No. 22 TCU 80, No. 12 Kansas State 67

Everything seemed to be going against TCU entering the Big 12 Tournament. The Horned Frogs were coming off a lopsided loss to Oklahoma, they'd drawn a quarterfinal matchup against Kansas State for what felt like a road game, and some off-the-court issues threatened to become a distraction.

Mike Miles and Chuck O'Bannon made sure none of that mattered.

The duo hit four 3-pointers apiece and each had 22 points, silencing the heavily pro-Wildcats crowd and leading the No. 22 Horned Frogs to an 80-67 victory on Thursday night to reach the tournament semifinals.

TCU will face seventh-ranked Texas, which routed Oklahoma State in its quarterfinal, on Friday night.

“We all came together, knew what we needed to do,” Miles said. “When you make shots, everything is better. Chuck started to make shots. I started to make shots. And it gave us energy on the defensive end.”

TCU played without center Eddie Lampkin Jr., who posted screenshots on social media a day earlier of text messages that appeared to accuse coach Jamie Dixon of player mistreatment and “racial comments.” Dixon and the school have declined to comment on the posts other than to say Lampkin had stepped away from the team.

JaKobe Coles added eight points and Emanuel Miller seven for the sixth-seeded Horned Frogs (21-11), who had been beaten by the Wildcats in four of the past five tournaments but will now play for a spot in the title game.

“We didn't really take any bad shots all game long. I would struggle to find one or two,” Dixon said. “We did a lot of shooting yesterday, we did a lot of shooting these last two days. The guys worked so hard, they focused, they were ready. My coaches came in after warmups and said, 'They’re ready. They're ready to play a good team.'”

Keyontae Johnson had 14 points and seven boards to lead the No. 3 seed Wildcats (23-9), though he fouled out with more than six minutes left in the game. Desi Sills also had 14 points and Markquis Nowell finished with 11.

“This is on me,” Kansas State coach Jerome Tang said. “I didn't do a very good job of preparing these guys for how physical and with what force people play with in the Big 12 Tournament. And that will not happen again.”

The Wildcats got off to the hot start, buoyed by a partisan crowd that had traveled down Interstate 70 to make its voice heard inside T-Mobile Center. But the Wildcats began to struggle with turnovers — 11 in the first half alone — and that allowed the Horned Frogs time enough to find their footing.

It was Miles who not only calmed them down but gave them a big offensive boost. The all-conference guard hit two early 3s and had 12 first-half points, helping TCU take a 37-32 lead into the locker room.

Johnson, the Wildcats' leading scorer, took an inadvertent elbow to his right eye and went to the locker room in the closing seconds of the first half. The Florida transfer appeared to have sutures on his brow when he returned with the rest of the team for the start of the second, though they didn't seem to bother him.

Good thing, too. Johnson's 3-pointers were all that kept Kansas State in the game for a while.

Miles and O'Bannon simply wouldn't miss, though. During one scorching stretch of five trips down the floor, Miles bookended a 3-pointer by O'Bannon with two 3s of his own, and after a miss by Micah Peavy, O'Bannon hit another 3 to give the Horned Frogs a 66-51 lead with just under 10 minutes left in the game.

The Horned Frogs were never threatened the rest of the way.

“Every guy gave us good minutes and that's hard to do against a really good team,” Dixon said, “so I'm proud of them and how they played. We did what we wanted to do. We played really unselfish and good basketball.”

TCU had huge advantages in turnovers and second-chance points, and along with 11-of-25 shooting from the arc, the Wildcats simply couldn't keep up. It was reminiscent of the Horned Frogs' 82-68 win over Kansas State in January.

Kansas State can rarely overcome an off night from Nowell, its do-it-all guard. But he was just 1 of 9 on 3-pointers, missing several wild shots from well beyond the arc, and had an uncharacteristic five turnovers.

No. 2 UCLA 80, Colorado 69

Freshman Amari Bailey scored a season-high 26 points and No. 2 UCLA beat Colorado 80-69 Thursday in the Pac-12 Conference Tournament quarterfinals.

The Bruins (28-4) kept pushing for a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament with their 11th straight win. UCLA has won 25 of 27 games overall and will next face fourth-seeded Oregon in Friday's semifinals.

Colorado coach Tad Boyle was ejected with 54.4 seconds left after arguing a call. He had to be restrained by his assistants before leaving the floor.

Bailey eclipsed his previous high of 24 points on Feb. 9 at Oregon State. Tyger Campbell scored 18 points for the Bruins, Jaime Jaquez Jr. had 16 and Adem Bona totaled 11 points and 10 rebounds.

Tristan da Silva led the Buffaloes (17-16) with 17 points.

No. 3 Kansas 78, West Virginia 61

Playing without ailing coach Bill Self on the sideline, Kansas turned to big offensive performances from Jalen Wilson and Dajuan Harris Jr. along with some stingy defense to pull away from West Virginia in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 Tournament.

Wilson had 22 points and 11 rebounds, and Harris had 13 points with eight assists, as the top-seeded Jayhawks (26-6) began the defense of their tournament crown by knocking off the Mountaineers for the third time this season.

Assistant Norm Roberts filled in for Self, who was hospitalized at the University of Kansas Health System after having a medical procedure.

Gradey Dick scored 18 points for the Jayhawks, who will play fifth-seeded Iowa State in Friday night’s semifinals.

