(1) Villanova 81, (9) Alabama 58. PITTSBURGH»

DALLAS» Keenan Evans keeps making big plays, extending Texas Tech’s season — and his time with second-year head coach Chris Beard.

They have another game, with the Red Raiders headed to the NCAA Tournament’s Sweet 16 for the first time since 2005.

Evans, who treats every game like senior night and doesn’t want to be done, scored 22 points and hit a tiebreaking 3-pointer with 2½ minutes left as thirdseeded Texas Tech beat Florida 69-66 on Saturday night.

While the next loss will end the all-big 12 guard Evans’ career, high-flying freshman Zhaire Smith is just getting started.

Smith had 18 points, nine rebounds and seven assists, and was on the receiving end of an alley-oop pass from Evans with 29 seconds left for a punctuating dunk to send the Red Raiders (26-10) to Boston.

Chris Chiozza did go the length of the court for a Florida layup with 25 seconds left before Evans lost the ball when trying to fight through a doubleteam after the inbound pass.

The Gators gathered the ball after a wild scramble. Egor Koulechov and Kevaughn Allen both had 3-point attempts in the final 10 seconds that came up short.

Florida (21-13) fell short of the Sweet 16 — and the Elite Eight — for the first time in their last six NCAA Tournament appearances.

Mikal Bridges hit five 3s and scored 23 points to lead the Wildcats (32-4) into the Sweet 16 for the first time since they won the 2016 national championship. Bridges, Jalen Brunson, Phil Booth and Donte Divincenzo look every bit the favorite to make it two in three years.

After watching top-seeded Virginia’s 20-point loss to 16th-seeded UMBC on Friday night, Alabama (20-16) failed to make it two No. 1s KO’D in less than 24 hours.

After a tense first half in a round that has given the program fits, the Wildcats hit their first six 3s in the second and put on a thrashing up there among the most dominant under coach Jay Wright.