Thursday’s tourney capsules

Pittsburgh 82, Oral Roberts 63

Levance Fields scored 23 points, Sam Young finished with 14 and Pittsburgh won its sixth straight game.

Fourth-seeded Pitt (27-9) is making its seventh straight NCAA tournament appearance, though none of those previous teams have made it past the third round.

Robert Jarvis had 16 points for the Golden Eagles (24-9), who won the Summit League tourny to make their third straight trip to the NCAAs. Andre Hardy added 15 and Moses Ehambe 13.

Michigan State 72, Temple 61

Raymar Morgan led a balanced attack with 15 points and Michigan State advanced despite a sudden shooting slump from spark plug Drew Neitzel.

Last year, Neitzel was the Spartans’ only option on offense. Now, he’s got scorers swarming all around. Chris Allen scored 12 points and fellow freshmen Kalin Lucas and Durrell Summers each added eight for fifth-seeded Michigan State (26-8).

OMAHA:

Kansas 85, Portland State 61

Brandon Rush scored 18 points and everyone wearing blue had a blast, as top-seeded Kansas began its NCAA tournament with a rout of overmatched Portland.

Kansas will play eighth-seeded UNLV in the second round on Saturday.

UNLV 71, Kent St. 58

Joe Darger scored 18 points and UNLV tied an NCAA tournament record by holding Kent State to just 10 points in the first half.

The Mid-American Conference champions averaged a turnover a minute the better part of the first half, went almost 8 minutes without a point and trailed 31-10 at halftime.

WASHINGTON:

Purdue 90, Baylor 79

Keaton Grant scored 17 points and Purdue built a 19-point halftime lead, then cruised to its 10th straight in the first round since 1993.

E’Twaun Moore added 16 for the sixth-seeded Boilermakers (25-8), who have won 15 of 18.

Curtis Jerrells had 27 points and eight assists for Baylor.