Mark Sears has been in the biggest moments imaginable during his 3 seasons at Alabama, helping the Crimson Tide blossom into a national title contender.
But Sears and the Tide have fallen short the past 2 years, falling in the Sweet 16 in 2023 and in their first Final Four appearance last year. Maybe the third time will be the charm for Sears at Alabama, and he’s certainly on a mission to make that a reality.
After helping the Crimson Tide into yet another Sweet 16 last weekend, the 6-foot-1 senior first-team All-American from Muscle Shoals, Ala., made the Sweet 16 his stage on Thursday night against pesky 6-seed BYU. With second-seeded Alabama fighting to get to its second straight regional final, Sears put on a shooting display not seen often in the college game.
Channeling his inner Steph Curry, Sears had made 7 3-pointers as of midway through the second half, helping Bama to a 20-point lead in the East Region semifinal. Sears was a ridiculous 9-of-14 from 3-point territory, 10-of-16 from the field overall and had made both of his free-throw attempts. He had 31 points with still plenty of time to add to his total, and by the way also had 8 assists, 3 rebounds and 2 steals as Alabama closed in on a regional final berth on Saturday in Newark, N.J.
Here’s the best of the reaction to his big night:
Mark Sears is having one of those nights! That's his 7TH three of the game. pic.twitter.com/X0kugpTpJL
— CBS Sports (@CBSSports) March 28, 2025Sears’ absurd shooting was all the rage on social media, naturally, and here is a sampling of the reaction to Sears’ sharp-shooting by fans and media:
Alabama fans seeing this version of Mark Sears for the first time in a minute pic.twitter.com/5UK2WOuAfR
— Clint Lamb (@ClintRLamb) March 27, 2025Mark Sears this half pic.twitter.com/AZhsyrZFBM
— Andrew Bone (@AndrewJBone) March 27, 2025This performance from Mark Sears has to be one of the most dominant showings from a point guard in the tournament we’ve seen in a while!
— Evan Miyakawa (@EvanMiya) March 28, 2025Mark Sears making Sweet Sixteen look easy ?? #MarchMadness t.co/qlXmJj3FtE pic.twitter.com/YkfwVPr6Jh
— Paramount+ (@paramountplus) March 28, 2025This is the first-team All-American Mark Sears.
— Jeff Goodman (@GoodmanHoops) March 28, 2025Mark Sears is playing like the best damn guard in the sport tonight. pic.twitter.com/EMJ2qsmABe
— John Fanta (@John_Fanta) March 28, 2025Mark Sears in the Sweet 16 pic.twitter.com/dKt1OeHbZC
— John Ewing (@johnewing) March 27, 2025This is what Mark Sears was doing at nearly 3 in the morning after going scoreless against LSU in late January.25 points with seven 3s so far against BYU tonight. The work will show. Always. pic.twitter.com/HIiUqTbBm3
— Isaac Trotter (@Isaac__Trotter) March 28, 2025BYU fans gonna hate to hear this but Mark Sears looks like a certain someone firing from 3 pic.twitter.com/yyt2emjgML
— Theater In College Hoops (@CBBTheater) March 28, 2025Mark Sears lights up BYU with 3-point outburst: Fans, media react Saturday Down South.
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