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No. 12 Florida State beats No. 2 Virginia in ACC semifinals
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — David Nichols scored 14 points and No. 12-ranked Florida State knocked off No. 2 Virginia 69-59 on Friday night to advance to Atlantic Coast Conference championship game. De'Andre Hunter had 13 points for Virginia. The Cavaliers had their nine-game winning streak snapped with their first loss to a team other than Duke.
SEC QUARTERFINALS
NO. ALABAMA 4 KENTUCKY 55: Tyler 73, Herro scored 20 points and Kentucky started its bid for a fifth straight Southeastern Conference Tournament title, beating Alabama in the quarterfinals in Nashville, Tennessee. FLORIDA 76, NO. 9 LSU 73: Andrew Nembhard hit a 3-pointer with a second left and Florida overcame a 13-point deficit in the second half to upset LSU. Florida will play No. 22 Auburn in the semifinals Saturday. LSU had won five straight without coach Will Wade, who remains suspended indefinitely despite asking Thursday to rejoin the Tigers for the postseason. NO. 22 AUBURN 73, SOUTH CAROLINA 64: Jared Harper scored 27 points to help Auburn beat South Carolina. Auburn went 13 of 34 from 3-point range and broke the SEC record for 3-pointer in a season with 368.
BIG TEN QUARTERFINALS
Foster Loyer provided a lift off the bench with a careerhigh 14 points and Michigan State gave Hall of Fame coach Tom Izzo his 600th career victory, beating Ohio State in the Big Ten quarterfinals in Chicago. Izzo, who improved to 600231 in 24 seasons, will lead the Spartans against No. 19 Wisconsin in the semifinals Saturday. NO. 19 WISCONSIN 66, NEBRASKA 62: Nate Reuvers and Khalil Iverson each scored 14 points, D'Mitrik Trice hit a 3-pointer with 58 seconds left and Wisconsin beat pesky Nebraska. MINNESOTA 75, NO. 13 PURDUE 73: Jordan Murphy scored 27 points, Amir Coffey added 21 points and Minnesota beat Purdue to advance to the semifinals.
AAC QUARTERFINALS
NO. 11 HOUSTON 84, UCONN 45: Corey Davis Jr. scored 22 points and Houston routed UConn in the American Athletic quarterfinals in Memphis, Tennessee. Galen Robinson Jr. had 16 points, missing only one of his eight shots, and Nate Hinton added 15 points. The top-seeded Cougars will face Memphis in the semifinals. NO. 24 CINCINNATI 82, SMU 74: Jarron Cumberland had two late three-point plays and finished with 26 points to help Cincinnati beat SMU.
BIG EAST SEMIFINALS
NO. 25 VILLANOVA 71, XAVIER 67, OT: Phil Booth scored 28 points, Jermaine Samuels hit a trio of critical 3-pointers and Villanova rallied past Xavier in overtime at Madison Square Garden in New York to reach its fifth consecutive Big East championship game.