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The Tide made it to the game by beating BYU in the Sweet 16, breaking the NCAA Tournament’s record for threes in a single game.
From al.com
In its previous game, Duke beat Oregon 59-53 at home, with Ashlon Jackson (20 PTS, 41.18 FG%, 5-9 from 3PT) and Reigan Richardson (13 PTS, 60 FG%) the standout performers.
From Associated Press
Duke has been putting up 67.3 points per game in its last 10 times on the court, an average that's slightly lower than the 73.8 it has scored over the course of the 2024-25 season.
From USA Today
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This was Oats' offensive system humming at peak efficiency on night when his shooters caught fire. Mark Sears drained so many 3-pointers (10, second-most in NCAA Tournament history), the rim must've looked like a hula hoop to him. And not much smaller than that for guard Aden Holloway, who canned six more from deep.
Brigham Young Cougars head coach Kevin Young yells to his players from the sidelines during a Big 12 Championship semifinal game between BYU and the Houston Cougars at the T-Mobil
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.
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.
First-year head coach Kevin Young, who replaced Mark Pope after the latter's departure to Kentucky, expounded on the game and reflected on the Cougars' season along with two of his players. Transcripts are courtesy of ASAP Sports.
Says BYU great Brandon Doman, “I think every college football program should take a page out of this book and do it. I think it’s one of the best things BYU has done for the alumni is to create this game and this environment.
Before Thursday's performance by Sears, five players had double-digit 3-point makes in an NCAA Tournament game: Loyola Maymount's Jeff Fryer in 1990 (11), Oakland's Jack Gohlke in 2024 (10), Purdue's Carsen Edwards in 2019 (10), Memphis' Roburt Sallie in 2009 (10) and UNLV's Freddie Banks in 1987 (10).
Notes, observations and practice footage from the Crimson Tide ahead of its NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 matchup against the Cougars in Newark, N.J.
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