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New York • Chris Smith scored 15 points and Louisville withstood a closing run by Cincinnati for a 50-44 victory Saturday night that gave the Cardinals their second Big East tournament championship.
Kyle Kuric added 13 points for seventh-seeded Louisville (26-9), which was in the championship for the third time. The Cardinals won the title in 2009 and lost to Connecticut in last year's championship game.
Vermont 51, Stony Brook 43 • In Stony Brook, N.Y., Four McGlynn scored 14 points and Vermont, despite scoring just five points over the final 91/2 minutes, held off Stony Brook to win the America East tournament and earn the Catamounts their fifth NCAA tournament bid.
Memphis 83, Marshall 57 • In Memphis, Tenn., Joe Jackson led five Memphis players in double figures with 19 points and the top-seeded Tigers won their sixth Conference USA tournament championship.
Lamar 70, McNeese State 49 • In Katy, Texas, Mike James scored 26 points, Devon Lamb added 12 and Lamar defeated McNeese State in the Southland Conference tournament championship, sending Pat Knight into the NCAA tournament for the first time as a head coach.
Norfolk State 73, Bethune-Cookman 70 • In Winston-Salem, N.C., Norfolk State came up with a key defensive stop in the final seconds that preserved a victory for its first Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference championship and first NCAA tournament berth.
Ohio 64, Akron 63 • In Cleveland, D.J. Cooper scored 23 points and Ohio had to nervously wait through a TV replay in the final seconds before beating Akron in the championship of the Mid-American Conference tournament.
Long Beach State 77, UC-Santa Barbara 64 • In Anaheim, Calif., Casper Ware scored 33 points, James Ennis got six of his 15 points in the final 5:08 and Long Beach State relied on its long-range shooting, winning the Big West conference championship game and a berth in the NCAA tournament.
Mississippi Valley State 71, Texas Southern 69 • In Garland, Texas, Kevin Burwell scored 19 points and Mississippi Valley State won the Southwestern Athletic Conference tournament and earned an automatic NCAA bid. The Delta Devils (21-12) are going to the NCAA tournament for the fifth time.
New Mexico State 82, Louisiana Tech 57 • In Las Vegas, Wendell McKines scored 27 and grabbed 14 rebounds, and New Mexico State claimed its third Western Athletic Conference tournament championship and an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. —
NCAA automatic qualifiers
America East Conference • Vermont
Atlanta Sun Conference • Belmont
Big East Conference • Louisville
Big Sky Conference • Montana
Big South Conference • UNC Asheville
Big 12 Conference • Missouri
Big West Conference • Long Beach State
Colonial Athletic Conference • VCU
Conference USA • Memphis
Horizon League • Detroit
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference • Loyola (Md.)
Mid-American Conference • Ohio
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference • Norfolk State
Missouri Valley Conference • Creighton
Mountain West Conference • New Mexico
Northeast Conference • LIU
Ohio Valley Conference • Murray State
Pac-12 Conference • Colorado
Patriot League • Lehigh
Southern Conference • Davidson
Southland Conference • Lamar
Southwestern Athletic Conference • MVSU
Summit League • South Dakota State
Sun Belt Conference • Western Kentucky
West Coast Conference • Saint Mary's
Western Athletic Conference • New Mexico Staste —
Sunday's championships
Atlantic Coast Conference • North Carolina vs. Florida State, 11 a.m.
Atlantic 10 Conference • Saint Bonaventure vs. Xaviers, 11 a.m.
Big Ten Conference • Michigan State vs. Ohio State, 1:30 p.m.
Southeastern Conference • Kentucky vs. Vanderbilt, 11 a.m.