LUBBOCK, Texas — Pat Knight ratcheted up practice his own way after Texas Tech lost by 44 points earlier this week.

It seemed to make a difference in his players' efforts as the Red Raiders beat No. 5 Texas 83-80 yesterday.

Bob Knight, said his son, did "regular old drills" that in some way involved basketball. On Thursday, the younger Knight left the court behind and made his players run sprints while carrying weights. Then they shot lots of free throws. After that Pat Knight made them carry tractor tires and then flip them over — in relay races.

"I honestly believe they might have wished my dad didn't retire after Thursday," Pat Knight said. "I wanted to take it up a notch. I wanted to leave my stamp on it, so I think everything was pretty original that we did."

Alan Voskuil scored 18 points, including six straight free throws down the stretch, and Texas Tech held off the Longhorns.

Martin Zeno scored 15 points and Trevor Cook and Charlie Burgess each added 14 for the Red Raiders (15-13, 7-7 Big 12), who made 34 free throws in the game including hitting all their last 10 to stave off the comeback.

Texas Tech fans stormed the court after the win, Pat Knight's and the Red Raiders' second over a Top 25 team since he succeeded his father as coach in early February.

Pat Knight said his game plan was solely focused on offense.

"We wanted to push it on them, we weren't going to back down or try to slow it up," Pat Knight said. "I wasn't worried about making one, two, three passes; if you're open just shoot."

D.J. Augustine scored 30 points and A.J. Abrams added 14 for the Longhorns (24-5, 11-3), who had an eight-game winning streak snapped.

"We got beat. I mean, I can't be any more specific," Texas coach Rick Barnes said.

Augustine said he felt the pressure.

"They came at us, it was aggressive offensively and defensively," Augustine said. "Our shots wasn't falling and we didn't come out with the same intensity as we always come out with."

Texas Tech, coming off the worst loss in school history, pulled ahead late in the first half and never trailed again. The Red Raiders went up 56-43 with just over 11 minutes remaining before Texas began to stir.

Voskuil left the game at the 8:38 mark after getting his fourth foul and the Longhorns went on a 9-2 run to cut the deficit to 58-52 with about 7 minutes left. The comeback was short-lived, though.

When Voskuil returned 2 minutes later, Tech answered with a 10-4 run to go up 70-56 with 3:28 remaining.

The Longhorns mounted a 12-2 run to cut the margin to 72-68 with 1:24 left. Tech missed four of six free throws in the span.

Three-pointers by Abrams and Justin Mason and three baskets by Augustine got Texas within 81-80 with 11.6 seconds left.

Zeno fouled Augustine before he could attempt a shot and he missed the front end of a 1-and-1. Texas got the rebound and J.D. Lewis took the final shot from 3-point range but it hit off the rim.

Barnes said he didn't think his team needed a wake-up call; players just need to show up.

"If you don't play hard enough to win, you're not entitled to win," he said.

Tech, which lost 98-54 at Texas A&M on Wednesday, beat Texas in Lubbock for the first time since February 2005.

NO. 2 MEMPHIS 76, SOUTHERN MISS 67

HATTIESBURG, Miss. — Derrick Rose scored 23 points to help the Tigers (28-1, 14-0) beat the Golden Eagles (15-13, 7-7) and clinch their third consecutive Conference USA regular-season title with their 37th straight league win.

NO. 3 N. CAROLINA 90, BOSTON COLLEGE 80

BOSTON — Tyler Hansbrough scored 25 points and the Tar Heels (27-2, 12-2 Atlantic Coast Conference) overcame 46 points from Tyrese Rice to beat the Eagles (13-14, 4-10).

NO. 6 KANSAS 88, KANSAS ST. 74

LAWRENCE, Kan. — Brandon Rush scored 21 points to lead the Jayhawks (26-3, 11-3 Big 12) over the Wildcats (18-10, 8-6).

NO. 7 DUKE 87, NORTH CAROLINA ST. 86

RALEIGH, N.C. — DeMarcus Nelson's two free throws with 1:01 remaining lifted the Blue Devils (25-3, 12-2 Atlantic Coast Conference) over the Wolfpack (15-14, 4-11) and gave coach Mike Krzyzewski his 800th career win.

