Alabama thundered past Saint Mary’s 80-66 in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. The Crimson Tide reached the Sweet 16 for a third consecutive year behind a steady stream of alley-oop dunks that caught the Gaels flat-footed.

The SEC, Big Ten and Big 12 gobbled up more than 50 percent of all the multi-million dollar units available in the tournament.

On the men's side, Auburn, Duke, Florida and Houston are all No. 1 seeds. On the women's side, South Carolina and UCLA are top seeds, with two other No. 1 seeds possibly joining them later in the Final Four.

BYU basketball's run in the NCAA Tournament came to an end on Thursday night. Alabama shattered the NCAA Tournament record, making 25 threes and scoring 113 points. The previous record for threes ...

Those are the seeds for the Elite Eight, as one of the chalkiest NCAA tournaments ever moves on. There were some nervous moments from the top teams in the Sweet 16, but Texas Tech had a wild comeback, Michigan State and Auburn rallied after showing some signs of being in trouble, and Houston got a last-second shot to advance.

The dream of an Alabama-Auburn NCAA tournament championship game is dead after the Crimson Tide’s 85-65 loss to Duke in the Elite Eight on Saturday night, but Charles Barkley was still bursting with pride over his home state’s basketball success.

Pannone will be replacing another former Nate Oats assistant as the Crimson Tide is still playing in the NCAA Tournament.