INDIANAPOLIS — Nobody will accuse these Kentucky kids of being the fastest learners. And certainly not during most of Friday night's game against Louisville.

Aaron Harrison hit a 3-pointer for the go-ahead score with 39 seconds left and Julius Randle made a pair of clutch free throws to lift the fantastic freshmen of Kentucky to a 74-69 victory over their in-state rivals.

The eighth-seeded Wildcats (27-10) led for a grand total of 65 seconds in this Midwest Regional semifinal. They'll play Michigan on Sunday for a trip to the Final Four.

They trailed by 13 midway through the first half, then by seven with 4½ minutes left. Actually, it was a sophomore, Alex Poythress, who scored five points and blocked a layup attempt during a 7-0 run that tied the game at 66 with 2:11 left.

INDIANAPOLIS — Sweet, now elite. Barely.A year ago, everything was new for the Michigan basketball team in the NCAA tournament.Though this year's team is younger, the Midwest No. 2 seed Wolverines look like the grizzled veterans, showing it in a 73-71 Sweet Sixteen win over No. 11 seed Tennessee.Michigan center Jordan Morgan, who heard all week about how he was going to be run over by Tennessee big man Jarnell Stokes, allowed just that. With Michigan clinging to a one-point lead with 9.6 seconds left, Stokes drove at Morgan and Michigan's fifth-year senior gladly took the hit.

NEW YORK — Michigan State was the No. 4 seed and yet was the favorite in Las Vegas and the favorite in most amateur brackets.Michigan State outlasted Virginia, 61-59, in an East Regional semifinal at Madison Square Garden, earning the Spartans a game against Connecticut on Sunday. Adreian Payne's three-pointer broke a 51-51 tie for the Spartans.

NEW YORK — DeAndre Daniels scored 26 points, 18 in the second half, and UConn held off Iowa State 81-76 to reach the East Regional final a year after the Huskies were barred from the NCAA tournament.Daniels hit his first six shots after halftime, the only Husky to make a field goal for over 8½ minutes. His 3-pointer gave seventh-seeded UConn a 49-32 lead.