It’s tournament time for Tide Hoops, as the Crimson Tide opens up SEC Tournament play with the 11th-seeded Vanderbilt Commodores tonight in Tampa, Florida. The Tide prevailed over the ‘Dores in their first meeting in Nashville just a few weeks ago, but it certainly wasn’t easy, and Vandy is playing its best ball of the season at the right time. This will be a legitimately tough game for Alabama to prevail in tonight.
The main reason for that is because Vanderbilt is finally healthy and playing its best five together for, really, the first time all year, with Rodney Chatman and Liam Robbins joining Scotty Pippen Jr, Jordan Wright, and Myles Stute in the starting unit.