Max Klesmit’s floater bounced in for the decisive basket with 4.8 seconds remaining and fifth-seeded Wisconsin upset top-seeded Purdue 76-75 in overtime on Saturday afternoon in Minneapolis to advance to the Big Ten tournament title game. Chucky Hepburn had 22 points and three steals and AJ Storr scored 20 points for the Badgers (22-12) but Klesmit was the hero with 12 points. He drove into the lane and put up a floater that found the

Five players scored in double figures Saturday as No. 12 Auburn got past Mississippi State 73-66 to earn a spot in the championship game of the Southeastern Conference Tournament in Nashville, Tenn. The fourth-seeded Tigers (26-7) will play either seventh-seeded Texas A&M or sixth-seeded Florida for the SEC tournament title Sunday. The ninth-seeded Bulldogs (21-13) will wait for an at-large berth to the NCAA Tournament when the 68-team field is unveiled Sunday. Chad Baker-Mazara scored

LAS VEGAS — Fourth-seeded Oregon overcame a 14-point, first-half deficit and an early injury to N’Faly Dante to eliminate sixth-ranked Arizona 67-59 in the semifinals of the Pac-12 tournament on Friday night. Jackson Shelstad scored 21 points and Jermaine Couisnard added 20 for the fourth-seeded Ducks (22-11), who surged to a 13-point lead before hanging on against the top-seeded Wildcats (25-8). The Ducks advance to play Saturday night against third-seeded Colorado, which beat second-seeded Washington

LAS VEGAS — Eddie Lampkin Jr. made one of two free-throw attempts with 4.6 seconds left to secure Colorado’s 58-52 victory over Washington State in a Pac-12 tournament semifinal game Friday night. Third-seeded Colorado (24-9) will play No. 4 seed Oregon (22-11) in the championship game of the last Pac-12 basketball tournament in history. The conference is disbanding after this school year. Colorado last played in the conference championship game in 2021, losing to Oregon

WASHINGTON — NC State continued its stirring run throughout the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament, forcing overtime on a buzzer-beating 3-pointer in a 73-65 semifinal win over Virginia on Friday in an instant classic. For the second straight night, the third-seed Cavaliers watched as their opponent forced overtime with a buzzer-beater. This time it was Michael O’Connell, who banked in a high-arcing 3-pointer from the left wing to square the score at 58-58 after Virginia’s Isaac

Jaedon LeDee had 22 points and eight rebounds and fifth-seeded San Diego State returned to the Mountain West Conference tournament championship game for the seventh straight season with an 86-70 win against top-seeded Utah State on Friday night in Las Vegas. Lamont Butler scored 16 points, Micah Parrish had 15 points, Reese Waters scored 11 off the bench and Darrion Trammell added 10 points for San Diego State (24-9), which will play the winner of

Walter Clayton Jr. scored 23 points and Zyon Pullin added 19 as Florida notched a 102-88 victory over No. 19 Alabama on Friday night in Nashville, Tenn., to advance to the semifinals of the Southeastern Conference tournament. Tyrese Samuel contributed 18 points and Alex Condon had 12 as the sixth-seeded Gators (23-10) won for the 12th time in the past 16 games. Will Richard tallied 10 points for Florida, which used a 17-0 burst in

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Keshon Gilbert scored 20 points for No. 7 Iowa State, which pulled away in the second half for a 76-62 victory over No. 14 Baylor in the second semifinal of the Big 12 tournament on Friday. No. 1 Houston, the top seed in the tournament, awaits the second-seeded Cyclones. Iowa State (26-7) will be playing in its sixth Big 12 tournament final, having won each of the previous five. The Cyclones

Johni Broome had 18 points and 10 rebounds and No. 12 Auburn used a suffocating defense to overwhelm No. 15 South Carolina 86-55 in the quarterfinals of the SEC tournament on Friday in Nashville, Tenn. Chaney Johnson finished with 11 points and K.D. Johnson had 10 for the fourth-seeded Tigers (25-7), who allowed just seven field goals while building a 20-point halftime lead and coasted throughout the second half. They will face No. 9 seed