College Basketball Top 25 results | Sunday
Men
No. 3 Illinois 91, No. 9 Ohio St. 88
INDIANAPOLIS — Kofi Cockburn and Ayo Dosunmu both scored 16 points, both grabbed nine rebounds and both made key plays in overtime to give No. 3 Illinois a victory over No. 9 Ohio State for its first Big Ten Tournament title since 2005.
Cockburn made the go-ahead free throw with 1:39 to play, Dosunmu made a 15-footer with 50 seconds to go and the Illini (23-6) sealed it at the free-throw line.
No. 6 Alabama 80, LSU 79
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Herbert Jones drove for a go-ahead layup with 19.5 seconds remaining and Alabama won the Southeastern Conference Tournament for the first time since 1991, holding off a late flurry by LSU.
No. 7 Houston 91, Cincinnati 54
FORT WORTH, Texas — Quentin Grimes scored 21 points with five 3-pointers, Marcus Sasser had 16 points and Houston beat Cincinnati in the third consecutive American Athletic Conference Tournament championship game between the two teams.
The Cougars (24-3) were a lock for their 22nd NCAA Tournament berth even before leading the entire game to win their first conference tournament title since 2010, when they were still in Conference USA.
Women
No. 6 Baylor 76, West Virginia 50
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Queen Egbo scored 18 points and 11 rebounds and No. 6 Baylor beat West Virginia 76-50 to win the Big 12 Tournament on Sunday.
It is the ninth Big 12 Championship in the last 10 tournaments for top-seeded Baylor (25-2).
Dijonai Carrington added 14 and Moon Ursin had 12 points and 10 rebounds as the Lady Bears won their 17th straight game.
Kirsten Deans scored 15 and Kysre Gondrezick had 13 for West Virginia, which was trying to win their second Big 12 Tournament in the last four years.
West Virginia (21-6) went 17 of 63 (27%) from the field and Baylor was 33 for 66 (50%).
No. 24 Florida Gulf Coast 84, Liberty 62
KENNESAW, Ga. — Kierstan Bell scored 30 points and Florida Gulf Coast continued its dominance of the Atlantic Sun Conference with a win over Liberty in the tournament championship game, sending the Eagles to the NCAA Tournament for the seventh time.