Top 25 roundup: No. 1 Kansas beats Texas Tech to wrap up Big 12 title
No. 1 Kansas wrapped up its outright Big 12 regular-season title Saturday, beating Texas Tech 66-62 behind Udoka Azubuike’s 15 points and 11 rebounds.
Devon Dotson had 17 points and Ochai Agbaji had 12 for the Jayhawks (17-1, 28-3), the Big 12’s first champion in a decade with only one loss in league play. Kansas was 15-1 in 2009-10, two seasons before the Big 12 expanded to an 18-game schedule.
Texas Tech (9-9, 18-13) had a chance to tie the game with 2.8 seconds left. But Davide Moretti, who made a 3-pointer only seconds earlier, missed from long range.
No. 6 Kentucky 71, Florida 70: Nick Richards scored 17 of his 19 points in the second half as No. 6 Kentucky rallied from 18 points down.
The shorthanded Wildcats (15-3 SEC, 25-6) needed the comeback to avoid losing consecutive games for the first time in nearly three months.
Richards, Keion Brooks Jr. and EJ Montgomery led the shocker in Gainesville. Brooks hit a floater in the lane with 59 second remaining to cut the lead to 70-69. Florida followed with a shot-clock violation on the other end, giving the Wildcats a chance to take their first lead of the game.
No. 7 Florida State 80, Boston College 62: Balsa Koprivica scored 15 points, and No. 7 Florida State won its first Atlantic Coast Conference regular-season title in school history.
No. 11 Creighton 77, No. 8 Seton Hall 60: Marcus Zegarowski made all five of his 3-pointers and finished with 23 points as No. 11 Creighton earned a share of the Big East Conference regular-season title.
The Bluejays (13-5, 24-7) claimed all or part of their first conference title since winning the Missouri Valley outright in 2012-13. They joined the Big East the next season.
No. 22 Virginia 57, No. 10 Louisville 54: Kihei Clark scored 18 points, including a 3-pointer with 28 seconds left, and No. 22 Virginia recovered after blowing a 14-point, second-half lead.
The Cavaliers (15-5 ACC, 23-7) won for the 10th time in 11 games and moved into a tie with the Cardinals for second place in the league standings.
No. 14 Villanova 70, Georgetown 69: Jermaine Samuels had a three-point play with 5.6 seconds left as No. 14 Villanova survived a late scare to clinch a share of the Big East regular-season title.
Samuels was fouled on a drive by Georgetown’s Jamorko Pickett and Qudus Wahab blocked the shot. After a video review, the basket counted and Samuels made the subsequent free throw to put the Wildcats up by one.
No. 17 Auburn 85, Tennessee 63: Samir Doughty made 8 of 13 3-pointers and finished with 32 points as No. 17 Auburn snapped a two-game skid.
No. 24 Wisconsin 60, Indiana 56: Nate Reuvers scored 17 points and No. 24 Wisconsin held Indiana to just one basket over the final 10 minutes to clinch at least a share of the Big Ten regular-season title.