John Calipari only had questions once he and his Kentucky Wildcats finished celebrating their Southeastern Conference tournament championship.

"How did we win this game? How did we go to overtime? I don't know," Calipari said.

Credit his fantastic freshmen who scored to get them to overtime and then won the game, even if they celebrated a little prematurely.

John Wall scored seven of his 15 points in overtime, and No. 2 Kentucky rallied from five down with 2:28 left in regulation to beat Mississippi State, 75-74, at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn. The Wildcats rewarded their faithful by adding their 26th SEC tournament championship and an automatic berth to the NCAA tournament to their 44th regular-season title.

Two down, one to go?

That might be why the Wildcats ran around the arena waving and yelling with their fans without ever cutting down a net.

"We will cut down nets," Calipari promised. "Maybe hopefully in the NCAA tournament somewhere ... "

The Wildcats (32-2) blew earlier chances with freshmen Wall and DeMarcus Cousins missing free throws and making youthful mistakes. But they came through over the defending tournament champs as Cousins' layup off Wall's missed 3-pointer from the right corner beat the regulation buzzer to give them some extra time.

Mississippi State (23-11) lost for the second time to the Wildcats this season.

• Atlantic Coast: Kyle Singler scored 20 points and Jon Scheyer hit a critical 3-pointer with 18 seconds left to help No. 4 Duke (29-5) beat Georgia Tech (22-12), 65-61, in tournament championship game in Greensboro, N.C.

• Big Ten: Junior Evan Turner had 31 points and 11 rebounds to lead No. 5 Ohio State (27-7) past Minnesota (21-13), 90-61, in the championship game at Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.

• Atlantic 10: Temple is the champion once again. Ryan Brooks hit four free throws over the final 50 seconds and the top-seeded and 17th-ranked Owls (29-5) won their third consecutive conference title, holding off Richmond (26-8) for a 56-52 victory in Atlantic City, N.J.

• Division II: IUP (30-2) defeated West Virginia State (29-4), 91-76, in an Atlantic Region semifinal at Memorial Field House. Thomas Young had 25 points for IUP, which will play West Liberty State at 7 p.m. Tuesday at home in the region final.

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