GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Duke has pulled out of the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament because of a positive coronavirus test and the resulting quarantining and contact tracing. The ACC announced that the Blue Devils’ quarterfinal game with Florida State scheduled for tonight has been canceled. That puts the Blue Devils’ streak of 24 consecutive NCAA Tournaments is in jeopardy. Duke had won its first two tournament games but is just 13-11 overall and 9-9 in ACC games. The Seminoles advanced to the ACC Tournament semifinals to play the winner of tonight’s North Carolina-Virginia Tech game.

NEW YORK (AP) — Dante Harris made two free throws with 4.7 second left to cap a perfect game from the line for Georgetown and the Hoyas upset No. 14 Villanova 72-71 to reach the semifinals of the Big East Tournament. The eighth-seeded Hoyas advance to face the winner of St. John’s-Seton Hall tomorrow night at Madison Square Garden. Georgetown is in the conference semifinals for the first time since 2015.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — No. 12 Oklahoma State has escaped with a 72-69 win over No. 10 West Virginia in the Big 12 Tournament quarterfinals. Avery Anderson III hit the go-ahead bucket for the Cowboys with less than a minute to go, and Sean McNeil’s tying 3-pointer came a split-second after the final buzzer. Anderson and Big 12 player of the year Cade Cunningham had 17 points apiece for the fifth-seeded Cowboys, who have won seven of their last eight games.

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Reece Beekman hit a 3-pointer as time expired to help No. 16 Virginia edge Syracuse 72-69 in the quarterfinals of the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament. Beekman hadn’t hit a shot all day, but he buried a 3 from the right wing off a feed from Kihei Clark as the horn sounded. Sam Hauser scored 21 points to lead the top-seeded Cavaliers. Buddy Boeheim (BAY’-hym) scored a career-high 31 points to lead the eighth-seeded Orange.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Iverson Molinar scored eight of his 21 points in the final 3:07 to erase a five-point deficit and Mississippi State held off Kentucky 74-73 in the second round of the Southeastern Conference tournament. Mississippi State advances to face top-seeded and No. 6 ranked Alabama tomorrow.

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