NO. 9 XAVIER 66, GEORGE WASHINGTON 56

CINCINNATI — C.J. Anderson scored 15 points and the Musketeers (25-4, 13-1 Atlantic 10) wasted an 18-point lead before rallying for their 11th straight victory with the win over the Colonials (9-15, 5-9).

NO. 11 GEORGETOWN 70, NO. 21 MARQUETTE 68

MILWAUKEE — Roy Hibbert and Jonathan Wallace scored 20 points each to lift the Hoyas (24-4, 14-3 Big East) over the Golden Eagles (21-7, 11-6) in overtime.

NO. 14 BUTLER 65, DETROIT 31

INDIANAPOLIS — Pete Campbell had 24 points on a career-high eight 3-pointers as the Bulldogs (27-3, 16-2 Horizon League) rolled over the Titans (7-22, 3-15).

NO. 15 CONNECTICUT 79, WEST VIRGINIA 71

HARTFORD, Conn. — A.J. Price scored hit five 3-pointers and finished with 24 points as the Huskies (23-6, 12-4 Big East) beat the Mountaineers (20-9, 9-7).

NO. 16 PURDUE 68, NORTHWESTERN 43

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Freshman Robbie Hummel scored 15 points to lead the Boilermakers (23-6, 14-2) over the Wildcats (8-19, 1-15) and into a tie with Wisconsin for first place in the Big Ten.

ARKANSAS 78, NO. 18 VANDERBILT 73

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Sonny Weems scored 20 points, and the Razorbacks (19-9, 8-6 Southeastern Conference) held off the Commodores (24-5, 9-5), who called a timeout it didn't have in the final seconds. Vanderbilt had pulled within 74-73 on Jermaine Beal's two free throws with 7.3 seconds remaining. Forward Ross Neltner then called a timeout, but the Commodores had none remaining and were assessed a technical foul. Weems made two free throws, then added two more on the ensuing possession for the Razorbacks.

NO. 20 DRAKE 73, WICHITA ST. 63

DES MOINES, Iowa — Klayton Korver scored 19 points and Adam Emmenecker and Leonard Houston added 14 each as the Bulldogs (25-4, 15-3 Missouri Valley) beat the Shockers (11-19, 4-14).

BOWLING GREEN 89, NO. 23 KENT ST. 83

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio — Brian Moten scored 24 points and had six 3-pointers as the Falcons' (13-14, 7-7 Mid-American Conference) beat the Golden Flashes (23-6, 11-3) in their first game as a ranked team.

NO. 24 GONZAGA 88, NO. 25 SAINT MARY'S 76

SPOKANE, Wash. — Jeremy Pargo scored all 18 of his points in the second half and the Bulldogs (23-6, 12-1) beat the Gaels (24-5, 11-2) to break a tie for first place in the West Coast Conference.

ELSEWHERE

CORNELL 86, HARVARD 53

ITHACA, N.Y. — Adam Gore scored 14 points and Ryan Wittman added 13 to help the Big Red (20-5, 12-0) win their first Ivy League title in 20 years and clinch the first bid to the NCAA Tournament with a win over the Crimson (8-20, 3-9). The Ivy League is the only conference that doesn't have a postseason tournament so the automatic bid to the field of 65 is given to the regular-season champion.

WAC

NEVADA 87, LA TECH 57

RENO, Nev. — JaVale McGee scored a game-high 26 points to lead the Wolf Pack (19-10, 11-4) over the Bulldogs (4-23, 1-13) for coach Mark Fox's 100th career victory.

IDAHO 69, SAN JOSE ST. 67

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Jordan Brooks made two free throws with 3.3 seconds left to lift the Vandals (8-19, 5-10 WAC) over the Spartans (12-16, 4-10).

NEW MEXICO STATE 69, FRESNO STATE 64

FRESNO, Calif. — Justin Hawkins scored 14 points to lead the Aggies (17-13, 10-4) over the Bulldogs (13-16, 5-9).