Needing a quality win to boost its slender NCAA Tournament at-large resume, Syracuse got it Monday night when the starting backcourt of Frank Howard and Tyus Battle combined for 47 points in a 78-73 Atlantic Coast Conference victory over Louisville at KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Ky.

Junior forward Juwan Morgan totaled 24 points and eight rebounds as Indiana never trailed en route to a 65-43 victory over Rutgers on Monday night at the Louis Brown Athletic Center in Piscataway, N.J.

West Virginia held off a furious Oklahoma comeback in the final two minutes, as Rashard Odomes' potential tying shot at the buzzer bounced around the rim and out to give the Mountaineers a 75-73 win Monday night at Lloyd Noble Center in Norman, Okla.