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Memphis didn't need a record-setting performance from Roburt Sallie in this one.
Lazar Hayward made the big plays, Marquette made its foul shots. Needing a late rally, that was enough for the Golden Eagles.
Bryan Davis drove to the basket, drew a foul and tossed the ball up over his head with his back to the net.
Three-pointers saved Xavier. Missed free throws doomed West Virginia. B.J. Raymond made two 3-pointers in the last 1:18 of overtime Thursday night and the Musketeers advanced to the West Region final with a 79-75 victory over coach Bob Huggins' Mountaineers.
Back at his alma mater, back in the NCAAs, Bob Huggins looked and sounded just like the Bob Huggins everyone remembers. He yelled. He groused. He drew an early technical foul. And he willed his No. 7-seeded West Virginia past second-seeded Duke.
Xavier played its usual brand of in-your-face defense against Purdue, which seemingly couldn't get to the bench during a timeout without being hounded by a player in a white jersey.
San Diego's Brandon Johnson, a 6-foot, play-making point guard, and Connecticut's Hasheem Thabeet, a 7-foot-3, shot-blocking center, shook hands at midcourt during pre-game introductions.
It was the shot of his life, and the shot of the tournament. "It kind of worked out good," Ty Rogers said, in the understatement of the day. Rogers hit a desperation 26-foot 3-pointer with three defenders in his face and no time on the clock, and 12th-seeded Western Kentucky turned in the upset of the NCAA tournament, beating Drake 101-99 in overtime Friday in the first round of the West Regional.
West Virginia's prowess from long range made Arizona's 24th consecutive trip to the NCAA tournament another one-and-done performance.
There it was, plain as could be on the overhead scoreboard, orange numbering on a black background: As the closing seconds ticked away Thursday night, Belmont was beating Duke.
Derrick Brown and Xavier put an end to the magical run of a Georgia team that by game's end was, well, 'Dawg tired. Brown's 19 points and 11 rebounds led a balanced-as-usual offense, and No. 3-seeded Xavier avoided a big upset by rallying to overcome fading Georgia 73-61 on Thursday in a first-round West Regional game.
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