With exams and the fall semester that preceded it now in the rear-view mirror, the Crimson Tide (6-3) head to Huntsville, AL for their annual tilt in the Rocket City Classic. This year’s opponent will be the Liberty Flames (9-2), who, stop me if you have heard this before, are a quality mid-major team. Their only two losses of the season were on the road against Vanderbilt and Georgetown. They even were able to, get this, beat Georgia State. By 26 points actually.
So, yeah, this team can play. Ken Pomeroy, noted college basketball stats guru, actually has Liberty (#84) only ten spots behind Alabama (#74), even with preseason ratings still weighing in slightly in his algorithm.