College Basketball: No. 4 Pitt fumbles in overtime upset

Kyle Kuric scored 12 points, including two big baskets in overtime, to lead No. 16 Louisville past No. 4 Pittsburgh, 62-59, on Sunday in Louisville, Ky.

Kuric had a potential game-winning layup blocked at the end of regulation, but atoned by hitting a three-pointer early in the extra session then adding the clinching dunk with less than a second to go.

Peyton Siva led the Cardinals (22-7, 11-5 Big East) with 14 points. Louisville remained unbeaten at home in conference play.

Gilbert Brown scored 20 points and Brad Wanamaker had 13 points, 12 rebounds, and 6 assists for the Panthers (25-4, 13-3), but Pittsburgh turned it over three times in overtime and missed all of its field-goal attempts.

Xavier 66, Dayton 62 - Tu Holloway scored 26 points, hitting the biggest shots down the stretch and helping the No. 25 Musketeers beat the host Flyers to remain alone atop the Atlantic Ten.

Xavier (22-6, 13-1) retained its one-game lead over Temple heading into the final week of the regular season. Dayton fell to 19-10, 7-7. The Musketeers can clinch the regular-season title outright by beating Charlotte at home and winning at Saint Louis.

UConn 67, Cincinnati 59 - Kemba Walker scored 11 of his 16 points in the second half, after a courtside fan took to taunting him, and the 14th-ranked Huskies beat the Bearcats in Cincinnati. The 21-7 Huskies and 22-7 Bearcats are tied with Villanova and West Virginia with 9-7 Big East records.

In the nation: Deshaun Thomas, last year's Indiana Mr. Basketball, came out of a slump with 22 points to lead No. 2 Ohio State (27-2, 14-2 Big Ten) past visiting Indiana (12-17, 3-13), 82-61. . . . Playing at home, No. 19 North Carolina (22-6, 12-2) beat Maryland (18-11, 7-7), 87-76, pulling the Tar Heels into a tie with Duke atop the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Jon Leuer scored 26 points and No. 12 Wisconsin (22-6, 12-4 Big Ten) beat Northwestern (16-12, 6-11), 78-63, in its regular-season finale, securing a perfect 16-0 home record for the season. . . . JaJuan Johnson had 20 points, leading No. 8 Purdue (24-5, 13-3 Big Ten) to a 67-47 win over Michigan State (16-12, 8-8) in East Lansing, Mich.

In the area: Franklin and Marshall (22-5) earned its third straight Division III NCAA Tournament appearance with a 65-55 victory over Dickinson (15-12) in the Centennial Conference championship game in Lancaster.

Duke bedeviled. Virginia Tech, craving a signature victory to enhance its credentials for the NCAA tournament, got one Saturday night, beating top-ranked Duke, 64-60, in Blacksburg, Va.

The Hokies (19-8, 9-5 Atlantic Coast Conference) used a 15-4 run over a span of four and a half minutes to turn a 53-47 deficit into a 62-57 lead with two minutes remaining. The Blue Devils (26-3, 12-2) had chances to pull even in the closing minute, but wound up being the last of five teams in the top 25 - No. 5 Texas, No. 10 Arizona, No. 20 Missouri, and No. 21 Texas A&M - to lose Saturday to unranked opponents.

Jeff Allen had 18 points and 15 rebounds to lead Virginia Tech, which defeated a No. 1 team for the fourth time in program history.