NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Willie Cauley-Stein scored 18 points, Andrew Harrison added 15 and No. 1 Kentucky routed depleted Auburn 91-67 on Saturday to reach the Southeastern Conference final and improve to a school-record 33-0.
Kentcky broke the school-record winning streak of 32 games set from Dec. 5, 1953, to Jan. 8, 1955. The Wildcats will face Arkansas in the final, seeking their 28th tournament title and first since 2011.
The Wildcats had their way against a short-handed opponent. Auburn forward Jordon Granger was suspended for fighting in Friday's quarterfinal win over LSU, and the school announced just before the tipoff that forward Cinmeon Bowers had been suspended for a potential rules violation.
Antoine Mason had 23 points for Auburn (15-20).
NO. 11 NOTRE DAME 90, NO. 19 NORTH CAROLINA 82
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) - Jerian Grant scored 24 points and Notre Dame took over with a 26-3 second-half run to rally past North Carolina in the Atlantic Coast Conference title game.
Pat Connaughton added 20 points for the third-seeded Irish (29-5). They went from trailing by nine to up double figures with a stunning burst that seized momentum in what amounted to a road game and sent the program to its first title in any league.
Connaughton came up with a pair of 3s during Notre Dame's go-ahead run, with the Irish getting into a fast-paced, free-flowing attack set loose by a few ill-timed turnovers by the Tar Heels (24-11).
When it was over, Notre Dame had turned a 63-54 deficit into an 80-66 lead on Connaughton's dunk with 2:54 and largely silenced a home-state UNC crowd featuring plenty of blue in the Greensboro Coliseum seats.
NO. 4 VILLANOVA 69, XAVIER 52
NEW YORK (AP) - Josh Hart had 15 points in his latest brilliant performance off the bench, and top-seeded Villanova beat Xavier for its second straight Big East title.
Looking to lock up a No. 1 seed in the NCAAs, the Wildcats (32-2) made an impressive statement much to the delight of a pro-Villanova crowd at Madison Square Garden.
After squeezing past Providence 63-61 with the help of a questionable call in the semifinals, Villanova had no such trouble against the sixth-seeded Musketeers (21-13).
Dylan Ennis scored 16 points and Darrun Hilliard had 12, sending the Wildcats into the NCAA Tournament on a 15-game winning streak.
NO. 6 WISCONSIN 71, PURDUE 51
CHICAGO (AP) - Bronson Koenig scored a career-high 19 points and Wisconsin beat Purdue to advance to the Big Ten championship.
The top-seeded Badgers trailed by five points at halftime, then held the Boilermakers to 24 percent shooting after the break in their fifth straight victory. Frank Kaminsky led the strong defensive effort and finished with 12 points and Nigel Hayes had 15.
Wisconsin (30-3) reached 30 wins for the fourth time and can match the school record for victories with a win Sunday against Michigan State.
A.J. Hammons had 10 points - all in the first half - and seven rebounds for Purdue (21-12).
MICHIGAN STATE 62, NO. 8 MARYLAND 58
CHICAGO (AP) - Travis Trice scored 20 points, Branden Dawson added 17 points and eight rebounds and Michigan State rallied to beat Maryland in the Big Ten semifinals.
The Spartans (23-10) trailed by 16 in the first half, went on a big run early in the second and took control late. Tom Izzo's team will try to make it two straight titles and three in four years Sunday.
Melo Trimble led Maryland (27-6) with 22 points, but hit just two of his last 11 shots.
NO. 13 IOWA STATE 70, NO. 9 KANSAS 66
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Georges Niang scored 19 points, Abdel Nader made the go-ahead foul shots with 48 seconds to go, and Iowa State rallied from a 17-point second-half hole to beat Kansas in the Big 12 championship game.
It was the fifth straight game - including all three in the tournament - that the Cyclones rallied from a double-digit deficit, prompting Niang to dub them the "Comeback Kids."
Nader finished with 13 points, and Jameel McKay and Monte Morris had 11 each for the Cyclones (25-8). They also knocked off the Jayhawks on their way to winning the title a year ago.
Wayne Selden Jr. had a career-high 25 points for the Jayhawks (26-8). They edged Iowa State and Oklahoma by a game to win the regular-season crown.
NO. 20 SMU 69, TEMPLE 56
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Markus Kennedy scored 12 of his 17 points in the second half to help SMU beat temple in the American Athletic Conference semifinals.
Cannen Cunningham and Yanick Moreira each added 11 points for the Mustangs (26-6), the league's regular-season champions. They will face UConn in the final.
Quenton DeCosey had 14 points for Temple (23-10).
NO. 21 ARKANSAS 60, GEORGIA 49
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Michael Qualls scored 15 points and Arkansas beat Georgia in the Southeastern Conference semifinals.
Bobby Portis scored a season-low four points for Arkansas (26-7).
Georgia (21-11) failed for a second straight year to reach the Bulldogs' first final since 2008 when they won a tournament rearranged by tornadoes that hit Atlanta. Marcus Thornton and Cameron Forte each scored 13 points for Georgia.
VCU 93, NO. 24 DAVIDSON 73
NEW YORK (AP) - Mo Alie-Cox muscled his way to 18 points inside and Treveon Graham provided the pop from the outside with 18 more, leading VCU past Davidson in the Atlantic 10 semifinals.
The fifth-seeded Rams (25-9) got some payback for a blowout loss at Davidson (24-7) last week, snapping top-seeded Wildcats' 10-game winning streak, with their best performance since losing point guard Briante Weber to a knee injury six weeks ago.
They will play Dayton in the final.
Tyler Kalinoski scored 19 points for Davidson (24-7).