New York — Jayson Tatum scored 24 points and No. 14 Duke rallied past No. 6 North Carolina with another lightning-fast surge in the second half, taking advantage of foul trouble for Tar Heels point guard Joel Berry II and beating its fierce rival 93-83 on Friday night in the Atlantic Coast Conference semifinals.
Luke Kennard had 20 points and Grayson Allen added 18 off the bench for the Blue Devils (26-8), who will play for the title tonight in Brooklyn.
No. 2 Villanova 55, Seton Hall 53
New York — Josh Hart scored 19 points, including the game-winning basket with 9.6 seconds to play and Villanova beat Seton Hall in the semifinals of the Big East Tournament.
No. 8 Kentucky 71, Georgia 60
Nashville, Tenn. — Isaiah Briscoe and De’Aaron Fox each scored 20 points, Bam Adebayo added 13 and the Wildcats led Georgia throughout in the quarterfinals of the SEC Tournament.
No. 12 SMU 81, East Carolina 77
Hartford, Conn. — Semi Ojeleye scored a career-high 36 points and SMU held off East Carolina in the quarterfinals of the American Athletic Conference Tournament. Sterling Brown added 16 points for SMU (28-4).
Michigan 74, No. 13 Purdue 70 (ot)
Washington — Two days after its airplane’s scary abandoned takeoff, Michigan’s wild journey carried right on into the Big Ten semifinals with an overtime upset of 13th-ranked Purdue behind D.J. Wilson’s 26 points.
No. 15 Cincinnati 80, Tulsa 61
Hartford, Conn. — Kyle Washington scored 21 points and Jacob Evans added 20 to lead Cincinnati to a rout of Tulsa in the American Athletic Conference quarterfinals.
Vanderbilt 72, No. 17 Florida 62 (ot)
Nashville, Tenn. — Riley LaChance scored five of his 18 points in overtime, and Vanderbilt upset Florida in the SEC Tournament quarterfinals.
No. 23 Iowa State 84, TCU 63
Kansas City, Mo. — Deonte Burton scored 22 points, Monte Morris had 15 and Iowa State routed TCU to reach its third Big 12 Tournament title game in the past four seasons.
No. 24 Wisconsin 70, Indiana 60
Washington — Showing signs that its late-season swoon might be over, Wisconsin slowed Indiana’s offense and used Ethan Happ’s 14 points and 12 rebounds to beat the Hoosiers in the Big Ten quarterfinals.
LSU, UMass Fire Coaches
Baton Rouge, La. — LSU director of athletics Joe Alleva announced that basketball coach Johnny Jones has been fired after five seasons.
The Tigers completed their worst season in 50 years on Wednesday with a 79-52 loss to Mississippi State in a first-round game in the SEC Tournament. LSU finished 10-21 overall, including a 2-16 league mark.
Derek Kellogg was fired as Massachusetts’ basketball coach.UMass athletic director Ryan Bamford announced the move, which came after the Minutemen finished 15-18 this season.
The team was 155-137 overall in nine seasons under Kellogg and just 67-83 in Atlantic 10 play.
The lone NCAA appearance by the Minutemen during Kellogg’s tenure was in 2013-14 when they went 24-9.
