MBB Preview: Arkansas at #24 Alabama

Mike Cawood January 15, 2021

Who: Arkansas Razorbacks (10-3, 2-3 SEC) at #24 Alabama Crimson Tide (10-3, 5-0 SEC)
What: This will be the 64th all-time meeting between the two programs
When: Saturday – Jan. 16 – 2:30 pm (CT)
Where: Tuscaloosa, Ala. – Coleman Coliseum
How (to follow):
– TV: SEC Network (Kevin Fitzgerald and Dane Bradshaw)
^ Watch ESPN Online: CLICK HERE
– Radio: Learfield IMG College Razorback Sports Network (Chuck Barrett and Matt Zimmerman)
^ Listen to Razorback Sports Network Online: CLICK HERE
– Sirius/XM: XM Channel 388 – Streaming Online on Channel 978
– Live Stats: www.Arkansas.StatBroadcast.com

– Arkansas Game Notes: CLICK HERE or HERE
– Alabama Game Notes: CLICK HERE
– SEC Standings / Stats: CLICK HERE

FAYETTEVILLE – Arkansas plays the second of back-to-back road games Saturday with a trip to Alabama Saturday (Jan. 16). The game is set to begin at 2:30 pm (CT) and will be televised on SEC Network.

This will be the 64th meeting between Arkansas and Alabama and 54th since the Razorbacks joined the SEC. Arkansas leads the all-time series, 35-28, and is 28-25 versus the Crimson Tide since joining the SEC.
Alabama owns a 20-8 advantage in games played in Tuscaloosa. However, Arkansas has won six straight and seven of the last eight in the series overall.
The Razorbacks dropped nine spots in the NCAA NET to #29 after the loss at LSU. Alabama is #22 in the NCAA NET. Of Arkansas’ first six league games, four are ranked among the NCAA NET Top 30.
With games at LSU and Alabama this week, Arkansas opens SEC play with four of its first six on the road. Add a game at Oklahoma State (SEC/Big 12 Challenge), the Hogs are in the midst of playing six of 10 games on the road.
Moses Moody is the only player in the SEC among the top 10 in scoring, the top 10 in field goal percentage and the top 10 in free throw percentage that also ranks among the league’s top 20 in rebounding. In fact, Moody is the only player in the league to be shooting at least 45 percent from the field, 80 percent from the line and 38 percent from 3-point range.
Alabama ranks 12th in the NCAA in 3-pointers made and eighth in 3-pointers attempted.
Arkansas leads the SEC and ranks ninth in the NCAA in scoring offense while leading the league in offensive rebounding and defensive rebounding.

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