Two players who aren’t above-the-title standouts but could well be the X-Factors to victory for the Tigers and Crimson Tide.

The No. 1 ranked Auburn Tigers welcome the Mississippi Rebels to The Jungle ... Don't forget they beat Alabama and Kentucky while losing in the final seconds to ranked Texas A&M and Purdue.

From X-factors to what's at stake, Alabama basketball and Auburn beat writers Emilee Smarr and Adam Cole discuss the season finale Iron Bowl matchup.

With the No. 5 Alabama Crimson Tide's upset over the No. 3 Auburn Tigers, the Duke Blue Devils take over the No. 1 spot in the latest AP Top-25 Rankings. The Oregon Ducks are back in at No. 23, while the No.

Ahead of Auburn basketball's rematch with Alabama, the Montgomery Advertiser's Auburn writer, Adam Cole, spent the evening inside Jungle Village, among the students camping out to get into the game. Here's what he saw.

Where Alabama basketball landed in the Coaches Poll heading into SEC Tournament Week after toppling the top-ranked Tigers in Neville Arena.

The Alabama-Mississippi girls’ all-star game featured star guards on both teams. But Alabama also had Hewitt-Trussville’s 6-foot-2 forward Ashlyn Howard. That was the difference as Alabama pulled away for an 81-71 win at the Mitchell Center on the campus of the University of South Alabama.

The girls game will begin at noon and the boys game will begin around 2 p.m. on Saturday at the University of South Alabama’s Mitchell Center.

Mississippi State Bulldogs (19-10, 6-9 SEC) at Auburn Tigers (12-16, 3-12 SEC) Auburn, Alabama; Sunday, 3 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Auburn plays Mississippi State after Deyona Gaston scored 26 points ...

Oregon, the eighth seed in the Big Ten Tournament, returned to the poll at No. 23 while Illinois — the seventh seed — is back in at No. 24. Their spots came at the expense of Arizona, which lost at Kansas, and Mississippi State, which did not receive a single vote after losing close games to Texas and Arkansas last week.

Nate Oats' team closes the regular season with a gulag of a schedule: at Tennessee, vs Florida, and at Auburn. Will Alabama beat any of those teams?