Wisconsin upsets Purdue in OT; UF to play for SEC title

Max Klesmit’s floater bounced in for the decisive basket with 4.8 seconds remaining and fifth-seeded Wisconsin upset top-seeded Purdue 76-75 in overtime Saturday in Minneapolis to advance to the Big Ten tournament title game Sunday.

Chucky Hepburn had 22 points and three steals and AJ Storr scored 20 points for the Badgers (22-12), but Klesmit was the hero with 12 points. He drove into the lane and put up a floater that found the bottom of the net to push Wisconsin into the tournament championship game.

A last-second 3-point attempt by Lance Jones of Purdue (29-4) missed everything as the buzzer sounded.

Wisconsin will face second-seeded Illinois in the title game. Illinois beat Nebraska, 98-87, in the other semifinal.

SEC SEMIFINALS

Auburn 73, Mississippi State 66: Dylan A Cardwell scored his only points on consecutive dunks in the final minutes in Nashville as Auburn advanced to the conference championship game (1 p.m., ESPN).

The SEC’s top three seeds lost their openers Friday for the first time in this tournament since 1983.

Auburn will face Florida, a 95-90 winner over Texas A&M, in the final Sunday.

SELECTION SUNDAY PROGRAMS

Selection Sunday is here for the men’s and women’s NCAA basketball tournaments.

The men’s selection show is at 6 p.m. on CBS. The women’s field will be announced at 8 p.m. on ESPN.

MICHIGAN FIRES JUWAN HOWARD

Michigan fired Juwan Howard as men’s basketball head coach after five years and arguably the worst season — 8-24 overall and 3-17 Big Ten — in program history.

Howard had two years and roughly $7 million remaining on his contract but will receive a $3 million buyout.

Howard, a star at Michigan as part of the Fab Four in the early 1990s, was 82-67 overall. He had a 20-win season and reached the Elite Eight and Sweet 16, but was just 48-47 in Big Ten play with one conference title .

Stanford fires coach: The Cardinal

A dismissed men’s coach Jared Haase after eight seasons and zero NCAA Tournament appearances. Haase, 49, was hired to replace Johnny Dawkins in 2016. Haase, a former Cal guard, finished with a record of 126-127.