Katin Reinhardt hit two free throws with 11.6 seconds left, and Jalen Brunson missed a layup at the buzzer at the other end as host Marquette upset top-ranked Villanova 74-72 on Tuesday night.
The Golden Eagles (14-6, 5-3 Big East) roared back from a 17-point deficit for a signature win over the Wildcats (19-2, 7-2). Fans stormed the court at the Bradley Center for the kind of postgame celebration that hasn't been seen in Milwaukee since coach Al McGuire paced the Marquette sideline.
He would have been proud of the Golden Eagles' effort against Villanova. Marquette overcame poor free throw shooting and lackluster stretches in the first half.
Reinhardt's three-pointer from the right wing tied the game at 72 with 1:04 left.
Mikal Bridges had a season-high 20 points for the defending national champion Wildcats who withered in the end. Marquette finished the game on a 19-4 run. Villanova ended the night on a 2 of 13 stretch from the field.
After Reinhardt's three, Duane Wilson hit two foul shots with 46 seconds left to give Marquette a two-point lead.
Josh Hart's acrobatic tip-in of a missed three by Brunson tied the game again with 35 seconds, setting up Reinhardt's game-winning free throws.
No. 18 West Virginia 85, No. 2 Kansas 69: Esa Ahmad broke out of a shooting slump with a career-high 27 points to lead the Mountaineers (16-4, 5-3 Big 12) over the Jayhawks (18-2, 7-1). It was the fourth consecutive time that Kansas has lost in Morgantown, W.Va., and stopped the Jayhawks' 18-game winning streak. Ahmad led West Virginia in scoring over the first two months of the season but entered Tuesday's game with four single-digit games in a row. "I've kind of been passive and just passing the ball around," said Ahmad, who scored his team's first eight points. "I took it upon myself. My teammates looked for me and kept me positive. I love those guys for that." Svi Mykhailiuk's three-pointer put the Jayhawks ahead 59-58 midway through the second half but that was their last lead.
