Alabama came into the BYU game with 6-of-21 and 7-of-17 shooting from distance in a pair of NCAA tourney wins. As the No. 1 2-point shooting team, Young’s staff emphasized stopping that aspect of Alabama’s attack and analytically believed a struggling Mark Sears and Company would cool off. They never did, and Sears made 10 treys.

The BYU basketball season officially ended on Thursday night when the Cougars were eliminated by Alabama. The upcoming BYU basketball season will be one of the

Alabama set a men's NCAA Tournament record with 25 3-pointers in a 113-88 win over BYU in the Sweet 16 of the men's NCAA Tournament.

So egregious was their resistance in that regard, it helped the Crimson Tide, as Young alluded to, set an NCAA Tournament single-game record for made deep balls (25 of 51). Some of that was straight due to great shot-making. But the Cougars’ lapses gave ‘Bama shooters full license to feel like they were channeling Steph Freaking Curry.

Alabama blasted BYU on Thursday in the Sweet 16, and 1 stat perfectly summed up just how incredible the performance was.

The BYU Cougars started out with an early lead in Thursday’s NCAA Sweet 16 game against Alabama, but that’s how it started. The Tide erased any momentum as BYU continued to go stretches without scoring in the game.

NEWARK — If Alabama basketball assistant coach Preston Murphy's value to the program wasn't clear enough during the Crimson Tide's 113-88 drubbing of BYU on Thursday, it was certainly evident back in Tuscaloosa.

Alabama star Mark Sears is one double-digit game away from passing one of the most iconic Hall of Famers in college and professional basketball.