Men’s NCAA basketball tournament | Results from Saturday’s other Round 3 games

MIDWEST REGIONAL

Louisville 82, Colorado State 56

LEXINGTON, KY.

Russ Smith had another big day, leading four players in double figures with 27 points, and top-seeded Louisville is into the Midwest Region semifinals. The Cardinals put on a defensive clinic as they dismantled Colorado State. Louisville forced the eighth-seeded Rams into a season-high 20 turnovers, made Colton Iverson look as invisible as a 6-foot-10 guy can be and limited one of the nation’s best rebounding teams to 24 boards, more than a dozen below their average. It was the 12th straight win for Louisville (31-5), which will play Oregon on Friday in Indianapolis.

Oregon 74, Saint Louis 57

SAN JOSE, CALIF.

Pac-12 tournament champions. No. 12 seed. Underdogs. Oregon is happy to carry any label it’s given in the NCAA tournament — all the way into the round of 16. Damyean Dotson scored 23 points, Carlos Emory added 14 points and the hot-shooting Ducks sprinted past fourth-seeded Saint Louis. “We just decided as a team we’re going to go out there and we don’t care who we’re going to play,” said Oregon’s Arsalan Kazemi, who had eight points and 16 rebounds. Dotson made his first five 3-pointers to propel Oregon (28-8) into the second weekend for the first time since 2007, when it lost to eventual repeat champion Florida in the regional final. The Ducks made 8 of 11 shots from beyond the arc, while the Billikens finished 3 for 21 from long range. After the NCAA selection committee turned some heads for seeding Oregon so low, the Ducks dismissed two favorites by a combined 30 points in San Jose. “I’m excited but, man, it’s just great to get to see those guys in the locker room all fired up,” Ducks coach Dana Altman said. “And for our fans that have waited for this, and for our state, it’s good.” Not so much for Saint Louis. Kwamain Mitchell scored 18 points and Dwayne Evans had 16 points and nine rebounds for the Billikens (28-7), who set a school record for wins this season following the death of coach Rick Majerus in December.

Michigan State 70, Memphis 48

AUBURN HILLS, MICH.

Gary Harris scored 16 of his career-high 23 points in the first half to help third-seeded Michigan State reach the round of 16 for the fifth time in six years. Michigan State (27-8) will play the winner of today’s Duke-Creighton game on Friday in the Midwest Regional semifinals at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. The Tigers (31-5) advanced in the NCAA tournament for the first time in Josh Pastner’s four seasons. The Conference USA champions were eliminated in the third round because they struggled to stop Harris on the outside or his teammates inside all afternoon. The Spartans’ top post players — Adreian Payne and Derrick Nix — combined for 27 points and 18 rebounds.

WEST REGIONAL

Arizona 74, Harvard 51

SALT LAKE CITY

Arizona put an emphatic end to Harvard’s March Madness success story. Mark Lyons matched his career high with 27 points to lead the sixth-seeded Wildcats (27-7). Arizona sprinted to a 30-9 lead, as the Crimson (20-10) missed 20 of its first 22 shots. Lyons led Arizona to the program’s 15th appearance in the Sweet 16. The Wildcats will play Iowa State or Ohio State next week in Los Angeles. Harvard, meanwhile, goes home with its first NCAA win in tow. The 14th-seeded Crimson beat third-seeded New Mexico on Thursday but couldn’t recreate the magic. Kenyatta Smith led Harvard with 10 points. Freshman Siyani Chambers lost part of his front tooth after Arizona’s Kevin Parrom elbowed him in the face.

SOUTH REGIONAL

Michigan 78, VCU 53

AUBURN HILLS, MICH.

Mitch McGary had 21 points and 14 rebounds, and fourth-seeded Michigan breezed through Virginia Commonwealth’s vaunted pressure with a clinical performance and advanced to the round of 16 for the first time since 1994. VCU (27-9) was relentless in a 46-point rout of Akron on Thursday night, but the Rams met their match against Michigan’s cool-headed backcourt. Trey Burke and Tim Hardaway Jr. rarely looked rattled against VCU, and although Michigan (28-7) committed 12 turnovers, the Rams couldn’t turn many of them into quick scoring opportunities. McGary, a 6-foot-10 freshman, set season highs in scoring and rebounding. The 71-point swing by VCU — from a 46-point win to a 25-point loss — was the largest in NCAA tournament history, according to STATS. In 1968, Houston beat Texas Christian 103-68, then lost to UCLA 101-69 for a 67-point swing. The Wolverines will play the winner of Sunday’s game between Kansas and North Carolina in Arlington, Texas.

Associated Press