No. 1 Virginia wins in wild finish
De’Andre Hunter’s threepoint shot as time expired Thursday night gave topranked Virginia a 67-66 victory over Louisville in a wild finish at Louisville, Ky., that made the Cavaliers the first Atlantic Coast Conference team to go 9-0 on the road in league play.
Virginia, 27-2 overall and 16-1 in the ACC, tied the score at 58-58 with two minutes to play and overcame another five-point deficit in the final minute.
Louisville led 66-64 and tried to inbound the ball with 0.9 of a second left, but Virginia got the ball after Deng Adel was called for traveling on the baseline.
After a timeout, Hunter sank a three-pointer that banked in at the horn.
Adel scored 18 points for Louisville (19-11, 9-8).
No. 10 Cincinnati 78, at Tulane 49: Kyle Washington had 16 points and seven rebounds to help the Bearcats (26-4, 15-2) clinch a share of the American Athletic Conference title.
No. 11 Wichita State 75, at Central Florida 71 (OT): Shaquille Morris scored 19 points in leading the Shockers (24-5, 14-3 American Athletic) to their seventh consecutive victory.
No. 15 Michigan 77, Iowa 71 (OT): Duncan Robinson made Michigan’s only field goal in overtime, a go-ahead three-pointer with 2:15 left, and the fifth-seeded Wolverines (25-7) advanced to the Big Ten tournament quarterfinals at New York.
at No. 24 Middle Tennessee 82, Western Kentucky 64: Brandon Walters scored 18 points and took down 11 rebounds, helping the Blue Raiders (24-5. 16-1) clinch their second consecutive Conference USA title.