MILESTONES FOR KU IN WIN VS. TCU

KAN.» Udoka LAWRENCE,

Azubuike walked gingerly into Allen Fieldhouse on his sore ankle and proceeded to score a career-high 31 points with 14 rebounds, leading top-ranked Kansas to a 75-66 victory over TCU on Wednesday night to clinch at least a share of the Big 12 regular-season title.

Azubuike was 13-of-14 from the field and also had five blocks just four days after hurting his ankle in a win over Kansas State. Devon Dotson added 18 points and he also gave coach Bill Self and about 16,000 fans a scare when he left briefly midway through the second with what appeared to be an ankle injury of his own.

Dotson returned a few minutes later, allowing Kansas (27-3, 16-1 Big 12) to begin the celebrations on Senior Night.

It was the 62nd regular-season conference title for the Jayhawks, and the win was No. 500 for Self at Kansas, ranking second the school behind only building namesake Phog Allen.

NO. 3 DAYTON 84, RHODE ISLAND 57. R.I.»

KINGSTON,

Obi Toppin scored 20 points for Dayton to lead the Flyers (28-2) past Rhode Island for their 19th consecutive victory.

NO. 7 FLORIDA ST. 73, NOTRE DAME 71. IND.»

SOUTH BEND,

Trent Forrest’s putback with 3.8 seconds left capped a ferocious late charge as Florida State (25-5) beat Notre Dame.

NO. 14 VILLANOVA 79, NO. 8 SETON HALL 77. N.J.»

NEWARK, Saddiq Bey scored 20 points and Villanova (23-7) overcame some late free-throw shooting woes to prevent Seton Hall (21-8) from clinching the Big East regular-season title.

NO. 11 CREIGHTON 91, GEORGETOWN 76. OMAHA» Mitch Ballock made a seasonhigh six 3-pointers and finished with 20 points for Creighton (23-7).

TEXAS A&M 78, NO. 17 AUBURN 75.

AUBURN,

Josh Nebo scored 17 of ALA. his 19 points in the second half and Texas A&M (15-14) survived a frenetic last-minute rally attempt to upset Auburn (25-5).

NO. 24 WISCONSIN 63, NORTHWESTERN 48.

MADISON, WIS.» Nate Reuvers scored 11 points for Wisconsin (20-10), which moved into a three-way tie for first place in the Big Ten.