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Friday’s games

No. 2 Villanova 55, Seton Hall 53

NEW YORK

Josh Hart scored 19 points, including the game-winning basket with 9.6 seconds to play and No. 2 Villanova beat Seton Hall in the semifinals of the Big East Tournament. Hart’s three-point play on a rebound was the fifth lead change of the final 4 minutes and there were two ties. There was almost a third as Seton Hall’s Angel Delgado, the nation’s leading rebounder, missed a shot from in close with 1 second left. The Wildcats (30-3) will face Creighton for the title.

No. 5 Oregon 73, California 65

LAS VEGAS

Tyler Dorsey had 23 points, Dylan Ennis scored on a key three-point play with 22 seconds left, and No. 5 Oregon outlasted California in the Pac-12 Tournament semifinals. Top-seeded Oregon (29-4) played most of the second half without leading scorer Dillon Brooks due to foul trouble, but increased its lead behind a rash of blocked shots and transition baskets.

No. 8 Kentucky 71, Georgia 60

NASHVILLE, TENN.

Isaiah Briscoe and De’Aaron Fox each scored 20 points, Bam Adebayo added 13 and Kentucky went on to beat Georgia in the quarterfinals of the Southeastern Conference Tournament. Coming off a double bye as the No. 1 seed, the well-rested Wildcats started both halves quickly and steadily pulled away for a double-digit win over the Bulldogs after two close victories.

No. 11 West Virginia 51, Kansas State 50

KANSAS CITY, MO.

West Virginia’s Esa Ahmad made the second of two free throws with 20.2 seconds left, and an off-balance 3-pointer by Kansas State’s Kamau Stokes was off at the buzzer, allowing the No. 11 Mountaineers to escape with a victory in the Big 12 Tournament semifinals. The Mountaineers will face No. 23 Iowa State in the tournament final tonight.

No. 12 SMU 81, East Carolina 77

HARTFORD, CONN.

Semi Ojeleye scored a career-high 36 points and No. 12 SMU held off East Carolina in the quarterfinals of the American Athletic Conference Tournament. The conference’s player of the year hit 12 of his 19 shots and pulled down 12 rebounds, giving him his fifth double-double this season. Sterling Brown added 16 points for SMU (28-4).

Michigan 74, No. 13 Purdue 70, OT

WASHINGTON

Two days after its airplane’s scary abandoned takeoff, Michigan’s wild journey carried right on into the Big Ten semifinals with an overtime upset of 13th-ranked Purdue behind D.J. Wilson’s 26 points. The eighth-seeded Wolverines (22-11) got 13 points from Zak Irvin, including their first four of the extra period, against the No. 1 seed Boilermakers (25-7). Michigan next faces No. 4 seed Minnesota.

No. 14 Duke 93, No. 6 North Carolina 83

NEW YORK

Jayson Tatum scored 24 points and Duke rallied past North Carolina with another lightning-fast surge in the second half, taking advantage of foul trouble for Tar Heels point guard Joel Berry II and beating its fierce rival in the Atlantic Coast Conference semifinals. Luke Kennard had 20 points and Grayson Allen added 18 off the bench for the Blue Devils (26-8), who will play for the title tonight against No. 22 Notre Dame.

No. 15 Cincinnati 80, Tulsa 61

HARTFORD, CONN.

Kyle Washington scored 21 points and Jacob Evans added 20 to lead Cincinnati to a rout of Tulsa in the American Athletic Conference quarterfinals. Troy Caupain added 15 points for the Bearcats (28-4), who led for all but 17 seconds and by as many as 24 points.

Vanderbilt 72, No. 17 Florida 62, OT

NASHVILLE, TENN.

Riley LaChance scored five of his 18 points in overtime, and Vanderbilt upset Florida in the Southeastern Conference Tournament quarterfinals. The Commodores (19-14) beat the Gators for the third time this season and second time in seven days. First-year coach Bryce Drew has Vanderbilt in the semifinals for the first time since 2013 with a win that should push his Commodores firmly into the NCAA Tournament for a second straight year.

No. 23 Iowa State 84, TCU 63

KANSAS CITY, MO.

Deonte Burton scored 22 points, Monte Morris had 15 and No. 23 Iowa State routed TCU to reach its third Big 12 Tournament title game in the past four seasons. The fourth-seeded Cyclones (22-10) clearly weren’t impressed or intimidated by the Horned Frogs’ victory against top-ranked Kansas in the quarterfinals.

No. 24 Wisconsin 70, Indiana 60

WASHINGTON

Showing signs that its late-season swoon might be over, Wisconsin slowed Indiana’s offense and used Ethan Happ’s 14 points and 12 rebounds to beat the Hoosiers in the Big Ten quarterfinals. Bronson Koenig scored 16 points to lead five Badgers in double figures.

Northwestern 72, No. 25 Maryland 64

WASHINGTON

Making itself right at home on a court that was anything but neutral, Northwestern roared into the semifinal round of the Big Ten Tournament with an upset of Maryland, disappointing an enthusiastic and biased crowd. Scottie Lindsey and Vic Law each scored 17 points for the Wildcats (23-10), who took control with a 20-2 run in the second half that all but silenced an arena that earlier produced the loudest cheers. Northwestern will face second-seed Wisconsin today, a 70-60 winner over Indiana.

Akron 74, Ball State 70

CLEVELAND

Isaiah Johnson and Antino Jackson scored 19 points apiece as Akron moved into the Mid-American Conference Tournament’s title game by holding off Ball State in the semifinals. The MAC’s player of the year, Johnson muscled inside for two baskets in the final two minutes as the top-seeded Zips (26-7) advanced to the championship for the ninth time in 11 years. Akron will play Kent State tonight for the MAC’s automatic berth in the NCAA Tournament.

Kent State 68, Ohio 66

CLEVELAND

Jaylin Walker dropped an off-balance runner over two defenders with 4.1 seconds left, giving Kent State a semifinal win over Ohio, setting up a date with rival Akron in the championship of the Mid-American Conference Tournament. Walker drove the length of the floor before making his tough basket to put the Golden Flashes up by two.

Associated Press