East Regional: North Carolina 68, Washington State 47

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina is one victory away from
the Final Four. The top-seeded Tar Heels held Washington State to
32 percent shooting in routing the Cougars 68-47 in an East
Regional semifinal.
Tyler Hansbrough scored 16 of his 18 points in the second half
as North Carolina is back to the NCAA round of eight for the second
straight season.
Danny Green had 15 points to help the 35-and-2 Tar Heels set a
school record for victories in a season while continuing their
dominating tournament run.
The Number-1 overall seed will play Louisville Saturday with a clear home-court advantage. They will play in Charlotte about two hours from its Chapel Hill campus.

East Regional: Louisville 79, Tennessee 60

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Louisville's suffocating defense has Rick
Pitino one win away from a sixth trip to the Final Four.
Earl Clark scored 13 of his 17 points in the second half and
added 12 rebounds and Louisville routed Tennessee 79-60.
That puts
third-seeded Louisville in Saturday's East Regional final against
top-seeded North Carolina.
Pitino has won two NCAA titles and has taken three schools to
the Final Four. He seems to have Louisville playing its best
basketball when it matters most.
Terrence Williams and Andre McGee each added 13 points. David
Padgett had 10 points and eight rebounds for Louisville, which went
on an 18-1 first-half run.
Then the Cardinals nearly lost all of a 16-point first half lead, only to take control midway through the second half and keep alive its hopes for a second Final Four berth in four years.
Chris Lofton scored 15 points for Tennessee. THe Vols finish
31-and-5. They have never advanced beyond the round of 16.

West Regional: UCLA 88, Western Kentucky 78

PHOENIX (AP) - Nothing comes easily for UCLA these days, but the
Bruins are one victory away from another Final Four appearance.
Kevin Love scored a career-high 29 points and the Bruins nearly
frittered away a 21-point halftime lead but hung on to defeat
upset-minded Western Kentucky 88-78 in the NCAA West Region on
Thursday night.
Top-seeded UCLA will play third-seeded Xavier on Saturday for a
trip to its third consecutive Final Four.
Love also had 14 rebounds.
He was one of three Bruins with a double-double. James Keefe had 18 points and 12 rebounds, both career highs.
Russell Westbrook had 14 points and 11 rebounds.
Tyrone Brazelton scored 25 of his game-high 31 points in the
second half for 12th-seeded Western Kentucky, which winds up
29-and-7.
The Hilltoppers nearly erased all of a 41-20 halftime deficit, closing within four with 6:50 left before the Bruins put it away.

West Regional: Xavier 79, West Virginia 75, OT

PHOENIX (AP) - Three-pointers saved Xavier. Missed free throws
doomed West Virginia.
B.J. Raymond made two 3-pointers in the last 1:18 of overtime
and the Musketeers advanced to the West Region final with a 79-75
victory over coach Bob Huggins' Mountaineers.
Josh Duncan's 30 led the Musketeers.
Joe Alexander scored 18 and had 10 rebounds for the
Mountaineers, who finish 26-and-11. West Virginia missed four of
six free throws in overtime.
Alexander missed one with 14.2 seconds left in regulation that would've given his team a 65-64 lead.
Third-seeded Xavier will try for its first Final Four appearance
when it plays UCLA in the West regional final on Saturday.