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No. 1 Ohio State 66, No. 3 Wisconsin 49

Published March 12, 2007 at midnight

CHICAGO - Mike Conley scored 18 points, Ron Lewis added 17, and the Buckeyes beat the Badgers to capture their second Big Ten Conference tournament title.

Greg Oden finished with 12 points and 10 rebounds after playing only 6 minutes in the first half, but Conley and Lewis did enough to lift Ohio State to its 17th straight victory.

No. 2 Kansas 88, No. 15 Texas 84 OKLAHOMA CITY / Overtime

Sherron Collins scored 20 points and the Jayhawks rallied after another hot start by Kevin Durant to beat the Longhorns and claim their second straight Big 12 Conference title.

Durant, the Big 12 player of the year, matched his career high with 37 points but took only two shots in overtime and did not score. He set a Big 12 tournament record with 92 points in Texas' three games.

No. 6 Florida 77, Arkansas 56 ATLANTA

The defending national champion Gators finished off three routs in three days, beating the Razorbacks to claim their third straight Southeastern Conference tournament championship.

Up front, Al Horford scored 18 points and grabbed 12 rebounds, and Joakim Noah had 17 points, eight rebounds and four assists.

No. 8 North Carolina 89, North Carolina State 80 TAMPA, Fla.

Ending eight years of frustration in the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament, the Tar Heels beat their in-state rival for their first league title since 1998.

Brandan Wright and Wayne Ellington scored 16 apiece, Tyler Hansbrough went 11-for-11 from the foul line to finish with 15, and Reyshawn Terry and Ty Lawson added 13 points each to give Roy Williams about the only thing that was missing from his résumé as a head coach.

Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 81, Northwestern State 78 HOUSTON

Chris Daniels scored 19 points and the Islanders held off the Demons for the Southland Conference championship and their first berth in the NCAA Tournament.

The Islanders were ahead 79- 75 with 5 seconds remaining after Taureen Mitchell made a free throw, then got a steal and found Kevin Menifee for the layup.

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