Pitt, UCONN among victims in conference tourneys

NEW YORK (AP) " Freshman Devin Ebanks scored a career-high 20 points to lead scrappy West Virginia to a 74-60 upset of No. 2 Pittsburgh on Thursday night, knocking out the defending Big East tournament champions and advancing to the semifinals for the second straight season.

Alex Ruoff added 18 points and Da'Sean Butler had 16 for West Virginia (23-10), which might be the hottest team in the nation's deepest conference. The Mountaineers have won four of their last five, their lone loss coming to No. 5 Louisville last weekend.

Sam Young scored 15 points to lead the Panthers (27-4), whose chances of securing a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament took a big hit in what had been a friendly venue.

No. 18 Syracuse 127,

No. 3 Connecticut 117, 6OT

NEW YORK " Syracuse outlasted Connecticut in the second-longest Division I game ever, capping a Big East tournament quarterfinal doubleheader in which the second- and third-ranked teams in the country both lost.

Andy Rautins hit a 3-pointer 10 seconds into the sixth overtime Thursday night, giving the Orange their first lead since regulation and they went on to a 127-117 victory over the third-ranked Huskies.

The game started at 9:36 p.m. and ended at 1:22 a.m EST.

Jonny Flynn had 34 points and 11 assists for the Orange (25-8), playing 67 of the 70 minutes, the most of any player. Paul Harris had 29 points and 22 rebounds, while Eric Devendorf had 22 points and Rautins had 20, all but two on 3-pointers.

No. 4 Memphis 51, Tulane 41

MEMPHIS, Tenn. " Shawn Taggart scored 19 points, and No. 4 Memphis extended the nation's longest winning streak to 23 straight.

The Tigers (29-3) are trying to add a fourth straight tournament championship to their fourth regular-season title in a row, and playing on their home floor helped them push their C-USA winning streak to 59 straight games overall in their lowest scoring game this season.

No 5 Louisville 73,

Providence 55

NEW YORK " Earl Clark had 24 points and 10 rebounds, and the Cardinals nearly forced Providence into setting a Big East tournament record for turnovers in a sloppy quarterfinal.

Freshman center Samardo Samuels added 22 points for the No. 1 seed and regular-season conference champions, who've won eight straight and are trying to show the NCAA selection committee that they're deserving of a No. 1 seed when the bracket is announced Sunday.

Oklahoma State 71,

No. 6 Oklahoma 70

OKLAHOMA CITY " James Anderson hit two free throws with 2.3 seconds left to complete the Cowboys' upset of Oklahoma State.

Byron Eaton had 16 points and seven assists for Oklahoma State (22-10), which snapped a five-game losing streak against Oklahoma (27-5) and all but clinched an NCAA tournament berth.

Blake Griffin had 17 points and 19 rebounds for Oklahoma.

No. 10 Villanova 76,

No. 21 Marquette 75

NEW YORK " Dwayne Anderson's last-second layup " his only basket " fell in as the buzzer sounded.

The fourth-seeded Wildcats (26-6) led by 17 points in the first half, but Marquette took its first lead since the game's early minutes on a 3-pointer by Lazar Hayward that made it 75-74 with 1:40 to play.

Villanova's Reggie Redding dribbled the ball near the top of the key and finally began a move toward the basket with just a couple of seconds left. He found Anderson on the left side of the lane and his layup seemed to sit on the rim for a while before falling through.

Baylor 71, No. 11 Kansas 64

OKLAHOMA CITY " LaceDarius Dunn hit six 3-pointers and scored 24 points to help the Bears rally after blowing a 17-point lead.

The three-time defending champion Jayhawks (25-7) dispatched of the deficit quickly and led by five before Dunn fueled a decisive 12-0 run for the Bears (19-13).

Kansas became only the second top-seeded team to lose its opening game at the Big 12 tournament.

No. 13 Washington 85,

Stanford 73

LOS ANGELES " Jon Brockman scored 20 points and Isaiah Thomas sparked a decisive second-half spurt with nine points.

The Huskies (25-7) will play 23rd-ranked Arizona State (23-8) in today's semifinals at Staples Center.

Washington, the tournament's top seed for the first time, has won six in a row and nine of its last 10.

No. 14 Missouri 81,

Texas Tech 60

OKLAHOMA CITY " DeMarre Carroll scored 19 points and No. 14 Missouri used a pair of second-half spurts to avoid an upset.

The Tigers (26-6) watched regular-season champion Kansas, second-seeded Oklahoma and No. 4 seed Kansas State all fell victim to upsets earlier in the day but used runs of 13 and 10 consecutive points to put away the Red Raiders (14-19).

J.T. Tiller and Matt Lawrence each added 13 points for third-seeded Missouri, which advances to face seventh-seeded Oklahoma State in the semifinals Friday night.

Mike Singletary led the Red Raiders with 17 points, one night after he scored 29 straight Texas Tech points to lead the biggest comeback in Big 12 tournament history. Nick Okorie added 13 points.

The Tigers ended a three-year drought at the conference tournament, winning for the first time since 2005 and setting up only their third appearance in the semifinals.

No. 15 UCLA 64,

Washington State 53

LOS ANGELES " Darren Collison scored 15 points and No. 15 UCLA beat Washington State 64-53 Thursday night in the Pac-10 tournament quarterfinals for its fifth consecutive victory.

The Bruins (25-7) advanced today's semifinals against crosstown rival Southern California, a 79-75 winner over California. The second-seeded Bruins swept the sixth-seeded Trojans (19-12) in the regular season.

Georgia Tech 86,

No. 17 Clemson 81

ATLANTA " Lewis Clinch set a career high with 32 points and last-place Georgia Tech pulled off the first upset of the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament.

Clinch made five 3-pointers to carry the Yellow Jackets (12-18), who went 2-14 in the ACC during the regular season " including a pair of losses to the Tigers.

No. 19 Xavier 66,

Saint Louis 47

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. " B.J. Raymond had 18 points, and C.J. Anderson added 15 for top-seeded Xavier (25-6, 13-4). The Musketeers will play Temple Saint Joseph's tonight.

No. 23 Arizona State 68,

Arizona 56

LOS ANGELES " Pac-10 player of the year James Harden had 27 points and eight rebounds to help the Sun Devils put Arizona's long NCAA tournament streak in jeopardy.

Ty Abbott added 11 points and Jeff Pendergraph had 10 points and nine rebounds for fourth-seeded ASU (23-8), which advanced to tonight's semifinals. The Sun Devils have an NCAA tournament berth locked up, no matter the outcome.

No. 25 BYU 80, Air Force 69

LAS VEGAS " Jimmer Fredette scored 21 points and Jonathan Tavernari had 19 points and 11 rebounds. Lee Cummard scored 10 of his 16 points in the second half, adding eight rebounds and seven assists as the top-seeded Cougars (25-6) survived a scare from the surprising ninth-seeded Falcons.