In benching Sears, Oats made sure that his point guard would be ready for the fight. And if Sears needs a rest, well, Alabama’s cutthroat, win-first coach planned ahead by taking Auburn’s old point guard and making him better.

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The university does a fantastic job of honoring former football greats, but not so much with other Crimson Tide sports.

Bethune-Cookman plays Alabama State in a matchup of SWAC teams. Saturday's meeting is the first this season between the teams.

Compared to other teams in the SEC, it wasn't that long ago that Georgia tasted a win against Alabama basketball. Picks and predictions for Saturday.

There was change at the top of this week's USA TODAY Sports Bracketology with Alabama rising to a No. 1 seed at the expense of SEC rival Tennessee.

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Auburn has all but sewn up its first one-seed since 1998-99 with an incredible 12-1 record against Quad 1 opponents. Houston led all teams with 13 Quad 1 wins in the regular season last season, and the Tigers have a chance to smash that mark with eight more Quad 1 matchups over their final 11 games of the regular season.

No. 4 Alabama takes on the Georgia Bulldogs after Chris Youngblood scored 23 points in Alabama's 88-84 win against the Mississippi State Bulldogs.

Last season, there was “the Grant Nelson game” against UNC. This season, Alabama basketball got “the Chris Youngblood game” at Mississippi State.