North Carolina's Ty Lawson and Wayne Ellington are among 49 early entry players who are eligible for next week's NBA draft, the league said Tuesday. Lawson and Ellison helped the Tar Heels to the 2009 NCAA Division I basketball title.

Three Syracuse basketball players, including sophomore guard Jonny Flynn, said they are making themselves eligible for this summer's NBA draft.

Eric Devendorf's 21 points Sunday led five players in double figures in a 78-67 Syracuse win over Arizona State in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. The Orange, the third seed in the South Region event in Miami, seized control after an early 5-4 deficit and led 41-32 at the half. ASU closed to 61-57 on Ty Abbott's 3-pointer with 6:38 left, but Syracuse ended with a 17-10 run and advanced to a Sweet 16 encounter against second seed Oklahoma Friday in Memphis. Andy Rautins scored 17 with four rebounds and five assists.

The fifth-ranked Louisville Cardinals earned their first Big East Tournament title Saturday with a 76-66 victory over 20th-ranked Syracuse. Terrence Williams had 11 points, seven rebounds, six assists and seven steals for the Cardinals (28-5), who also won the Big East regular-season championship. Samardo Samuels scored 15 points, Earl Clark had 13 and Preston Knowles 12 for Louisville, which overcame an eight-point halftime deficit for its 10th straight win. Syracuse (26-9) had a tough tournament.

A 3-pointer by Andy Rautins in the sixth overtime Thursday ignited Syracuse to an epic 127-117 win over Connecticut in the Big East Tournament quarterfinals. The amazing day and night of basketball at Madison Square Garden, which ended at 1:20 a.m., saw the nation's second and fourth-ranked teams knocked out of the tournament. Not only did the fourth-ranked Huskies fall victim to Syracuse in the late-night marathon, second-ranked Pittsburgh was run over in the second half by West Virginia. The Mountaineers defeated the Panthers 74-60 and will meet the weary Orange Friday in the second semifinal. Louisville, the No.