SAN ANTONIO — Visualize this: The Memphis Tigers are one win away from the NCAA Final Four.

Forget those season-long struggles from the free throw line. The Tigers are making them when it counts, with Antonio Anderson hitting two with 3.1 seconds left last night for a 65–64 victory over Texas A&M in the NCAA South Regional semifinal.

Anderson came in shooting 64% from the free throw line and was 1–for–4 when he went to the line after being fouled at the end of a wild sequence in which the Tigers missed three quick shots.

The Tigers have been one of the nation’s worst free throw-shooting teams all season. They were so bad that coach John Calipari quit having them shoot in postseason practice and told his players to visualize making them instead.

Memphis (33–3) stretched its winning streak to 25 games and advanced to a regional final for the second straight year. The Tigers, who last went to the Final Four in 1985, will play Ohio State or Tennessee on Saturday.

Texas A&M (27–7), three seasons with coach Billy Gillispie removed from an 0–16 record in the Big 12, had one final chance, but Dominique Kirk’s shot from just inside half-court was woefully short.

Kirk took the final shot instead of “Captain Clutch,” senior Acie Law, who had 13 points. He was only 6–of–17 from the field in his final game for the Aggies — and blew a layup with just under a minute left after he took a long inbound pass.

That was the last good shot the Aggies got. Texas A&M was unable to take advantage of a partisan crowd, the stands in the Alamodome filled mostly with maroon-clad fans providing a football-like atmosphere and waiting to celebrate another big victory.

Instead, it was the small contingency of fans in blue behind the Memphis bench — including former Tigers star Penny Hardaway — who were cheering at the end.

After Law’s blown layup, Jeremy Hunt missed a 3-pointer for the Tigers. But Anderson got the rebound and they called timeout with 26 seconds left.

Andre Allen missed a 3-pointer with 11 seconds left and Hunt and Robert Dozier missed follow-up attempts before Anderson grabbed another rebound — and was fouled by Donald Sloan while trying his own putback.

Texas A&M outrebounded the Tigers 36–31, but didn’t get the ones at the end that mattered the most, and might have created a different outcome.

Hunt, the Tigers’ sixth man, had 19 points. Chris Douglas-Roberts, wearing a brace to support his sprained left ankle sustained last weekend, scored 15 points on 5–of–8 shooting.

Antanas Kavaliauskas had 17 points and eight rebounds for the Aggies, who played in their first regional semifinal since 1980. Joseph Jones scored 14 points.

Now there will be questions about if Gillispie remains at Texas A&M. The coach is already being mentioned as a possible replacement at Kentucky after Tubby Smith left the Wildcats to become Minnesota’s coach.