For this game, at least, there is no bubble talk for Alabama's basketball team.
Alabama's Retin Obasohan is guarded by Mississippi State's Quinndary Weatherspoon (11) during the second half of a game against Mississippi State at Coleman Coliseum in Tuscaloosa , Ala. on Saturday Feb. 20, 2016. Mississippi State won the game by a score of 67-61. staff photo/Erin Nelson
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For one thing, as Avery Johnson, the Crimson Tide head coach wryly pointed out on Friday, "that hasn't worked well when we've had those conversations.