Arkansas State University's men's basketball team has seen South Alabama twice already.
To the Red Wolves, their 66-65 victory Jan. 10 at First National Bank Arena in Jonesboro has become fairly irrelevant prior to today's first-round game at the Sun Belt Conference Tournament.
The second game, South Alabama's 70-62 home victory Feb. 7, is more useful for the ninth-seeded Red Wolves' preparation ahead of today's 7 p.m. tipoff against eighth-seeded South Alabama at the Mitchell Center in Mobile, Ala.
The winner of South Alabama (15-16, 8-10) and ASU (13-18, 7-11) will advance to face No. 5 seed Louisiana-Lafayette at 5 p.