DURHAM, N.C. ? North Carolina’s precocious freshmen earned another victory on the road, in perhaps the toughest setting.

They ruined Senior Night in Cameron Indoor Stadium.

Tyler Hansbrough scored 27 points, fellow rookie Danny Green came up with the key defensive stop, and the 13th-ranked Tar Heels held off No. 1 Duke, 83-76, Saturday night in the final home game for Blue Devils J.J. Redick and Shelden Williams.

Bobby Frasor, yet another first-year player, converted two clutch free throws with 23 seconds remaining, and Hansbrough later made two more. That made it a five-point game, and the Blue Devils were done when DeMarcus Nelson missed everything on a three-pointer at the other end.

“When I knocked down those free throws, it hit me that we’d just come in here and beat Duke,” Hansbrough said. “It doesn’t get any better than this.”

The Blue Devils completed the regular season with their first loss to North Carolina in Cameron since 2001 and almost certainly will drop from the top spot in the Associated Press poll on Monday after losing two in a row. Florida State upset Duke earlier in the week.

Marcus Ginyard, the fourth freshmen in the rotation for the Tar Heels, added 12 points, and Frasor finished with 10. Green stripped Duke’s Sean Dockery on a drive in the final minute when the margin was only three points.

North Carolina's David Noel (34) and Tyler Hansbrough celebrate after defeating No. 1 Duke. The Tar Heels beat the Blue Devils, 83-76, Saturday in Durham, N.C. Hansbrough scored a game-high 27 points.

“We’ve got a lot of guys contributing, and that makes us a dangerous team,” Green said. “I think this proves we’re capable of beating anybody.”

Redick scored 18 points despite missing 15 of his final 16 shots, and Williams had 18 points, 15 rebounds and six blocks.

The Blue Devils wrapped up the No. 1 seed in the ACC tournament before their recent struggles, and they head there looking for their seventh title in eight years.

“Sometimes it’s not bad to hurt,” Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski said. “Sometimes you don’t want things until you get hurt. We got hurt today, let’s see what we do.”

No. 2 Connecticut 84, Louisville 80

Storrs, Conn. – Marcus Williams went 6-for-6 from the free-throw line in the final 48 seconds, and Connecticut clinched at least a share of the Big East regular-season championship.

No. 3 Memphis 69, Houston 62

Memphis, Tenn. – Tigers Senior forward Rodney Carney scored 17 points and grabbed seven rebounds in his final home game.

It was the first time Memphis had won a conference title outright since the 1994-95 Great Midwest Conference crown.

The game came down to the final four minutes after both teams played tough defense.

No. 7 George Washington 86, Charlotte 85, OT

Washington – Carl Elliott’s basket at the buzzer of overtime helped George Washington complete its first perfect Atlantic 10 season.

The Colonials got a huge break in the final 10 seconds of overtime when Charlotte’s Leemire Goldwire was assessed with a technical foul.

No. 10 Illinois 75, No. 25 Michigan State 68

East Lansing, Mich. – Dee Brown scored 16 of his 20 points after halftime and made two three-pointers during a 12-0 run midway through the second half to lift Illinois.

The Illini closed the regular season with five victories in six games and will share the conference title if last-place Purdue upsets Ohio State today on the road.

No. 11 Tennessee 68, Vanderbilt 59

Nashville, Tenn. – Chris Lofton scored 21, helping Tennessee erase a 16-point second-half deficit.

No. 12 Boston College 59, Virginia Tech 57

Boston – Jared Dudley had 16 points and nine rebounds, and Craig Smith scored 12 to help Boston College beat Virginia Tech.

Boston College already had clinched a bye in the first-round of the conference tournament, and the victory means the Eagles wouldn’t have to play top-ranked Duke until the league championship game.

No. 14 Washington 70, Arizona 67

Tucson, Ariz. – Brandon Roy scored 16 points to help Washington win its eighth straight game. Washington took its first lead at 68-67 when Justin Dentmon stripped Williams of the ball at halfcourt and fed Bobby Jones, who dunked with 33 seconds to go.

No. 15 UCLA 75, Stanford 54

Stanford, Calif. – UCLA can savor the Pac-10 championship all alone.

Arron Afflalo led four players in double figures with 16 points, and the Bruins captured their first conference title in nine years, securing the top seed in next week’s Pac-10 tournament.

Cincinnati 78, No. 16 West Virginia 75

Cincinnati – Power forward Eric Hicks wiped away tears after a pregame embrace from ousted coach Bob Huggins, then scored 18 to lead Cincinnati.

Huggins attended a game at the Bearcats’ arena for the first time since he was forced out in August. He got a standing ovation and hugged the Bearcats’ five seniors during pregame festivities.

South Florida 63, No. 20 Georgetown 56

Tampa, Fla. – Solomon Jones scored 17 of his 23 points in the second half, and South Florida stopped a school-record 17-game losing streak by closing its season with a victory over Georgetown.

No. 21 LSU 55, Mississippi 52

Baton Rouge, La. – Glen Davis scored 15, including five free throws down the stretch, to help LSU hold off Mississippi.

The Tigers, who had clinched their first outright SEC championship in 21 seasons when Tennessee lost to Kentucky on Wednesday, completed their second straight conference season unbeaten at home.

Wake Forest 76, No. 22 N.C. State 63

Winston-Salem, N.C. – Eric Williams had 22 points and 16 rebounds to help Wake Forest beat North Carolina State.

Justin Gray scored 16 for the Demon Deacons, who head into next week’s league tournament as the 12th seed despite entering the season ranked 18th nationally.

No. 23 Iowa 59, Wisconsin 44

Iowa City, Iowa – Jeff Horner scored 22, Adam Haluska added 16, and Iowa completed the best home season in school history.

The Hawkeyes – who clinched at least a No. 2 seed for the Big Ten tournament – finished with a school-record 17 home victories and went unbeaten in Iowa City for the first time since 1965-66.

No. 24 Nevada 74, Fresno State 60

Reno, Nev. – Nick Fazekas scored 30 and grabbed 11 rebounds to lead the Western Athletic Conference champions to their 11th win in a row.

Marcelus Kemp had 12 points, and Ramon Sessions added six points, eight rebounds and five assists for the Wolf Pack, who are on their longest winning streak in 40 years.

Quinton Hosley had 23 points and Dwight O’Neil 14 for the Bulldogs, who were outrebounded 51-33.