CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT ROUNDUP

AMERICA EAST FINAL

HARTFORD, Conn. — Austin Williams scored 20 points with eight rebounds and three steals, and Hartford earned an automatic bid to its first NCAA Tournament, beating UMass Lowell 64-50.

BIG 12 FINAL

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Matt Coleman scored a career-high 30 points, Jericho Simms added a career-best 21 and No. 13 Texas was poised at the foul line down the stretch in beating No. 12 Oklahoma State 91-86 to give the Longhorns their first Big 12 Tournament title.

BIG EAST FINAL

NEW YORK — Patrick Ewing is taking Georgetown back to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2015 after the eighthseeded Hoyas completed a surprising run with a stunning 73-48 rout of No. 17 Creighton.

MEAC FINAL

NORFOLK, Va. — Joe Bryant scored 17 points and Kashaun Hicks added 14, including a pair of clinching dunks, as Norfolk State defeated Morgan State 71-63 to earn its first NCAA Tournament bid in nine years.

MOUNTAIN WEST FINAL

LAS VEGAS — Matt Mitchell scored 14 points to lead No. 19 San Diego State to a 68-57 victory over Utah State.

SWAC FINAL

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Karl Nicholas scored 16 points and pulled down 12 rebounds as Texas Southern placed five in double-figure scoring to upset top-seeded Prairie View A&M 80-61.

BIG 10 SEMIFINALS

INDIANAPOLIS — Ohio State guard Duane Washington Jr. had 24 points, six rebounds and four assists, helping the No. 9 Buckeyes fend off the fourth-ranked Wolverines for a 68-67 victory.

Kofi Cockburn scored 18 of his 26 points in the first half, and No. 3 Illinois beat No. 5 Iowa 82-71.

AACC SEMIFINALS

FORT WORTH, Texas — Justin Gorham scored 15 points, including four free throws in the final 27 seconds, and No. 7 Houston beat Memphis 76-74 on Saturday to advance to its third consecutive conference tournament final.

Mason Madsen had a team-high 10 points for short-handed Cincinnati, which overcame missing its last three free-throw attempts and held on to beat top-seeded Wichita State 60-59 on Saturday to advance to its fourth consecutive conference tournament final.

SEC SEMIFINALS

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Cameron Thomas scored 21 points and third-seeded LSU upset eighth-ranked Arkansas 78-71 for the first time since 1993.

Herbert Jones had 21 points and No. 6 Alabama rallied from a 15-point deficit in the second half to beat Tennessee 73-68.