The exact moment the SEC became a basketball conference is still up for debate. What Rick Barnes can tell you is when his league was barely known for basketball. It was 1987, the beginning of what will someday be a hall of fame career for Tennessee's current coach.

Can Alabama and Auburn face off in March Madness? Here's how the Crimson Tide and Tigers can play one another in the NCAA Tournament:

South Carolina coach Dawn Staley sat down to watch a second-round matchup between Alabama and Maryland on Monday, knowing that her team would face the victor in the Sweet 16. She was prepared to face either one, but she admits that she had a bias toward the Crimson Tide.

A heavyweight showdown between top-seeded Duke and second-seeded Alabama is set for the East Region Elite Eight in Newark, NJ on Saturday at 8:49 PM, though odd

It’s the Duke Blue Devils vs Alabama in the March Madness bracket. Here’s our prediction, pick for the 2025 NCAA Tournament basketball game.

The second weekend of the NCAA Tournament started with a bang on Thursday, as No. 3 seed Texas Tech emerged from the first overtime game of the Big Dance with a thrilling 85-83 win over No. 10 seed Arkansas.

ATLANTA — The locker rooms said it all. Auburn, as the best seed in the South Regional (the best seed in the whole NCAA Tournament, in fact) earned the Atlanta Hawks’ locker room. Each player had a roomy cubby and staffers and reporters had ample space to operate.

Alabama will never be confused with a Duke or Kentucky or Kansas. Several sweet March runs under coach Nate Oats aren’t about to overtake a century of tradition down at Bryant-Denny Stadium and make hoops the official sport of Alabama.