CLEVELAND - One win wasn't enough for Wisconsin-Milwaukee. The Panthers are pressing on in the NCAA tournament. Joah Tucker scored 23 points, Adrian Tigert had 16 and the 12th-seeded Horizon League champions, playing on a floor they know very well, pulled off their second upset in three days, an 83-75 win over Boston College in the second round Saturday.

Boston College's Craig Smith, left, dunks on Wisconsin-Milwaukee's Derrick Ford, bottom, and Jason McCoy in the first half of their NCAA second-round game Saturday, March 19, 2005, in Cleveland. Number 12 seeded Wisconsin-Milwaukee upset Boston College, 83-75. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)

Given little chance in the opening round against Alabama from the SEC or against the Big East's regular-season champions, Milwaukee (26-5) gave the nation's mid-major programs another moment to savor this March.

They did it the way know best: with a relentless, full-court press that forced the Eagles (25-5) into 22 turnovers — the most crucial one a pass that was thrown away with 1:21 remaining and BC down 76-75.

The Panthers, who have won 10 straight and 19 of 20, weren't intimidated by some early trash talk from Boston College and overcame foul trouble in the second half to advance to next week's round of 16.

Milwaukee will play Illinois on Thursday in the Chicago Regional in Rosemont, Ill. The Panthers are the fifth No. 12 seed to advance to the national quarterfinals since 1989 and the first since Butler, one of its the Horizon league brethren, did it in 2003.

They could have some company from other double-digit seeds in the round of 16 if Bucknell, Vermont or North Carolina State can win Sunday.

But for now, the Panthers, who outscored Boston College 9-0 in the final 1:32, have the tourney's underdog tag all to themselves.

After the final seconds ticked off, Milwaukee coach Bruce Pearl, a Boston College graduate who once filled in as the school's eagle mascot for an NCAA tournament game in 1981, swung his daughter 10-year-old daughter, Leah, around at midcourt.

The Panthers, who by game's end had won over 90 percent of the Wolstein Center crowd, high-fived and hugged after trumping the win over Alabama with an even bigger one.

Ed McCants added 18 points for Milwaukee. Craig Smith scored 25 points and Jared Dudley 22 — 18 on free throws — for Boston College, making another early tournament exit. The Eagles haven't gotten past the first round in their last six NCAA visits.

BC's turnover with 1:21 to go led to a layup by Tigert, giving Milwaukee a 76-75 lead. Sean Marshall missed a 3-pointer for the Eagles, and Chris Hill made two free throws to put the Panthers ahead 80-75 with 28 seconds left.

Tigert fouled out five seconds later, but Marshall missed a pair of crucial free throws, sealing BC's fate. Tucker closed it out with three free throws in the final 14 seconds, giving the Panthers their third win in the last three weeks on Cleveland State's home floor.

Although it was their first meeting, the two schools grew to despise each other early and the physical play carried over into the second half. Milwaukee was called for 26 fouls, leading to 35 free throws for Boston College.

The Eagles scored the game's first 11 points on 5-for-6 shooting that forced the Panthers to call a timeout. After listening to coach Al Skinner, the Eagles then resorted to a little trash talking.

Before play resumed, Marshall barked in McCants' ear, telling him, "I don't give a (hoot) if you beat Alabama. This is the Big East."

Marshall was soon eating his words and the Eagles were getting strangled by Milwaukee's overbearing press.