#15 New Mexico followed up its Mountain West regular season title by winning the conference tournament, 63-56, over UNLV.
Tony Snell led all scorers with 21 points, nailing five three-pointers and scoring 13 straight points for the Lobos in the waning minutes of the game.
Kansas easily topped #11 Kansas State, 70-54, to take the Big 12 tourney championship. Jeff Withey led the Jayhawks with 17 points and nine boards.
The win puts #7 Kansas in a solid position to be the #1 seed in the Midwest region of the NCAA tourney.
Other conference tourney winners this afternoon included Southern, topping Prarie View A&M, 45-44, for the SWAC championship and North Carolina A&T, a 57-54 winner over Morgan State, to clinch the MEAC title.
Akron took the MAC championship, romping, 65-46, over Ohio.
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