Alabama sets NCAA Tournament 3-point record
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Alabama rode a record-setting outside shooting performance to an 113-88 win over No. 6 seed BYU in the Sweet 16 on Thursday.
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After clinching the program's third straight Sweet 16 win, the self-dubbed "New Blood" Crimson Tide gets the chance to prove itself against another blue blood.
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Mark Sears made 10 of Alabama's NCAA-record 25 3-pointers and finished with 34 points.
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Brigham Young Cougars forward Richie Saunders (15) dribbles around Alabama Crimson Tide guard Labaron Philon (0) during the first half of an NCAA Sweet 16 basketball game at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., on Thursday, March 27, 2025.
Score updates and analysis from the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey as the Crimson Tide and Cougars meet in with a spot in the Elite Eight on the line.
Madness has hit the Sweet 16, with Alabama facing BYU in a matchup featuring two top offenses. Expert picks, odds and predictions.
Dick Harmon: Alabama is favored to beat BYU on Thursday, but only by about three or four points. In a game where two elite offenses are running, gunning and bombing away, it’s almost a tossup, because we’re talking about one more 3 wins the game.
Oddsmakers are expecting Auburn to survive this weekend and participate in the Final Four next weekend in San Antonio. In order to get there, Auburn would need to beat Michigan and then beat the winner of BYU-Michigan State. Here are the current odds for Auburn to make the Final Four at various sportsbooks:
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Alabama more than lived up to its billing as the top offensive team in college basketball and buried BYU 113-88 Thursday night.