For the third time this season, and second time in less than a week, another name was added to the list of coaches with 700 wins.

Jim Calhoun became the 18th Division I coach all-time - and seventh active - to reach the mark when No. 15 Connecticut beat Georgetown 83-64 Wednesday night. Duke's Mike Krzyzewski reached the milestone in December and Syracuse's Jim Boeheim got there last Saturday.

"This is a very special night for Connecticut. It's a special night for me and it's a very special night for our players," Calhoun said. "A coach is only a reflection of so many assistants and great players."

Calhoun, 62, is in his 33rd year as a head coach, spending his first 14 at Northeastern. The Boston-area native had 248 wins at Northeastern and has 452 in his 19 seasons at UConn, which he transformed from a decent regional program into a national power.

He has led the Huskies to two national championships (1999 and 2004), 14 Big East titles and an NIT championship.

The win over Georgetown moved the Huskies (20-6, 12-3) into a first-place tie with Boston College in the Big East. Connecticut has won eight straight league games and the latest was decided early as the Huskies took a 41-26 halftime lead, allowing the sellout crowd of 10,167 at Gampel Pavilion to get ready for the postgame celebration.

"We were definitely focused and pumped up for this game," said sophomore forward Charlie Villanueva, who had 24 points. "We wanted to do this for Coach and we did."

In other games Freshman Rudy Gay added a season-high 20 points for the Huskies, who took control with a 20-3 run in the first half. Sophomore point guard Marcus Williams, who leads the Big East in assists, had 11 points and eight assists, including a couple of highlight-reel passes to Villanueva and Gay.

"He makes us go," Calhoun said of Williams. "He throws passes that most kids can't see. He makes everybody's jobs so much easier."

Freshman Jeff Green had 17 points for the Hoyas (16-10, 8-7), who lost their fourth in a row and didn't help their chances at securing their first NCAA tournament bid since 2001.

"We were in the game and then we were out of the game," first-year Georgetown coach John Thompson III said. "(The Huskies) are playing their best game right now."

Some of Calhoun's former players who are now in the NBA - Ray Allen, Richard Hamilton and Emeka Okafor - participated in the postgame ceremonies in a video tribute.

So did Boeheim, whose Orange will be at Gampel Pavilion this weekend for the regular-season finale.

"It means we're either getting older or getting better," Boeheim said of reaching 700 wins. "Let's just hope we're getting better. We'll see you Saturday."

Senior forward Chuck Hayes, playing his last home game, scored nine of his 13 points over the final 5½ minutes to lead the Wildcats (23-3, 14-1), who had already clinched the Southeastern Conference title.

Vytas Danelius had 17 points and 11 rebounds and the Demon Deacons (25-4, 12-3 Atlantic Coast Conference) rallied from 11 points down in the second half to pull out the win and finish the season 16-0 at Lawrence Joel Coliseum.Jarrett Jack had 23 points for the Yellow Jackets (16-10, 7-8), who took 17 foul shots while Wake Forest attempted 46.

Wayne Simien had 25 points and a career-high 20 rebounds for Kansas on the 50th anniversary of the first game played at Allen Fieldhouse. The Jayhawks (22-4, 12-3) clinched at least a tie for the Big 12 championship with their 30th straight win over the Wildcats (15-11, 5-10).It was the 36th career double-double for Simien, the leader of a four-man senior class that has won three conference championships and gone to two Final Fours while recording a 109-25 record.

John Lucas III scored 27 points for the Cowboys (21-5, 11-4 Big 12), who snapped a two-game losing streak by hitting 15 straight free throws down the stretch for their 29th straight win in Gallagher-Iba Arena, the nation's longest home winning streak.Acie Law IV scored 22 points for the Aggies (18-8, 7-8), who have 10 lost straight to Oklahoma State and haven't won in Stillwater since the 1922-23 season.

Maurice Ager scored 20 points, including a clutch 3-pointer with 3:30 left that curtailed a Northwestern comeback from an 18-point deficit, as the visiting Spartans (21-5, 12-3 Big Ten) won for the seventh time in eight games.Vedran Vukusic had 17 points for the Wildcats (14-14, 6-9), who have lost 33 of the last 35 meetings with Michigan State.

Randy Foye scored a career-high 27 points for the Wildcats (20-6, 10-5 Big East), who won 20 games for the first time since 1999-2000.

Earnest Shelton and Kennedy Winston each scored 24 points for the Crimson Tide (22-6, 11-4 Southeastern Conference).

Jihad Muhammad made six 3-pointers and scored a career-high 24 points for the Bearcats (23-6, 11-4 Conference USA).Taylor Rochestie had 14 points for the visiting Green Wave (9-17, 3-12), who have lost a season-high five straight, all by double figures.