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Ray'Sean Taylor scored 20 points and No. seed SIU Edwardsville beat top-seeded Southeast Missouri 69-48 on Saturday night to win its first Ohio Valley Conference Championship title and secured its first trip to the NCAA Tournament. It was also the first appearance in the title game for SIU Edwardsville (22-11), which entered with a 3-8 tournament record.

Gibson Jimerson scored 35 points and Robbie Avila added five of his 22 points in overtime and Saint Louis beat Duquesne 90-88 on Saturday night. Isaiah Swope's 3-pointer for Saint Louis tied it 80-all with 27 seconds left to force overtime. Avila's 3 with 36 seconds left in the extra period gave the Billikens a 90-85 lead before Duquesne's Kareem Rozier made a 3-pointer at the buzzer.

Maliq Brown hadn't played for the better part of three weeks for second-ranked Duke, a shoulder injury sidelining him just as the season made a hard turn into the stretch run. The 6-foot-9 junior was back as the feet-moving, deflection-forcing whiz critical to Duke's elite defensive machine. Brown finished with eight points, three rebounds and three assists while posting a game-best plus-20 rating in his 16 minutes.

The Cougars won their first bid to the Division I NCAA tournament in school history.

Brycen Goodine scored 14 points and led six players into double-figures scoring as Oklahoma beat Texas 76-72 to end its eight-game losing streak against the Longhorns in Saturday's regular-season finale. The Sooners closed out their regular season with a 96-84 win over No. 15 Missouri followed with their first win in Austin since 2021. Texas (17-14, 6-12), the No. 13 seed, takes on 12th-seeded Vanderbilt and Oklahoma (19-12, 6-12), the 14th seed, will battle 11th-seeded Georgia.

Dominique Daniels Jr. scored 24 points and his two free throws in the final four seconds lifted Cal Baptist past UT Arlington 70-68 in a regular season finale on Saturday. Daniels shot 8 for 25 (2 for 9 from 3-point range) and 6 of 8 from the free-throw line for the Lancers (16-14, 9-7 Western Athletic Conference). Kendal Coleman scored 12 points and added eight rebounds.

Condon finished with 17 points and 15 rebounds. Clayton, Martin and Will Richard were honored before their home finale. Sean Pedulla led the Rebels (21-10, 10-8) with 22 points.

Eddie Lampkin Jr. scored 14 of his 25 points before halftime, was 11-for-12 shooting and grabbed 10 rebounds and Syracuse beat Virginia 84-70 on Saturday to end the ACC regular season. Lampkin's 11-made field goals were a career high. Jyare Davis and Lucas Taylor each scored 15 points for Syracuse (13-18, 7-13), which shot 59.6% (31 for 52) upping its shooting percentage by a smidge in which they shot 58.1% (18 of 31) before halftime.

JT Toppin had 25 points and 11 rebounds, and No. 9 Texas Tech pulled away from Arizona State for an 85-57 victory in the regular-season finale for both teams Saturday. Freshman guard Christian Anderson tied a season high with 21 points and made four 3-pointers off the bench for the Red Raiders (24-7, 15-5 Big 12), who set a school record for conference wins. Toppin, a top contender for Big 12 Player of the Year, had his 14th double-double of the season.

Eric Dailey Jr. finishes with 25 points and Skyy Clark scores 17 as UCLA blows out rival USC 90-63 to head into the Big Ten tournament on a dominant note.

Can anyone stop Cooper Flagg and Duke?