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Rout of Syracuse gave Huskies a share of Big East regular season title.
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STORRS, Conn. -- Denham Brown scored 21 points and No. 15 Connecticut beat No. 13 Syracuse 88-70 on Saturday to earn at least a share of the Big East regular season championship, the Huskies' record ninth conference title.
Connecticut (21-6, 13-3) would win the title outright if Boston College lost at Rutgers on Saturday night. If the Eagles win, they would be the No. 1 seed in next week's Big East tournament.
The Huskies used some impressive second-half defense to beat the Orange (24-6, 11-5) and win for the ninth time in 10 games. The only loss in that stretch was a non-conference game against North Carolina.
Hakim Warrick had 25 points for Syracuse, the third seed in the Big East tournament, but he was 0-for-6 from the field in the second half, scoring all his points on a 10-for-16 effort from the free throw line.
Gerry McNamara added 12 points for the Orange, but he was 2-for-10 from 3-point range and Syracuse finished 2-for-22 from beyond the arc.
No. 9 Louisville 66, DePaul 62
ROSEMONT, Ill. -- The Cardinals clinched the Conference USA title behind Larry O'Bannon's 24 points.
Louisville (26-4, 14-2), which had already wrapped up the top seed in the conference tournament, won for the 15th time in 16 games and finished 9-1 on the road.
O'Bannon had 18 of his points in the second half. He finished the game 6-for-7 from the field, while hitting all five of his 3-point attempts.
Sammy Mejia led DePaul (18-9, 10-6) with 21 points and Drake Diener pitched in 15 for the Blue Demons, who are hoping for a bid to the NCAA tournament despite four losses in their final six games.
Stanford 77,No. 10 Washington 67
STANFORD, Calif. -- Matt Haryasz had a career-high 24 points and 10 rebounds, and an inspired Stanford dashed the Huskies' hopes of a share of the Pac-10 title.
The loss, combined with Arizona's win over Arizona State, gave the Wildcats the conference title. The Huskies (24-5, 14-4 Pac-10) haven't won a league crown since tying with Southern California in 1985.
No. 11 Arizona 70, Arizona St. 68
TEMPE, Ariz. -- Salim Stoudamire hit a double-pump 14-footer with six-tenths of a second to play to give Arizona the victory and the outright Pac-10 regular-season title.
Arizona coach Lute Olson earned his 305th conference victory to break the Pac-10 record of 304 held by John Wooden.
No. 16 Utah 72, San Diego St. 60
SALT LAKE CITY -- Andrew Bogut recorded his 20th double-double of the season with 20 points and 15 rebounds in what was likely his final college home game. Although he's just a sophomore, Utah honored the 7-foot Australian before the season finale, a tradition usually reserved for seniors.
No. 19 Villanova 70, St. John's 68
NEW YORK -- Allan Ray scored 22 points and Villanova jumped out to a big lead early in the second half before holding off stubborn St. John's.
Will Sheridan added 19 points and 12 rebounds for the Wildcats (21-6, 11-5 Big East), who have won seven straight and appear headed for their first NCAA tournament berth since 1999. Villanova is assured a first-round bye in the Big East tournament, which starts Wednesday at Madison Square Garden.
No. 20 Oklahoma 74,Texas Tech 54
LUBBOCK, Texas -- Kevin Bookout scored 15 points to lead Oklahoma, which handed Bob Knight his worse home loss at Texas Tech.
Oklahoma (23-6, 12-4 Big 12) came out hot in the second half, scoring on five of its first six possessions to put together a 12-0 run and go up 42-29.
No. 21 Alabama 68,Mississippi St. 63
STARKVILLE, Miss. -- Kennedy Winston had 21 points as Alabama clinched the SEC West title.
Ronald Steele gave Alabama the lead for good when his 3-pointer with 2:20 left began a 9-0 run. It helped wrap up the Crimson Tide's first division crown since 2002 and an opening-round bye in next week's SEC tournament.
No. 22 Cincinnati 62, Memphis 60
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- James White hit an 8-foot baseline jumper with 16.2 seconds remaining for Cincinnati.
Armein Kirkland scored 16 points to lead the Bearcats (24-6, 12-4 Conference USA), who extended their winning streak to six games. White finished with 11 points and 11 rebounds.
No. 24 Pittsburgh 85,Notre Dame 77
SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Chris Taft had a career-high 26 points and Pittsburgh scored 56 points in the paint. Chevon Troutman had 20 points and Carl Krauser added 15 for the Panthers (20-7, 10-6), who posted their fourth straight 20-win season.
The Irish (17-9, 9-7) lost for the third time in four games. Torin Francis had 16 points and 10 rebounds for the Irish.
No. 25 Nevada 73, San Jose St. 69
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Nick Fazekas had 28 points and eight rebounds, and Nevada rallied from a big early deficit for its 10th straight victory.
Mo Charlo scored 12 of his 14 points in the second half for the Wolf Pack (24-5, 16-2 Western Athletic Conference), who are headed to the WAC tournament on their longest winning streak since the 1965-66 season.