CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- Tyler Hansbrough scored 17 points in his final home game to help No. 2 North Carolina beat seventh-ranked Duke 79-71 Sunday and win the Atlantic Coast Conference regular-season championship.
Ty Lawson added 13 points and several key plays late for the Tar Heels (27-3, 13-3), who earned the top seed for next week's league tournament in Atlanta. North Carolina shot 53 percent for the game and led most of the second half for its sixth win in seven meetings with Duke.
Jon Scheyer scored 24 points for the Blue Devils (25-6, 11-5), while Kyle Singler added 23. But Duke never could overtake the Tar Heels in the second half as they sought to clinch at least a share of the ACC's regular-season crown.
North Carolina earned a season sweep of the Blue Devils for just the second time in the past 13 years. The Tar Heels also won the ACC outright for the third time in five seasons.
No. 8 Michigan St. 62, No. 19 Purdue 51
EAST LANSING, Mich. -- Kalin Lucas scored 21 points to help Spartans win their fifth straight game heading into the Big Ten tournament.
The Spartans (25-5, 15-3) already had clinched the outright conference title. They scored nine straight points early in the second half to break open a tight game, and pushed the lead to as many as 14 in the second half.
JaJuan Johnson and E'Twaun Moore each scored 12 points for Purdue (22-9, 11-7), which dropped to the third seed in the conference tournament behind Michigan State and Illinois.
No. 10 Wake Forest 96, No. 18 Clemson 88
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- James Johnson scored 17 of his 21 points in the second half to help the Demon Deacons to their fourth straight win and a No. 2 seed for the ACC tournament.
Johnson hit his first eight shots and finished 10-for-14 from the field, while the Demon Deacons (24-5, 11-5) shot 60 percent overall.
Al-Farouq Aminu also scored 21 points and grabbed 10 rebounds for Wake Forest, which rallied from a 10-point first-half deficit to extend its home winning streak over Clemson to 17 games.
Demontez Stitt scored a career-high 21 points and K.C. Rivers also scored 21 for the Tigers (23-7, 9-7), who lost for the third time in four games.
No. 14 Gonzaga 94, Santa Clara 59
LAS VEGAS -- Austin Daye scored a career-high 28 points, Micah Downs hit four 3-pointers, and Gonzaga rolled into another West Coast Conference tournament final.
Downs scored 18 points and Jeremy Pargo had 16 for the top-seeded Zags (25-5), whose 17-1 run late in the first half opened a 22-point lead that took the suspense out of their seventh straight win over the Broncos (16-17).
Matt Bouldin added 11 points and seven assists for the Zags, who held WCC Player of the Year John Bryant to 13 points and 10 rebounds for Santa Clara.
No. 24 Florida State 63, Virginia Tech 53
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Toney Douglas scored 16 of his 22 points in the second half, helping give the Seminoles their first opening-round bye in the ACC tournament.
Douglas, the top scorer in conference play at more than 23 points per game, scored a dozen points in just over four minutes after the Hokies pulled within 45-42.
Florida State (23-8, 10-6) led 32-25 after a ragged first half in which the two teams combined for 23 turnovers and the Hokies shot just 24 percent.
A.D. Vassallo scored 14 points to lead Virginia Tech (17-13, 7-9).
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