Finalists and Champions for NCAA Tournament

Providence has its first Big East crown since 1994. Bryce Cotton scored 23 points and the Friars neutralized Creighton in the first half of a 65-56 victory over the 14th-ranked Bluejays. Providence held the Bluejays to a season-low 17 points in taking a nine-point halftime lead.

National scoring leader Doug McDermott finished with 27 points for Creighton, nine coming before intermission.

UCLA is the Pac-12 tournament champion following a 75-71 upset against fourth-ranked Arizona. Kyle Anderson finished with 21 points, 15 rebounds and five assists, while Jordan Adams added 19 points to the Bruins' 26th victory.

Wildcats guard Nick Johnson led all scorers with 22 points.

Fifth-ranked Louisville has won the inaugural American Athletic Conference tournament by downing No. 21 Connecticut 71-61. Montrezl Harrell led the Cardinals with 22 points and 11 rebounds, while Russ Smith chipped in 19 points and five steals.

Louisville won each of its tournament games by at least 10 points.

DeAndre Kane scored 17 points and Georges Niang (nee-ANG') added 13 and No. 16 Iowa State beat Baylor 74-65 and won its first Big 12 tournament title in 14 years. Naz Long and Dustin Hogue had 12 points apiece, and Melvin Ejim (EH'-jihm) finished with 10 points and nine rebounds for the fourth-seeded Cyclones.

No. 20 New Mexico rules over the Mountain West Conference following a 64-58 triumph against eighth-ranked San Diego St. Cameron Bairstow provided 17 points and nine rebounds for the 27-6 Lobos, who also got 16 points from Kendall Williams.

Top-ranked Florida has advanced to the SEC title game while running its team-record winning streak to 25 games.

Patric Young scored 16 points and the Gators chomped away at a seven-point halftime deficit to beat Tennessee 56-49. Scottie Wilbekin (WIHL'-beh-kihn) finished with 14 points and Casey Prather had 12 to help Florida pick up its 31st victory and improve to 20-0 in the conference.

Next up for the Gators is unranked Kentucky, which earned a 70-58 victory against Georgia. Aaron Harrison broke out of shooting slump with 22 points and Julius Randle added 12 and 11 rebounds.

It will be sixth-ranked Virginia against No. 7 Duke in the ACC title game on Sunday. Joe Harris scored 12 points and Anthony Gill hit a pair of key free throws with 8 ½ seconds left as the Cavaliers topped Pittsburgh 51-48 to reach the conference title game for the first time in 20 years. Jabari Parker scored 20 points and Rasheed Sulaimon (SOO'-lih-mahn) added 16 to lead the Blue Devils past North Carolina State 75-67 and into the final.

Sunday's Big Ten final will have state rivals Michigan taking on Michigan State. Nik Stauskas had 18 points and the eighth-ranked Wolverines squandered a 12-point, second-half lead before rallying for a 72-69 win against No. 24 Ohio State. The 22nd-ranked Spartans got 18 points from Adreian Payne in an 83-75 win over No. 12 Wisconsin in the other Big Ten semifinal.

No. 23 VCU has a meeting with Saint Joseph's in the Atlantic 10 title game on Sunday. Treveon Graham scored 22 points and Briante Weber added 16 as the Rams reached the league title game for the fourth time in five seasons by silencing George Washington 74-55. Saint Joseph's is in the tournament finale for the first time in six years after Halil Kanacevic (kah-nah-SEH'-vihch) had 26 points and 17 rebounds in the Hawks' 67-48 rout of St. Bonaventure.

Checking out the other tournaments:

— DJ Evans scored 16 points and Peter Hooley had 15 as Albany defeated Stony Brook 69-60 in the America East title game, putting the Great Danes in the NCAA tournament for the second straight year.

— Daniel Mullings contributed 18 points and nine boards as New Mexico State won the WAC (wak) title for the third straight year, clobbering Idaho 77-55.

— Tulsa is in the NCAA tourney for the first time in 11 years after James Woodard scored 27 points to lead the Golden Hurricane to a 69-60 victory against Louisiana Tech in the Conference USA final.

— Kyle Tresnak scored 27 points and Davion Berry added 19 in Weber State's 88-67 romp over North Dakota 88-67 in the Big Sky tournament finale.

— Aaric Murray had 27 points and 10 rebounds to lead Texas Southern to a 78-73 win over Prairie View in the Southwestern Athletic Conference championship game.

— Chris Eversley scored 18 points and Ridge Shipley hit a go-ahead, 3-pointer in the waning seconds as Cal Poly beat Cal State Northridge 61-59 to win the Big West title.

— The Southland Conference title belongs to Stephen F. Austin following Thomas Walkup's 19-point performance in a 68-49 trouncing of Sam Houston State.

— Western Michigan earned its first trip to the NCAA tournament in 10 years as David Brown provided 32 points and Tucker Haymond had 21 in a 98-77 pounding of Toledo in the Mid-American Conference title game.

— The MEAC (MEE'-ak) title belongs to North Carolina Central after Jeremy Ingram poured in 29 points to lead the Eagles past Morgan State 71-62.

— Sunday's Sun Belt title game is set after Georgia St. clobbered Arkansas St. 72-45 before Louisiana-Lafayette nipped Western Kentucky 73-72.