The road to the Final Four has exited the first weekend of action, meaning it's time for the 2025 NCAA Tournament to roll along into the Sweet 16 portion of the bracket. Each one of the 16 remaining teams will be thinking about a trip to San Antonio,

Madness continues Thursday with the Sweet 16 in the NCAA Tournament. As substantial as the first two rounds of the tournament can seem in the first weekend, the field of 16 remaining teams will be cut down to a Final Four by the end of the week.

That proves to be the difference as the Tide pulls away late and wins by a misleadingly solid final margin. In the history of the NCAA Tournament, we’ve never had a scenario where a team lost at home to another team by double-digits in the regular season,