The Tigers have a national player of the year candidate in center Johni Broome, but Alabama counters with an All-American guard in Mark Sears and four others who average double figures. With always-animated Auburn coach Bruce Pearl squaring off against one of the sport's new coaching superstars in Nate Oats in what should be a wild environment,

Alabama is a mere 1.5-point home favorite over Auburn with a high-scoring affair expected, given the Over/Under is 172.5. KenPom.com is a college basketball website that oddsmakers and bettors hold in high regard. It projects the top-ranked Tigers winning 88-87.

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Selection Sunday is just over four weeks away, and Saturday's college basketball schedule could play a big part toward determining how the bracket shakes out. The day is headlined by one of the biggest regular-season college basketball games in recent memory with No.

Welcome to another Saturday college basketball slate as we inch closer and closer to March. The resumes are shaping into place and bracketologists everywhere are coming out of the woodwork as the bubble debate begins to heat up while love is in the air.

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Pepperdine-Gonzaga prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Pepperdine-Gonzaga. The Gonzaga Bulldogs are two games behind the Saint Mary’s Gaels in the West Coast Conference race.