Erik Stevenson had 13 points to lead the No. 8 seed Mountaineers (19-14), who likely secured an NCAA Tournament bid with an opening win over Texas Tech. Tre Mitchell and Joe Toussaint added 11 points apiece.

No. 7 Texas 61, Oklahoma State 47

Sir’Jabari Rice scored 13 points and Texas shut down Oklahoma State in the Big 12 Tournament quarterfinals.

Tyrese Hunter and Dylan Disu scored 11 points apiece and Arterio Morris had 10 as the second-seeded Longhorns (24-8) breezed into the semifinals and a matchup with third-seeded Kansas State or No. 6 seed TCU.

The Longhorns held the Cowboys (18-15) to 27% shooting from the field, including a 3-for-21 clip from beyond the 3-point arc.

Caleb Asberry had 16 points for the Cowboys, whose slim NCAA Tournament hopes may have taken a devastating blow. Kalib Boone finished with 11 points and 11 rebounds.

No. 8 Arizona 95, Stanford 84

Oumar Ballo scored 24 points and Arizona broke away late to beat Stanford and reach the Pac-12 Conference Tournament semifinals.

Cedric Henderson Jr. had 23 points and Azuolas Tubelis added 20 for the Wildcats (26-6). They will play either Arizona State or Southern California on Friday night.

Spencer Jones led Stanford (14-19) with 22 points, Brandon Angel had 19, Michael Jones scored 13 and Harrison Ingram finished with 12.

Iowa State 78, No. 10 Baylor 72

Gabe Kalscheur hit six 3-pointers and scored 24 points to help Iowa State beat Baylor in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 Tournament.

Iowa State overcame a spectacular performance by Baylor forward Jalen Bridges and will play third-ranked Kansas in Friday’s semifinals.

Jaren Holmes scored 17 points, Tamin Lipsey had 12 and Tre King 10 for the fifth-seeded Cyclones (19-12), who followed up a win over the Bears (22-10) on Saturday by beating them for the fifth time in six conference tournament games.

Bridges went 10 of 11 from the field, 6 of 6 from the 3-point arc and finished with a career-best 28 points.

No. 13 Virginia 68, North Carolina 59

Jayden Gardner had 17 points and 10 rebounds, and No. 13 Virginia dealt a damaging blow to North Carolina’s already shaky NCAA Tournament hopes, beating the Tar Heels in the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament quarterfinals.

Reece Beekman added 15 points, five assists and five steals for the second-seeded Cavaliers (24-6), who finally wrestled away control of the game with a 9-0 run in the final two minutes after the Tar Heels had cut a 10-point deficit to 57-55. Much of that production came at the foul line, where the Cavaliers made 9 of 10 as UNC finally ran out of gas.

R.J. Davis scored 24 points to lead the Tar Heels (20-13), who shot just 35.8% to lose for the second time in three meetings with the Cavaliers.

Virginia advanced to play either N.C. State or Clemson in Friday's semifinals.

No. 14 Miami 74, Wake Forest 72

Jordan Miller had 18 points and nine rebounds for Miami, which held off Wake Forest’s furious comeback in the quarterfinals of the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament.

ACC player of the year Isaiah Wong had 17 points and five assists and Norchad Omier had 14 points and 10 rebounds for top-seeded Miami (25-6), which will play No. 21 Duke in Friday's semifinals.

Tyree Appleby had 24 points behind five 3s for ninth-seeded Wake Forest (19-17), which fell just short in rallying from an 18-point second half deficit. Cameron Hildreth added 17 points.

No. 17 Tennessee 70, Mississippi 55

Josiah-Jordan James had 20 points and seven rebounds to lead Tennessee past Mississippi in the quarterfinals of the Southeastern Conference Tournament.

The fifth-seeded Vols (23-9) will play No. 4 seed Missouri in the semifinals Friday.

Santiago Vescovi added 15 points for the Vols.

Myles Burns scored 14 points and also had three steals for Mississippi (12-21). Jae Brakefield and Murrell each had 12 points.

No. 20 San Diego State 64, Colorado State 61

Lamont Butler scored 16 points and San Diego State held on to beat Colorado State in the Mountain West Conference Tournament quarterfinals.

The top-seeded Aztecs (25-6) never led by more than five points in the second half, and Isaiah Stevens’ 3-pointer gave the eighth-seeded Rams (15-18) a 59-58 lead with 1:42 left. Jordan LeDee and Matt Bradley each hit two free throws to give San Diego State a 62-59 lead with 16 seconds remaining.

Bradley had 13 points for the Aztecs, who will face San Jose State in Friday's semifinals. LeDee added 10 points and eight rebounds.

John Tonje led Colorado State with 17 points while Stevens added 16 points and eight assists.

No. 21 Duke 96, Pittsburgh 69

Kyle Filipowski overcame an early ankle injury to score 22 points, Tyrese Proctor added 11 points and 10 assists, and Duke cruised past Pittsburgh in the ACC Tournament quarterfinals.

Dereck Lively II had 13 points and Mark Mitchell added 12 for the fourth-seeded Blue Devils (24-8) who shot a season-high 62% from the floor in their seventh straight win. It’s the longest active streak of any ACC team.

Nike Sibande had 17 points and Guillermo Diaz Graham had 14 for Pitt (22-11).

Duke (24-8) moves on to face Miami in Friday’s semifinals.