SOUTH REGIONAL
Oklahoma 73, Michigan 63: KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Bulling through double teams and soaring in for vicious dunks, Blake Griffin finished with 33 points and 14 rebounds to power Oklahoma past Michigan.
Still sore from being dumped by Morgan State's Ameer Ali in the first round, Griffin dominated the undersized Wolverines to help the second-seeded Sooners (29-5) advance to next week's South Regional semifinals against the Syracuse-Arizona State winner.
The 10th-seeded Wolverines (21-14) couldn't handle Griffin's tenacity to make it two upset wins in a row.
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Gonzaga 83, Western Kentucky 81: PORTLAND, Ore. -- Freshman Demetri Goodson streaked the length of the court and made a short, running bank shot with 0.9 seconds left, lifting fourth-seeded Gonzaga over Western Kentucky .
Gonzaga (28-5) advanced to the South Region semifinals to play top-seeded North Carolina on Friday in Memphis, Tenn.
Steffphon Pettigrew hit a tip-in for the 12th-seeded Hilltoppers (25-9) that tied it at 81 with 7.2 seconds left. But Goodson took the inbounds pass and went straight to the basket with little resistance, hitting from close on the left side.
Western Kentucky was led by Orlando Mendez-Valdez with 25 points.
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North Carolina 84, LSU 70: GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Ty Lawson got back just in time to help top-seeded North Carolina win before a friendly crowd.
The Atlantic Coast Conference player of the year had missed the past three games after he jammed his right toe in practice two days before the regular-season finale against Duke. Against LSU, Lawson scored 23 points and made a three-point play that sparked a decisive run.
Marcus Thornton scored 25 points to lead the eighth-seeded Tigers (27-8).
With the Tar Heels ahead 64-63, Lawson split two defenders after a turnover and drew a foul while lobbing a shot to the rim. The ball hung there for a moment before dropping through, a three-point play that sent North Carolina to a 74-63 lead.
EAST REGIONAL
Villanova 89, UCLA 69: PHILADELPHIA -- Dante Cunningham scored 18 points Saturday, helping Villanova reach the round of 16 for the fourth time in five years and ending UCLA's bid for a fourth straight Final Four appearance.
Corey Fisher and Reggie Redding each had 13 points for the third-seeded Wildcats (28-7), who advanced to the round of 16 in the East Region.
Josh Shipp led UCLA with 18 points and Darren Collison had 15. It's the earliest exit for the sixth-seeded Bruins (26-9) since a first-round loss in the 2005 NCAA tournament.
WEST REGIONAL
Memphis 89, Maryland 70: KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Tyreke Evans scored 19 points and the Tigers shot a sizzling 70 percent in the first half, awakening from their first-round slumber to belt the Terps.
Roburt Sallie, the surprise hero of Thursday's hard-fought victory over No. 15 seed Cal State Northridge, came off the bench and kept up his 3-point onslaught by hitting his first three, making him 13 for 19 for the tourney. He finished with 13 points.
Greivis Vasquez had 18 points to lead Maryland.
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Purdue 76, Washington 74: PORTLAND, Ore. -- JaJuan Johnson scored 22 points and had two huge blocks in the final minute as fifth-seeded Purdue held off a frantic charge from Washington.
The Boilermakers (27-9) advanced to their first regional semifinals since 2000. The Big Ten tournament champions led the entire game, but nearly blew a 14-point lead to the desperate, determined Huskies (26-9).
E'Twaun Moore scored 14 points and made the clinching free throws with 5.5 seconds remaining for Purdue.
Jon Brockman had 20 points with 18 rebounds for Washington.
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