How to Watch: Alabama Basketball vs No. 4 Baylor
The SEC/Big 12 Challenge has produced some legendary games throughout the years since its inception in 2013. One of the more memorable games for Alabama basketball fans is the 2018 matchup between the Crimson Tide and No. 12 Oklahoma in Coleman Coliseum. It was a battle between Herb Jones and Collin Sexton for the Crimson Tide and Trae Young for the Sooners with Alabama coming out on top 80-73 in a front of a completely full crowd inside Coleman Coliseum.
Alabama will be hoping to recreate that magic on Saturday when No. 4 Baylor comes into town for the 2022 edition of the SEC/Big 12 Challenge. It will be Alabama's third matchup against one of last year's Final Four teams with the Crimson Tide already holding wins over Gonzaga and Houston.
The Crimson Tide lost last year on the road to Oklahoma, but the SEC won the challenge overall for the first time since 2018.
The Crimson Tide is also searching for answers and needs a win after losing to 6-14 Georiga in Athens Tuesday night.
Here's everything you need to know about Alabama's Saturday matchup with the defending national champions:
How to Watch:
Who: Alabama (13-7, 4-4 SEC) vs. No. 4 Baylor (18-2, 6-2 Big 12)
What: SEC/Big 12 Challenge
When: 3:00 p.m. CT, Saturday
Where: Coleman Coliseum, Tuscaloosa, Ala.
TV: ESPN
Radio: Crimson Tide Sports Network with Chris Stewart (play-by-play), Bryan Passink (analyst) and Roger Hoover (sideline) on the call. The pregame show will begin one hour prior to tipoff.
Last time out, Alabama: The Crimson Tide lost on the road Tuesday night to a previously winless in the SEC Georgia team. Alabama once again struggled to show consistent effort and energy and failed to make stops down the stretch. Outside of Jaden Shackelford shooting 6-9 from three, the team shot 3-23 from beyond the arc.
Last time out, Baylor: The Bears were also playing the team at the bottom of their league in the Kansas State Wildcats. Unlike Alabama, Baylor handled business and easily rolled over Kansas State 74-49 Tuesday night in Waco. Gaurd LJ Cryer led the Bears with 14 points. Jonathan Tchamwa Tchatchoua had a double-double off the bench with 13 points and 12 rebounds for Baylor.
The series: Baylor and Alabama have only met twice with the two teams splitting the previous meetings. Most recently, the Bears and Crimson Tide met in the SEC/Big 12 Challenge in 2019 in Waco with Baylor coming away with the 73-68 win in Avery Johnson's final season at Alabama. The two teams first met Thanksgiving week in 2009 in a consolation game at the Old Spice Classic in Orlando. Alabama won that game 79-76 behind 22 points from JaMychal Green and 20 points from Mikhail Torrance.
