DETROIT (AP) -Stephen Curry knocked down yet another 3, thumped his chest and pointed skyward.
Heavens yes, Davidson is marching on.
Curry scored more than 30 points for a third straight game, and the 10th-seeded Wildcats pulled off another stunner Friday night, rolling over third-seeded Wisconsin 73-56 to advance to the Midwest Regional finals.
Davidson (29-6) extended the nation’s longest winning streak to 25. The Wildcats will play top-seeded Kansas on Sunday for a trip to the Final Four.
A week after shredding Gonzaga and Georgetown’s vaunted defenses, the son of former NBA sharpshooter Dell Curry dismantled the Badgers and defensive specialist Michael Flowers. Curry outscored the Badgers all by himself in the second half, 22-20.
Wisconsin (31-5) was holding opponents to 53.9 points, best in the nation, and hadn’t allowed Kansas State a single 3-point basket in the second round.
Davidson looked right at home inside the monstrous Ford Field venue. The school’s Board of Trustees provided free bus fare, tickets and a hotel room for students who wanted to make the 11-hour ride from North Carolina, and a few hundred took them up on the offer.
Kansas 72, Villanova 57
DETROIT (AP) – The Kansas Jayhawks toyed with Villanova, throwing alley-oop passes off the backboard and raining 3-pointers from all over the court without breaking a sweat.
Brandon Rush scored 16 points, Russell Robinson had 15 and top-seeded Kansas routed the 12th-seeded Wildcats. The Jayhawks (34-3) will try to reach the Final Four for the first time since 2003.
Kansas coach Bill Self is in the regional finals for the fifth time – at three schools – since 2000 and is a win away from no longer being regarded as the best coach without a Final Four on his resume.
Villanova (22-13) trailed 41-22 at halftime. Scottie Reynolds, who had scored at least 20 points in his previous three NCAA tournament games, finished with 11.
South Regional
Memphis 92, Michigan State 74
HOUSTON (AP) – The mighty Memphis Tigers humiliated Michigan State and embarrassed all those naysayers who suggested they were the most suspect of the top seeds in this year’s NCAA tournament.
Next up for the top-seeded Tigers in the South Regional, a game Sunday against Texas with a trip to the Final Four on the line. But the message on this overwhelming night was clear: Don’t mess with Memphis.
Freshman Derrick Rose will play at least one more college game after a 27-point, five-assist night that showed he’s ready for the NBA. He exited early in the second half with a cut on his forehead that required stitches, but later returned.
Memphis (36-1) led 50-20 at halftime. Goran Suton led the fifth-seeded Spartans (27-9) with 23 points and Chris Allen had 20.
Texas 82, Stanford 62
HOUSTON (AP) – Little D.J. Augustin set the tempo, 299-pound Dexter Pittman pounded and pestered Brook Lopez and Texas defeated Stanford.
Playing in front of a home-state crowd dressed in burnt orange, the Longhorns moved one win away from their first Final Four since 2003.
Mixing their inside and outside games, the Longhorns (31-6) took control early. Still, they were up only 52-51 after Lopez did everything but dribble the ball up the court to rally the Cardinal (28-8). Texas answered with a 20-3 run.
Lopez had 24 of Stanford’s first 48 points, but finished with 26 and 10 rebounds.
Augustin, playing before lots of family in his adopted hometown, had 23 points, seven assists and five rebounds. He scored eight points during the game-breaking run.
James scored 18 points.
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