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The Alabama Crimson Tide (12-5, 10-7 ATS, 12-5 O/U) meet with the Tennessee Volunteers (13-4, 7-9-1 ATS, 10-6 O/U) in an SEC showdown on Saturday afternoon. The Crimson Tide earned a home win against Missouri on Tuesday. The Volunteers posted a home win against Florida in their previous bout. Tennessee recorded a 68-59 home win in the lone meeting last season.
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The Alabam Crimson Tide are undefeated in conference play. Alabama has won all four SEC games propelled by the offense. Three of their defeats this season were against ranked opponents including a loss to Purdue and Creighton. Alabama beat Mississippi State by an 82-74 score on Saturday and were huge 15-point favorites in a dominating 93-75 home win against Missouri on Tuesday. The Tide have covered the spread in four of their last five games.
Mark Sears is hot, sinking at least 20 points in three of his last five games. The senior guard accumulated just nine points on Tuesday and has compiled an average of 19.6 PPG on 53% shooting. Aaron Estrada has been inconsistent, shooting below 40% in two of his last four games. The senior guard has netted double-digits just once in conference play and has recorded an average of 13.6 PPG. Grant Nelson has scored double-digits in just one of his last four bout s. The senior forward has issued an average of 12.6 PPG and 5 RPG.
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The Crimson Tide are marked seventh in DI in Ken Pomeroy’s ratings and should enter the AP Top 25 if they can win this one. Alabama is 2-1 on the road this season. They have scored at least 74 points in every game this season and are scoring an average of 90.2 points per game ranking them fourth. They are conceding an average of 73.9 points, placing them 250th.