Jack Nunge made the go-ahead basket with 3.1 seconds left and Xavier won its first NIT championship in 64 years, rallying for a 73-72 victory over Texas A&M at Madison Square Garden.

Florida Gulf Coast is a No. 12 seed in the women's NCAA Tournament, something some outside of the committee that put the bracket together seems to understand.

Quenton Jackson scored 20 points and eighth-seeded Texas A&M took down a ranked opponent for the second straight day, stunning No. 15 Arkansas 82-64 to reach the championship game of the SEC Tournament.

Miami - which twice this season beat Virginia Tech by at least 21 points - never led by double figures until the final minute. Yet this one was very much in peril for them when Smith pulled the Hokies to 44-43 with his layup with 5½ minutes left. Virginia Tech took its only lead of the second half when Jalen Hudson's across-the-lane drive made it 38-37 with just under 9 minutes left. Miami: The Hurricanes have won at least one ACC tournament game every year since 2009 and have not been upset by a lower-seeded team since then. Virginia Tech.

Head coach Buzz Williams called the 6'5" guard "the most talented guy on our roster." "They really did a tremendous job of driving the basketball," said Blue Hose head coach Gregg Nibert. ___Tip Ins: This is only the third season as a full-fledged Division I member for the Blue Hose. Two ends of the spectrum:Presbyterianhead coach Gregg Nibert is in his 26th year at the helm; Tech's Buzz Williams is a first-year head coach in Blacksburg. "If you don't respond they literally can maul you," said Williams of the Mountaineers under head coach Bob Huggins.

Van Zegeren connected on 7-of-9 from the floor, leading the way on an evening in which the Hokies shot 61 percent (25-of-41). Liberty shot the ball respectably for the game (24-of-56) and out-rebounded the smaller Hokies (31-26), but the Flames really hurt themselves with 21 turnovers. Virginia Tech scored 27 points off Liberty turnovers. "I was hoping we could tighten things a little more to see what would happen," Liberty coach Dale Layer said. TIP-INSVirginiaTech: Hokies coach Buzz Williams served as an assistant on the staff of Liberty coach Dale Layer at Colorado State for four years (2000-04).