Alabama came into the BYU game with 6-of-21 and 7-of-17 shooting from distance in a pair of NCAA tourney wins. As the No. 1 2-point shooting team, Young’s staff emphasized stopping that aspect of Alabama’s attack and analytically believed a struggling Mark Sears and Company would cool off. They never did, and Sears made 10 treys.

No. 2 Alabama made 25 three-point shots and made it into the Elite Eight with a 113-88 victory at the Prudential Center. First-year head coach Kevin Young, who replaced Mark Pope after the latter's departure to Kentucky,

You wrap them in your arms, like a puppy that had been hit by a truck, hold them and heal them, and tell them exactly what BYU coach Kevin Young told his Cougars on Thursday night in Newark, NJ. ”I’m extremely proud of my guys,