After the regular season concluded for Purdue on Friday night, coach Matt Painter made his argument for Braden Smith as Big Ten Player of the Year.
This was the Crimson Tide's final game of the regular season and Sears ended it by silencing a once-deafening Neville Arena with a floater at the buzzer.
The Alabama guard hit the game-winning shot at the buzzer to end the Crimson Tide's regular season on the highest of notes.