The NCAA tournament Sweet 16 is underway and Thursday’s games featured some of the best teams in the bracket.
It was all chalk early in the evening as No. 1 Florida and No. 2 Alabama both delivered blowout wins. The Tide in particular had themselves a night, breaking the record for most points in an NCAA tournament game (113), most 3-pointers by a team in a tournament game (25) and most 3-pointers attempted (51). Alabama guard Mark Sears led the way with 34 points while shooting 10-for-16 from 3-point range.
But the later set of games delivered plenty of drama.
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No. 1 Duke led by double figures most of the night before a furious rally by Caleb Love and Arizona forced the Blue Devils to close out the game down the stretch. Love finished with 35 points while Duke’s Cooper Flagg put on a show of his own with 30 points, seven assists, six rebounds and three blocks in the win.
Simultaneously, No. 3 Texas Tech delivered the second-largest comeback ever in the Sweet 16, rallying back from down 16 to oust No. 10 Arkansas in an 85-83 overtime thriller.
No. 2 Alabama 113, No. 6 BYU 88
No. 1 Florida 87, No. 4 Maryland 71
No. 1 Duke 100, No. 4 Arizona 93
No. 3 Texas Tech 85, No. 10 Arkansas 83
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