ATLANTA — Texas' Kenton Paulino made the biggest 3-pointer of the game against a West Virginia team that knows all about long-distance shots.

Paulino, a senior who ranks second in school history in career 3-point percentage, hit a 3 as time expired Thursday night and Texas outlasted West Virginia 74-71 in the third round of the NCAA tournament.

"Whenever we needed a shot, K.P. made it," Texas guard Daniel Gibson said. "I kind of had a feeling it was going to go in.

Paulino's shot saved Texas from an overtime period just after Kevin Pittsnogle's fifth 3-pointer for West Virginia, which ranks second in the country in 3s, tied it with 5 seconds left.

Paulino took a pass from A.J. Abrams before launching his winner just before time expired. Officials quickly huddled in front of a TV monitor to confirm Paulino's shot was good.

"I put a hand up," said West Virginia's Frank Young, who was guarding Paulino. "I think he actually double-pumped it. It was just a great shot. ... Everybody left it all on the floor. He just made a tough shot."

Paulino's shot sent Texas to the round of eight for the first time since 2003, when it advanced to the Final Four. The Longhorns will play LSU on Saturday in the Atlanta Regional final. LSU beat top-seed Duke 62-54 earlier Thursday.

"That's the kind of player he is," Gibson said of Paulino. "Even on a night when he's not knocking down a lot of shots, when we need a big shot at the end, K.P. is going to make it."

Paulino scored only eight points.

"The whole thing was to get it down the floor and see what happens," Paulino said

The senior said he had never made a similar shot, though he has made 40.9 percent of his career 3-pointers. He led the team by making 41.6 percent of them this season, but in Thursday night's game, Texas wasn't the team depending on 3s.

West Virginia made 15 of 33 shots from beyond the arc, while Texas was 4-for-19.

"We thought we had a pretty good shot to go into overtime," Pittsnogle said. "(Paulino) just tossed it up and it went in."

West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin met with the Mountaineers after the game. When the locker room finally opened, some players were still struggling to hold back the tears.

"It was real emotional," Young said. "This was a great group of seniors. We had a lot of good times together. We never thought it would end. Everybody is really sad. A great run has come to an end."

West Virginia was denied a second straight appearance in the round of eight.

LaMarcus Aldridge scored 26 points for second-seeded Texas (30-6), and Pittsnogle led the sixth-seeded Mountaineers (22-11) with 19.

West Virginia coach John Beilein said 5 seconds probably was too much to leave for Texas to answer Pittsnogle's shot.

"With 5 seconds, it's just very hard to match their quickness," Beilein said.

The Mountaineers rallied from a 12-point halftime deficit to briefly take the lead, but the Longhorns — led by the inside play of Aldridge — answered the challenge.

"We felt good about the first half, but we know how West Virginia shoots the ball," Paulino said.

ATLANTA — J.J. Redick never thought it would end this way. Then again, he had been through it all before.Redick closed out a brilliant college career with one of his worst games, clanking shot after shot as top-seeded Duke tumbled out of the NCAA tournament in the round of 16 for the third time in four years.LSU pulled off an upset Thursday night in the Atlanta Regional with a brilliant display of defense, spearheaded by a couple of freshman. Tyrus Thomas loomed on the inside, blocking five shots, while Garrett Temple made sure Redick didn't break loose on the outside.Duke's senior guard shot only 3-of-18 and finished with 11 points — more than 16 below his season average. He equaled his lowest-scoring game of the season."This definitely hurts," a red-eyed Redick said. "The last four years have been pretty amazing and I didn't want that to end."But end it did. The fourth-seeded Tigers (26-8) moved on to face Texas on Saturday in their first regional final since 1987.Redick got his last basket, a 3-pointer off a screen with 3:32 remaining, to give Duke (32-4) its final lead at 52-51. But that was about the only bright spot in a grim night."We could have had a better offensive game, there's no question about it," Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski said. "But LSU had a lot to do with that."LSU star Glen "Big Baby" Davis was plagued by foul trouble and held to 14 points, coming out on the short end of his head-to-head battle with Duke's other senior star, Shelden Williams, who closed his career with 23 points and 13 rebounds.But Davis got a lot more help from his teammates. Duke made only 18 of 65 shots (28 percent) and finished with its fewest points since 1996."That may have been the best defensive effort I've seen in one of my teams," LSU coach John Brady said.

