That proves to be the difference as the Tide pulls away late and wins by a misleadingly solid final margin. In the history of the NCAA Tournament, we’ve never had a scenario where a team lost at home to another team by double-digits in the regular season,

There has been a lot of talk about this year’s men’s NCAA Tournament being chalky. Whether it is because of NIL and the transfer portal, as some have suggested, or it’s a random occurrence, there haven’t been as many upsets and Cinderella runs this year.