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Alabama Basketball: Regular-Season SEC Championship matters

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Alabama Basketball is close to locking down the SEC regular-season Championship. A look at the historical perspective and what the title would mean.

In a sports world where regular seasons are underappreciated, Alabama Basketball is close to finishing a historic one. With four (maybe, five if the postponed TAMU game is played) SEC regular-season games left on the Crimson Tide schedule, Nate Oats’ team has a commanding lead in the SEC standings.

The Alabama Crimson Tide is 12-1 in SEC play (17-5 overall) and holds a 3-game lead in the standings over Arkansas, a 3.