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No. 2 Michigan 69, Michigan State 50

At some point during Michigan's giddy postgame celebration, Juwan Howard saved himself a little keepsake from this marvelous season.

"I put some of that confetti in my pocket," Howard said. "I'm just going to keep it in a nice safe place, because it's hard winning championships, man. I'm going to always remember this moment."

Franz Wagner scored 19 points, Hunter Dickinson added 14 and No. 2 Michigan wrapped up the Big Ten title with a victory over rival Michigan State on Thursday night. It was an emotional night for the Wolverines, even though there weren't many fans at Crisler Center because of the pandemic. When the game ended, confetti fell from above and players danced on the court before cutting down the net at one end.

Howard reached the Final Four as a player twice with the Fab Five, but even those teams never won the Big Ten. When Michigan shared the conference title in 2012 under John Beilein, it was the program's first regular-season crown since 1986. The Wolverines won it again in 2014.

Now Howard has a championship in just his second season as coach, having outlasted a loaded league that currently has four teams ranked in the top seven nationally.

"We were fortunate enough to win the Big Ten championship during the regular season. It's hard doing that. It's so hard," Howard said. "And I remember as a player, it was very hard for us, and so to do it this year, it's a beautiful moment."

The Wolverines (19-2, 14-2) had a chance to clinch the championship based on winning percentage with a victory in any of their final three games. They were blown out by No. 4 Illinois — the team chasing them — on Tuesday night, but they rebounded with a gritty effort two nights later.

Michigan went on a 9-2 run to take a 39-28 lead into halftime. The Wolverines later went on a 25-4 tear that spanned much of the second half.

Aaron Henry scored 14 points for Michigan State (14-11, 8-11), which will finish with a losing conference record for the first time since 1993. It had never happened before under coach Tom Izzo, and the Spartans are struggling to extend Izzo's streak of 22 straight NCAA Tournament appearances.

"We'll bounce back," Izzo said. "We've been here — a lot this year."

Michigan State did have two recent wins over top-five opponents, beating Illinois and Ohio State. The Spartans will get another crack at Michigan on Sunday. This home-and-home series to finish the regular season came about because of the Michigan athletic department's coronavirus-related pause that started in January.

"We've got some work to do and I'm looking forward to Sunday," Izzo said.

Wagner and Mike Smith both had 3-pointers early in Michigan's second-half run. Dickinson also had a couple big dunks, and the 7-foot-1 center made another big play when he dove on the floor for a loose ball.

The Wolverines secured their championship in style — with a blowout against their in-state rivals. It wasn't a particularly pretty first half for either team, but Michigan defended tenaciously and eventually pulled away. The Wolverines were in a tough spot when Beilein left for the NBA, but Howard has kept Michigan rolling, and it didn't take him long to win a conference title.

The Spartans had made some progress recently in their push for an NCAA bid, but it's been a grueling stretch, and Michigan exposed all of their problems at the offensive end. Michigan State went 0 for 9 from 3-point range, its first game without a 3 since Nov. 15, 2013 against Columbia, according to Sportradar.

"We didn't shoot the ball well," forward Joey Hauser said. "Defensively, I think we did a pretty decent job."

Former Michigan State star Draymond Green made an appearance in a pregame video the Wolverines watched.

"Coach showed us a video of Draymond Green. You know he's a big talker," Smith said. "He was just saying, like, how he wished we would never win a game ever. ... That just shows how competitive this matchup is."

No. 5 Iowa 102, Nebraska 64

Jordan Bohannon tied a career high with eight 3-pointers and scored 26 points, and Iowa beat Nebraska.

Freshman Patrick McCaffery had a career-high 19 points for Iowa (19-7, 13-6 Big Ten). Luka Garza had 14 points for the Hawkeyes, who topped 100 points for the fourth time this season.

Kobe Webster led Nebraska (7-18, 3-15) with 17 points. Lat Mayen had 14 points and 13 rebounds, and Dalano Banton had 14 points.

No. 6 West Virginia 76, TCU 67

Redshirt freshman Jalen Bridges set seasons highs with 22 points and 12 rebounds to lead West Virginia past TCU.

Derek Culver scored 17 points for the Mountaineers (18-7, 11-5 Big 12), who bounced back from an overtime loss to No. 3 Baylor on Tuesday.

Jaedon LeDee scored a season-high 18 points for the Horned Frogs (12-12, 5-10).

No. 13 Kansas 67, UTEP 62

Marcus Garrett scored on a driving layup with 22.4 seconds to go and Dajuan Harris added a pair of clinching free throws as Kansas overcame a 15-point second-half deficit and beat UTEP.

David McCormack scored 16 of his 18 points in the second half, and Ochai Agbaji had 19 points as the Jayhawks (19-8) avoided a rare second loss in Allen Fieldhouse this season.

Bryson Williams led UTEP (12-11) with 23 points and 13 rebounds. Souley Boum finished with 16 points and six boards.

No. 18 Texas Tech 81, Iowa State 54

Mac McClung scored 20 points and Texas Tech beat Iowa State for its third consecutive victory following a three-game losing streak.

Marcus Santos-Silva had 14 points and seven rebounds to help Texas Tech (17-8, 9-7 Big 12) wrap up its home schedule with a fifth consecutive victory over the Cyclones, the longest winning streak for either team in the series.

Jalen Coleman-Lands and Tyler Harris each scored 15 points for Iowa State (2-20, 0-17), which has lost more Big 12 games in a season since TCU went 0-18 in 2013-14.

