Even while embroiled in off-court controversy, No. 2 Alabama has managed to continue winning games.
Until Saturday.
Fresh off clinching the SEC regular-season title on Wednesday night, the Crimson Tide went into College Station and fell 67-61 to No. 24 Texas A&M, snapping a four-game winning streak.
Alabama has been one of the nation’s best teams but has been walking a tightrope on the court since it was revealed in a Tuscaloosa courtroom that Brandon Miller, the team’s star freshman and likely NBA lottery pick, was at the scene of a killing involving former teammate Darius Miles and another man.