Vanderbilt wins first SEC title since 1951

John Jenkins lay on the court with his hands over his face as Vanderbilt celebrated all around, exuberant after beating No. 1 Kentucky, 71-64, for the program's first Southeastern Conference tournament title in more than 60 years.

The Wildcats might not really care about the SEC Tournament. The Commodores did.

Jeffery Taylor scored 18 points, Jenkins 17 and Vanderbilt rallied with a 16-2 run in the final five minutes to end the Wildcats' 24-game winning streak that lasted more than three months.

"Their 24-game winning streak. Their name on the front of their jersey doesn't matter to us," Vanderbilt's Lance Goulbourne said. "Whoever was in our way, we were going to play as hard as we could to try to win that championship."

Festus Ezeli also had 17 points for Vandy (24-10), which was playing in its first SEC Tournament final since 1951, the year of its only other title. Vandy pushed ahead in the final minutes with a few timely shots, but mostly with suffocating defense. Kentucky (32-2) didn't score a field goal in the final 8:04 and shot just 35.9 percent from the field (23-for-64).

Florida State 85, North Carolina 82: Leonard Hamilton walked off the court with a net draped around his neck. Deividas Dulkys posed for pictures with a small flag from his native Lithuania stuck in his cap, holding a sign that said it all: "2012 ACC Champions." Not bad for a football school.

Striking a blow against Tobacco Road, 17th-ranked Florida State won its first Atlantic Coast Conference basketball championship by holding off storied North Carolina after beating Duke the day before.

Tournament MVP Michael Snaer scored 18 points and Florida State (24-9) used a barrage of three-pointers to hold off No. 4 North Carolina.

The Seminoles, who joined the ACC in 1991, showed its 33-point blowout of UNC during the regular season was no fluke. UNC (29-5) nearly rallied from a 16-point deficit in the first half. P.J. Hairston missed a tying three at the buzzer.

Michigan State 68, Ohio State 64: Brandon Wood scored a season-high 21 points to help No. 8 Michigan State win the Big Ten title. Draymond Green, who had 12 points and nine rebounds in the final, was named the most outstanding player. The Spartans (27-7) claimed their first tournament title since 2000 in a dramatic game that featured 16 lead changes.

St. Bonaventure 67, Xavier 56: Andrew Nicholson had 26 points, 14 rebounds and eight blocked shots as St. Bonaventure won the Atlantic 10 Tournament to return to the NCAAs for the first time in 12 years.

Delaware women win

Elena Delle Donne had 27 points and 10 rebounds as No. 7 Delaware beat Drexel, 59-43, to claim its first Colonial Athletic Association championship. Delaware (30-1) will bring a 20-game winning streak into the NCAA Tournament.

-- AP