The Pioneers (14-4) advance to play top-seeded Syracuse in next Saturday's semifinals in Philadelphia.
If they drop to eighth place they will start the playoffs against the top-seeded Pittsburgh Penguins.
The Great Danes fell to top-seeded Connecticut after leading by 12 points in the second half.
That much was evident in the Orange's win against top-seeded Indiana on Thursday night.
Beginning next season, the top-seeded teams will host the first two games against the wild cards.
The winner draws top-seeded Indiana (27-6) on Friday, also at the University of Dayton Arena.
The Badgers allowed only seven points after the top-seeded Hoosiers pulled within one with 9:45 left.
Already reeling after losing Rose in the opener, the top-seeded Bulls bowed out in the first round.
Top-seeded Indiana holds off Temple 58-52 to advance to round of 16 in the NCAA basketball tourney.
Top-seeded Paola Suarez of Argentina beat American Tara Snyder 6-4 6-3 in a rain-affected first-round tie in Auckland.
Chicago, the NHL's top-seeded team, will renew a rivalry against seventh-seeded Detroit on Wednesday night in the Windy City.
The top-seeded Penguins advanced to face the No. 7 Ottawa Senators despite being outshot 38-21 in the decisive win.
Top-seeded Petrova hit seven aces in beating Zheng Jie of China 6-2 6-3 in the third round in Florida.
And last year, Duncan's top-seeded Spurs handled the Utah Jazz in four games, but lost in the Western Conference Finals.
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If Brooklyn advances past the first round, they will likely face the top-seeded and defending champion Miami Heat and James.
Seeded seventh in the league, the Griffins rolled to the title by defeating top-seeded Air Force in the quarterfinal round.
The supremely talented, top-seeded Penguins still are likely to win this series.
Immediately, their thoughts turned to top-seeded Indiana (27-6), who they'll play on the same University of Dayton Arena court on Friday night.
Ninth-seeded Charlotte (21-10, 8-8) faces top-seeded Saint Louis in the quarterfinals Friday.
In the NCAA tournament, Carter-Williams scored a career-high 24 points in an upset of top-seeded Indiana in the semifinals of the East Regional.
Much like what happened Thursday in the regional semifinals, when Syracuse knocked off top-seeded Indiana by limiting it to a season-low output, too.
Now the fourth-seeded Orange (28-9) get to face top-seeded Indiana (29-6) in the semifinals of the East Regional on Thursday in Washington, D.
The fifth-seeded Mountaineers came in riding a nine-game win streak after upsetting top-seeded Robert Morris for a chance to play in the finals.
The Blackhawks, the NHL's top-seeded team, beat the Red Wings twice in shootouts, once in overtime and by a 7-1 score in another game.
After all, they are the top-seeded team in the Eastern Conference, and the Islanders barely qualified for their first postseason appearance in six years.
Now the Bulls move on to face the top-seeded Miami Heat in the second round, while the Nets players begin thinking about next season.
Next Sunday the Jets will pay a visit to Gillette Stadium for a meeting with the top-seeded New England Patriots in the second round.
Syracuse (30-9) made the Big East tournament final, losing to Louisville, then beat Montana, California, top-seeded Indiana, and third-seeded Marquette in NCAA regional play.
It breathes at least until next weekend, when top-seeded New England will try to stop what it thought it had stopped almost a month ago.
The Wildcats, who won the only meeting between the two, 67-57, went 22 of 23 from the free throw line to beat the top-seeded Panthers.
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