Avery Johnson is in his second year as the head coach of the Alabama basketball team and they will be the 3-seed in the Iowa region. The Crimson Tide and Spiders will face-off at the Coleman Coliseum in Tuscaloosa tonight at 8:15 pm CT.
Richmond brings with them a 20-12 overall regular season record and the 6-seed in their portion of the NIT bracket.
Alabama enters the game with a 19-14 record and the memory of a first round loss in the NIT last year to Creighton fresh on their mind.