Vandy rolls into NCAAs after beating No. 1 Kentucky

John Jenkins lay on the court with his hands over his face as Vanderbilt teammates celebrated all around, exuberant after beating No. 1 Kentucky 71-64 in New Orleans for the program's first Southeastern Conference tournament title in more than 60 years.

Jeffery Taylor scored 18 points, Jenkins added 17 and Vanderbilt rallied with a 16-2 run over the final 5 minutes to end the Wildcats' 24-game winning streak that lasted more than three months.

"Their 24 game winning streak. Their name on the front of their jersey doesn't matter to us," Vanderbilt's Lance Goulbourne said. "Whoever was in our way, we were going to play as hard as we could to try to win that championship."

Festus Ezeli also had 17 points for Vanderbilt (24-10), which was playing in its first SEC tournament final since 1951, the year of its only other championship. The Commodores pushed ahead in the final minutes with a few timely shots, but mostly with suffocating defense.

Kentucky (32-2) didn't score a field goal over the final 8:04 and shot just 35.9 percent from the field (23 of 64).

No. 17 Florida St. 85, No. 4 North Carolina 82: At Atlanta, Michael Snaer scored 18 points and Florida State used a barrage of 3-pointers to beat North Carolina for the ACC championship.

Florida State (24-9), which joined the ACC in 1991, won the men's basketball crown for the first time, showing its 33-point blowout of the Tar Heels (29-5) during the regular season was no fluke.

No. 8 Michigan St. 68, No. 7 Ohio St. 64: At Indianapolis, Brandon Wood scored a season-high 21 points to help Michigan State (27-7) defeat Ohio State in the Big Ten tournament championship game.

Jared Sullinger scored 18 points for the Buckeyes (27-7), who were denied a third straight title.