Michigan State upsets rival No. 2 Michigan
Stanford women beat UCLA for Pac-12 title
EAST LANSING, Mich. — Rocket Watts scored 21 points and Aaron Henr y had 18 to lead Michigan State to a 70-64 victor y over No. 2 Michigan on Sunday that seems to seal coach Tom Izzo’s 23rd consecutive NCAA Tournament bid.
The Spar tans (15-11, 9-11 Big Ten) have won five of their last seven games, beating No. 4 Ohio State, No. 5 Illinois and their second-ranked rivals during the late-season surge.
No. 3 Baylor 88, No. 18 Texas Tech 73
WACO, Texas — Macio Teague scored 35 points while matching a school record with 10 made 3-pointers and Baylor finished undefeated at home for the first time in 73 years.
The Big 12 champion Bears (21-1, 13-1 Big 12) never trailed, but didn’t take control for good until a 16-3 run in the second half when Teague had three 3s while scoring 12 of those points. He finished 10-of-12 from long range.
No. 5 Iowa 77,
No. 25 Wisconsin 73
IOWA CITY, Iowa — Luka Garza scored 21 points and had 16 rebounds as defeated Wisconsin.
Minutes after the game, Iowa athletic director Gar y Barta announced Garza’s jersey No. 55 would be retired after the season, bringing Garza to tears.
No. 9 Houston 67, Memphis 64
HOUSTON — Tramon Mark hit a long 3-pointer as time expired to lift Houston over Memphis.
After Memphis tied it with 1.7 seconds left, Marcus Sasser threw the ball to midcourt, where Mark picked it up. He dribbled through two Memphis defenders and launched a 35-footer off the backboard and in. Houston mobbed Mark in a hectic scene under the basket.
No. 15 Texas 76, TCU64
FOR T WOR TH, Texas — Andrew Jones scored 16 points while making all four of his 3-pointers, and Texas finished the regular season with a third consecutive road victor y.
The added week of Big 12 games to account for COVID-19 and weather postponements worked out well for the Longhorns (17-7, 11-6 Big 12). They also won at Iowa State and 15th-ranked Oklahoma to reach 9-2 away from home and 6-2 in true road games.
No. 20 Loyola Chi. 75, Drake 65
ST. LOUIS — Cameron Krutwig and Braden No
rris scored 20 points apiece to lead Loyola Chicago over Drake in the Missouri Valley Conference championship game for a spot in the NCAA Tournament.
Women
No. 1 Uconn 84, Villanova 39
UNCASVILLE, Conn. — Christyn Williams scored 26 points and Uconn used a stifling defense to over whelm Villanova in the semifinals of the Big East Tournament.
Paige Bueckers had 18 points and eight assists and Olivia Nelson-ododa added 13 points and seven rebounds for Connecticut (23-1).
No. 3 N.C. State 58, No. 5 Louisville 56
GREENSBORO, N.C. — Raina Perez hit a jumper from near the left elbow with 2.1 seconds left to help No. 3 North Carolina State beat fifth-ranked Louisville in the championship game of the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament.
No. 4 Stanford 75, No. 9 UCLA 55
LAS VEGAS — Kiana Williams scored 26 points to lead No. 4 Stanford to the Pac 12 Tournament championship with a win over No. 9 UCLA.
Stanford, which has made the Pac-12 championship game 18 times in 20 total tournaments, improved to 14-4 in the finals while winning its third title in five years.
No. 7 S. Carolina 67, No. 16 Georgia 62
GREENVILLE, S.C. — Aliyah Boston had 27 points and 10 rebounds as South Carolina pulled away in the third quarter to beat Georgia and win its second straight SEC Tournament title — and sixth in the past seven years.
and Georgia’s Joni Taylor.