Alabama routs Texas Tech 90-65 to reach Sweet 16 for 4th straight season
Alabama advanced to the Sweet 16 for the 12th time, fifth under Oats.
Alabama advanced to the Sweet 16 for the 12th time, fifth under Oats.
Labaron Philon Jr scored 29 points and No. 4 seed Alabama rallied from an early double-digit deficit to beat 13th-seeded Hofstra 90-70 in a first-round game in the Midwest Region of the NCAA Tournament.
With the win, fourth-seeded Alabama advances to a second-round matchup against fifth-seeded Texas Tech.
Troy basketball coach Scott Cross will replace Damon Stoudamire at Georgia Tech.
Troy’s trip as Sun Belt Tournament champions to the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament was short-lived, as the Trojans gave Nebraska its first-ever tournament win.
No team has made more 3-pointers, nor launched more, than Alabama in the past four seasons.
AJ Storr scored 17 points, Ilias Kamardine added 16 and 15th-seeded Mississippi upset No. 15 and second-seeded Alabama 80-79 on Friday night in the Southeastern Conference Tournament quarterfinals.
3-seeded Alabama State Women’s Basketball defeats 7-seeded Arkansas-Pine Bluff to advance to the SWAC Championship against Southern.
Nate Ament scored 27 points as the 25th-ranked Tennessee Volunteers rallied from an 11-point deficit and beat Auburn 72-62 Thursday to reach the Southeastern Conference Tournament quarterfinals.
No. 12 seed Auburn has defeated No. 13 seed Mississippi State 77-61 in the opening round of the SEC Men’s Basketball Tournament.