The first half of the Elite Eight is over. Alabama, Florida, Duke and Texas Tech advance to the Elite 8, and here’s a rundown of those four games.

-Alabama makes March Madness record 25 3s and romps past BYU 113-88 to reach Elite Eight

Alabama broke the 35-year-old March Madness record for 3-pointers with 25 and Mark Sears scored 30 of his 34 points on 3s, a relentless long-range spree that ushered the second-seeded Crimson Tide past BYU 113-88 on Thursday night in an NCAA Tournament East Region semifinal.

Alabama reached the Elite Eight in consecutive years for the first time in program history.

The Crimson Tide made 25 of 51 3-point attempts to break the record of 21 set by Loyola Marymount in a second-round game against Michigan in 1990. Sears, a first-team All-America guard, hit the record-breaking 22nd 3 late in the game to make it 97-66 and received a standing ovation from the Alabama fans when he checked out with 10 3s and more than four minutes left to play.

Sears and the Crimson Tide (28-8) showed they are no March fluke under coach Nate Oats. Riding a wave of 3s, Alabama set itself up for a date against top-seeded Duke for a shot at the Final Four.

-Top-seeded Florida run away from Maryland's 'Crab Five' for 87-71 March Madness win

Florida's three standout seniors and its deep bench kept bringing energy until it became too tough for Maryland's “Crab Five” to keep up.

Will Richard scored 15 points, Alijah Martin added 14 points and seven rebounds, and No. 1 seed Florida played a steady second half to run away from fourth-seeded Maryland and into the NCAA Tournament's West Region final with an 87-71 win Thursday night.

Walter Clayton Jr. contributed 13 points and four assists as Florida's senior leaders and their deep supporting cast took down Maryland's hardworking starters.

Florida (33-4) advances to play Saturday against third-seeded Texas Tech, which rallied past Arkansas in overtime in Thursday's late game at Chase Center.

-Flagg flies in March Madness and Duke wins 100-93 over Arizona to reach the Elite Eight

Duke's Cooper Flagg put on a skills clinic and overcame an onslaught from Arizona and Caleb Love, finishing with 30 points, six rebounds, seven assists and three blocks Thursday night in a 100-93 NCAA tournament victory that pulled the Blue Devils within one win of the Final Four.​

Flagg, long over the ankle injury that sidelined him earlier this month, did enough to prevent Love, a thorn in Duke's side for five years, from ruining another Blue Devils season.

Love finished with 35 points, one short of his career high, including a streak of 15 straight for his Wildcats (24-13) during a ferocious second-half run that cut a 19-point deficit to as little as five with 1:56 left.

But it's the top-seeded Blue Devils (34-3) moving to the Elite Eight for the second straight season. On Saturday comes a 1 vs. 2 showdown in the East Region, when coach Jon Scheyer's team faces Alabama, which set a March Madness record for 3-pointers in a 113-88 win over BYU earlier in the evening.

A win would put Duke in the Final Four for the 18th time. The last time, in 2022, Love played for North Carolina and scored 28 points to bring an end to legendary coach Mike Krzyzewski's career.

-Texas Tech rallies from 16 down, tops Arkansas in Sweet 16

Darrion Williams scored the tiebreaking basket with 7.3 seconds left in overtime after tying the game with a 3-pointer in the closing seconds of regulation to lead Texas Tech to an 85-83 win over Arkansas on Thursday night and a spot in the Elite Eight.

The first overtime game of March Madness came thanks to a furious comeback by the third-seeded Red Raiders (28-8) from 16 points down midway through the second half against coach John Calipari's 10th-seeded Razorbacks (22-14). It marks the second-largest comeback in the Sweet 16. According to ESPN Research, Arkansas had the lead for 38 minutes, 53 seconds, whereas Texas Tech led for 3 minutes, 20 seconds.

Texas Tech will play top-seeded Florida in the West Region final Saturday with a chance at the school's second Final Four trip after losing the title game to Virginia in 2019.