The Crimson Tide and early start times go together like oil and water. After losing two 11 a.m. Saturday games recently, moving the start time to noon didn't help much as the Tide put together a clunker, but pulled out an 82-78 victory over last place Vanderbilt. Bama improved to 18-5 overall and 13-1 in the SEC. Vanderbilt fell to 6-12, 2-10 in league. The Tide’s magic number to clinch the SEC regular season title sits at one now.
Alabama got some good news prior to tip when Jordan Bruner was cleared to play and actually started the game.