No. 3 Wisconsin Ousts Beasley, K-State in Midwest

Trevon Hughes runs over Dominique Sutton on his way to a deuce for the Badgers. (AP Images)

Once again the Wisconsin Badgers heard about the star on the other side of the floor. And again the workmanlike Big Ten champs didn’t buckle.

Kansas State’s Michael Beasley got his points but the rest of the Wildcats did very little against Wisconsin, which claimed a 72-55 second-round victory Saturday in the NCAA Tournament.

While Beasley got all the hype, the Badgers’ team effort overwhelmed No. 11 K-State in the second half of the Midwest Region game. Behind 25 points from Trevon Hughes, Wisconsin pulled away to reach the Sweet 16 round of March Madness.

The Badgers were favored by 4.5 on the point spread in Omaha, Neb. They cruised behind a tenacious defense that allowed only freshman Beasley (23 points) and Billy Walker (18) to reach double figures for K-State.

In the West Region on Saturday afternoon:

No. 3 Xavier 85, No. 6 Purdue 78: The Musketeers did their best all-for-one-one-for-all performance as they spread the offense around to dismantle the Boilermakers in Washington, D.C. Drew Landender and C.J. Anderson both scored 18 points, and Josh Duncan added 16 in the win. Xavier covered the three-point spread.

Here are the NCAA men’s basketball tournament second round results. Plus, get NCAA college basketball lines in the Bodog Sportsbook.