There was no such thing as a bad shot for Alabama on Thursday night.
Certainly not from beyond the arc, where the Crimson Tide set March Madness records by making 25 3-pointers, attempting 51 and knocking one of college basketball's most memorable teams, Loyola Marymount, out of a perch it had held for 35 years.
Mark Sears highlighted Alabama's 113-88 win over BYU in the Sweet 16 by going 10 for 16 from 3 and finishing with 34 points.
Sears ended up one long-range basket short of breaking the record Jeff Fryer set in Loyola Marymount's record-breaking 149-115 tournament blowout of Michigan back in 1990. That Lions team starred Hank Gathers and was coached by Paul Westhead, whose team cracked 100 points in all but three games that season.
Fun fact: After the win over Michigan, Loyola Marymount beat none other than Alabama, coached back then by Wimp Sanderson. The score was 62-60 - by far, Loyola Marymount's lowest-scoring game of the season.
