At 9-5 on the season and following a road loss In Nashville, Alabama basketball needs a win. A road win against Georgia would be a boost for the Tide’s NCAA tourney profile. Georgia is 10-3 this season. The Bulldogs are 1-1 in the SEC, having beaten Ole Miss and losing to Kentucky in Lexington by five points.
Georgia is one of eleven SEC teams to have a predicted RPI in the Top 100 at the end of the season. Eleven SEC teams will not make the Big Dance. The Tide needs to be in the SEC’s top seven in RPI at the end of the regular season.