Michigan frosh beats final buzzer

Michigan freshman Jordan Poole drained a long 3-pointer at the buzzer after Houston squandered a chance to lock up a spot in the Sweet 16, giving the third-seeded Wolverines a heart-stopping 64-63 victory in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on Saturday night in Wichita, Kansas.

Devin Davis had a chance to seal the win, but the Cougars’ gritty forward missed a pair of foul shots with 3.6 seconds left.

The Wolverines (30-7) called timeout to set up a final play, and Muhammad-Ali Abdur-Rahkman found Poole on the wing, and the guard’s shot hit nothing but net.

Rob Gray scored 23 points and Davis finished with 17 for the Cougars (27-8)

KENTUCKY 95, BUFFALO 75: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 27 points and Kentucky pulled away for the victory in Boise, Idaho.

Gilgeous-Alexander went 10 for 12 and made both of his 3-point attempts to send fifth-seeded Kentucky (26-10) to the Sweet 16 for the second straight season.

Buffalo (27-9) twice trimmed a double-digit lead to five midway through the second half. GilgeousAlexander answered both times — once with a 3-pointer to extend the lead to eight, then again a few minutes later with a three-point play that started a 12-2 run and put the game away.

TEXAS TECH 69, FLORIDA 66: Keenan Evans scored 22 points and hit a tiebreaking 3-pointer with 2 1/2 minutes left as third-seeded Texas Tech won in Dallas.

Freshman Zhaire Smith had 18 points, nine rebounds and seven assists, and was on the receiving end of an alley-oop pass from Evans with 29 seconds left for a punctuating dunk to send the Red Raiders (2610) to Boston for a matchup against Purdue or Butler next Friday night.

Florida (21-13) fell short of the Sweet 16 — and the Elite Eight — for the first time in their last six NCAA Tournament appearances.

GONZAGA 90, OHIO ST. 84: Zach Norvell had 28 points, hit six 3-pointers and grabbed 12 rebounds, leading Gonzaga back into the Sweet 16 with a win in Boise.

A 6-foot-5 shooting guard, Norvell has elevated his game on the sport’s biggest stage, hitting a late tiebreaking 3-pointer against UNCGreensboro in the opening round to help the Zags advance.

He made 6 of 11 from the arc against Ohio State to lead Gonzaga (32-4) into the Sweet 16 for the fourth straight season — two wins from a second straight Final Four.

—AP