Top-seeded Villanova beat the press of West Virginia and advanced to the Elite Eight of the NCAA tournament.

Jalen Brunson scored 27 points to lead the Wildcats to a 90-78 victory over fifth-seeded West Virginia. Villanova will play the winner of the regional semi-final later Friday night between No2 seed Purdue and third-seeded Texas Tech for a spot in the Final Four.

Villanova trailed by six before scoring 11 straight points to take a 65-60 lead with 9:03 remaining. The 2016 national champions led 68-64 before scoring 10 of the next 14 points to pull away.

Omari Spellman scored 18 with eight rebounds for Villanova, which overcame Press Virginia’s well-known defense by hitting 13 of 24 shots from 3-point range.

Daxter Miles Jr scored 16 for the Mountaineers before fouling out with just over two minutes left. Sagaba Konate added 12 points with nine rebounds.

No1 Kansas 80, No5 Clemson 76

Kansas made it through the Sweet 16 for the third year in a row as a No1 seed after surviving a late scare and beating fifth-seeded Clemson 80-76 in a Midwest region semi-final.

Now the Jayhawks will try to get through the Elite Eight for the first time since they won the 2012 national title. They’ll play Sunday against the winner of Friday night’s second semi-final between No2 seed Duke and 11-seed Syracuse.

Clemson, in a regional semi-final for the first time since 1997, had a six-minute field goal drought and shot 36% in the first half. The Tigers trailed by 20 early in the second half.

But a 26-12 run fueled by Gabe DeVoe got Clemson within 74-68. DeVoe’s two free throws pulled the Tigers to 78-74 with 14 seconds left, but the Jayhawks were able to hang on.

Malik Newman scored 17 points to lead Kansas, Devonte Graham added 16 and Udoka Azubuike had 14 points and 11 rebounds before fouling out with 2:30 left.

DeVoe finished with a career-high 31 points.

No3 Texas Tech 78, No2 Purdue 65

Texas Tech are headed to the Elite Eight for the first time in program history.

Keenan Evans had 16 points and the third-seeded Red Raiders overcame an early first half hole and dominated second-seeded Purdue down the stretch to earn a 78-65 victory in the Sweet 16 on Friday night.

Texas Tech will play top seed Villanova in the East regional final Sunday.

Zach Smith added 14 points and five rebounds.

Texas Tech trailed by as many as seven points in the first half. But it closed the period on a 10-0 run to take a 30-25 halftime advantage. Purdue got it down to one early in the second but the Red Raiders never surrendered the lead.

Carsen Edwards led Purdue with 30 points, including four 3-pointers.

The Boilermakers (30-7) were playing in their second straight regional semi-final. They were denied what would have been their first Elite Eight berth since 2000.

Purdue came in ranked second nationally in 3-point percentage and connected on 7 of 18 for the game. But the Boilermakers allowed the Red Raiders 17 second-chance points.

Texas Tech (27-9) also got 33 points from its bench, compared to just six for Purdue.

No2 Duke 69, No11 Syracuse 65

Duke are back in the Elite Eight for the first time since their 2015 team won it all after holding off a late charge from rival Syracuse 69-65 on Friday night in the Midwest regional semi-finals.

Marvin Bagley scored 22 points and Wendell Carter Jr had 14 with 12 rebounds for the Blue Devils (29-7), who will face top-seeded Kansas a rare matchup of bluebloods in a tournament defined by chaos on Sunday in Omaha.

But Duke couldn’t shake the Orange (23-14) until the final buzzer sounded.

Sharp-shooting Grayson Allen missed the front end of a one-and-one with 12 seconds left and Duke up 67-64. The Blue Devils fouled rather than let Syracuse go for a game-tying 3, and Tyus Battle only made one of two from the line.

Gary Trent Jr then made two free throws with 6.3 seconds to go to seal a closer-than-expected win that was similar to the Jayhawks’ 80-76 win over Clemson a game Kansas led by 20 at one point.

Battle had 19 points to lead the Orange. Allen had 15 for Duke, but he was just 3 of 14 on 3s.