Mark Sears, Grant Nelson and Alabama face their toughest challenge all year in Cooper Flagg and Duke. ESPN gives its odds for Nate Oats' Crimson Tide.

Mark Sears scored a game-high 34 points and Alabama shattered the previous NCAA Tournament record for 3-pointers as the Crimson Tide cruised past BYU and into the Elite Eight.

A number of former Alabama basketball players, each of whom themselves reached the Sweet 16 as Crimson Tide athletes, took in the game in Newark's Prudential Center. That number i