EUGENE, Ore. — In 1974, Ernie Kent played for an Oregon team that upset No. 1 UCLA.
Thirty-three years later, Kent sobbed when his Ducks again knocked off top-ranked UCLA.
"This is a together basketball team," the Oregon coach said after the 16th-ranked Ducks handed UCLA its first loss of the season 68-66 Saturday. "Their spirit is unbelievable."
Aaron Brooks scored 25 points, including the game-winning jumper with 13 seconds left for Oregon (14-1, 2-1 Pac-10). That was the Ducks' only field goal over the final 7 minutes.
"It just shows that we can play with anybody, regardless of who we played at the beginning of the year," Brooks said. "People talked about our schedule, but we got to put the system in, and the system's working, and it will work against anybody if we play hard."
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Darren Collison hit a three-pointer to bring the Bruins (14-1, 3-1) into a 66-66 tie. Brooks, who had 31 points on Thursday night in an 84-82 loss to Southern California, the Ducks' first of the season, hit a baseline jumper to give Oregon the lead.
UCLA worked the ball around over the final seconds, and instead of going toward the basket for a chance at tying it, Josh Shipp's three-point attempt at the buzzer was short, setting off a celebration on McArthur Court.
● No. 3 Florida 67, Georgia 51: In Gainesville, Fla., Corey Brewer had 19 points and 10 rebounds to lead Florida in the SEC opener for both teams.
It was Florida's seventh consecutive win, sixth in a row in an SEC opener, and sixth straight over Georgia.
● No. 4 Wisconsin 68, Minnesota 45: In Madison, Wis., Alando Tucker scored 14 points to help Wisconsin open its Big Ten season with a victory.
The Badgers (15-1, 1-0) recovered from a slow start to take a 17-point lead at halftime, then held the Golden Gophers scoreless for the first 6 1/2 minutes of the second half.
● Virginia Tech 69, No. 5 Duke 67: In Durham, N.C., Jamon Gordon's basket with 31 seconds left in overtime gave Virginia Tech the lead, and Deron Washington blocked Greg Paulus' three-point shot as time expired to give the Hokies their upset victory.
The Hokies (11-4, 1-0 ACC) trailed 67-66 when they worked the ball to Gordon, who drove to the basket and scored. David McClure missed an 18-footer on Duke's next possession, and the Blue Devils (13-2, 0-1) were forced to foul A.D. Vassallo with 7.5 seconds left. He made the first free throw, but missed the second.
● No. 6 Ohio State 62, Illinois 44: In Champaign, Ill., Daequan Cook scored 13 points to lead Ohio State.
Jamar Butler had 12 points, and Ron Lewis added 10 for the Buckeyes (13-2, 2-0 Big Ten), while 7-foot freshman Greg Oden finished with seven points — all in the second half — and 15 rebounds.
● Arkansas 88, No. 8 Alabama 61: In Fayetteville, Ark., Patrick Beverley, Gary Ervin and Sonny Weems scored 18 points each for Arkansas, which raced to a 25-point first-half lead.
The Razorbacks (12-3, 1-0 SEC) scored the game's first 14 points. The Crimson Tide (13-2, 0-1) lost its SEC opener for the fourth straight season.
● No. 11 Texas A&M 69, Kansas State 65: In College Station, Texas, Acie Law scored 18 points, including two late free throws, to lead Texas A&M over Kansas State in the teams' Big 12 opener.
Texas A&M (13-2) led 66-63 before Akeem Wright drove through the lane for a layup that made it 66-65 with 7 seconds left. Law hit both free throws to stretch the lead to three points.
● No. 12 Oklahoma State 81, Baylor 77: In Stillwater, Okla., Mario Boggan overcame foul trouble to score 26 points and grab 13 rebounds — his fourth double-double of the season — and Oklahoma State opened Big 12 Conference play on a positive note.
JamesOn Curry added 20 points for Oklahoma State (15-1), which has won four straight since its only loss, by two points, to Tennessee on Dec. 18.
● No. 13 Butler 73, Wright State 42: In Indianapolis, A.J. Graves scored 19 points, and stretched his streak of consecutive free throws made to 52 to lead Butler.
The Bulldogs (14-1, 3-0 Horizon), off to the school's best start after 15 games, took control with a 16-point run in the first half.
● No. 14 LSU 66, No. 18 Connecticut 49: In Baton Rouge, La., Glen Davis and Tasmin Mitchell each scored 16 points as LSU overcame a sloppy start to defeat Connecticut.
Jerome Dyson led Connecticut (12-2) with 12 points.
● Georgetown 66, No. 17 Notre Dame 48: In Washington, Roy Hibbert scored 18 points, and Georgetown won its seventh straight game.
The Hoyas (11-3, 1-0 Big East) took an 18-2 lead at the outset. They shot 57 percent to end a 12-game winning streak by the Fighting Irish (13-2, 1-1), Notre Dame's longest since 1973-74.
● No. 20 Air Force 56, UNLV 50: In Air Force Academy, Colo., Nick Welch, Matt McCraw and Dan Nwalele all scored 13 points to lead Air Force to its 11th straight win.
Welch scored on a drive as the shot clock expired to give the Falcons (15-1, 2-0) a 54-48 lead with just under a minute left.
● No. 23 Clemson 75, Georgia Tech 74: In Clemson, S.C., James Mays had 16 points, including the game-winning layup with 2.2 seconds to go, and Clemson became Division I's only unbeaten team.
The best start in 20 years for the Tigers (16-0, 2-0 ACC) was in jeopardy when Javaris Crittenton scored with 6.5 seconds left. But Mays caught the inbounds pass at midcourt and dribbled down the left side of the lane before putting up his soft banker off the glass.
● No. 25 West Virginia 73, St. John's 46: In Morgantown, W.Va., Darris Nichols scored a career-high 20 points, and West Virginia beat St. John's for its second-ever 3-0 Big East start.
Frank Young added 12 points as the Mountaineers (13-1) won their eighth straight.