Patric Young scored 16 points and No. 1 Florida turned up the defensive pressure in the second half to rally for a 56-49 victory over Tennessee on Saturday in Atlanta to advance to the finals of the Southeastern Conference tournament against Kentucky.
Florida (31-2) extended its school-record winning streak to 25 in a row after trailing by 10 in the first half. The Gators were down 35-28 at the break, but they wore down the Volunteers (21-12) over the final 20 minutes. After shooting 54% in the first half, Tennessee made just five of 20 shots and turned the ball over 11 times, leaving its fate in the hands of the NCAA selection committee.
The Gators, improving to 20-0 against SEC opponents, will face Kentucky or Georgia in the championship game Sunday.
Florida's Scottie Wilbekin added 14 points and Casey Prather had 12. Jordan McRae led Tennessee with 15 points, while Jarnell Stokes had 13 points and eight rebounds.
Aaron Harrison scored 22 points as Kentucky took a methodical 70-58 victory over Georgia in the other SEC semifinal. The Wildcats improved their record of dominance in SEC semifinals to 38-2.
James Young had 14 points and Julius Randle had 12 points and 11 rebounds for Kentucky (24-9), which never trailed but led only 36-32 at halftime.
ACC
Anthony Gill hit two free throws with 8.5 seconds left to help No. 6 Virginia hold off Pittsburgh, 51-48, in the semifinals in Greensboro, N.C.
Gill was shooting 63% from the line for the Cavaliers (27-6) but calmly made both free throws after James Robinson's hanging layup had brought the Panthers to within 49-48. Pitt had a chance to tie the score with four seconds left, but Justin Anderson tipped Robinson's three-pointer to Gill with 0.5 seconds left.
Joe Harris scored 12 points to lead the Cavaliers, who shot 47% against the fifth-seeded Panthers (25-9) to earn their first trip to the final since 1994.
No. 7 Duke beat North Carolina State, 75-67, in the other semifinal. Jabari Parker scored 20 points and Rasheed Sulaimon added 16 points for the third-seeded Blue Devils (26-7) while Rodney Hood had 14 points and keyed the defensive effort against ACC player of the year T.J. Warren.
Duke earned its 31st championship game appearance and first since 2011. The Blue Devils handed Virginia its first conference loss, 69-65, in January.
Warren scored 21 points but was just four-of-13 shooting after halftime while facing a barrage of double teams. The seventh-seeded Wolfpack (21-13), playing their third game in three days, shot just 36% in the second half — after hitting 67% in the opening half — and were denied their first title game berth since 2007.
American Athletic
Montrezl Harrell had 22 points, 11 rebounds and three blocks, and fifth-ranked Louisville beat No. 21 Connecticut, 71-61, Saturday for the conference's inaugural tournament title in the Cardinals' lone season in the league.
The defending national champions clinched their 40th NCAA tournament berth.
The Cardinals (29-5) have won three straight league tournament titles after taking the last two in the Big East, and they added their 19th overall before moving to the Atlantic Coast Conference in July.
Mountain West
Cameron Bairstow scored 17 points to lead No. 20 New Mexico to a 64-58 victory over No. 8 San Diego State in the title game at Las Vegas, giving the Lobos the automatic berth into the NCAA tournament.
Trailing by one with a little more than one minute left in the game, Bairstow scored five of the Lobos' last eight points to help the Lobos (27-6) win their third consecutive tournament title.
San Diego State (29-4) was led by Xavier Thames, who scored 15 points.
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