Saturday morning, when Alabama Basketball tips it off against St. John's, the Red Storm will be a heavily favored team. Rick Pitino has the advantage of using a football-equivalent percentage of revenue share funds. The Red Storm has not had a football team since 2002.
In his Top 45, Jon Rothstein has St. John's as college basketball's No. 3 team. He has Alabama as the SEC's fifth-best team at No. 17. ESPN's BPI has Alabama ranked No. 26 and St. John's ranked No. 15. ESPN gives the Crimson Tide a 32.7% probability of winning on Saturday.