Overview
- Arizona edged No. 7 Iowa State 82-80 on Jaden Bradley’s fall-away jumper at the horn moments after Tamin Lipsey tied it with a 3-pointer.
- Anthony Dell’Orso came off the bench to score 26 with six 3-pointers, while Ivan Kharchenkov added 17 and Tobe Awaka posted 10 points and 10 rebounds for the 31-2 Wildcats.
- Iowa State’s Milan Momcilovic hit eight 3s and scored 28, Joshua Jefferson had 21, and a Big 12 single-session record crowd of 19,450 at T-Mobile Center saw the back-and-forth finish.
- Houston routed Kansas 69-47 in the other semifinal to reach Saturday’s title game; Arizona won the regular-season meeting in Houston on February 21 (6 p.m. ET, ESPN).
- In the Big Ten, Michigan beat Ohio State 71-67 to reach the semifinals and will face Wisconsin after the Badgers upset Illinois 91-88 in overtime, following Northwestern’s earlier win over Indiana.