San Diego State basketball

There's now just one No. 1 seed left in the NCAA men's tournament after San Diego State knocked off Alabama in the Sweet 16 of the South Region.

You know, I love the group, they love each other, and it's just really disappointing that it's ending early. Miles provided the gun to the shooter, Michael Davis, and both Miles and David have been charged with capital murder. The gun belonged to then-teammate Darius Miles, who was removed from the team after his arrest. This is not the end of the journey. I feel like the big was too low in the drop. And so they didn't shy away from the moment.

The No. 5 seed Aztecs are the first Mountain West team to make an Elite Eight after shocking the Crimson Tide.

Alabama's Elite Eight drought has reached 19 years with its loss to San Diego State and moved the program to a woeful 1-9 all-time in Sweet 16 games, the worst record in NCAA Tournament history. At this point in the year you have to have that confidence that you can make those shots that you've been working on." That was just a checkpoint and not the destination, though, as Dutcher seemed to explain after the game. Then Darrion came out of the timeout and hit a 3 and a 2 and he kind of changed the momentum," said Dutcher. All season long, Alabama has gone mostly as its star freshman, Brandon Miller, has gone, and that was again the case in the South Regionals semifinals -- to its demise. Facing a top-five defensive unit in San Diego State, the Crimson Tide struggled to make shots from distance and were out-toughed by the MWC juggernaut down the stretch.

San Diego State beats Alabama to become the first Mountain West Conference team to reach the Elite Eight, and Miami makes a second-straight regional final ...

Houston battled back to make it a two-point game, but then Pack made three 3s and Miller and Poplar hit one each to fuel a 16-2 run that put the Canes ahead 70-53. Isaiah Wong’s mid-range game helped get the Hurricanes out to a fast start, and he finished with 20 points. It bounced off the front of the rim, then the backboard, then the front of the rim again before dropping through. Walker led the Cougars with 16 points. Miami and UConn are the only schools with teams remaining in both tournaments. Miami (28-7), only the fifth team this season to score at least 70 points against Houston (33-4), will play second-seeded Texas or No. Mark Sears scored 16 points and Jahvon Quinerly and Charles Bediako each had 10 for Alabama, which shot 32% overall and a miserable 3 of 27 (11.1%) from 3-point range. San Diego State trailed 48-39 midway through the second half before going on a 12-0 run and controlling the game from there. 15 fatal shooting of a 23-year-old woman in Tuscaloosa, which led to capital murder charges against a then-Crimson Tide player, Darius Miles. It was a dogfight. The other top seeds, Purdue and Kansas, lost during the tournament’s opening weekend. Authorities have said Miller is a cooperating witness, and he did not miss any playing time.

San Diego State (No. 5) shocks the top-seeded Alabama Crimson Tide to advance to the Elite Eight for the first time in the program's history.

A quick foul put Matt Bradley, the season's leading scorer who had only registered 4 points on 2 of 9 shooting to that point, on the line and he sank two to push the lead back to four with 34 seconds left. The back-and-forth. The pace.