EAST LANSING, MICH. — The Wisconsin Badgers quietly waited in their locker room to find out if they had won.
"When we heard their fans boo, we knew," Wisconsin's Freddie Owens said with a grin.
The Badgers snapped the nation's longest home winning streak at 53 games, beating No. 25 Michigan State, 64-63, Saturday after a basket by Kelvin Torbert was disallowed with two-tenths of a second left.
Charlie Wills scored 17 points and Owens had 12, including the go-ahead basket with 25 seconds left for Wisconsin (9-8, 2-2 Big Ten).
Marcus Taylor scored 17 points for the Spartans (9-7, 0-3), who lost their fourth straight and likely will fall out of the rankings.
Officials made the decision not to count Torbert's basket after they watched TV replays.
Taylor missed a layup and the ball bounced out of bounds with .2 seconds left. Alan Anderson lobbed the inbounds to Torbert, who caught the ball and scored. Thinking the streak was alive, students rushed the Breslin Center court to celebrate. However, only a tip-in is allowed with .3 seconds or less remaining.
The officials pulled both coaches together and informed them that the basket would not count.
Michigan State coach Tom Izzo agreed with the decision
Wisconsin coach Bo Ryan went to tell his players, but they were already celebrating and waiting to douse him with a bucket of ice water.
"The players roughed me up in the locker room, that's all I can say," said Ryan, whose team is 3-1 against ranked teams.
Detroit now owns the longest home winning streak at 37 games in Calihan Hall.
No. 3 Florida 95,
Vanderbilt 85
Nashville, Tenn. Matt Bonner scored 28 points to lead five Gators in double figures and had 12 rebounds as Florida (14-1, 3-0 SEC) won its 13th straight. Matt Freije had 21 points for Vanderbilt (10-6, 0-3), which made school history with its 12th consecutive SEC loss.
No. 7 Virginia 71,
North Carolina 67
Chapel Hill, N.C. Roger Mason Jr. scored 18 points, including four free throws over the final 41 seconds, for the Cavaliers (10-2, 1-2 ACC). Kris Lang had 18 points for the Tar Heels (5-8, 1-3), who matched the school record for home losses in a season with five.
No. 8 Kentucky 51,
South Carolina 50
Columbia, S.C. Cliff Hawkins' driving shot with 3.4 seconds to go gave the Wildcats (10-4, 1-2 SEC) their 11th straight win over South Carolina. Jamel Bradley had 19 points for the Gamecocks (10-5, 0-2).
No. 9 Illinois 94,
Michigan 70
Champaign, Ill. Brian Cook had 20 points and Robert Archibald added 19 points and nine rebounds for the Illini (13-4, 2-2 Big Ten), who shot 68 percent in extending its homecourt winning streak to 26 games. LaVell Blanchard led the Wolverines (6-7, 2-2) with 17 points.
No. 10 Cincinnati 83, Houston 62
Houston Leonard Stokes scored 19 points and Steve Logan added 16 as the Bearcats (15-1, 3-0 Conference USA) extended the nation's longest winning streak to 15 games. Louis Truscott had 12 points for the Cougars (7-7, 1-2), who have lost eight straight to Cincinnati.
No. 12 Syracuse 75,
West Virginia 69
Morgantown, W.Va. Preston Shumpert had 21 points and a season-high 11 rebounds for the Orangemen (15-2, 4-0 Big East), who ran their winning streak to six games. Jonathan Hargett and Chris Moss each had 17 points for West Virginia (7-7, 0-3).
Oregon 87, No. 14 Stanford 79
Eugene, Ore. Luke Jackson scored 27 points as the Ducks (12-4, 5-1 Pac-10) snapped a 10-game losing streak against the Cardinal and improved to 10-0 at home. Casey Jacobsen scored a career-high 32 points for Stanford (9-4, 2-2), while center Curtis Borchardt had a career-high 29 points and nine rebounds.
Auburn 59,
No. 14 Alabama 56
Auburn, Ala. Marquis Daniels scored Auburn's final eight points as the Tigers (9-5, 1-2 SEC) blew a lead then rallied for their sixth win in the last eight meetings with Alabama. Erwin Dudley had 17 points and nine rebounds for the Crimson Tide (14-3, 2-1).
Georgetown 70,
No. 16 Boston College 43
Boston Mike Sweetney had 15 points and 11 rebounds for the Hoyas (10-5, 1-2 Big East), who snapped a four-game skid. Kenny Walls scored 16 points for Boston College (13-3, 2-2), which matched its lowest point total in the 13-year history of Conte Forum.
No. 19 Wake Forest 96, Clemson 55
Winston-Salem, N.C. Antwan Scott scored 17 points as Wake Forest (13-3, 3-0 ACC) won its fifth straight and seventh in a row over the Tigers. Jamar McKnight had 13 points for Clemson (11-6, 2-2).
No. 20 Arizona 74, Washington 69
Seattle Jason Gardner scored 16 of his 21 points in the second half and added six assists to lead Arizona past Washington. Salim Stoudamire made two free throws for the Wildcats (11-4, 4-2 Pac-10) with 16.3 seconds left to seal the victory. Stoudamire made all six of his free throws to improve to 39-of-40 for the season and finished with 16 points.
No. 21 Miami 77,
Virginia Tech 68
Blacksburg, Va. Elton Tyler scored 20 points for the Hurricanes (15-2, 2-2 Big East), who snapped a two-game losing streak. Darius Rice hit two three-pointers in the final three minutes to help send the Hokies (6-10, 0-4) to their 13th consecutive conference loss.
Mississippi 66,
No. 22 Mississippi State 59
Oxford, Miss. Justin Reed scored 17 points to lead Mississippi (13-3, 2-1 SEC). Mario Austin had 18 points for the Bulldogs (14-3, 1-2), who lost two straight after entering the rankings this week for the first time in six years.
Notre Dame 56,
No. 23 Pittsburgh 53
Pittsburgh David Graves hit a go-ahead three-pointer with 54 seconds left and Notre Dame (12-3, 2-1 Big East) scored the final eight points in snapping the Panthers' 10-game winning streak. Brandin Knight had 13 points for Pittsburgh (15-2, 3-1).
No. 24 Butler 68, Youngstown State 50
Youngstown, Ohio Rylan Hainje scored 14 points and Mike Monserez added 12 for the Bulldogs (15-2, 2-2 Horizon League). Thomas Jackson added 11 points and six assists.
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