Social media reacts to Alabama's second round NCAA Tournament win vs. Saint Mary's

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On Sunday night, the No. 2 seeded Alabama Crimson Tide were back in NCAA Tournament action, facing off against the No. 7 seed Saint Mary's Gaels in the second round of March Madness.

With a spot in the Sweet 16 on the line, this East Region contest played out in favor of the Crimson Tide as well, with Alabama eventually coming away with an 80-66 second round victory over the Gaels to keep dancing deeper into March.

In the win, Alabama certainly impressed against the WCC regular season champions, limiting Saint Mary's to only 34.3% shooting from the field, while also shooting 51.8% themselves, as well as 7-of-17 from three-point range. Alabama also had six different players score in double figures as well, led by guard Chris Youngblood with 13 points.

Here is a look at what some on social media are saying after Alabama's second round March Madness game against Saint Mary's on Sunday night.

THE CRIMSON TIDE KEEP DANCING

Alabama beats Saint Mary's to advance to its third straight Sweet 16 pic.twitter.com/02kMQRDfJg

— ESPN (@espn) March 24, 2025

Alabama becomes the first team in 105 games to score 80 points against Saint Mary's, per the TNT broadcast

— Nick Kelly (@_NickKelly) March 24, 2025

With a win tonight vs. Saint Mary's, Nate Oats will be the first Alabama coach since Wimp Sanderson (1984-87) to reach 3 consecutive Sweet 16s

— Nick Kelly (@_NickKelly) March 23, 2025

The skill and athleticism of Alabama is just overwhelming St Mary’s right now.

If not for the turnovers and free throws, this would be a 20+ point lead.

— Jordan Harper (@HarperNation24) March 23, 2025

Moving Up

MS1 is now No. 3 on Alabama's all-time scoring list with 1,910 points. #RTRpic.twitter.com/MBGKo7Rejp

— Alabama Men’s Basketball (@AlabamaMBB) March 24, 2025

ALABAMA IS MOVING ON

The Crimson Tide knock off (7) Saint Mary's 80-66 to move on to the Sweet 16 #MarchMadnesspic.twitter.com/yfoz4Aaee5

— NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessMBB) March 24, 2025

80 points scored by Alabama tonight is the most amount given up by Saint Mary’s since 2022.

Alabama’s pace was too much for even this defensive setup to handle. Phenomenal win in the R32.

— Sidelines - Bama (@SSN_Alabama) March 24, 2025

Since Nate Oats has been at Alabama, Bama has played 20 games on “short” turnarounds (games with 0 or 1 day of rest).

With tonight’s win over SMC, Bama improved to 17-3 in these games. 5-0 in the NCAA Tournament, with an average margin of victory of 14.6 points.

Roll Tide pic.twitter.com/60QXWbGcWr

— Dawson Wade (@dawsonwade98) March 24, 2025

Final

Alabama @ 1.14 ppp
St. Mary's @ 0.94 ppp

Great performance by Bama, maintaining a healthy lead for most of the game. Defense was solid throughout. Strong rebounding on both ends resulted in Bama having a slight edge in 2nd chance points.

— Alabama Roundball (@BamaRoundball) March 24, 2025

Props to Nate, Brian, Ryan and Preston. Phenomenal gameplan tonight. Game went exactly how we wanted it to go. At no point in the 2nd half was I ever stressed. 9 point lead against St. Mary’s is like a 15 point lead against most SEC teams.

— Hunter Johnson (@BurnerLJohnson) March 24, 2025

This article originally appeared on Roll Tide Wire: Alabama basketball reactions to March Madness win vs. Saint Mary's

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