Lexington, KY ? Last year, Florida ran through the NCAA Tournament. This season, the Gators are dominating the Southeastern Conference.

Top-ranked Florida won its 16th straight overall, 64-61, on Saturday night, and fifth in a row against No. 20 Kentucky – the program that has been the league standard bearer.

“We’re just trying to build and be like Kentucky is,” Gators coach Billy Donovan said. “Sometimes maybe people have harsh expectations, and that’s unfair. We’re trying to build a program, build a tradition.”

This one came down to a last-second three-point attempt by Ramel Bradley that would have tied the score, but the defending national champions held on for the victory.

“I thought it was going to fall in,” Bradley said. “It was a tough shot to get off.”

Florida was up 63-54 with 20 seconds left before Bradley hit consecutive threes to cut the margin to three. Prior to that, Kentucky had made just one of 19 attempts from beyond the arc and was threatening the school-worst 1-of-19 performance set in 2002 against South Carolina.

“Everyone just stepped it up a little more, and you definitely need to do that when playing in front of a great crowd like (Kentucky’s), here at a historical place,” Florida guard Taurean Green said.

A record crowd of 24,465 was hoping to see Kentucky’s 400th victory at Rupp Arena. Instead, the Gators won back-to-back games in the building for the first time since 1988-89.

The Gators kept the Wildcats at a distance until early in the second half, when Florida big men Joakim Noah and Al Horford picked up their third fouls.

“We learned that we can play with anybody,” Kentucky freshman guard Jodie Meeks said. “Florida is the No. 1 team in the country, and we came out and played them hard.”

West Virginia 70, No. 2 UCLA 65

Morgantown, W.Va. – Alex Ruoff scored 18 points, and the Mountaineers withstood two rallies.

Arron Afflalo had 27 points and nine rebounds for the Bruins, which was without Darren Collison, the team’s third-leading scorer. He hurt his left shoulder in a five-point victory over USC on Wednesday night.

For the second straight season, UCLA couldn’t recover from a double-digit deficit against the Mountaineers.

Florida's joakim noah reaches for a loose ball. Noah scored just six points, but the No. 1 Gators edged No. 20 Kentucky, 64-61, Saturday in Lexington, Ky.

No. 3 Ohio State 63, Purdue 56

Columbus, Ohio – Ron Lewis hit a key driving layup, and the Buckeyes closed with an 11-4 run to break open a close game.

Ohio State was in trouble throughout the second half before Lewis broke a 52-all tie with a layup with 3:07 remaining off a long pass from Mike Conley Jr. The Buckeyes won their ninth game in a row and ran their record to 16-0 at home.

No. 4 Wisconsin 74, Iowa 62

Madison, Wis. – Alando Tucker scored 21 points, and the Badgers overcame a halftime deficit to beat the Hawkeyes.

Tucker became the second player to score 2,000 points for the Badgers. Michael Finley had 2,147 in his career.

Adam Haluska scored 16 points to lead Iowa.

No. 5 North Carolina 104, Wake Forest 67

Chapel Hill, N.C. – Reyshawn Terry scored 23 points, Tyler Hansbrough added 16, and the Tar Heels reached triple digits for the seventh time this season.

Brandan Wright had 15 points, and fellow freshman Wayne Ellington added 11 for the dominant Tar Heels, who matched their most lopsided win of the series.

No. 7 Pittsburgh 74, Providence 68

Pittsburgh – Aaron Gray took control inside to finish with 22 points after sitting out much of the first half in foul trouble, and Pittsburgh rallied to shake off stubborn Providence’s upset bid.

Pitt won its fifth in a row and 12th in 13 games despite playing sluggishly most of the game against a conference opponent it has dominated of late.

No. 8 Memphis 95, Tulane 51

Memphis, Tenn. – Robert Dozier and Willie Kemp each scored 13 points to lead a balanced offense, and Memphis routed Tulane for its 27th consecutive victory at home.

Memphis was never threatened in its 13th straight win overall. The Tigers used a 13-0 run midway through the first half to pull away.

Five Memphis players finished in double figures.

UCLA's Russell Westbrook, left, and injured Darren Collison cover their faces during the final seconds of Saturday's loss. No. 2 UCLA fell, 70-65, in a nonconference tilt against West Virginia on Saturday in Morgantown, W.Va.

Wright State 77, No. 10 Butler 65

Dayton, Ohio – DaShaun Wood scored 30 points, and Wright State ended Butler’s winning streak at nine games.

Wright State dug in on defense to beat Butler, which had moved into the Top 10 for the first time in school history. The teams split their season series, with Butler winning the first matchup, 73-42, last month.

No. 22 Georgetown 76, No. 11 Marquette 58

Washington – Jeff Green scored 24 points, Roy Hibbert had 23 points and 11 rebounds, and Georgetown celebrated the 100th anniversary of Hoyas basketball by snapping Marquette’s eight-game winning streak.

On a day when Patrick Ewing was honored as the most popular player on the school’s all-century team, Hibbert added to the legacy of great Georgetown centers. Green matched his career high for points in the seventh straight victory for the Hoyas, their first win over a Top-25 team.

No. 24 Arizona 77, No. 13 Oregon 74

Eugene, Ore. – Freshman Chase Budinger had 30 points and 10 rebounds, Ivan Radenovic hit a go-ahead jumper with six seconds left, and Arizona rallied from a 10-point halftime deficit.

Tajuan Porter hit a three to put Oregon up 74-73 with 22.2 seconds to go. Right after the shot, Oregon coach Ernie Kent either fell or was accidentally knocked down. He was clutching his left arm when he was helped up and afterward said it was likely a rotator-cuff injury. Kent had surgery on his other arm before the season.

No. 14 Washington State 59, California 46

Pullman, Wash. – Daven Harmeling scored 26 points, and Washington State swept the season series with California.

Harmeling shot 5-of-7 on three-pointers for Washington State, which moved within a half-game of first-place UCLA in the Pac-10.

No. 15 Air Force 60, New Mexico 51

Albuquerque, N.M. – Jacob Burtschi and Nick Welch combined for a rare four-point trip late in the game, and Air Force shook off a horrendous start to beat New Mexico.

The Falcons missed nine of their first 10 shots, but consistently hit key shots in the second half.

Mississippi 75, No. 18 Alabama 69

Oxford, Miss. – Clarence Sanders scored 11 of Mississippi’s final 12 points to cap a rousing comeback.

Sanders also made two key steals down the stretch to go with his 16 points, and the Rebels gained a share of first place in the SEC’s wild Western Division.

No. 21 Southern Illinois 72, Creighton 68

Carbondale, Ill. – Matt Shaw scored 25 points, including two key free throws with 1.6 seconds left, to help Southern Illinois take over sole possession of first place in the Missouri Valley Conference.

Jamaal Tatum added 18 points for the Salukis, who shot a school-record 86 percent from the field in the second half.

Tennessee 84, No. 23 Vanderbilt 57

Knoxville, Tenn. – Wayne Chism scored 17 points, Chris Lofton added 16, and Tennessee avoided getting swept by its state rival.

The Volunteers jumped to a 13-0 lead in the opening minutes, a spurt that included consecutive three-pointers by Chism.