Duke is first No. 1 seed to depart the Dance

~ LSU made the biggest news of the tournament with a 62-54 upset of the Blue Devils.

ATLANTA -- No need for LSU and Big Baby to cry in this NCAA tournament. The Tigers left the tears for J.J. Redick.

Glen "Big Baby" Davis and a pair of defensive-minded freshmen have LSU just one win away from the Final Four, stifling Redick and sending top-seeded Duke to yet another loss in the round of 16.

Davis scored 14 points despite foul trouble, freshman Tyrus Thomas swatted away five shots, and another freshman, Garrett Temple, shut down Redick to lead No. 4 seed LSU to a 62-54 upset Thursday night in the Atlanta Regional.

"It feels good, but it's over," Davis said. "There's another task at hand."

That comes Saturday, when the Tigers (26-8) will meet Texas in their first regional final since 1987.

Duke (32-4) is heading home, having flickered out at a familiar point in the tournament. The Blue Devils lost in the regional semifinals for the third time in four years.

"This definitely hurts," said a red-eyed Redick, who had one of his worst games in the finale of his brilliant college career. "The last four years have been pretty amazing, and I didn't want that to end."

Redick hardly looked like a favorite for player of the year, making only three of 18 shots and finishing with 11 points -- more than 16 points below his season average.

Duke's other star senior, Shelden Williams, went out with 23 points and 13 rebounds, but his team wasn't nearly as balanced as LSU, which won the Southeastern Conference regular-season championship and has its sights on an even bigger title.

If the Tigers can play this kind of defense three more times, they might just do it for a state still recovering from the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. Duke made only 18 of 65 shots (28 percent) and finished with its fewest points in a game since 1996.

"That may have been the best defensive effort I've seen in one of my teams," LSU coach John Brady said.

Redick got his last basket, a 3-pointer off a screen with 3:32 remaining, to give Duke its final lead at 52-51.

After Redick's final hoop, LSU outscored the Blue Devils 11-2 the rest of the way.

Texas 74, West Virginia 71

Kenton Paulino beat West Virginia at its own game, hitting a 3-pointer as time expired to push Texas past the Mountaineers.

Kevin Pittsnogle made a 3-pointer for West Virginia to tie it with 5 seconds left, but Paulino answered with his 3-pointer for Texas as the buzzer sounded.

LaMarcus Aldridge scored 26 points for second-seeded Texas (30-6), and Pittsnogle led the sixth-seeded Mountaineers (22-11) with 19.

Texas is in the round of eight for the first time since 2003, when it advanced to the Final Four. West Virginia was denied a second straight appearance in the round of eight.

Oakland Regional

UCLA 73, Gonzaga 71

Luc Richard Mbah a Moute provided a shocking ending to Adam Morrison's amazing season.

Mbah a Moute scored underneath with 10 seconds left and the second-seeded Bruins scored the final 11 points of the game to knock out Morrison and third-seeded Gonzaga.

Morrison, made two free throws with 3:26 to go, giving him 24 on the night and the Bulldogs (29-4) a 71-62 lead. But the Bruins (30-6) didn't wilt.

Mbah a Moute scored six of the final 11 points and got a key steal in the final seconds to seal the win and send UCLA to its first regional final since 1997. The Bruins will play Saturday against Memphis (33-3) in the the Oakland Regional final. The Tigers beat the Bruins 88-80 in November.

Memphis 80, Bradley 64

Rodney Carney kept top-seeded Memphis from becoming another victim of Bradley's surprising NCAA run.

Carney contributed on both ends of the floor Thursday, scoring 23 points and leading a stingy defense that put the Tigers in the regional final for the first time since 1992 -- back when Anfernee Hardaway was the star.

Darius Washington Jr. added 18 points and Shawne Williams had 12 points and eight rebounds as Memphis (33-3) won its seventh straight.

Patrick O'Bryant had 11 of his 14 rebounds in the first half and only scored eight points for Bradley (22-11), which at No. 13 was the lowest seed still alive in the tournament. The Braves had been the NCAA spoiler after beating Kansas and Pittsburgh to reach their first regional semifinal since 1955 when it was 24-team tournament.