Who does Alabama State basketball play next in 2025 NCAA Tournament? First Round bracket update after Hornets historic March Madness win.

Before that was a 15-point blowout loss to Morehead State in 2009, and a first-round loss to Duke in a 35-point blowout in 2004. The first-ever appearance Alabama State made in the NCAA Tournament was in 2001, when they were drubbed by Michigan State, 69-35.

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.

The second-seeded Michigan State Spartans and top-seeded Auburn Tigers will battle for the South Region title and a spot in the Final Four when they meet on Sunday in the 2025 NCAA Tournament. Michigan State advanced with a 73-70 win over Ole Miss,

Madness picks, predictions, odds for Alabama State vs Auburn first-round South Region game on Thursday March 20, 2025. Who wins?

The two teams went into the second intermission knotted at 2-2, and the third period saw a stalemate once again to send the game into overtime. UConn took some of the momentum with aggressive play and outshot the Nittany Lions in the third period.

The Nittany Lions, which played just three hours from campus as regional host, went through a pair of Hockey East teams to make their first Frozen Four.

Hockey sticks were strewn on the ice. Sweat-soaked players hugged coaches in coats and ties. Many in the crowd of 6,933 lingered to offer their support, loudly and repeatedly. An overtime goal by sophomore forward Matt DiMarsico propelled Penn State past UConn,