Alabama and Duke met Saturday night in the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament. Here is what some on social media are saying about the game.

Alabama basketball had a chance to make the Final Four for the second straight season. All the Crimson Tide has to do is beat the No. 1 seed in the region. Duke had other plans. The Blue Devils stifled the Tide offense, the same one that put up a record-breaking performance against BYU in the Elite Eight, and beat Alabama 85-65.

No. 2 Alabama used a three-point barrage to bury BYU but will need to play a complete game against No. 1 Duke in the Elite Eight.

And his former player, assistant coach and handpicked successor, Jon Scheyer, got the country's top recruit Cooper Flagg to come to Duke — then retooled the Blue Devils around him and got them back to the Final Four in just his third year in charge.

Two elite offenses, two All-American players, two teams coming off historic Sweet 16 showings. Saturday night in Jersey will be incredible

For the Alabama players who grew up loving and watching college basketball, Duke under Mike Krzyzewski was the elite program. Even after Krzyzewski's retirement, Scheyer has the Blue Devils in back-to-back Elite Eights. Now, the Crimson Tide has the chance to beat Duke to advance to the Final Four on Saturday night.

The early lead by the Blue Devils proved too much to overcome as the Crimson Tide fails in its quest to make it back to the Final Four.

It’s the Duke Blue Devils vs Alabama in the March Madness bracket. Here’s our prediction, pick for the 2025 NCAA Tournament basketball game.

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.