No. 8 seed USF faces No. 9 Cincinnati on Thursday at 2 p.m. in the first round of the Conference USA tournament in Fort Worth, Texas. It's the first time since the 2000-01 season the Bulls have made the tournament.
The winner of that game faces No. 1 seed and regular-season champion Houston on Friday.
The Bulls finished the regular season 14-13, 7-7, but they have won four straight and six of their past seven.
In the SEC, No. 4 seed Florida plays at 7 Friday night against the winner of the Georgia-South Carolina game on Thursday.
The Gators tuned up for the tournament with a 71-60 victory Sunday at No. 18 Auburn (21-7, 9-5). Vanessa Hayden scored 22 and Bernice Mosby added 14 for UF (18-9, 8-6).
Top 25
NO. 2 UT 85, NO. 15 LSU 62: Shyra Ely scored 25 and the Vols (25-2, 14-0) finished undefeated in the SEC for the second straight season, extending their league home win streak to 54. The Tigers (22-6, 10-4), who beat Tennessee in last year's SEC title game, had no answers for the Vols, who clinched their seventh straight regular-season conference title a weeks ago.
The Vols led from the start after scoring the game's first seven points. "When we recognized the fact that we had the dominant inside game and got the ball inside, that was key," coach Pat Summitt said.
NO. 6 PENN ST. 69, NO. 4 PURDUE 60: Kelly Mazzante scored 24, and Tanisha Wright hit the go-ahead basket as the host Nittany Lions (23-4, 15-1) rallied from a 14-point halftime deficit to win the Big Ten regular-season title.
NO. 5 TEXAS 65, NO. 9 KANSAS STATE 63: Jamie Carey hit a 3-pointer with nine seconds left to help the host Longhorns (25-3, 13-2) survive a late rally and preserve their chances to defend their Big 12 title.
NO. 11 UNC 70, VIRGINIA 64: Candace Sutton and Camille Little scored 16 each for host North Carolina (22-5, 12-4 ACC).
MICH. 57, NO. 12 MINN. 47: Jennifer Smith closed out her career with a game-high 19, and Stephanie Gandy added 16 for host Michigan (13-16, 6-10 Big Ten).
NO. 19 GEORGIA 73, KY. 62: Sherill Baker scored 19 to lead the host Bulldogs (19-8, 8-6 SEC).
MARQUETTE 62, NO. 20 DePAUL 61: Kelly Schwerman made a free throw with 14.4 seconds left to upset the visiting Blue Demons (22-5, 10-4 C-USA).
NO. 22 MICHIGAN ST. 60, INDIANA 51 (OT): Lindsay Bowen scored 19, and the visiting Spartans (20-7, 10-6 Big Ten) outscored IU 9-0 in overtime to pull away.
NO. 24 VANDERBILT 62, SOUTH CAROLINA 41: Carla Thomas scored 20 and the visiting Commodores (20-7, 8-6 SEC) ran away in the second half for their 18th 20-win season in the program's 27 years.
NO. 25 OHIO ST. 72, WIS. 56: Brandie Hoskins scored 15 and LaToya Turner added 14 as the visiting Buckeyes (19-8, 11-5 Big Ten) won their sixth straight.
