The Next Round (3/28/25) - Hour 1
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🗓️ 28 March 2025
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
Alabama trounced the BYU Cougars in their Sweet 16 game 113-88. With the win, the Crimson Tide advances to the Elite 8 in back-to-back seasons for the first time in program history.
Veteran guard Mark Sears led the team in scoring with 34 points and 10 MADE 3-POINT SHOTS. Aden Holloway (23 points), Chris Youngblood (19 points), and Cliff Omoruyi (10 points) also scored in double figures for the Crimson Tide.
Alabama will play the winner of Duke and Arizona in the Elite 8 for a chance to advance to the Final 4 for the second season in a row.
Auburn Basketball is in Atlanta to face the Michigan Wolverines
Michigan Basketball advanced after a 91-79 win over The Texas A&M Aggies, knocking out one SEC team.
Did Auburn get their swagger back? This the first Sweet 16 since the Final Four run of 2019.
The Sweet 16 is set:
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.
Could Dan Hurley and UCONN look worse? Yep.
Auburn Football starts spring practice today. Is starting quarterback a storyline?
Is an NBA team tanking for Cooper Flagg?
Why do throwback logos die?
MLB season opens this week, where are the Atlanta Braves in the power rankings?
Mookie Betts illness is alarming.
The Titans really wanted to see Cam Ward.
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| 0:36.0 | Heartbreak for Arkansas, all the madness of March. |
| 0:40.3 | The start of baseball will get you ready for more March Madness tonight, including Auburn. |
| 0:46.0 | Back in the court finally again, Taylor Corn will join us from Atlanta the next segment. |
| 0:52.1 | But as you see here on the screen, I'm still in Jersey, |
| 0:55.8 | day number 11 or 12 away from home. |
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| 1:05.3 | Mick Gillespie will talk more about that in a second. |
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| 1:15.2 | We did see you on national TV last night. I was looking for you and you're hard to miss back there. |
| 1:21.4 | But it's been a good morning. We have Mick Gillespie in the studio, so I'm not by myself here in Birmingham. Mick, how are you? I'm feeling great. Besides watching Jim, I just kept watching all the threes rain in from Mark |
| 1:33.6 | Sears. Finally, baby. Let's go. Yeah, that was amazing to see. I don't know how many people |
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