Overview
- No. 9 Alabama hosts No. 1 Purdue in men’s basketball tonight at 6 p.m. CT on ESPN2, with Purdue set to debut black script uniforms and forward Trey Kaufman-Renn available after missing two games.
- Alabama announces freshman center Collins Onyejiaka is out indefinitely with a medical condition, while the Tide enter off a 103-96 road win over then-No. 5 St. John’s.
- In football, No. 4 Alabama faces No. 11 Oklahoma on Saturday at 2:30 p.m. CT on ABC in a matchup carrying College Football Playoff and SEC title implications after the Sooners’ 24-3 win last season.
- ESPN’s FPI gives Alabama a 71.4% chance to beat Oklahoma, and ESPN’s SP+ projects a 25-24 Tide win with a 53% probability, reflecting expectations of a close game.
- Key factors include Alabama’s plus-10 turnover margin and top-10 defense against an Oklahoma unit leading the SEC in yards and points allowed, with Tide LB Qua Russaw listed as questionable and Alabama’s run game still lagging by recent program standards.