Following its first conference loss of the 2021 season against Missouri this past weekend, the Alabama Crimson Tide (15-5, 10-1 SEC, NET: 9, Kenpom: 8) will travel tonight to the other Columbia for a battle with Frank Martin’s South Carolina Gamecocks (5-7, 3-5 SEC, NET: 108, Kenpom: 84). The Tide will be looking to prevent back-to-back road losses from becoming a losing streak, as we are now a week into February, the cursed month of sadness in recent years for Tide Hoops fans.
Truly, this is the first bit of real adversity that Nate Oats’ team has been through since the calendar flipped to 2021.