No. 7/7 Alabama Hosts Ole Miss in SEC Home Opener

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Alabama men's basketball returns home for its first game in 2023, as the Crimson Tide welcome Ole Miss to Coleman Coliseum. For the fifth straight week, the Tide are ranked in the Top 10 in the AP Top 25 Poll, starting the week ranked No. 7.

The Tide have won three straight games against the Rebels inside of Coleman Coliseum, most recently 82-64 in 2020, as Tuesday's game features two of the best scorers in the Southeastern Conference as Alabama's Brandon Miller ranks No. 1 in the SEC in points per game (19.2) and Ole Miss' Matthew Murrell ranks No. 10 in the conference (14.8).

The Broadcast

Tuesday's game is set for an 8 p.m. tipoff and will be aired on the SEC Network with Mike Morgan (play-by-play) and Daymeon Fishback (analyst) on the call and Alyssa Lang on the sideline.

The radio broadcast can be heard on the Crimson Tide Sports Network with Chris Stewart (play-by-play) and Bryan Passink (analyst) 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

Brandon Miller has been named SEC Freshman of the Week for the third time this season
Alabama has a program-record four Top 25 wins before the New Year, its previous high was when it defeated two ranked teams in 2015 when the Tide knocked off #17 Notre Dame and #20 Wichita State prior to conference play beginning in 2016
For the second straight season and first time in program history, Alabama has posted four wins over Top 25 opponents in back-to-back seasons
Alabama won 10 non-conference games for the first time since the 2014-15 season
The Crimson Tide are 4-2 against Top 25 opponents this season
Alabama is the first team since 1965-66 (Duke) with multiple wins over the AP No. 1 team before the New Year
Brandon Miller is averaging 19.2 points per game, the most by any freshman in the country and No. 34 overall
Miller is the only freshman in the country to rank in the top 50 in points per game (No. 34) and rebounds per game (No. 45)
Miller is one of seven players in Division I, the only player in the SEC and the only freshman in the country that has scored 250 points and record 115 rebounds this season
Miler ranks No. 45 in the country at 8.8 rebounds per game, which is third best among freshman in the country
Alabama ranks No. 1 in the country in rebounds per game (47.08), defensive rebounds per game (32.7), ranks No. 3 in rebound margin (+10.5) and No. 6 in offensive rebounds per game (14.3)
Alabama is one of two teams (Arizona) to have two players rank in the Top 50 in the country in rebounds per game with Miller and Clowney ranked No. 45 with 8.8 per game

About Ole Miss

Ole Miss began the season with eight wins before the calendar new year for the fourth time under head coach Kermit Davis.
Senior transfer Jayveous McKinnis is one of four active players with 1,000 career rebounds (1,054) and points (1,133) alongside South Alabama's Kevin Samuel, UNC's Armando Bacot, and Lipscomb's Ahsan Asadullah.
Coach Davis is tied for 151st all-time in career wins and 29th among active Division-I head coaches
The Rebels' depth has been on full display to begin the season, as the Ole Miss bench has accounted for over a third of the team's scoring through their first 13 games (37.7%, 339 of 899 points). The Rebs have topped their opponents in bench points in nine of 13 contests, and are outscoring their foes' benches by 129 on the year (339 to 210). Their 26.1 points per game off the bench rank fourth in the SEC.
Senior transfer Myles Burns is third in the SEC and No. 24 in the NCAA at 2.4 steals per game. Combined with his stats from NAIA Loyola New Orleans, Burns has nabbed 389 steals in his basketball career.

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