In a state entrenched in football tradition, Nate Oats and Bruce Pearl have transformed the Tide and Tigers to the two best teams in college basketball.

Tuesday night brought a classic trap spot for two SEC titans with a big weekend ahead. No. 1 Auburn was on the road in Vanderbilt's funky Memorial Gymnasium against a team with two victories against top-10 teams on its resume,

Saturday’s Alabama-Auburn game will be the first No. 1 vs. No. 2 men’s basketball matchup in Southeastern Conference history.

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South Carolina faces Florida. Our college basketball odds series has our South Carolina Florida prediction, odds and pick for Saturday.

Selection Sunday is just over four weeks away, and Saturday's slate in college basketball could go a long way toward determining how the bracket shakes out. The day is headlined by one of the biggest regular-season college basketball games in recent memory with No.