The Next Round (3/24/25) - Hour 3
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The Next Round
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🗓️ 24 March 2025
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
The Auburn Tigers and The Alabama Crimson Tide both advanced to the Sweet 16 over the weekend, Auburn Basketball to Atlanta and Alabama Basketball is off to Newark.
Auburn advanced after rebounding from the "embarrassing performance" against Alabama State in round one by outscoring the Creigthon Blue Jays by 14 in the second half to erase a two point halftime deficit. Tahaad Pettiford was spectacular off the bench with 23 points to lead Auburn.
Up next for the Tigers are the Michigan Wolverines. Michigan Basketball advanced after a 91-79 win over The Texas A&M Aggies.
Did Auburn get their swagger back? This the first Sweet 16 since the Final Four run of 2019.
The Alabama Crimson Tide is back in the Sweet 16 after an 80-66 win over Saint Mary's. Alabama Basketball had to rebound from a sluggish round one performance as well. The Tide had double digits from six different players and never trailed in the second half.
Alabama now faces The BYU Cougars in the Sweet 16. BYU Basketball advances after a 91-89 thriller over The Wisconsin Badgers.
Did Alabama save their best defensive performance for March? Just like last year?
This is the first time in 40 years Auburn and Alabama have been in the Sweet 16 together.
The SEC was dominant over the weekend, placing seven total teams in the NCAA Tournament, a record. in addition to Auburn and Alabama, Arkansas Basketball, Florida Basketball, Tennessee Basketball, Ole Miss Basketball and Kentucky Basketball all advanced to the round of 16.
The Sweet 16 is set:
Thursday:
Alabama Crimson Tide v. BYU Cougars 6:09 PM CBS
Florida Gators v. Maryland Terrapins 6:39 TBS/truTV
Duke Blue Devils v. Arizona Wildcats 8:39 CBS
Arkansas Razorbacks v. Texas Tech Red Raiders 9:09 TBS/truTV
The Arkansas Razorbacks beat The Kansas Jayhawks 79-72
Friday:
Ole Miss Rebels v. Michigan State Spartans 6:09 CBS
Tennessee Volunteers v. Kentucky Wildcats 6:39 TBS/truTV
Auburn Tigers v. Michigan Wolverines 8:39 CBS
Houston Cougars v. Purdue Boilermakers 9:09 TBS/truTV
Where are all the Cinderellas? This is a chalky tournament.
Are John Calipari and Arkansas Basketball the closest to Cinderella we have?
The greatest moment of the NCAA Tournament so far should've been traveling? Obviously, Maryland Basketball fans would disagree.
Dan Hurley goes out of the tournament in typical Dan Hurley style.
The Texas Longhorns hire Sean Miller for their next coach. Reports from Austin say Texas Basketball had interest in Alabama's Nate Oats but it went nowhere.
While Alabama was beating Robert Morris from Pittsburgh, Aaron Rodgers was in Pittsburgh working to become the Steelers next QB.
Tiger dating a Trump. Sports new power couple.
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| 0:34.4 | All right, we head to the Sweet 16 and the Elite 8, and the state of Alabama is well represented with two. |
| 0:41.2 | So the state of Michigan, by the way. |
| 0:43.1 | The SEC is extremely well represented with 7. |
| 0:46.0 | We've talked a lot about that on the show today. |
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| 0:48.3 | We're about to hear from some of the SEC coaches that are in there. |
| 0:50.9 | You can see in the double box if you were watching us that Jim Dunaway remains in Cleveland. |
| 0:54.5 | He is about to board a plane after the show and head to New Jersey, where he will do |
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| 1:06.3 | for spring break, EG's down at Auburn. ProDates, she'll be in studio with Dunaway as he is headed on vacation |
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