No. 16/16 Men's Basketball Travels to No. 12/11 Auburn in Rivalry Rematch

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Two of the top Southeastern Conference teams will face off Wednesday night at Neville Arena, as No. 16/16 Alabama men's basketball travels to square off with No. 12/11 Auburn. The Crimson Tide currently sits atop the SEC Standings (16-6, 8-1 SEC) with the Tigers right behind UA in a tie for second place (18-4, 7-2 SEC).

Alabama is the last team to beat Auburn at Neville Arena (Feb. 11, 2023, 77-69) as the Tigers are riding a 14-game winning-streak at home, the 11^th-longest winning-streak in Division I. The Alabama-Auburn matchup two of the best players in the SEC as Alabama's Mark Sears and Auburn's Johni Broome are currently on KenPom's All-SEC Team.

The Broadcast

Wednesday's game is set for a 6 p.m. CT tipoff and will be aired on ESPN2 with Karl Ravech (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

Head coach Nate Oats is 16-20 against AP Top-25 opponents while at Alabama
Since Oats arrived at Alabama in 2019-20, he owns a record of 6-3 in games vs. Auburn. Alabama has won a league-best 57 SEC contests during the span.
In the Alabama-Auburn matchup, no team has won four consecutive matchups since 2012 (Alabama won five)
The Crimson Tide have not won back-to-back games at Neville Arena since 2012
Alabama defeated Auburn at home, 79-75, in the first meeting on Jan. 24
Since 2017, the Alabama-Auburn matchup has featured nine first round picks
Alabama has scored 100 points in eight SEC games during Oats' tenure. The rest of the league has a combined 10 100-point games during that span.
According to KenPom, Mark Sears ranks No. 7 in the National Player of the Year standings and ranks No. 3 in Barttorvik's player rankings
Sears is one of three players in Division I and the only Power 5 player that has 440 points, 85 assists, 85 rebounds and 50 three-pointers this season
Sears ranks No. 1 in the SEC in scoring (20.1 ppg), No. 4 in field goal percentage (52.3) and No. 8 in assists (3.9 apg)
Sears (21.3 ppg) is one of four SEC players (Tennessee's Dalton Knecht, 26.9 ppg, Texas A&M's Wade Taylor IV, 23.3 ppg and Kentucky's Antonio Reeves, 20.2 ppg) that is averaging over 20 points per game during conference play
The Crimson Tide owns the No. 1 scoring offense in the country (89.9 ppg) and the No. 2-ranked offense, according to KenPom
Alabama is one of three schools (Purdue and Wright State) in the country that has two players on its current roster that has scored at least 1,700 points throughout their career in Sears (1,797 points) and Estrada (1,758 points)

About Auburn

Auburn is one of 34 teams in the country and the only SEC team that is unbeaten at home this season (13-0)
Auburn's 14 game winning-streak at home is the 11th longest winning-steak in Division I
Four of the last five Alabama-Auburn matchups have been decided by single-digits
Auburn is scoring 36.1 points off the bench, which ranks No. 4 in the nation and No. 1 in the SEC
The Tigers are limiting opponents to 38 percent from the field, which ranks No. 2 in the country
Aden Holloway ranks No. 19 in the country in assist/turnover ratio (3.1)
Johni Broome's 50 blocks this season ranks No. 15 in Division I and is grabbing an SEC-best 8.8 rebounds per contest
Broome is one four Power 5 players that is averaging over 15 points and eight rebounds this season
Auburn is 7-1 against ranked teams in Neville Arena (2010-Present). The Tigers have won their last six-consecutive home meetings between ranked teams.

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