Louisville crushes Rutgers by 61 points in American Athletic Conference Tournament

Eddie Jordan's first season at Rutgers is over, and fifth-ranked Louisville gave his team a last reminder of how much work they face building the Big Ten-bound program.

Rutgers had its worst scoring performance since 1982 in being routed, 92-31, by Louisville yesterday in the quarterfinals of the American Athletic Conference Tournament in Memphis, Tenn.

"They've been to the top of the mountain, and we're starting from the bottom of the mountain," Jordan said of the defending national champs. "We want to get to where they are. It's going to be a process for us, and it has been a process for us. I thought our guys had a lot of character, and we just need to know how hard we have to work to get to where we want to go."

Rutgers (12-21) scored only 29 points in a 30-29 loss on Jan. 25, 1982, at St. Bonaventure.

Louisville's bench wound up outscoring Rutgers as a whole 32-31 after the Cardinals finished the first half with a 52-9 run. Louisville (27-5) faces Houston, a 68-64 winner over SMU, in the semifinals.

Connecticut 72, Memphis 53: Niels Giffey scored 24 points as UConn advanced after shooting 53 percent from the field.

ATLANTIC 10

Dayton 87, Fordham 74: Vee Sanford was 9-for-9 from the field and tied a career high with 23 points off the bench for Dayton in a first-round game at Barclays Center. The Flyers (23-9) have won 10 of 11 to go from a team with little hope for an NCAA Tournament bid to one that will give the selection committee plenty to think about. They face fourth-seeded Saint Joseph's in a quarterfinal today.

St. Bonaventure 82, La Salle 72: Youssou Ndoye's 19 points led St. Bonaventure (17-14), which advanced to play top-seeded Saint Louis.

Richmond 76, Duquesne 64:Terry Allen scored a career-high 27 points as Richmond (19-13) snapped a four-game skid to set up a third game this season with crosstown rival and No. 23 VCU.

BIG 12

Kansas 77, Oklahoma St. 70: Andrew Wiggins scored 30 points as Kansas pulled away in the final seconds of overtime in a quarterfinal in Kansas City, Mo. The Jayhawks (24-8) face Iowa State, a 91-85 winner over Kansas State, in tonight's semis.

PAC-12

Arizona 71, Utah 39: Nick Johnson scored 14 points asArizona (29-3) overwhelmed Utah in a quarterfinal in Las Vegas to match the most lopsided game in Pac-12 Tournament history. Arizona, which faces Colorado in a semifinal tonight, set marks for fewest points allowed, fewest field goals (12) and lowest shooting percentage (25).

Auburn fires coach

Auburn fired coach Tony Barbee shortly after the team left the Georgia Dome following a 74-56 loss to South Carolina in the SEC Tournament Wednesday night. -- AP