Duke Is Decked Again, 83-76

North Carolina’s freshmen earned another victory on the road, in perhaps the toughest setting.

They ruined Senior Night at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, N.C.

Tyler Hansbrough scored 27 points, fellow rookie Danny Green came up with the key defensive stop and the 13th-ranked Tar Heels held off No. 1 Duke, 83-76, Saturday night in the final home game for J.J. Redick and Shelden Williams.

“I hope it isn’t cockiness, but I told them that I thought we were the only team in the country that could come in here and win this game,” North Carolina Coach Roy Williams said. “I believed that we could.”

They handed the Blue Devils, 27-3 overall, 14-2 Atlantic Coast Conference, their second loss in a row.

The Blue Devils completed the regular season with their first loss to North Carolina in Cameron since 2001.

Marcus Ginyard had 12 points for the Tar Heels (21-6, 12-4).

Redick scored 18 points despite missing 15 of his final 16 shots. In his past four games, Redick is 23 of 80 from the field, only 29%.

No. 2 Connecticut 84, Louisville 80 -- Marcus Williams made six free throws in the final 48 seconds and the Huskies (27-2, 14-2) clinched at least a share of the Big East championship with a victory over the Cardinals (18-11, 6-10) at Storrs, Conn.

No. 3 Memphis 69, Houston 62 -- Senior forward Rodney Carney scored 17 points and grabbed seven rebounds and the Tigers (27-3, 13-1) won the Conference USA title outright at Memphis, Tenn. The Cougars are 19-8, 9-5.

No. 7 George Washington 86, Charlotte 85 -- Carl Elliott’s basket at the buzzer of overtime at Washington enabled the Colonials (26-1, 16-0) to complete their first perfect Atlantic 10 season. Charlotte is 18-11, 11-5.

No. 10 Illinois 75, No. 25 Michigan State 68 -- Dee Brown scored 16 of his 20 points after halftime and made two three-point baskets during a 12-0 run midway through the second half at East Lansing, Mich., to lift the Fighting Illini (25-5, 11-5 Big Ten) to their fifth win in six games.

The Spartans (20-10, 8-8) have lost five of their last seven.

No. 11 Tennessee 68, Vanderbilt 59 -- Chris Lofton scored 21 points to help the Volunteers (21-6, 12-4 Southeastern Conference) erase a 16-point second-half deficit and win at Nashville, Tenn. Shan Foster led Vanderbilt (16-11, 7-9) with 15 points.

No. 12 Boston College 59, Virginia Tech 57 -- Jared Dudley had 16 points and nine rebounds and the Eagles (25-6, 11-5 ACC) stopped the fading Hokies (14-15, 4-12) at Boston. Virginia Tech lost for the sixth time in eight games.

Cincinnati 78, No. 16 West Virginia 75 -- Power forward Eric Hicks scored 18 points to lead the Bearcats (19-11, 8-8 Big East) to victory over the Mountaineers (20-9, 11-5) at Cincinnati. Former Cincinnati coach Bob Huggins attended his first home game since he was forced out in August and received a standing ovation.

No. 18 Kansas 66, Kansas State 52 -- Brandon Rush tied a career high with 24 points and the Jayhawks (22-7, 13-3 Big 12) clinched at least a share of the conference championship at Manhattan, Kan.

The Wildcats (15-12, 6-10) made it close in the second half but failed to get their first season sweep of Kansas since 1983.

South Florida 63, No. 20 Georgetown 56 -- Solomon Jones scored 17 of his 23 points in the second half and the Bulls (7-22, 1-15) stopped a school-record 17-game losing streak with a victory over the Hoyas (19-8, 10-6) at Tampa, Fla.

No. 21 Louisiana State 55, Mississippi 52 -- Glen Davis scored 15 points, including five free throws down the stretch, to help the Tigers (22-7, 14-2 SEC) hold off the Rebels (14-15, 4-12) at Baton Rouge, La.

Wake Forest 76, No. 22 N.C. State 63 -- Eric Williams had 22 points and 16 rebounds to help the Demon Deacons (15-15, 3-13 ACC) win at Winston-Salem, N.C. Engin Atsur scored 23 points to lead the Wolfpack (21-8, 10-6).

No. 23 Iowa 59, Wisconsin 44 -- Jeff Horner scored 22 points and the Hawkeyes (22-8, 11-5 Big Ten) finished 17-0 at home. The Badgers are 19-10 and 9-7.

No. 24 Nevada 74, Fresno State 60 -- Nick Fazekas scored 30 points and grabbed 11 rebounds at Reno to lead the Wolf Pack (24-5, 13-3 Western Athletic Conference) to its 11th win in a row. The Bulldogs are 15-13, 8-8.

CONFERENCE TOURNAMENTS

Justin Hare scored 10 of his career-high 32 points in overtime to help Belmont (20-10) earn its first NCAA tournament bid with a 74-69 victory over Lipscomb (21-10) in the Atlantic Sun Conference tournament championship at Johnson City, Tenn.... Craig Bradshaw made a soft hook shot with 9.1 seconds left to help Winthrop (23-7) beat Coastal Carolina, 51-50, in the Big South Conference title game at Rock Hill, S.C., and earn an automatic berth into the NCAA tournament. Coastal Carolina is 20-10.... Tyler Holloway scored 11 of his 13 points in a key second-half run to help Murray State (24-6) clinch the Racers’ 13th berth in the NCAA tournament by beating Samford, 74-57, in the Ohio Valley Conference tournament championship at Nashville. Samford is 20-11.