COLUMBIA, S.C.-Tyler Ulis had career highs of 27 points and 12 assists, Jamal Murray scored 26 points and Kentucky won despite coach John Calipari being ejected less than 3 minutes into the game.
The Wildcats (19-6, 9-3 Southeastern Conference) sent South Carolina to its worst home loss since Anthony Davis led Kentucky to a 34-point win here in 2012.
And Calipari had to watch on TV after he was thrown out with the two technical fouls. Not that it slowed down the Wildcats, who built a 17-point lead in the opening half and gradually stretched things out the rest of the way.
Michael Carrera finished with 25 points for South Carolina (21-4, 8-4).
Calipari was sent packing by official Doug Sirmons, who called the first technical when Calipari argued over the lack of a call on a rebound. When Calipari approached Sirmons after his first technical, he was quickly teed up again and his anger increased.
Three Wildcats had to get between the shouting Calipari and Sirmons before the coach was led off the court and into the locker room.
TEXAS TECH 84, BAYLOR 66
WACO, Texas-Keenan Evans scored a career-high 21 points and had two steals in Texas Tech's go-ahead run as the Red Raiders upset No. 21 Baylor 84-66 on Saturday night, giving them their second consecutive win over a Top 25 team.
Justin Gray had six of his 17 points in a 10-0 run that put Texas Tech (15-9, 5-7 Big 12) ahead to stay. The sophomore guard made the tiebreaking layup with just under 17 minutes left, then added a breakaway dunk and a jumper. Those last two baskets came after steals by Evans.
The Red Raiders were coming off an 85-82 overtime victory against No. 14 Iowa State at home. It is the first time since 2007 that they have won back-to-back games against Top 25 teams.
Taurean Prince had 17 points to lead Baylor (18-7, 7-5), which dropped two games behind Big 12 co-leaders Kansas and West Virginia.
XAVIER 74, BUTLER 57
INDIANAPOLIS -J.P Macura scored 13 points while Remy Abell and Edmond Sumner had 12 each to lead Xavier.
The Musketeers (22-3, 10-3) won for the sixth time in seven games and retained sole possession of second place in the Big East.
Butler (17-8, 6-7) was led by Kelan Martin with 15 points and Andrew Chrabascz added 11 as its three-game winning streak ended.
Xavier rebounded from shooting a season-low 30 percent in Tuesday's loss at Creighton by making 56.9 percent on the road.
After trailing 21-13 midway through the first half, the Musketeers turned the game with four 3-pointers and a three-point play in a 27-6 run that gave them a 40-27 lead.
DUKE 63, VIRGINIA 62
DURHAM, N.C.-Grayson Allen banked in a shot at the buzzer to give Duke the win and snap Virginia's seven-game winning streak.
Malcolm Brogdon had 18 points for Virginia (20-5, 9-4 Atlantic Coast Conference), and his reverse flip layup with 9.9 seconds left put the Cavaliers up 62-61.
Freshman Brandon Ingram scored 25 points while Allen finished with 15 for the Blue Devils (19-6, 8-4), who won their fourth straight and kept the Cavaliers winless at Cameron Indoor Stadium since 1995.
Duke called a timeout with 6 seconds left and Allen inbounded the ball to Marshall Plumlee, who handed it back to the sophomore guard. Allen drove the left side of the lane before pulling up for a shot that kissed off the glass and went through at the buzzer.
Matt Jones finished with 14 points and Plumlee had 10 rebounds for the Blue Devils. After failing to beat a Top 25 opponent for the first three months of the season, they have now knocked off two in six days after beating No. 13 Louisville on Monday night.
WEST VIRGINIA 73, TCU 42
MORGANTOWN, W.Va.-Jonathan Holton returned from a suspension to lead four West Virginia players in double figures as the Mountaineers assured themselves of at least a tie for first place in the Big 12.
Holton, who served a four-game suspension for a violation of team rules, had 14 points and seven rebounds for the Mountaineers (20-5, 9-3), while Esa Ahmad had a career-high 14 points and five rebounds, and Devin Williams, had his Big 12-leading 11th double-double with 11 points and 13 rebounds. He became West Virginia's 50th 1,000-point scorer.
STANFORD 76, OREGON 72
STANFORD, Calif.-Michael Humphrey blocked a shot with 4 seconds remaining to give Stanford the upset win.
Marcus Allen hit two free throws with 3 seconds to seal the win for the Cardinal, who ended a season-worst four-game losing streak.
Dillon Brooks scored 18 of his 24 points in the second half for the Ducks (20-6, 9-4 Pac-12), who lost at California on Thursday night.
Rosco Allen matched his career-high with 25 points to lead Stanford (12-11, 5-7). Dorian Pickens scored 10 of his 16 points in the second half and Grant Verhoeven finished with a career-high 13 for the Cardinal.
Tyler Dorsey added 14 points and Elgin Cook had 11 for the Ducks, who came to the Bay Area riding a six-game winning streak.
NOTRE DAME 71, LOUISVILLE 66
SOUTH BEND, Ind.-Demetrius Jackson matched his career high with 27 points and Steve Vasturia added 20 as Notre Dame rallied from 11 points down in the second half.
