KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Pat Summitt stood at midcourt surrounded by her husband, son and 79-year-old mother, waved to cheering fans and smiled when Tennessee unveiled the new name for its court.

The hardwood at Thompson-Boling Arena will be called "The Summitt" in a fitting tribute to the coach who stands alone at the top of NCAA basketball.

Summitt broke Dean Smith's career victory record last night, getting No. 880 in the Vols' 75-54 win over Purdue in the second round of the NCAA tournament.

Summitt tied Smith with an easy win over Western Carolina in the first round Sunday night and passed the former North Carolina men's coach with another convincing victory. The 52-year-old Summitt improved to 880-171 in 31 years at Tennessee, while Smith was 879-254 when he retired in 1997 after 36 years with the Tar Heels.

"Obviously, to be in the company with Coach Smith, to think about all the people that were a part of these wins, I never thought I'd live this long," Summitt said.

After the game, NCAA officials presented Summitt with the game ball and a plaque. She hugged husband R.B., son Tyler, and mother Hazel Head, who surprised her daughter by being at the game.

The team posed for a picture with the players holding up newspaper pages with a huge 880 in orange on the front.

Summitt also was surprised at the renaming of the court in her honor.

"It really touches me," she said. "I never even thought about anything like that ever. I don't think there could have been a better gift in terms of the feeling that I had and how much I love this university."

Top-seeded Tennessee (28-4), seeking its seventh national title under Summitt, advanced to face fourth-seeded Texas Tech in the semifinals of the Philadelphia Regional on Sunday.

"She did a very good job of keeping our focus and she continually was harping on us that this was a game in the tournament and we've got to get to the Sweet 16, and if we do that we'll get the record," Shanna Zolman said.

Ninth-seeded Purdue (17-13) tried its best to stall Summitt's chase, hanging tough with the Vols in the first half.

But Tennessee's defense was too much for Purdue in the second half. The Boilermakers didn't have a field goal in the first 6:35 of the second half, while the Vols pushed their lead to 20 with a 19-6 run.

"Congratulations to Coach Summitt," Purdue coach Kristy Curry said. "I'm really happy for her, and I'm proud of my team for how they fought and battled."

Sharika Webb had 16 points and 10 rebounds and Katie Gearlds added 13 for the Boilermakers, who made only four field goals in the second half.

Summitt paced in front of the bench and clapped at each turnover her team forced. She flashed "The Stare" at officials and at her players. At one point, Summitt waved her arms around when a Purdue player drove past her to the basket as if she was going to guard her.

Summitt overtook Texas' Jody Conradt as the winningest women's college coach early in the 2002-03 season.

Summitt holds nearly every NCAA tournament record for a women's coach, including NCAA titles (six), Final Four appearances (15), Final Four wins (17), tournament appearances (24), tournament games (104) and tournament wins (87).

"A lot of players come and go, but the great ones leave and other great ones arrive," Summitt said. "They wear the orange with tremendous pride."

LSU 76, Arizona 43

The Tigers' senior point guard scored all 14 of her points in the first half and had 10 assists to help LSU rout Arizona.

LSU (31-2), the tournament's No. 1 overall seed, will face 13th-seeded Liberty in the Chattanooga Regional semifinals on Saturday. Liberty upset fifth-seeded DePaul 88-79 last night in College Park, Md.

Johnson had a perfect shooting night, going 4 of 4 from the field, including two three-pointers, and 4 of 4 at the foul line. She did not attempt a shot in the second half, and it wasn't needed.

LSU scoring leader Seimone Augustus finished with 18 points on 7-of-18 shooting before she went to the bench with about 10 minutes left. Scholanda Hoston added 12 points for LSU.

The Tigers are trying to cap the most successful regular season in school history by making a second straight run to the Final Four. The Tigers are in the final 16 for the ninth time.

The ninth-seeded Wildcats (20-12) were in a big hole early and never recovered.

With Arizona unable to match LSU's speed and hustle in transition, the Tigers ran out to an 11-0 lead and had a 20-point advantage with 7:22 left in the half.

The Wildcats made a dent in the lead after switching to a zone defense and had a quick 8-0 run to cut it to 14 before halftime, but that was as close as Arizona would get.

Johnson had six assists in the first 6 ½ minutes of the game.

The shortest player on the court at 5 feet 3, Johnson scored inside and outside. She got one of her baskets before halftime driving the baseline and past 6-5 Shawntinice Polk in the paint.

Arizona trailed by 25 at the break, its largest halftime deficit of the season. LSU outscored the Wildcats 8-0 to open the second half to go ahead by 33. Arizona set a season low with its 43 points, and the margin matched the biggest loss of the season.

Dee-Dee Wheeler led the Wildcats with 13 points, and Polk had 10. Danielle Adefeso added 12 rebounds. Arizona had only four assists.

Arizona and the Tigers played a home-and-away series in the previous two seasons, with LSU winning both by a combined 17 points.

Note

Freshman Merideth Richardson scored 15 points and Ena Daniels hit two key free throws in the final seconds to lead Union University of Tennessee to a 67-63 victory over Oklahoma City in the NAIA Division I national championship game in Jackson, Tenn.

Union (35-5) nearly lost a 17-point lead in the second half after Oklahoma City staged a 21-6 run in the final 11 minutes to pull within 65-63 with 27 seconds left. The Stars (32-7) waited until 8 seconds were left to play before they fouled Daniels, a 51-percent free-throw shooter.