The BYU Cougars started out with an early lead in Thursday’s NCAA Sweet 16 game against Alabama, but that’s how it started. The Tide erased any momentum as BYU continued to go stretches without scoring in the game.

NEWARK, N.J. –– 2-seed Alabama men's basketball took down 6-seed BYU 113-88 in the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 on Thursday night to advance to back-to-back Elite E

Mark Sears scored a game-high 34 points and Alabama shattered the previous NCAA Tournament record for 3-pointers as the Crimson Tide cruised past BYU and into the Elite Eight.

The Southeastern Conference set a record with 14 teams qualifying for the NCAA Tournament. Now the league has matched another mark: four teams through to the Elite Eight.

The Crimson Tide made the Final Four a year ago, and BYU has thrived in its first season with Kevin Young as the head coach. The majority has BYU losing to Alabama, with Dick Vitale and Joe Lunardi as two experts who picked the Crimson Tide.

AKA the 2025 NCAA tournament — is more than halfway done — how is your bracket holding up? The men's tournament Sweet 16 games tip off today, with Alabama vs. playing BYU, Florida facing Maryland, Duke playing Arizona and Texas Tech closing out Thursday night with a game against Arkansas.

Alabama set a men's NCAA Tournament record with 25 3-pointers in a 113-88 win over BYU in the Sweet 16 of the men's NCAA Tournament.

Alabama broke the 35-year-old March Madness record for 3-pointers with 25 and Mark Sears scored 30 of his 34 points on 3s in an 113-88 victory over BYU in an NCAA Tournament East Region semifinal

Mark Sears nails 10 threes, tied for the second-most in NCAA Tournament history, as the 2-seed Tide hit an NCAA and SEC record 25 from deep to beat the 6-seed Cougars, 113-88.

Alabama basketball set an NCAA record for 3-pointers in a romp over BYU in the Sweet 16 round of the NCAA Tournament. Here's how it played out.

Mark Sears drained 10 shots from deep, one shy of another March Madness record, as the Crimson Tide advanced to a second straight Elite Eight.

It wasn’t just raining 3s for Alabama on Thursday — it was pouring 3s. Alabama, the No. 2 in the East Region, advanced to the Elite Eight with an emphatic 113-88 victory over the No. 6 seed BYU. The three-point line was both the soup of the day and the main course for Alabama as they ended up shattering an all-time NCAA Tournament record with a preposterous 25 made triples.