Alabama basketball will play in the Sweet 16 for the third consecutive year after defeating Saint Mary's in March Madness. Here's what Nate Oats said about it.

T he Alabama Crimson Tide punched their ticket to their third-straight Sweet 16 after defeating the Saint Mary's Gaels 80–66 in the men's NCAA tournament on Sunday evening. And

Alabama lost to Florida by 22 points in the SEC tournament semifinals, then watched the Gators win the conference title. Since then, the Crimson Tide have beaten Robert Morris and St. Mary's as the East Region's No. 2 seed. Alabama set up a clash with No. 6 BYU in the next round.