NEW YORK—Notre Dame coach Mike Brey took his team to see the hit Broadway musical Jersey Boys this week, not for the culture or entertainment, but so the Fighting Irish could see what teamwork looks like in action.Ben Hansbrough led a brutally efficient attack with 23 points and the fourth-ranked Irish carved up one of the nation’s best defenses in an 89-51 rout of No. 25 Cincinnati — the most lopsided quarterfinal in Big East tournament history.Dion Dixon scored 15 points and Yancy Gates, coming off a career-best 25 in a second-round win over South Florida, managed 12 for Cincinnati. But the duo got very little help.The Bearcats (25-8) shot just 32.8 percent from the field and were nearly as bad from the foul line, going 8 for 17. They went the final 7:25 without scoring.That point sure seemed to come early in the game.Cincinnati entered allowing 58.6 points per contest, tops in the Big East and fourth-best in the nation. Notre Dame eclipsed that total with 14 minutes left, then matched the most points the Bearcats had allowed all season — in an overtime win against Providence — when it went ahead 81-51 on Hansbrough’s layup with 4:22 remaining.The Irish wound up shooting 56.1 percent, doing damage from everywhere on the Madison Square Garden floor. They went 9 of 19 from beyond the 3-point arc, were 16 of 21 from the foul line, scored 14 points off turnovers and had a 40-24 advantage in the paint.Notre Dame took the lead in the opening minute and never trailed again, pushing ahead by double figures for the first time at 31-19 on Scott’s 3-pointer with 6:06 remaining in the opening half. The score was 40-30 at halftime.Cincinnati managed to match the Irish basket for basket early in the second half and was still within 49-39 on Rashad Bishop’s jumper with 16:40 left.But the Irish kept scoring when the Bearcats finally stopped, going on a 17-4 run that covered the next 6 minutes. Notre Dame wound up scoring on its first 11 offensive possessions, the first missed opportunity not coming until more than seven minutes were gone. The Irish scored on their next two trips down the floor after that as the lead swelled to 68-43.

NEW YORK—Mike Marra hit six 3-pointers and had 22 points to lead No. 14 Louisville to an 81-56 victory over Marquette on Thursday night in the quarterfinals of the Big East tournament.The third-seeded Cardinals (24-8) will play second-seeded Notre Dame on Friday night in the semifinals. The fourth-ranked Fighting Irish (26-5) beat Cincinnati 89-51 in the quarterfinals.Marra was 6 of 10 from 3-point range and led Louisville’s 13-for-31 effort from behind the arc (41.9 percent) as the Cardinals won their fifth in six games and moved on to the Big East semis for the third time. They won their only Big East tournament title in 2009. Jimmy Butler had 14 points for 11th-seeded Marquette (20-14), which beat Providence in the opening round and sixth-seeded West Virginia in the second round to reach the quarterfinals. The Golden Eagles were looking for their third semifinal appearance.The three games in as many days seemed to take its toll on Marquette, while Louisville was playing for the first time after receiving one of the four double-byes into the quarterfinals.