In a few short hours, the 2-seed Crimson Tide will be tipping off against the 15-seed Rebels after Ole Miss surprising beat both Texas and Georgia while Alabama got to sit idle with a bye for the first two rounds. The two squads already played once in February, with Alabama drubbing the Rebels for a 93-74 victory in Oxford. The Rebels lost 12 of their last 13 games coming into the tournament, then suddenly turned it on the last two days… So who knows what to think about them. Still, Alabama is fairly heavily favored.
The winner of this one will go on to play the winner of Oklahoma and Arkansas tomorrow, with the winner of that headed to the championship on Sunday to play one of Florida, Vandy, or Tennessee.
Tip off will be at 6:00 p.m. Central Time and will be broadcast on SEC Network.
Roll Tide, hope for the best, and be nice to each other in the comments (but not too nice… keep it weird, y’all).