The Crimson Tide head to Knoxville to play the best team they will see all season: the third-ranked Tennessee Volunteers. Rick Barnes has this veteran group playing incredible team basketball, and it will take the Tide’s absolute best to pull off a victory today.
With that being said, Alabama’s size makes them a tough match-up for the Vols. The Tide throttled this same group of guys a season ago 78-50 in Tuscaloosa, one of the marquee victories for Avery Johnson’s squad last year. A win today would be even bigger. It would pretty much erase some of the uglier losses Alabama currently has on their resume.