Chicago ? Visiting Michael Jordan’s old arena, seeing his statue and sitting at his locker was a “spiritual” pilgrimage for Terrell Taylor.

Now he’s got an idea of what it’s like to be Mike.

Wearing No. 23, just like Jordan, Taylor hit a three-pointer with 0.2 seconds left Friday to give Creighton a stunning 83-82 double-overtime victory over fifth-seeded Florida in the Midwest Regional.

“Before the game, I watched a DVD of Michael Jordan. That inspired me a lot,” Taylor said. “I made a big deal of coming to the United Center and seeing the statue.

“It was a spiritual thing, a spiritual feeling to see the statue and Jordan’s locker.”

As the ball swished through the net for the last of his eight three-pointers, Taylor turned to the frenzied crowd with a look of steely confidence. He then pulled on one side of his jersey and pounded his chest as the Creighton fans roared.

Time ran out before Florida’s Udonis Haslem could get a desperation shot off. The Creighton players ran to midcourt as the buzzer sounded, bouncing up and down as they lifted Taylor up.

“What the game came down to is we had no answer for Taylor,” Florida coach Billy Donovan said. “He was in a zone today. Everything he threw up went in.”

Well, not everything. Taylor was 0-for-6 in the first half, but he turned it on in the second. He was 8-for-10 from three-point range, and finished with 28 points to match his career high.

“The rim looked like the size of a doughnut,” Taylor said of his first-half struggles. “I had too much excitement and anticipation for the game. I wasn’t aiming right. Good thing it came back for the second half.”

Texas 70, Boston College 57

Dallas T.J. Ford got the Longhorns offense cranked up early, using fastbreaks and three-pointers to build a big early lead that they maintained for a victory over Boston College. Ford, showing the poise of a senior, had 20 points, two shy of his best, and seven assists to guide Texas (21-11) to a second-round game Sunday against Mississippi State, which beat McNeese State 70-58.

The Longhorns took control with a 20-4 run midway through the first half, then upped the lead to 22 several minutes before halftime.

Troy Bell, who broke out of a four-game scoring slump with 27 points, got hot to put Boston College (20-12) back into it. His 3-pointer with 12:48 left got the Eagles within five.

Illinois 93, San Diego State 64

Chicago Frank Williams came to play. Did he ever. Williams, whose talent sometimes is overshadowed by a style that has been described as uninterested, scored 25 points and had eight assists as the fourth-seeded Illini beat San Diego State.

Illinois, 15-6 at the United Center since it opened in 1994, enjoyed the benefits of the NCAA’s new format that allows some teams to stay closer to home in the opening rounds. With 10 wins in its last 11 games, Illinois (25-8) moves on to meet Creighton (23-8) on Sunday.

Mississippi State 70, McNeese State 58

Dallas Mario Austin withstood McNeese State’s best shot. Then the Mississippi State forward started to give out a few of his own. Austin bulldozed through defenders for 14 straight points during a 7-minute first-half stretch to rally No. 3-seeded Mississippi State from an eight-point deficit.