No. 24 Colorado 75, Arizona State 61

McKinley Wright IV scored 17 of his 24 points in the second half and Colorado shook off a sluggish start to beat Arizona State.

Wright turned in his seventh 20-point game of the season in what was his final game at CU Events Center. The speedy senior point guard made one acrobatic move after another to help the Buffaloes (20-7, 14-6 Pac-12) bounce back from 10 first-half turnovers.

Holland Woods scored 15 points to lead the Sun Devils (10-12, 7-9), who saw their three-game winning streak snapped.

Women

No. 8 Maryland 88, No. 12 Michigan 63

Diamond Miller scored eight of her 17 points in the first quarter to help No. 8 Maryland start strong and Ashley Owusu had 22 points in a victory over No. 12 Michigan that clinched a share of the Big Ten title.

The Terrapins (20-2, 16-1 Big Ten) can win the conference championship outright by ending the regular season with a win against Penn State (9-13, 6-12) at home on Saturday. Since joining the conference, Maryland has at least shared the Big Ten title in six of seven seasons.

The Wolverines (13-4, 8-4) were led by Naz Hillmon, who had 19 points.

No. 4 Stanford 92, Southern California 53

Ashten Prechtel had 15 points and 11 rebounds to lead Stanford to a victory over Southern California in a Pac-12 quarterfinal.

Haley Jones and Hannah Jump each had 14 points, and Lacie Hull added 10 points for the Cardinal (23-2, 19-2), who improved to 48-6 all-time in the Pac-12 tournament and 18-1 in the quarterfinals.

Alissa Pili led USC (11-12, 8-10) with nine points.

No. 9 UCLA 58, Washington 46

Michaela Onyenwere scored six of her 12 points in the fourth quarter to help UCLA hold off Washington in a Pac-12 quarterfinal.

Charisma Osborne also had 12 points and 10 rebounds for the Bruins (15-4), while Lauryn Miller had nine points and Natalie Chou added seven.

UCLA staved off upset-minded Washington, which pulled within three early in the fourth but couldn't gain enough momentum to seize control of the game.

Quay Miller had a game-high 19 points with seven rebounds, while Tameiya Sadler chipped in 12 for Washington (7-14).

No 11 Arizona 60, Washington State 44

Trinity Baptiste had 13 of her 17 points in the first half, and Arizona beat Washington State in the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 tournament.

The second-seeded Wildcats (16-4) pulled away with an 11-0 run in the third quarter capped at 42-24 on Aari McDonald's layup with 1:42 left. Washington State got the deficit no closer than 14 the rest of the way.

The No. 7 seed Cougars (12-11) had 20 of their 26 turnovers in the first half but only trailed 29-21 at the break.

Mississippi 69, No. 13 Arkansas 60

Shakira Austin scored a career-high 29 points and Ole Miss smothered Arkansas with an upset in the second round of the Southeastern Conference tournament.

Donnetta Johnson scored 12 for Ole Miss, including the Rebels' final four points.

The 11th-seeded Rebels take on third-seeded and No. 14-ranked Tennessee in Friday's quarterfinals. The Lady Vols clipped Mississippi 68-67 during the conference season.

The tone of an impending upset was set early as Ole Miss (11-10) led by 10 after a quarter and by five at the half.

Sixth-seeded Arkansas (19-8) trailed 17-7 after the first 10 minutes, its lowest score to open a game this season, and the 28 points by halftime were its fewest scored in a first half since Jan. 1, 2017 (26).

Central Florida 58, No. 15 South Florida 45

Masseny Kaba scored 16 points and grabbed nine rebounds and Central Florida stymied South Florida to close the regular season.

The Knights put on a defensive display, holding the Bulls to a season low in scoring as well as shooting at 25.5% (14 of 55). UCF did a great job of protecting the rim as USF went 7 of 22 from 3-point range and 7 of 33 inside the arc and was outscored 34-8 on points in the paint.

The teams split the season-ending series and are the top two seeds — USF first — heading into the American Athletic Conference tournament on Monday.

Brittney Smith scored 13 points, Diamond Battles 11 with seven assists and Alisha Lewis scored 10 for the Knights (14-3, 12-2).

Elena Tsineke scored 15 points for USF (16-2, 13-2), which won 65-52 at home on Tuesday.

No. 17 Kentucky 73, Florida 64

Rhyne Howard scored 27 points, seven in the last three minutes when Kentucky outscored Florida 14-4 to earn a win in the second round of the Southeastern Conference tournament.

That ended an entertaining duel with Florida's Kiki Smith, who scored a career-high 36 points, the ninth-highest game in tourney history.

The Wildcats (17-7) advance to face fourth-seeded Georgia in the quarterfinals on Friday.

Smith, who surpassed 1,000 career points in a first-round win over Auburn, also led the Gators (11-13) with nine rebounds.

Oregon State 71, No. 19 Oregon 64

Freshman Talia von Oelhoffen had 19 points and Oregon State advanced in the Pac-12 tournament with a quarterfinal victory over Oregon.

Aleah Goodman added 13 points and seven assists for the Beavers (12-6), who play top-seeded Stanford in the first semifinal on Friday.

Fifth-seeded Oregon State defeated surprisingly resilient California 71-63 in the opening round on Wednesday when Von Oelhoffen scored a career-high 20. The fourth-seeded Ducks, the defending champions, got a first-round bye.

Taylor Mikesell had 24 points for the Ducks (13-9), who had never before played their in-state rivals in conference tournament.