Tyler Hansbrough scored 20 points and the second-ranked Tar Heels led by a school-record 47 points at halftime of a 105-52 rout of outmanned Florida Atlantic on Tuesday night.

“I loved our intensity in the first half, I loved our attention to detail and I loved just about everything we did,” Williams said – a departure from his tone after his team’s not-good-enough recent wins over Kentucky and North Carolina-Asheville.

This rout came at the expense of one of Williams’ former players. Owls coach Rex Walters played two seasons for Williams at Kansas University and led the Jayhawks to consecutive Big Eight titles in 1992 and ’93 and one Final Four.

“I told (Walters) it was hard, but try to be positive,” Williams said. “You guys have no idea what it’s like to coach a youngster that gave you every ounce of his heart, body and soul, and then see him down on the other end of the bench, he didn’t have the weapons we had.”

Afterward, Walters seemed almost upset that he let his mentor down with his team’s poor performance.

“I hope (North Carolina) got something out of this,” Walters said. “Every day I live, I try to make him proud.”

No. 1 UCLA 75, Sam Houston St. 61

Los Angeles – Josh Shipp scored 18 points, Darren Collison had 11 points and nine assists, and No. 1 UCLA overcame a sluggish start.

Arron Afflalo added 12 points, and Luc Richard Mbah a Moute had nine points and eight rebounds for the Bruins, who broke open a close game midway through the second half.

The road figures to get much tougher since UCLA will entertain Michigan on Saturday before opening its Pac-10 schedule next week with home games against Washington State and No. 17 Washington.

No. 6 Duke 79, Kent St. 72

Durham, N.C. – Josh McRoberts had 11 of his 19 points in the second half and sparked the decisive spurt.

DeMarcus Nelson scored 18 points for the Blue Devils, who extended their nonconference home winning streak to a national-best 49 games.

McRoberts – a 6-foot-10 sophomore – finished with six rebounds, six blocks, four assists and four steals in 36 minutes. With the score tied at 57, he put Duke ahead to stay with a hook in the lane at the eight-minute mark.

No. 19 Marquette 80, Oakland 62

Milwaukee – Dominic James had 20 points and nine assists to lead Marquette.

Jerel McNeal added 17 points, six steals, five rebounds and four assists for the Golden Eagles, who had 27 fast-break points to none for Oakland, and shot a season-best 59.2 percent from the field.

No. 20 Notre Dame 86, Portland 69

South Bend, Ind. – Russell Carter scored a career-high 28 points, and Rob Kurz had 21 for Notre Dame, which won its eighth straight despite its worst shooting game this season.

The Irish fell behind by five points at the start of the game and trailed by six less than six minutes in as they were just 1-of-7 from the field. But the Irish finished the first half on a 10-2 run and opened the second half with a 10-5 spurt to take control.

Drexel 84, No. 23 Syracuse 79

Syracuse, N.Y. – Frank Elegar had 27 points and 10 rebounds, and Dominick Mejia had 16 points for Drexel in its fifth straight victory.

Drexel won its third in a row.

Demetris Nichols led the Orange with a career-high 31 points. Terrence Roberts of Syracuse sprained his left knee in the final minute of the first half and never returned.