The Crimson Tide basketball team dug an early hole, battled back to tie, but ran out of gas and got walloped at the hands of Connecticut by a score of 82-67 on Friday night. Bama fell to 5-1 while the Huskies improved to 7-0. UConn appears to be underrated at 20th in the latest poll. Alabama plays next on Sunday when they take on surprise loser North Carolina in the third place game of the Phil Knight Invitational.
Coach Nate Oats kept the same starting five of Brandon Miller, Mark Sears, Charles Bediako, Noah Clowney, and Nimari Burnett.