Game 18: Alabama Crimson Tide at Vanderbilt Commodores — Open Game Thread

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15-2 (5-0)

4 (AP)

4 (Coaches)

4 (KenPom)

January 17, 2023

7:30 PM CT

Video: SEC Network

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9-8 (2-2)

NR (AP)

NR (Coaches)

88 (KenPom)

Exactly sixteen years ago, Alabama came into Memorial Gym ranked in the top ten. Then Shan Foster dropped 27 on them, Alabama left with a 94-73 loss, and they would go on to finish the season in the NIT (while Vanderbilt finished in the Sweet 16.)

Something tells me that won’t happen tonight, seeing how this Alabama team isn’t fraudulent or coached by Mark Gottfried. (“Coached” was always a loosely-used term with Gottfried, of course.) But the good vibes around the team from Saturday’s 97-84 win over…