TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The No. 2/2 Alabama men’s basketball team has a chance to clinch the 2023 Southeastern Conference regular season title outright Wednesday night, as the Tide hosts Auburn inside Coleman Coliseum. The Crimson Tide is looking to clinch its second SEC regular season championship in the last three seasons.
The Tide enters Wednesday’s game with a perfect 14-0 record at Coleman Coliseum, as UA looks for its second win over Auburn this season.
The Alabama-Auburn matchup features four of the top-20 scorers in the conference led by Alabama’s Brandon Miller scoring an SEC-best 20.6 ppg in SEC games followed by Auburn’s Johni Broome (No. 8, 15.3 ppg), Wendell Green Jr. (No. 10, 14.9 ppg) and Alabama’s Mark Sears (No. 19, 13.3 ppg).
Should Alabama pull out the win, it would be the Tide’s first undefeated home season since 2010-11 (19-0).
The Broadcast
Wednesday’s game is set for a 6 p.m. CT tipoff and will be aired on ESPN2 with Tom Hart (play-by-play) and Jimmy Dykes (analyst) on the call.
The radio broadcast can be heard on the Crimson Tide Sports Network with Chris Stewart (play-by-play), Bryan Passink (analyst) and Roger Hoover (sideline) on the call, while Tom Stipe (engineer) is turning the dials. The pregame show will begin one hour prior to tipoff.
Notes You Need To Know
- Alabama has the chance to end the regular season 15-0 at home for the third time in program history and first since the 2010-11 season
- Alabama has a chance to win its second SEC regular season championship in the last three years for the first time since winning three straight from 1974-76
- Alabama is 14-13 against AP Top 25 teams during Nate Oats‘ tenure
- The Crimson Tide is the first SEC team to score 100 points versus three conference opponents since the 1997-98 Arkansas team
- Alabama has won 11 SEC games by double digits, tying the program record set by the 1955-56 team
- Alabama is ranked No. 2 in the AP Top-25 Poll, the highest ranking in program history this late into the season
- The Crimson Tide is one of two schools (Houston) to rank in the top 17 in both defense adjusted efficiency (No. 5) and in offense adjusted efficiency (No. 17) according to…
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