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Senior Jordan Taylor scored 16 points in his final home game, helping No. 14 Wisconsin beat Illinois 70-56 on Sunday in both teams' regular season finale.
Josh Gasser added 16 points and eight rebounds for the Badgers (23-8, 12-6), who have won three straight going into this week's Big Ten tournament. The Badgers honored Taylor and fellow senior Rob Wilson in their final Kohl Center appearances.
Brandon Paul had 22 points for Illinois (17-14, 6-12). The loss continued what has been a miserable collapse in the second half of the Big Ten season for the Illini, and coach Bruce Weber's future at the school remains in doubt.
Illinois had only three assists, a season-low.
It was the 265th victory at Wisconsin for Badgers coach Bo Ryan, tying Harold "Bud" Foster for most wins in the program's history.
>> ISU Falls In OT In Incredible MVC Tourney Run
It was fitting that when it came down to the final snip of the nets, Antoine Young got the honor.
The lone senior starter for No. 25 Creighton stepped up when it counted, scoring 8 of his 14 points in overtime as the Bluejays survived Illinois State's bid for a second straight upset with an 83-79 victory in the Missouri Valley Conference tournament final on Sunday.
Grant Gibbs added a career-high 20 points for Creighton, the No. 2 seed, which won the conference tournament for the seventh time in 14 seasons and earned its first NCAA bid since 2007.
The Bluejays were 3-0 against fourth-seeded Illinois State (20-13), which knocked off 15th-ranked and top-seeded Wichita State by a point in the semifinals, the first two by nine and 28 points.
Freshman Nic Moore had 20 points for Illinois State, seven in overtime. He drove the length of the court for a layup with 6.5 seconds to go in regulation that forced overtime. Young tried to duplicate that feat on the other end but missed with 2 seconds left and Gregory Echenique missed a tip-in at the buzzer.
Jackie Carmichael added 17 points and nine rebounds for Illinois State, which hasn't made the NCAA tournament since 1998. Tyler Brown had 16 points and John Ekey added 13.
The Valley expects to get two NCAA bids, ending a 4-year slump in which the conference got one bid each time, with regular season champion Wichita State among the top teams in the nation in the RPI. Illinois State likely will settle for an NIT bid.
NCAA Top-25 Men's Basketball (ESPN/"USA Today" Rankings)
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#1 Kentucky Wildcats 74, #13 Florida Gators 59
#11 Ohio State Buckeyes 72, #5 Michigan State Spartans 70
#16 Michigan Wolverines 71, Penn State Nittany Lions 65
#20 Indiana Hoosiers 85, Purdue Boilermakers 74
#22 Florida State Seminoles 80, Clemson Tigers 72
