The SEC-leading, 18th-ranked Alabama Crimson Tide return home tonight for a match-up with neighboring rival Mississippi State. With two games left before the midway point of the conference slate, college basketball’s hottest team will try to keep the momentum rolling and remain undefeated in SEC play against Ben Howland’s Bulldogs.
Despite opening as 14-point favorites (it’s since fallen to -9.5 for Alabama), this game may not be as simple as it seems going up against this physical State team, as Alabama remains without its lone true post player, Jordan Bruner. Javian Davis and company will certainly look to slow things down and enforce their will in the paint.