A huge rivalry game featuring the Alabama Crimson Tide and Auburn Tigers will take place on Wednesday. Both teams come into the game ranked inside the Top 25 rankings. Alabama is 16th in the country with a 16-6 record. The Crimson Tide have won four straight games, including a blowout win at home over Mississippi State.
On the other side, the Auburn Tigers are 12th in the country. The Tigers are 18-4, and have won back to back games, Overall, the Tigers have won 8 out of their last 10 games. The most recent win for the Tigers was on the road at Ole Miss.
The Auburn Tigers are -4 over Alabama on Wednesday.
Auburn Tigers Continuing Huge Season
The Auburn Tigers come into this game with just four losses on the season. Auburn lost their season opener to Baylor, before winning five in a row. A road loss at Appalachian State in December got them on track until recently when they lost back to back games. The first was on the road at Alabama, and then at Mississippi State.
The Tigers will look to get revenge from that 79-75 defeat. Since that loss, the Tigers are scoring 86 points per game. On the season, they are at 82.4, which is 30th in the country. Johni Broome is the top scorer for Auburn. The forward is scoring more than 15 points per game in 24 minutes played. Tre Donaldson is leading the attack as the point guard with 3.5 assists per game.
Auburn will go on the road after this game and take on the Florida Gators in another big SE affair. After that, they go home and host back to back ranked team. First, South Carolina comes to town, followed by Kentucky.
SEC Leading Crimson Tide
The Crimson Tide come into the game leading the SEC conference with their 8-1 mark. South Carolina and Auburn are sitting just a game behind, with Tennessee lingering with just two losses as well. This is a monster game that could put Alabama on their way to a SEC title with a win.
The lone loss for the Crimson Tide in conference play was on the road at Tennessee. In that game, they allowed a season high 91 points. Since that win, the Crimson Tide have beat Auburn, LSU, Georgia and Mississippi State by an average of 16.5 points per game.
Mark Sears is having a solid season for Alabama, leading the way with 20.1 points per game. Following this game, the Crimson Tide will remain on the road. Alabama is at LSU on Saturday, before taking a week off, and hosting Texas A+M on February 17th.
Tigers Top Crimson Tide
Big time rivalry game featuring two really talented basketball teams. The home court is going to be the biggest edge in this game. A ton of talent on the court, and a ton of very good athletes competing against each other. In the end, we are going to take the home team to come away with the win here. Our final bet for this rivalry game is the Auburn Tigers -4 over the Alabama Crimson Tide in a great battle on Wednesday!
