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North Carolina guard P. J. Hairston scored 23 points, helping eighth-seeded North Carolina beat Villanova, 78-71, in the South Region. Tar Heels Coach Roy Williams earned his 700th victory.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The 7-footer Jeff Withey's shot-blocking and inside scoring in the second half Friday enabled Kansas to hold off Western Kentucky, 64-57, and avoid the upset of upsets as the first No. 1 seed to lose to a No. 16 in the men's N.C.A.A. tournament.
The Hilltoppers led by 31-30 at halftime, but Withey led the Jayhawks back with 9 points and 5 blocks in the second half despite foul trouble to finish with 17 points and 7 blocks. Seven of those points came during a 9-3 run that helped Kansas expand its lead from 4 points to 10, 52-42, with 3 minutes 52 seconds to play.
Western Kentucky, the Sun Belt Conference champion, closed it to 59-55 with 25 seconds left, but Naadir Tharpe sank two foul shots for Kansas.
The Hilltoppers (20-16) struggled to keep up in the second half, shooting 20.5 percent (8 for 39) from the field after making 48.1 percent of their shots in the first.
Kansas (30-5) advanced to play North Carolina and the former Jayhawks coach Roy Williams on Sunday in the South Region. The Jayhawks have twice beaten Williams and the Tar Heels in tournament play. This victory made Kansas 21-4 at Sprint Center over all and 7-0 this year.
LA SALLE 63, KANSAS STATE 61 On short sleep with tired legs, 13th-seeded La Salle blew an 18-point halftime lead in Kansas City before holding on to oust No. 4 seed Kansas State.
Three foul shots by Jerrell Wright in the final 30 seconds saved the Explorers (23-9), who made only three field goals in the second half, none in the last 7:55. With the clock winding down and Kansas State Coach Bruce Weber screaming for a timeout, Angel Rodriguez misfired a baseline jumper over the corner of the backboard that would have sent the West Region game to overtime.
The pro-Kansas State crowd at Sprint Center made it difficult to hear. "I know it's tough on the officials because they're focusing on the game," Weber said. "I was sitting right there with them. I looked at the clock at 2.2 seconds, I yelled as loud as I could, but we didn't get the call."
Wright, a 6-foot-8-inch sophomore forward, scored La Salle's last 9 points, a dunk and seven free throws. He led all scorers with 21 points on nearly perfect shooting — 6 for 6 from the field and 9 for 10 from the line. Defensively, La Salle limited Kansas State (27-8), a Big 12 regular-season co-champion, to one foul shot in the last 4:53.
"We kept challenging the guys defensively, just telling them if we get some stops, we'll be all right," La Salle Coach John Giannini said. "That was the message."
La Salle arrived here at 4:30 a.m. Thursday after beating Boise State, 80-71, in an opening-round game in Dayton, Ohio, leading Giannini to hold a walk-through instead of a practice Thursday afternoon. The Explorers had not won two games in an N.C.A.A. tournament since 1955, the year after Tom Gola led La Salle to the championship in this city, down the street at Municipal Auditorium.
MINNESOTA 83, U.C.L.A. 63 Andre Hollins scored 28 points as Minnesota rolled past U.C.L.A.
The South Region matchup in Austin may have been the U.C.L.A. freshman Shabazz Muhammad's last game in college. It may also have been Coach Ben Howland's final game with the Bruins.
Austin Hollins scored 16 for the 11th-seeded Golden Gophers (21-12), who advanced to play No. 3 seed Florida on Sunday. The Gophers eased some pressure on Coach Tubby Smith by giving him his first N.C.A.A. tournament win in six seasons.
Another early exit by the sixth-seeded Bruins (25-10) will not help Howland, who has faced criticism despite winning the Pacific-12 regular-season title this year. He has not advanced past the first weekend of the N.C.A.A. tournament since 2009.
Muhammad, expected to leave for the N.B.A., led the Bruins with 20 points. (AP)
TEMPLE 76, N.C. STATE 72 Khalif Wyatt's left thumb was throbbing, and the North Carolina State cheering section was screaming, and gathered around him at the free-throw line were four members of the Wolfpack, dressed in white, each seemingly with something to taunt.
There were 2.2 seconds left in the game, and Wyatt stood there knowing that Temple's 18-point lead had dwindled to 2.
"I had to block it all out and come through for my teammates," Wyatt said.
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