Wisconsin basketball lost to BYU, 91-89, in the second round of the March Madness bracket. Recap of highlights of NCAA tournament game from Ball Arena in Denver.
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.
The Crimson Tide broke the NCAA Tournament record for most 3-point makes by a team in a single game. Alabama 's 3-point tries were also an NCAA Tournament record, beating the 43 Saint Joseph's set in 1997. Alabama finished with 25 3-point makes on 51 tries, beating BYU 113-88 in the Sweet 16.
Charles Barkley is calling it. The Alabama basketball season will end in the Sweet 16. In CBS' pregame show before Alabama vs BYU, Barkley, the NBA legend who played at Auburn, picked the Cougars to upset the Crimson Tide and earn its first trip to the Elite Eight since 1981.
BYU basketball star Richie Saunders has a unique family tie that is feeding fans with every Cougars’ NCAA Tournament win. The program had now made it to its first Sweet 16 since 2011 after wins over VCU and Wisconsin.
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).
Target the Over for the No. 6 BYU Cougars team total as they face the No. 2 Alabama Crimson Tide in the East Region of the NCAA Tournament.
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Fanatics Sportsbook is offering new users a $1,000 No Sweat First Bet sign-up bonus or a bet $30 and receive $300 in bonus bets promotion. Alabama earned a No. 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament, but there were a lot of punters out there who felt the Crimson Tide were a vulnerable favorite in the early rounds.
The matchup between Alabama and Brigham Young in the Sweet 16 of the East Region could be one of the high-scoring games of the NCAA men's tournament.