Riaan UBrandon Miller wavutha, kanjalo ne-Alabama, eyagwema isiphetho sabanye ababili abaphezulu I-NCAA Tournament imbewu futhi yachichima eceleni iMaryland 73-51 ngemuva kwengxenye yesibili evelele ngoMgqibelo ebusuku.
I-Crimson Tide (31-5) badlulele ku-Sweet 16 yabo yesibili emiqhudelwaneni emithathu edlule kanye neyesishiyagalolunye iyonke. I-Alabama izobhekana neSan Diego State enembewu yesihlanu eSouth Region owandulela owamanqamu eLouisville, eKentucky, ngoLwesihlanu.
Ngaphambi kokuthi umdlalo ukhiphe indlebe ngezimbewu ezimbili eziphezulu, u-Purdue kanye nompetha kazwelonke ovikela u-Kansas, base behlile, futhi inzalo engunombolo 1 u-Houston walandela imbangi ka-Tide u-Auburn ngamaphuzu angu-10 ngesikhathi sekhefu ngaphambili e-Legacy Arena ngaphambi kokuhoxa.
U-Alabama noMiller baqale kancane, kodwa umdlali omusha we-All-America kanye ne-NBA ephezulu ufinyelele amaphuzu angu-19 ngemuva kokushaya amaphuzu kumdlalo womzuliswano wokuqala. UMiller ulimele inyonga futhi uphuthelwe amashothi akhe okuqala ayisishiyagalolunye kulo mqhudelwano.
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UBrandon Miller #24 we-Alabama Crimson Tide ubungaza nozakwabo ngesikhathi sesiwombe sokuqala bebhekene neMaryland Terrapins emzuliswaneni wesibili weNCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament eLegacy Arena e-BJCC ngoMashi 18, 2023, eBirmingham, Alabama. (Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)
UJahvon Quinerly ushaye amaphuzu angama-22 onyakeni owodwa wokulimala kwakhe edolweni kwesokunxele ekuqaleni kokuhlulwa ngomzuliswano wesibili yi-Notre Dame, okusamkhawulele ekuqaleni kwale sizini. Quinerly wenze 4 6 3-amaphoyinti.
UCharles Bediako ubenamaphuzu ayi-10 nama-rebounds ayi-10. Abaqalayo be-Alabama bashaye ibhentshi sekusele imizuzu embalwa ukuthi kuculwe ingoma ethi “Sweet 16” esixukwini esinobungani.
UJulian Reese ube namaphuzu ayi-14 eMaryland (22-13) ngaphambi kokuthi adlale kabi. U-Jahmir Young uthole i-12.
I-Alabama, imbewu ephezulu iyonke, ibhekane nedrama encane, ngokungafani namanye uNombolo 1.
UBrandon Miller #24 we-Alabama Crimson Tide usabela esiwombeni sokuqala bebhekene neMaryland Terrapins emzuliswaneni wesibili weNCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament eLegacy Arena e-BJCC ngoMashi 18, 2023, eBirmingham, Alabama. (Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)
Imbewu engu-No. 16 u-Fairleigh Dickinson wehlule i-Purdue 63-58 ephuma phambili ngoLwesihlanu ngolwesibili olunjalo nje. Bese No. 8 Arkansas ishaye Jayhawks 72-71 ngaphambili ngoMgqibelo. UHouston ekugcineni wasuka e-Auburn njengoba iTide ilinde ithuba labo.
Isiwombe sokuqala besithandeka kakhulu kuMaryland, ngaphandle kokushoda kwama-28-23, iqembu lifike ladela amaphuzu angama-63 kuphela ngomdlalo.
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I-Maryland: Umpetha kazwelonke ka-2002 u-Terps behlulekile ukwenza uhambo lwabo lwe-15 ku-Sweet 16 ngesizini yokuqala yomqeqeshi uKevin Willard. Baphinde bahlulwa yi-Alabama emzuliswaneni wesibili eminyakeni emibili edlule ngaphansi komqeqeshi wangaphambili uMark Turgeon. Ukuzivikela kweMaryland bekuseqophelweni elanele ukuthi igcine ihambe phambili isikhathi esiningi sesiwombe sokuqala yize kudlule amaphutha ayisishiyagalolunye alandelanayo.
Umgadli wase-Alabama uBrandon Miller (24) ugadwe ngunogada waseMaryland u-Jahmir Young (1) engxenyeni yokuqala yomdlalo we-basketball wasekolishi womzuliswano wesibili emqhudelwaneni we-NCAA eBirmingham, Ala., NgoMgqibelo, Mashi 18, 2023. (Isithombe se-AP/Rogelio V. Solis)
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I-Alabama: Ukujula kwayo kuboniswe kuze kube manje. I-Tide ilawule igeyimu naphezu kokungatholi amaphuzu amaningi kubaqalayo u-Mark Sears no-Noah Clowney noma u-Nick Pringle, inkanyezi yomdlalo wokuvula bebhekene ne-Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.
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I-Alabama ibhekene neqembu laseSan Diego State elenza ukubonakala kwayo kokuqala kwe-Sweet 16 kusukela ngo-2004, okwakuwunyaka wokugijima kwe-Tide kuphela i-Elite Eight. I-Crimson Tide ayikaze ifinyelele ku-Final Four.
