Kevin Young, a Utah native and member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, brought the pros to Provo and it’s paying off for BYU.

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This was Oats' offensive system humming at peak efficiency on night when his shooters caught fire. Mark Sears drained so many 3-pointers (10, second-most in NCAA Tournament history), the rim must've looked like a hula hoop to him. And not much smaller than that for guard Aden Holloway, who canned six more from deep.

Kevin Young, who came to BYU after nearly two decades coaching in both the NBA and G-League, went 26-10 in his first season as the team's head coach, leading the program to their first Sweet Sixteen appearance since 2011.

So egregious was their resistance in that regard, it helped the Crimson Tide, as Young alluded to, set an NCAA Tournament single-game record for made deep balls (25 of 51). Some of that was straight due to great shot-making. But the Cougars’ lapses gave ‘Bama shooters full license to feel like they were channeling Steph Freaking Curry.

Before Thursday's performance by Sears, five players had double-digit 3-point makes in an NCAA Tournament game: Loyola Maymount's Jeff Fryer in 1990 (11), Oakland's Jack Gohlke in 2024 (10), Purdue's Carsen Edwards in 2019 (10), Memphis' Roburt Sallie in 2009 (10) and UNLV's Freddie Banks in 1987 (10).

Here's everything Alabama Crimson Tide coach Nate Oats said about BYU ahead of Thursday's Sweet 16 matchup in the NCAA Tournament.

Coach Kevin Young's BYU basketball team met with the media on Wednesday in Newark, New Jersey, and vowed to not let this "golden opportunity" slip past them.