MIDWEST REGION
Wildcats still perfect
CLEVELAND — Perfect and pulverizing. Kentucky made West Virginia’s press look pathetic.
Forward Trey Lyles scored 14 points, guard Andrew Harrison added 13 and the unbeaten Wildcats (37-0), chasing history and a ninth national title, rolled to a 78-39 victory over the Mountaineers. 4C
Irish race to victory
CLEVELAND — Notre Dame’s march through March is picking up speed.
Guard Demetrius Jackson scored 20 points and the third-seeded Irish (32-5) dominated seventh-seeded Wichita State 81-70 in the Midwest Region semifinals to reach to the Elite Eight for the first time in 36 years. 4C
WEST REGION
Badgers back in Elite 8
LOS ANGELES — Forward Sam Dekker scored a career-high 23 points, Frank Kaminsky added 19 and top-seeded Wisconsin rallied in the final 10 minutes to hold off North Carolina 79-72 to advance to the Elite Eight. The Badgers (34-3) closed the game on a 23-12 run after trailing 60-56 midway through the second half. 4C
Musketeers wilt late
LOS ANGELES — Guard T.J. McConnell scored 13 of his 17 points in the second half as second-seeded Arizona put together a late rally for a 68-60 victory over sixth-seeded Xavier in the West Region semifinals.
Forward Kaleb Tarczewski had 12 points as the Wildcats (34-3) rallied from a late 53-49 deficit. 4C
Thursday’s scores
SWEET 16
MIDWEST REGION
(3) Notre Dame 81, (7) Wichita St. 70
(1) Kentucky 78, (5) West Virginia 39
WEST REGION
(1) Wisconsin 79, (4) North Carolina 72
(2) Arizona 68, (6) Xavier 60
Today’s games
All times Central
SOUTH REGION
(11) UCLA vs. (2) Gonzaga, 6:15
(5) Utah vs. (1) Duke, 8:45 p.m.
EAST REGION
(4) Louisville vs. (8) N.C. St., 6:37 p.m.
(3) Oklahoma vs. (7) Mich. St., 9:07 p.m.