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,

After leaving the Phoenix Suns in 2024, Kevin Young has led the BYU Cougars to the Sweet 16 in his first year as a college basketball head coach.

Mark Sears is Alabama’s best player, a 6-1 guard who is scoring nearly 19 points per game. “We feel like Mawot [Mag] came in and gave us somebody who we can put on the other team’s best perimeter player oftentimes,” Young continued. “And then Trey Stewart has been able to come in and spell him at times to do that.”