Buckeyes take title, top seed

By The Associated Press     Mar 12, 2007

? Ohio State won the Big Ten tournament. Now the No. 1 Buckeyes can focus on the big prize.

Mike Conley scored 18 points, Ron Lewis added 17, and the Buckeyes beat No. 3 Wisconsin, 66-49, Sunday to win their second tournament title.

The Buckeyes then learned they have the top seed in the South regional and will face Central Connecticut State on Thursday. Wisconsin got the second seed in the Midwest and a matchup with Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on Friday.

Greg Oden finished with 12 points, 10 rebounds and four blocks after playing just 6 minutes in the first half against the Badgers, but Conley and Lewis did enough to lift Ohio State (30-3) to its 17th straight victory.

Big Ten player of the year Alando Tucker missed his first six shots for Wisconsin and finished with 10 points, going 4-for-13 from the field. Kammron Taylor scored 15 points, but was just 6-for-18. The Badgers (29-5) never found their stroke, going 21-for-57 overall and 4-for-23 on 3-pointers. They also committed 17 turnovers.

No. 6 Florida 77, Arkansas 56

Atlanta – Florida finished off three routs in three days, beating Arkansas to claim its third straight SEC tournament championship and a No. 1 seed in the Midwest regional.

It was another devastating team effort by Florida (29-5), which lost three of its last five regular-season games but showed no weaknesses in the Georgia Dome. The Gators ripped through their opponents with an average winning margin of 19.7 points.

Al Horford scored 18 points and grabbed 12 rebounds, and Joakim Noah had 17 points, eight rebounds and four assists for the Gators, who face 16th-seeded Jackson State on Friday.

No. 8 North Carolina 89, N.C. State 80

Tampa, Fla. – North Carolina used its depth to end eight years of frustration in the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament, beating North Carolina State for its first league title since 1998.

Brandan Wright and Wayne Ellington scored 16 apiece for the Tar Heels (28-6).

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