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Alabama Takes On UCLA Tonight in Sweet 16 Showdown

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Alabama head coach Nate Oats congratulates players during the game against Maryland in the second round of the NCAA tournament. Alabama plays UCLA in the Sweet 16 tonight. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey) Number two seed Alabama (26-6) takes on No. 11 seed UCLA (20-9) tonight in the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16. With a victory, Alabama would advance to the Elite Eight…

Alabama Slips to No. 8 Latest AP Polls

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The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Feb. 28, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking RecordPtsPrv 1. Gonzaga (59) 24-0 2. Michigan (4) 18-1 3. Baylor 18-1 4. Illinois 18-6 5. Iowa 18-7 6. West…

No. 6 Alabama holds off Mississippi State 64-59 to win SEC

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STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) — Jaden Shackleford scored 10 of his 15 points in the second half, and No. 6 Alabama beat Mississippi State 64-59 to clinch its first Southeastern Conference regular-season championship since 2002. The Crimson Tide led by double digits for much of the game before the Bulldogs closed to 56-53 on Iverson Molinar’s layup with 4:17 left. Mississippi…

National Championship Game Won’t Be Shown at Montgomery Performing Arts Centre

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When Alabama or Auburn are in a big football game, it’s become a tradition for the game to be shown at the Montgomery Performing Arts Centre. But not this year. The Montgomery Performing Arts Centre says that due to a scheduling conflict, it will not show the National Championship Game between Alabama and Ohio State on Monday night. In the…

Alabama Men’s Basketball Team Stuns #7 Tennessee

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Tennessee’s Santiago Vescovi (25) blocks a shot by Alabama’s Herbert Jones (1) Saturday, Jan. 2, 2021, in Knoxville, Tenn. (Caitie McMekin/Knoxville News Sentinel via AP, Pool) John Petty hit three critical 3-pointers and finished with 19 points, leading Alabama to a stunning victory over No. 7 Tennessee 71-63. The Crimson Tide turned a one-point halftime lead into a double-digit advantage…