No. 2/2 Alabama Hosts Arkansas on Senior Day at Coleman Coliseum

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The No. 2/2 Alabama men's basketball team will close out the week at home, as the Crimson Tide host Arkansas Saturday at Coleman Coliseum. The Tide will honor its three seniors, Adam Cottrell, Noah Gurley and Dom Welch.

The Alabama-Arkansas matchup features two of the best offenses in the Southeastern Conference, as the Razorbacks rank No. 1 in conference games, shooting 47% from the field while the Tide average 46% from the floor. Alabama is led by Brandon Miller, who ranks No. 1 in the SEC in scoring (19.5 ppg) while Arkansas' Ricky Council IV ranks No. 3 in the SEC, averaging 16.4 points per contest.

The Broadcast

Saturday's game is set for a 1 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) 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

For the second time in the last three seasons, Alabama Head Coach Nate Oats was named to the 2023 Werner Ladder Naismith Men's Coach of the Year (Finished in the top 4 in 2021)
Alabama has posted five wins over top-25 opponents in back-to-back seasons for the first time in program history, going 10-6 over the span
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 15 in both defense adjusted efficiency (No. 5) and in offense adjusted efficiency (No. 15) according to KenPom
Brandon Miller became the third freshman and the fastest freshman in program history to score 500 points in a single season (27 games), surpassing Collin Sexton (28 games) and James "Hollywood" Robinson (30 games)
Miller is seven points away from tying James "Hollywood" Robinson for the second most points (554 points) scored by a freshman in a single season in UA history
Miller is the only player in Division I to score 545 points, record 225 rebounds and make 85 three-pointers this season
Alabama's freshmen have scored 52.4 percent (1,222 points) of the Tide's scoring this season led by Miller's 19.5 points per game

About Arkansas

Since Eric Musselman's arrival, Arkansas leads the SEC in overall wins (92) and overall home wins (60), is second in SEC home wins (27) and ranks 10th in the NCAA in overall wins (92)
With its recent success, Arkansas now leads the SEC (and ranks 24th in the NCAA) in field goal percentage at 48.0%
Anthony Black is 1 of 2 players in the SEC Top 30 for points, rebounds, assists and steals
Over the last 11 games, Anthony Black is averaging 14.2 points, 5.2 rebounds, 5.6 assists and 2.7 steals
In SEC games, Arkansas leads the league in blocked shots at 5.64/gm. The Hogs' 79 blocked shots in SEC games ranks 6th-best in program history.
In SEC games, Arkansas is shooting 47.7% from the field, which ranks first in the conference, with Alabama right behind at No. 2 (46.9%)
At its current rate, Arkansas' SEC FG% of .477 would tie for 7th-best in school history and best in SEC play since shooting 47% in 2018
There are 11 teams in the NCAA that rank among the NCAA top 50 in both FG% and FG% Defense. Arkansas, Arizona, Houston and Memphis are the only four schools on the list from conferences that are among the NCAA NET top 10.

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