OAKLAND, Calif. — There have been 11 national titles and countless big victories at tradition-rich UCLA. There might never have been a comeback quite like this one.Luc Richard Mbah a Moute scored the go-ahead basket underneath with 10 seconds left and the second-seeded Bruins staged a wild rally by scoring the final 11 points, ending Adam Morrison's amazing season — and likely his college career — with a victory Thursday night over third-seeded Gonzaga."I've been part of comebacks, but this one is the greatest I've ever been in," Mbah a Moute said after the Bruins moved into the regional final for the first time since 1997.It was a shocking turn of events in a game that Gonzaga dominated for the first 37 minutes, taking a 17-point lead in the first half. UCLA trailed by nine with just over 3 minutes to go and never led until the final seconds.But the Bruins (30-6) never wilted, turning up the pressure defense and leaving Morrison crumpled at center court in tears after the final buzzer."I saw him laying there in tears. I felt for him a little bit. He has no reason to cry," UCLA guard Arron Afflalo said. "He should definitely keep his head up. That's easy to say when you won the game and your opponent lost. But I just really wanted to see him still in a good mood."Morrison, Gonzaga's shaggy-haired star, was in a good mood most of the game, scoring on a wide array of shots and talking trash and getting physical with the Bruins for much of the game.His two free throws with 3:26 to go, giving him 24 points on the night and the Bulldogs (29-4) a 71-62 lead. But that would be the last points Gonzaga would score."We had control of that game for most of the game," Morrison said. "It just happened in a blur. We just had a few mistakes and you have to take your hat off to UCLA. I hate losing, period. I mean anything, especially basketball.""It won't really sink in for a while," UCLA guard Jordan Farmar said. "Just to be a part of it is something special. I don't know where we got it from, but we dug deep and got it done."

OAKLAND, Calif. — Maybe Memphis isn't the worst No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament.After all the talk that the Tigers were less talented and would be the first top-seeded team to lose, Memphis reached the regional final for the first time in 14 years.It's Duke, another No. 1, headed home instead after the Blue Devils lost to Louisiana State in the third round of the Atlanta Regional.Rodney Carney is the biggest reason the Tigers are still standing. He contributed on both ends of the floor Thursday, scoring 23 points and leading a stingy defense that gave Memphis the victory over Bradley."We just want to go out and play," Carney said of his team's focus in spite of the skeptics. "We don't really listen to what they say. We don't really buy into that, let them get us mad or anything."Carney dunked and played great defense, also getting three steals to put the Tigers among the final eight for the first time since Anfernee Hardaway's days at Memphis in 1992.Darius Washington Jr. added 18 points and Shawne Williams had 12 points, eight rebounds and four blocks as Memphis won the third round of the Oakland Regional for its seventh straight victory.Coach John Calipari's young Tigers (33-3), an NIT team last season, will play Saturday against second-seeded UCLA for a spot in the Final Four."We really guarded. We rebounded in the second half, and my stars were stars — all three of them," Calipari said. "We're pretty good when that happens. ... Your senior better do his thing, and he's doing it."Patrick O'Bryant had 11 of his 14 rebounds in the first half and only scored eight points for Bradley (22-11), which at No. 13 was the lowest seed still alive in the tournament. The Braves will return home to another hero's welcome after they turned the program into a household name and brought national attention to the town of Peoria, Ill., where they play."We put Bradley basketball back on the map," O'Bryant said. "I think we started a great tradition."