The Irish (18-7, 9-4 Atlantic Coast Conference) used three 7-0 spurts in the second half to get the win, the final one coming after Ray Spalding's layup with 6:36 remaining gave Louisville a 63-62 lead. The Irish regained the lead with a 3-pointer by V.J. Beachem, a layup by Zach Auguste and two free throws by Jackson.
Damion Lee, who led the Cardinals (19-6, 8-4) with 13 points, hit a 3-pointer with 16 seconds left to cut the lead to 69-66. But Lee missed another 3-point try with 5 seconds left and Auguste clinched the win with two free throws a second later.
Jackson, who had a career-high six 3-pointers, scored 20 points in the first half to keep the Irish in the game, then Vasturia scored 15 in the second half to lead the rally, scoring nine of Notre Dame's 11 points during one stretch. The Irish held the Cardinals to 29 percent shooting in the second half.
Auguste added 11 points and 10 rebounds for the Irish, who outrebounded Louisville 41-29 and had a 30-20 advantage in scoring in the paint.
MICHIGAN 61, PURDUE 56
ANN ARBOR, Mich.-Zak Irvin scored 22 points, and Michigan scored the game's final 11 points.
The Wolverines (19-7, 9-4 Big Ten) overcame an awful stretch of shooting in the second half, rallying late behind Irvin and Derrick Walton. Irvin's jumper from near the free throw line put Michigan up 57-56 with just over a minute remaining, and it was Purdue (20-6, 8-5) that suddenly couldn't score down the stretch.
Caleb Swanigan, who had 14 points, missed from inside for the Boilermakers, and after Michigan's Mark Donnal missed a 3-point attempt, Purdue's Ryan Cline missed a 3 of his own.
Walton's two free throws with 15.8 seconds remaining made it 59-56, and with the Boilermakers trying for a quick two points, Vince Edwards missed.
Caris LeVert returned for Michigan after missing 11 games with a lower left leg injury. He went scoreless in 11 minutes.
PROVIDENCE 75, GEORGETOWN 72
PROVIDENCE, R.I.-Rodney Bullock had 23 points and 10 rebounds as Providence held off a furious rally by Georgetown.
Kris Dunn added 20 points, and Ben Bentil finished with 16 points and nine rebounds to help the Friars (19-7, 7-6 Big East) end a three-game losing streak.
Georgetown (14-12, 7-6) had a chance to tie the game in the closing seconds, but L.J. Peak's 3-point attempt was blocked by Bullock.
The Hoyas cut what had been a 26-point first-half deficit down to a point with just over a minute to play.
Dunn and Bentil accounted for 12 of Providence's final 14 points.
Marcus Derrickson led the Hoyas with 18 points and nine rebounds.
N. IOWA 53, WICHITA ST. 50
WICHITA, Kan.-Klint Carlson scored 12 points, Wyatt Lohaus had 11 and Northern Iowa ended Wichita State's nation-leading 43-game home winning streak.
The Panthers (16-11, 8-6 Missouri Valley) blew a 15-point second-half lead before pulling back ahead on consecutive baskets by Lohaus with about 6 minutes left in the game.
The Shockers (18-7, 12-2) got within 53-50 when Shaq Morris made the second of two free throws with 40.2 seconds left. Ron Baker missed a potential tying 3 at the other end, but the ball bounced off a Northern Iowa player out of bounds. The Shockers got the ball to Connor Frankamp in front of his own bench, but his 3-point attempt bounced off the rim as the buzzer sounded.
VILLANOVA 73, ST. JOHN'S 63
PHILADELPHIA-Daniel Ochefu had a career-high 25 points, Ryan Arcidiacono scored 13 and No. 1 Villanova beat St. John's 73-63 Saturday night.
Amar Alibegovic led the Red Storm with a career-best 18 points. St. John's has lost 16 in a row, the longest streak in Division I.
For a half, Villanova (22-3, 12-1 Big East) hardly looked like the nation's top team. The Wildcats, who were 27-point favorites, only led 28-27 at halftime.
Whatever coach Jay Wright said to his team during the break worked.
Villanova came out firing in the second half, going 9 for 11 while building a double-digit lead. Arcidiacono's 3-pointer capped a 10-3 run and gave the Wildcats their biggest lead to that point, 51-40.
WISCONSIN 70, Maryland 57
COLLEGE PARK, Md.-Wisconsin shut down No. 2 Maryland in the decisive first half and held on for a 70-57 victory Saturday night, ending the Terrapins' 27-game home winning streak and knocking them out of a tie atop the Big Ten standings.
Vitto Brown scored a career-high 21 points, Bronson Koenig had 16 and Nigel Hayes added 14 for the Badgers (16-9, 8-4), who have won seven straight.
After using a 28-5 run to go up 35-19, Wisconsin let the lead dwindle to six points with 10:48 remaining before pushing back. A 3-pointer by Koenig and a layup by Brown made it 53-41, and the Terrapins never threatened again.
Rasheed Sulaimon scored 17 for Maryland (22-4, 10-3), which went 20 for 50 from the field and 12 for 22 at the foul line.