Late Thursday Kansas State 61, Kentucky 58

Demeaned by many pundits as the worst team still alive in the NCAA tournament, ninth-seeded Kansas State got 22 points from Xavier Sneed and gave the South Regional one more upset with a semifinal victory over Kentucky. The Wildcats will play another upstart, No. 11 Loyola of Chicago, for the regional title and a trip to the Final Four. Sneed wasn’t around at the end — he was among three Kansas State players who fouled out — but Barry Brown Jr. came through with the shot of the game to seat it for the Big 12 school. Brown darted into the lane with the shot clock running down, seemingly blowing by every Kentucky player to get to the basket, and banked one in with 18 seconds remaining to put K-State up 60-58. Kentucky’s Quade Green put up an airball from beyond the arc and Kansas State rebounded, drawing a foul that sent Amaad Wainright to the line for two free throws that could’ve sealed it. He made only one, giving Kentucky one more chance to force overtime. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander got a decent look at the basket, but his shot rimmed out as the horn sounded.