That proves to be the difference as the Tide pulls away late and wins by a misleadingly solid final margin. In the history of the NCAA Tournament, we’ve never had a scenario where a team lost at home to another team by double-digits in the regular season,

On Thursday, the NCAA Tournament resumes with Sweet 16 games. After Sunday, only the Final Four will remain. We pick who'll move on to San Antonio.

Mark Sears scored a game-high 34 points and Alabama shattered the previous NCAA Tournament record for 3-pointers as the Crimson Tide cruised past BYU and into the Elite Eight.