Auburn beats Mississippi State 77-61 in SEC Men's Basketball Tournament
No. 12 seed Auburn has defeated No. 13 seed Mississippi State 77-61 in the opening round of the SEC Men's Basketball Tournament.
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No. 12 seed Auburn has defeated No. 13 seed Mississippi State 77-61 in the opening round of the SEC Men's Basketball Tournament.
Troy has won the Sun Belt men's basketball championship and will be making its second straight trip to the NCAA tournament.
Alabama State has fallen to Alcorn State 77-65 in the opening round of the SWAC Basketball Tournament.
The Trojans were seeking a fourth Sun Belt women's basketball title.
Alabama's Labaron Philon and Aden Holloway each scored 21 points as No. 16 Alabama beat Auburn 96-84 in the regular-season finale for both teams.
Tahaad Pettiford scored 27 points and Kevin Overton scored 21 points as Auburn beat LSU 88-74 last night to end its two-game losing streak.
Kanon Catchings scored a career-high 32 points as Georgia ended No. 16 Alabama's eight-game winning streak with a 98-88 victory.
Amari Allen scored 23 points, Latrell Wrightsell Jr. added 18, and No. 17 Alabama cruised to a 100-75 win over Mississippi State.
With the loss to Oklahoma, Auburn is now 15-13 on the season and 6-9 in the SEC.
The Alabama men's basketball team has risen eight places to No. 17 in the latest AP Top 25 Men's College Basketball Poll.
Auburn is now 15-12, and 6-8 in SEC play.
Alabama (20-7l, 10-4 SEC) has beaten LSU (14-13, 2-12) for the sixth straight time.
Auburn's women's basketball team fell to No. 5 LSU 77-44 at Neville Arena, for the Tigers sixth loss in a row.
Alabama has fallen out of the AP Top 25 Men's College Basketball Poll following its 100-77 blowout loss to Florida.
The stat of the game: Alabama had 18 turnovers to Florida's two.
Auburn's four-game winning streak has come to an end.
LSU quarterback Garrett Nussmeier led a pair of touchdown drives, including a keeper for a score, as the American team beat the National team 17-9 in the Senior Bowl in Mobile today.
Action 8 spoke one-on-one with Alabama offensive coordinator Ryan Grubb as he heads into his second season with the Crimson Tide.
Coach John Mask earned his 700th career duals victory en route to Tallassee wrestling winning back-to-back state titles
The AHSAA approved a reclassification that separates public and private schools. Local coaches spoke to us about how this impacts their teams
The new classification system will take place starting in the fall of 2026.
Alabama has finished the 2025 college football season ranked No. 9 in the AP Top 25 College Football Poll, with three other SEC teams ahead of the Crimson Tide.
Defending state champion Park Crossing girls basketball showed why they're a top 5 team in the state with a win over Wetumpka.
Defending state champion Park Crossing girls basketball showed why they're a top 5 team in the state with a win over Wetumpka.
"It took a blink of an eye" for Aubrey Blackwell to say yes to returning as Montgomery Catholic's head football coach.
Perry, who retired from Saint James in 2023, led the school to its first state championship in school history in 2022.
Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza threw five scoring passes as the Hoosiers overwhelmed Oregon 56-22 in the Peach Bowl College Football Playoff semifinal.
Defending 3A State Champions Montgomery Academy boys basketball overpowered Saint James 64-25 on Friday night.
On the night Saint James honored Kaitlin Mitchell for reaching 1,000 career points, the Trojans dominated Montgomery Academy girls basketball 87-14.
Quarterback Trinidad Chambliss had planned to return to Ole Miss for one more year if the waiver was approved.
Miami will head back home for a shot at its first national title since 2001 after beating Ole Miss 31-27 in an exhilarating College Football Playoff semifinal at the Fiesta Bowl.
It’s been two years since Nick Saban last took the field as Alabama's head coach, but he still has his hands all over the College Football Playoff.
CBS Sports reports that Alabama quarterback Ty Simpson will declare for the NFL Draft and not return to play for the Crimson Tide this year.
Auburn had a potential game-winning three-pointer called off as time expired at Neville Arena, as Texas A&M rallied from a 16-point deficit for a 90-88 victory.
While Lane Kiffin led Ole Miss to an 11-1 regular season, his departure for LSU hasn't stopped the team from forging ahead under newly promoted coach Pete Golding.
Alabama had no answers as it fell to Indiana 38-3 in the CFP Quarterfinal Game at the Rose Bowl, ending the season for the Crimson Tide.
The fifth-seeded Oregon Ducks silenced No. 4 Texas Tech's offense for a 23-0 win in the College Football Playoff quarterfinal at the Orange Bowl.
Miami has won two playoff games to get into college football’s final four after needing an at-large berth to make the 12-team field, after not even playing in the ACC championship game.
Alabama returns to the Rose Bowl's storied turf, but the Crimson Tide is the underdog against unbeaten Indiana in the College Football Playoffs.
Alabama's defense is filled with comeback and redemption stories this football season.
With a win at Oklahoma Alabama advances in the College Football Playoff to play No. 1 seed Indiana in the Rose Bowl on New Year's Day.
Bill Clark, who led Prattville to two state titles and became UAB's winningest coach, was honored as the IS4S Bowl's 2025 Alabama Football Legend
Fernando Mendoza, the quarterback of No. 1 Indiana, has won the Heisman Trophy, becoming the first Hoosier to win college football’s most prestigious award.
No. 1 Arizona roared back from its first halftime deficit of the season to beat No. 12 Alabama 96-75.
Auburn struggled to put away the pesky Chattanooga Mocs, which kept the margin in single digits much of the game.
Alabama players haven't forgotten their last game against Oklahoma, when Alabama staffers ushered the Sooners off the Alabama on-field logo, creating a contentious scene that included at least one Oklahoma player spitting on Alabama logo.
The SEC has released the complete football schedule for all 16 schools for the 2026 season.
The Auburn Tigers and the Troy Trojans will face each other in football for the first time ever.
While Alabama wasn't guaranteed a place in the College Football Playoffs following its 28-7 loss to Georgia in the SEC Championship Game, the Crimson Tide has made the rankings, at No. 9.
Alabama's 28-7 loss to Georgia in the SEC Championship Game caused to the Crimson Tide to fall and the Bulldogs to rise in the AP Top 25 College Football Poll.







