Are you able to say bombs away?

Whereas the No. 18 Alabama Crimson Tide might have had an announcement sport towards Michigan State within the opening spherical of the Phil Knight Invitational in Portland, Ore., No. 20 Connecticut was capturing lights out to additionally advance and arrange a top-20 matchup in Friday’s semifinals. 

Particularly, senior guard Tristen Newton led the Huskies to a school-record 17 3-pointers as they blew previous one of many native groups, Oregon, to a 83-59 victory. 

In case you are questioning, the NCAA Division I file for 3-point discipline objectives by each groups in a single sport is 44 (Troy, which made 28 vs. George Mason on Dec. 10, 1994), and the file for complete makes an attempt, from the identical sport, is 108 (74 by Troy).

Simply in case. 

How you can Watch Alabama vs Connecticut

Who: Alabama (5-0) vs. Connecticut (6-0)

When: 9 p.m,. CT, Friday

The place: Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Portland, Ore.

TV: ESPN2

Stay Stream: fuboTV (Begin your free trial)

Radio: Crimson Tide Sports activities Community (Play-By-Play: Roger Hoover, Analyst: Bryan Passink). The pregame present will start one hour previous to tipoff.

Sequence: UConn leads 1-0.

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Match bracket: The successful workforce will advance to Sunday’s championship sport towards the winner of No. 1 North Carolina vs. Iowa State. The dropping groups may also face one another.  

Final Assembly: The one assembly between the packages was within the Elite 8 of the 2004 NCAA Match. Alabama, seeded second within the area, took an 87-71 loss in Phoenix, Ariz. 

Final day trip, Alabama: The Crimson Tide had a robust opening sport within the Phil Knight Invitational, topping No. 12 Michigan State 81-70. Brandon Miller had 24 factors to guide Alabama, whereas Noah Gurley and Noah Clowney each had season highs in factors with 12 and 10 respectively, and sophomore heart Charles Bediako had his finest sport of the season with eight factors, 4 rebounds and two blocks. In his third sport again, guard Jahvon Quinerly regarded snug working within the offense and completed with a season excessive 10 factors. 

Final day trip, UConn: Oregon was with out guards Brennan Rigsby, Jermaine Cousinard, and Keeshawn Barthelemy, however the Huskies did not present any mercy en path to the 83-59 victory within the opening spherical of the Phil Knight Invitational.  

Newton completed with a season-high 23 factors, hitting 7-of-10 general from the ground, and added 4 rebounds, 6 assists, and a couple of steals in a formidable all-around efficiency.

Newton had loads of help as sophomore Jordan Hawkins added 18 factors, together with 5 three-pointers, junior Adama Sanogo had 12 factors, together with 2 three-pointers, and grad Joey Calcaterra scored 11, with 3 three-pointers.

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Notes You Want To Know

• The Crimson Tide is 6-0 for the primary time since 2017-18.
• Brandon Miller was named SEC Freshman of the Week on Monday. 
• Alabama entered the event main the nation in rebounds per sport (56.0), offensive rebounds per sport (19.5) and rebound margin (24.5).
• Alabama’s newcomers have scored 294 of the Tide’s 339 factors this season.
• Noah Clowney ranks No. 21 within the nation averaging 10.5 rebounds per sport and No. 1 within the SEC. Charles Bediako is No. 19, averaging 4.0 offensive rebounds.
• Alabama made 44 3-pointers within the first 4 sport, probably the most beneath Nate Oats.
• The Crimson Tide was making 11 3-pointers per sport, which ranks No. 14 in Division I.
• Alabama welcomed the highest-ranked recruiting class in program historical past, together with McDonald’s Excessive Faculty All-Individuals Jaden Bradley and Miller, together with four-star prospects Clowney and Rylan Griffen.
• The Tide is one in every of simply seven colleges (Arizona, Creighton, Duke, Kentucky, North Carolina and UCLA) to have a participant named to the Bob Cousy, Julius Erving and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar watch lists this preseason.

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