Notre Dame Tops UConn to Claim First Outright Big East Title Natalie Novosel scored 21 points and Skylar Diggins added 20 to help No. 3 Notre Dame beat fourth-ranked Connecticut, 72-59, on Monday night and win the Big East regular-season title. It is Notre Dame's first outright conference title. The Irish (28-2, 15-1 Big East) shared the regular-season championship with UConn in 2001 before going on to win the national title. UConn (26-4, 13-3), which fell to third in the conference, losing a tiebreaker to St. John's, has lost consecutive home games for the first time in 19 years. JOHN'S 54, GEORGETOWN 45 Amber Thompson grabbed 15 rebounds and No. 18 St. John's used its rebounding advantage to beat No. 12 Georgetown. The visiting Red Storm (21-8, 13-3 Big East) outrebounded Georgetown (22-7, 11-5) by 44-31 to win their eighth straight game. BAYLOR 69, TEXAS A&M 62 Brittney Griner and Odyssey Sims scored 25 points each and top-ranked Baylor used a late run to hold off No. 17 Texas A&M. Visiting Baylor (30-0, 17-0 Big 12) has matched the 2009-10 Nebraska team for the best start in conference history. RUTGERS 69, MARQUETTE 58 April Sykes scored 20 points and Khadijah Rushdan had a double-double to lead No. 23 Rutgers (21-8, 10-6 Big East) past visiting Marquette. LOUISVILLE 63, SETON HALL 53 Shawnta" Dyer came off the bench to score 22 points as No. 20 Louisville (21-8, 10-6 Big East) closed its regular season by beating host Seton Hall. Men STATE 58 Tyshawn Taylor scored 27 points, Thomas Robinson added 17 points and 11 rebounds and No. 3 Kansas claimed the Big 12 title outright. Taylor scored 10 straight points in the final five minutes to close it out for the Jayhawks (25-5, 15-2). G'TOWN 59, NOTRE DAME 41 Playing at home for the last time, Jason Clark and Henry Sims combined for 25 points, 12 rebounds and 6 assists on senior day, helping No. 11 Georgetown (22-6, 12-5 Big East) send No. 20 Notre Dame (20-10, 12-5) to its second straight loss. BAYLOR 77, TEXAS TECH 48 Perry Jones III had 15 points and 10 rebounds and No. 9 Baylor (25-5, 12-5 Big 12) beat Texas Tech (8-21, 1-16) in its home finale. CALHOUN HAS SURGERY UConn Coach Jim Calhoun had what the university called successful surgery to address the spinal condition that has forced him to miss the Huskies" past seven games. There is no timetable for his return.