The 2025 Men's NCAA Tournament began Tuesday night, with the first four matches between the pair of SWAC champion Alabama and NEC champion St. Francis. This game was an absolute banger, with two hungry teams swapping leads back and forth through every game. The game is always intended to return to final ownership and got the first magical moment of March when it happened.
The Multimadness Star was born in Amarnox, the Alabama National Guard. Knox scored a game-high 16 points, and his final bucket brought the Hornets a victory.
With the game tied at 68, Alabama inbounded the ball under their own basket with less than three seconds left. The baseball pass leaned into the air, Knox got it and put the game-winning basket just before the buzzer.
Alabama beat St. Francis 70-68. Check out the winners of the game here:
It should be a way to start March Madness. The Hornets face the first-place seed team in the tournament in their next game, The Auburn Tigers.
The end of this game was wild. Alabama missed the 1 and 1 frontend with a chance to take the lead with 12 seconds remaining. St. Francis dribbled the ball onto the floor under forced force, but it peeled off and the ball finally erased the red flash.
Alabama State Guard Mika Simpson threw the perfect baseball pass to set the winner of the game. Shade Christian Retner! The 2025 Men's NCAA Tournament is off to a great start.
