TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The No. 22/22 Alabama men's basketball team will host the third game of its four-game homestand to start the 2023-24 when it faces South Alabama at 7 p.m. CT Tuesday night inside Coleman Coliseum.
The Crimson Tide has won 17-straight games at Coleman Coliseum, which ranks as the fifth-longest home winning streak in Division I, winning by an average of 24.8 points per contest.
Alabama is ranked No. 22 in both the AP and USA Today Coaches Poll, the 21st consecutive week ranked inside the top 25.
The Broadcast
Tuesday’s game is set for a 7 p.m. CT tipoff and will be aired on the SEC Network+ with Roger Hoover (play-by-play) and Richard Hendrix (analyst) on the call.
The radio broadcast can be heard on the Crimson Tide Sports Network with Chris Stewart (play-by-play) and Bryan Passink (analyst) on the call, while Tom Stipe (engineer) is turning the dials. The pregame show will begin one hour prior to tipoff.
Notes You Need To Know
- For the third time in school history, and first since 1964-65, Alabama has opened a season with consecutive 100-point games
- The Crimson Tide is averaging 103.5 points per game, which ranks No. 15 in the country and second-best among Power Five programs (No. 12 Iowa, 104.0 ppg)
- UA is shooting 50 percent from three-point range, which ranks No. 8 in Division I
- Alabama has a 17-game winning streak at home, which ranks as the fifth-longest streak in the country
- During Alabama’s home winning streak, UA has won by double-digits 13 times and by an average of 24.8 points per contest
- UA has won 16-straight non-conference games at Coleman Coliseum (last defeat was vs. Western Kentucky on Dec. 19, 2020)
- Alabama is the only team in the SEC that has two players averaging 20 points or more per game (Aaron Estrada and Grant Nelson)
- UA is one of three schools (Denver and Arkansas-Pine Bluff) in the country that has two players rank in the top-60 in points per game as Nelson ranks No. 48 (22.0 ppg) and Estrada ranks No. 58 (21.5 ppg)
- In the last four seasons, Alabama has won a league-best 78 games overall and 41 SEC contests
- Senior transfer Grant Nelson was named to the Naismith Trophy Preseason Watch List, which annually recognizes the top player in college basketball and the Karl Malone Award Watch List for the top power forward in Division I
- Alabama’s trio of Aaron Estrada, Nelson and Mark Sears have each scored over 1,000 points throughout their college career
- In his first five years at Alabama, Oats has won 94 games which is the most by a coach in his first five years at Alabama
About South Alabama
- In the last two seasons Alabama is 2-0 against South Alabama, with both games being decided by 10 points or less
- South Alabama ranks No. 10 in the country in free throw attempts, averaging 34.0 per game
- South Alabama welcomes seven newcomers to the program this season including four transfers, two from the Division I level and two from the Division ll level along with three freshmen
- The Jaguars were picked to finish sixth in the Sun Belt preseason poll after finishing seventh in the conference last year with a 9-9 record
- Tyrell Jones was named to the Preseason All-Sun Belt second team
- South Alabama finished second in the Sun Belt in team defense last year allowing 65.2 points per game, while offensively they scored the third most points in program history (2,483 points)
- Last season the Jaguars won 12 of their final 15 games last season, returning to the Sun Belt Championship game for the first time since 2009
- The Jaguars have won 17 or more games in five straight seasons, all under head coach Richie Riley
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