NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Willie Cauley-Stein had 15 points and 10 rebounds and No. 1 Kentucky never trailed in beating No. 21 Arkansas 78-63 on Sunday in the Southeastern Conference Tournament championship game.
The Wildcats (34-0) are only the fourth team to go into the NCAA Tournament undefeated since Indiana finished off the last perfect season with a title in 1976. They paired their 28th SEC tournament title with their 46th regular season championship.
Andrew Harrison scored 15 points for Kentucky, and his brother Aaron had 11.
Michael Qualls had 18 points for the Razorbacks (26-8), who were trying to win their second tournament title and first since 2000.
No. 6 Wisconsin 80, Michigan St. 69, OT
CHICAGO (AP) - Nigel Hayes scored 25 points, Frank Kaminsky added 19 and No. 6 Wisconsin outscored Michigan State 11-0 in overtime in the Big Ten Tournament championship game.
Bronson Koenig scored 18 points, and the Badgers (31-3) rallied from 11 points down in the second half as they secured their bid for a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament.
Branden Dawson and Denzel Valentine scored 16 points each for Michigan State (23-11), which was outscored 31-10 over the final 11 1/2 minutes of the game and came up short after winning the tournament last year.
In the first overtime in a Big Ten title game, Hayes and Koenig hit 3-pointers in the first 3 minutes to give the Badgers a 75-69 lead. Michigan State missed all six shots and committed two turnovers in the extra period.
No. 20 SMU 62, UConn 54
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Markus Kennedy scored 15 points, and No. 20 SMU held off UConn to win the American Athletic Conference Tournament title.
The defending national champion Huskies fell a game short of winning four times in four days and earning a trip back to the NCAA Tournament.
Yanick Moreira and Nic Moore added 11 points each for the Mustangs (27-6), who also won the league's regular-season title.
Rodney Purvis scored a career-high 29 points for UConn (20-14), which became the sixth team to miss the NCAAs after winning the title the previous year since the field expanded to 64 in 1985.
Ryan Boatright, who had been averaging 17 points in the tournament, finished with seven and fouled out with 45 seconds left. He shot 1 for 11.
SMU led by 17 points early in the second half, then survived a UConn rally that cut the lead to five with 3:22 left.