No. 4 Arizona State led No. 1 Washington by as much as 20 in the first half and survived the Huskies’ second-half rally to win 75-65. No. 6 USC beat No. 2 UCLA 65-55 to advance to the championship game against Arizona State as freshman DeMar DeRozan had 21 points and 13 rebouns

No. 1 American repeated as Patriot League champions by beating No. 2 Holy Cross 73-57.

No. W1 LSU successfully shut down No. E4 Kentucky’s Jodie Meeks, holding the junior guard to only eight points on 3-of-9 shooting, to help propel the Tigers into the semifinals with a 67-58 win. No. W3 Mississippi State dominated the paint and second half against No. E2 South Carolina to win 82-68. No. E1 Tennessee routed No. W4 Alabama 86-62 to advance to the SEC semifinals. No. W2 Abuurn won 61-58 against No. E3 Florida in what might prove to be a bubble elimination game.

No. 6 Texas-San Antonio appears determined to protect its Southland Conference title, beating No. 2 Nicholls State 57-55 for its second upset in two days. No. 1 Stephen F. Austin held off No. 4 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 63-60 to advance to the Southland title game against Texas-San Antonio.

No. 2 Jackson State avenged one of its three SWAC losses in the regular season by beating No. 3 Prairie View 66-53. No. 1 Alabama State led wire to wire to beat No. 4 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 63-55 and complete a three-game season sweep of the Golden Lions.

The Orange beat the Huskies 127-117 in a thrilling marathon that lasted nearly four hour and might go down in history as one of the greatest college basketball games ever played.

No. 1 Xavier held No. 9 St. Louis to less than 50 points for the second time this season in a 66-47 quarterfinal victory. No. 4 Temple beat cross-town rival No. 5 Saint Joseph’s for a third time this season, winning 79-65. Despite giving up 20 offensive rebounds and missing 11-of-23 free throws, No. 7 Duquesne found a way to beat No. 2 Rhode Island 78-74. No. 3 Dayton beat No. 6 Richmond 69-64 thanks to its advantage in the post and solid shooting from junior guard Marcus Johnson, who led the Flyers with 15 points.

No. 7 Oklahoma State sophomore guard James Anderson drained two free throws with two seconds to go, giving the Cowboys a 71-70 win against No. 2 Oklahoma. No. 9 Baylor kept its season alive with a 71-64 upset of No. 1 Kansas. Neither team led by more than six points, and senior guard A.J. Abrams hit a tie-breaking three-pointer with two minutes remaining to help give No. 5 Texas a 61-58 victory against No. 4 Kansas State. No. 3 Missouri derailed the Mike Singletary show in the second half of the Tigers’ 81-60 win against No. 11 Texas Tech.

No. 7 West Virginia proved it can go toe to toe with anyone in the country by beating No. 2 Pittsburgh 74-60. No. 1 Louisville might have popped No. 8 Providence’s bubble in a 73-55 romp in the quarterfinals. Senior forward Dwayne Anderson made his only basket of the game on a layup that hit every part of the rim with nearly no time remaining to give No. 4 Villanova a 76-75 against No. 5 Marquette.

No. 8 Minnesota’s balance beat No. 9 Northwestern’s dominant shooter in a 66-53 win that might leave the Wildcats outside the NCAA Tournament once again. Meanwhile, No. 7 Michigan looked like an NCAA Tournament in pasting No. 10 Iowa 73-45. No. 6 Penn State avoided a potentially devastating loss to No. 11 Indiana in a 66-51 victory.