Associated Press
DAYTON, Ohio -- Sam Young scored 32 points and DeJuan Blair added another double-double as top-seeded Pittsburgh advanced to the round of 16 for the fifth time in eight years with an 84-76 win over Oklahoma State on Sunday.
Pitt (30-4) will play Xavier in the East Regional semifinals in Boston on Thursday.
Obi Muonelo scored 19 points for the eighth-seeded Cowboys (23-12), who gave the Panthers all they could handle before losing their touch in the final minutes. Oklahoma State made 10 3-pointers in the first half but made only two of 12 from long range after halftime.
The Panthers, who played poorly and barely escaped a first-round upset against No. 16 seed East Tennessee State, showed a champion's poise down the stretch.
The Cowboys tied it at 74 with 2:42 left on an inside shot by Marshall Moses.
But Pitt's pudgy point guard Levance Fields drove for a layup, and after OSU's James Anderson missed a 3-pointer, Fields dropped a 3 from up top to make it 79-74 with 1:27 left.
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Kansas 60, Dayton 43: MINNEAPOLIS -- Cole Aldrich posted a triple-double with 13 points, 20 rebounds and 10 blocked shots to lead defending champion Kansas past 11th-seeded Dayton.
The 6-foot-11 Jayhawks sophomore nearly matched the NCAA tournament record for blocks in a game of 11 set by Shaquille O'Neal for LSU in 1992. Shawn Bradley had 10 in 1991 for BYU.
Sherron Collins had 25 points to pace the third-seeded Jayhawks (27-7), who will face No. 2 seed Michigan State on Friday.
Women
Ball State 71, Tennessee 55: BOWLING GREEN, Ky. -- Tennessee's title defense ended sooner than expected, wrapping up the worst season ever for Pat Summitt's vaunted program.
Ball State stunned the two-time defending national champions, snapping one of the more remarkable streaks in college basketball history.
The Lady Volunteers (22-11) had never lost on the opening weekend of the tournament, going 42-0 through the years.
Tennessee also became the first defending champ to lose in the first round of the women's tourney. Old Dominion won the title in 1985 and failed to make the tournament the following year.
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Oklahoma 76, Prairie View A&M 47: IOWA CITY, Iowa -- Danielle Robinson scored 15 points, Ashley Paris added 14 and top-seeded Oklahoma overcame a sluggish startin the first round of the Oklahoma City Regional.
Courtney Paris had 11 points and 16 rebounds for Oklahoma (29-4), which led 42-34 before overwhelming the 16th-seeded Lady Panthers with a 17-1 run early in the second half.
Dominique Smith and Gatti Werema each had 15 points to lead Prairie View (23-11), which entered with a 19-game winning streak.
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Iowa St. 85, East Tennessee St. 53: BOWLING GREEN, Ky. -- Alison Lacey made six of Iowa State's record-tying 16 3-pointers and the fourth-seeded Cyclones routed East Tennessee State in the opening round of NCAA tournament on Sunday.
Lacey led the Cyclones (25-8) with 18 points as Iowa State built an early double-digit lead and cruised against the Buccaneers.
The Cyclones will play either fifth-seeded Tennessee or 12th-seeded Ball State in the second round on Tuesday night.
Iowa State's 16 3-pointers tied the tournament record for 3s in a game set by Harvard in the opening round of the 1996 tournament.
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South Dakota St. 90, TCU 55: LUBBOCK -- South Dakota State put itself in the NCAA tournament win column -- and the record book.
The Jackrabbits (32-2) made a record-tying 16 3-point shots in their tourney debut. This was the first year they were eligible for the field. Seeded seventh, they matched the tournament mark for 3s set by Harvard in 1996.
Jill Young and Kristin Rotert scored 17 points to lead the Jackrabbits and extend their win streak to 18 games.
TCU (20-11) fell behind early in the first half and trailed by double digits for most of the game. Helena Sverrisdottir scored 12 points to lead the Horned Frogs.
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