INDIANAPOLIS — Jamelle Cornley used his pregame speech to convey his emotions about making the NCAA tournament.

He did an even better job showing his Penn State teammates how to get there.

With the Nittany Lions needing one or two more wins to likely lock up their first tournament bid since 2001, the senior swingman took matters into his own hands by scoring 14 points in the first 11 minutes, finishing with 22 points and leading the Nittany Lions past Indiana 66-51 in Thursday's first-round game at the Big Ten tournament.

"That 13-game skid my sophomore year, it allowed us to be here. Going through the frustrations, the mental frustrations that year helped all of us. The coaching staff, too," Cornley said. "Now we've put ourselves in position to be in the NCAA tournament."

Forgive Cornley if he's a little early for the selection committee.

Thursday's victory gave sixth-seeded Penn State (22-10) the second most wins in school history, a chance to face third-seeded Purdue in today's quarterfinals and put them one win away from their first tournament semifinal appearance in eight years.

It also may have put them in the NCAA tournament. Another win against Purdue likely would lock it up.

So Cornley, who spent his first three years enduring the tribulations, was determined not to let anything stand in the way of his dream — not the selection committee, not a few late-season stumbles and certainly not an undermanned Indiana team.

Cornley answered his own challenge by making his first six shots, including two 3-pointers, and his first two free throws. Stanley Pringle helped out, scoring 13 of his 16 points in the first 20 minutes, too.

The struggling Hoosiers had no answers, losing their fourth straight to the Nittany Lions. Penn State completed its first three-game sweep of Indiana in school history.

In other games:

Before Syracuse and Connecticut went six overtimes in the Big East tournament, Baylor and Oklahoma State blew the Big 12 wide open.

The Bears bumped off 11th-ranked Kansas in one quarterfinal and the Cowboys bounced No. 6 Oklahoma, leaving the conference without its top two seeds.

In New York, the No. 18 Orange outlasted the third-ranked Huskies in the second-longest Division I game ever, capping a Big East tournament quarterfinal doubleheader in which the second- and third-ranked teams in the country both lost.

Andy Rautins hit a 3-pointer 10 seconds into the sixth overtime Thursday night, giving the Orange their first lead since regulation and they went on to a 127-117 victory over the third-ranked Huskies.

The game started at 9:36 Thursday night on the East Coast and didn't finish until 1:22 this morning, with most of the sellout crowd of 19,375 still in the seats, or at least standing in front of them, for the sixth overtime.

The loss closed the book on a night with five defeats by ranked teams, including upsets of the Nos. 2, 3, 6 and 11 teams.

Earlier, West Virginia toppled No. 2 Pittsburgh 74-60, and Georgia Tech, the last-place team in the ACC, rose up to beat No. 17 Clemson in the opening round, led by Lewis Clinch's career-high 32 points.

Fourth-ranked Memphis hung on for a sloppy 51-41 win over Tulane.

It was hard to top Baylor for a stunner, though — at least until the marathon at Madison Square Garden.

LaceDarius Dunn hit six 3-pointers and scored 24 points to lead a late surge as Baylor rallied after blowing a 17-point lead to stun Kansas, 71-64. The three-time defending champion Jayhawks (25-7) led by five before Dunn fueled a decisive 12-0 run for the Bears (19-13).

Kansas became only the second top-seeded team to lose its opening game at the Big 12 tournament. Baylor was also responsible for the other upset, beating Iowa State in 2001.

For Oklahoma State, James Anderson hit two free throws with 2.3 seconds left and the Cowboys won 71-70 in front of a divided Oklahoma City crowd.