baylor.
Epke Udoh, the Big 12's newcomer of the year, scored 25 points, and Tweety Carter had 20 for the third-seeded Bears (25-6), who will meet No. 2 seed Kansas State in today's semifinals.
Damion James had 18 points and 12 rebounds for Texas (24-9).
Conference USA
Houston 66, Memphis 65: Aubrey Coleman scored 21 points, including a leaner in the lane with 5 seconds remaining, as Houston upset four-time defending C-USA tournament champion Memphis in the quarterfinals in Tulsa, Okla.
Willie Kemp had 15 points for No. 2 seed Memphis (23-9), including its final five baskets.
Houston (17-15), the seventh seed, will play Southern Miss in the semifinals today.
Southern Miss 58, UAB 44: Angelo Johnson scored 17 points, and sixth-seeded Southern Mississippi (20-12) defeated third-seeded UAB.
Jamarr Sanders scored 10 points to lead the Blazers (23-8), who fell behind 16-2 in the first five minutes.
Tulsa 80, Marshall 64: Jerome Jordan had 21 points and 12 rebounds, and Tulsa closed with a 27-7 run to beat Marshall (23-9).
Tulsa (23-10) will play either top-seeded Texas-El Paso or No. 9 seed Central Florida in the semifinals today.
Pacific 10
UCLA 75, Arizona 69: Michael Roll scored 19 points, Reeves Nelson added 18, and UCLA held off Arizona in the Pac-10 tournament quarterfinals in Los Angeles.
Nic Wise scored 16 points, and Derrick Williams added 14 for fifth-seeded Arizona (16-15), which lost in the quarterfinals for the third consecutive year.
The Bruins (14-17) advanced to a semifinal today against top seed California.
California 90, Oregon 74: Jerome Randle scored 22 points without missing a shot in the first half as top-seeded California easily advanced.
Patrick Christopher had 21 points and five assists for the Golden Bears (22-9), who followed up their first outright conference title in a half-century by ousting the Ducks (16-16) in what could be coach Ernie Kent's final game.
Stanford 70, Arizona State 61: Jeremy Green scored 18 points, and Landry Fields added 17 as Stanford upset No. 2 seed Arizona State.
The No. 7 Cardinal (14-17) advanced to today's semifinals against the winner of the late game between third-seeded Washington and sixth-seeded Oregon State.
Rihards Kuksiks had 15 points for Arizona State (22-10), which swept the Cardinal in the regular season.
Southeastern
Alabama 68, S. Carolina 63: Mikhail Torrance's 9-foot jumper broke a tie at 62 with 57 seconds left, and Alabama rallied from an 18-point deficit in the second half to beat South Carolina in the opening round of the SEC tournament in Nashville, Tenn.
The Tide (17-14) will play No. 2 Kentucky in today's quarterfinals.
No. 15 Tennessee 59, LSU 49: Wayne Chism had 17 points and 10 rebounds, and Tennessee overcame LSU.
The Vols (24-7) broke a 30-30 tie with 14:28 left with a 16-4 run.
Tennessee, the third-place team in the East, advances to play Mississippi, the West's No. 2 seed.
Florida 78, Auburn 69: Alex Tyus scored 24 points, and Chandler Parsons added 21 as Florida snapped a three-game skid.
Florida (21-11) will play Mississippi State, the SEC West's No. 1 seed, in tonight's quarterfinals.
Frankie Sullivan had a career-high 25 points in what could be coach Jeff Lebo's final game with Auburn (15-17). DeWayne Reed added 18.
