As much of a grind as the SEC was this year, no team had a tougher stretch than Alabama to close out the regular season. The Crimson Tide’s final seven games were all against ranked opponents. All but two were top-15 games and four were inside the top five.

Alabama basketball's Nate Oats and Mark Sears were happy liked result vs Auburn, but sixth-year coach thought the game-winning call could've been better.

Alabama men's basketball's 94-85 home loss to Auburn on Feb. 15 was the beginning of a downward spiral for the Crimson Tide as it has now lost four of the last six games––all of which came against ranked teams.