Alabama at Auburn men's basketball: How to watch the Iron Bowl rivalry rematch

Heres a suitable regular-season finale for a massive SEC basketball campaign.

Top-ranked Auburn hosts bitter intrastate rival Alabama for a Saturday afternoon swing on national TV.

The game gives us two of the best offenses in the nation and has implications on SEC and NCAA Tournament seedings.

Auburn has already secured its share of the conferences regular-season championship, but a win here would keep them in the No.

1 overall spot for tourney time.

Perhaps more saliently, the Tigers have a chance to sweep their archenemies after winning the Feb.

15 meeting in Tuscaloosa.

That game was the first No.

1 vs.

No.

2 matchup in SEC history and a tremendous coronation for the entire state.

Auburn won in hostile territory, 94-85, with six Tigers scoring at least 13 points.

This offense can be a lot of fun to watch, from its supreme confidence beyond the arc to the whirling, cut-heavy flex action.

Advertisement Ascendant freshman guard Tahaad Pettiford made his first career start last time out, against Texas A&M, as physical defender Denver Jones was out with ankle pain.

Bruce Pearl said that the injury isnt season-ending, but nevertheless, Auburns usual wagon looked a bit wobbly in that loss to the Aggies.

Pettiford put in work offensively, finishing with 19 points on 6-of-10 long-range shooting.

Somehow, the rock-fighting Aggies put up 83 points on this elite defense.

And somehow, that was Auburns first conference road loss all season.

Alabama is recovering from consecutive bummer losses.

First, chaos in Tennessee off the Jahmai Mashack shot (Mashacks Miracle or The Thing That Ruined The Weekend, depending on your vantage point).

Then a five-point stinger on Wednesday night, administered by Alex Condon and the Florida Gators.

A win here would wash away any potential bad vibes and set the stage for a massive March.

A loss would make three Ls to conclude an otherwise awesome season.

This is a pendulum moment for Nate Oats group.

Even with the setbacks, the Tide are one of the best teams in basketballs best conference right now.

Senior Mark Sears is averaging 28 points in his last five games.

Aden Holloway was on a hot 3-point shooting run before the Florida loss, and he should be all-in for a high-leverage revenge game.

Holloway struggled with the Tigers last year, shooting an egregious 31.8 percent in 35 games (26 starts).

The transfer to Alabama has been a relief 47.3/41.9 shooting splits and a firm role as the incendiary sixth man but The Jungle will not let him off for switching to the other side.

CJ Moore on Auburn from his latest power rankings: Auburn has allowed the fewest made 3s of any high-major team in the country and held Kentucky to a season-low four 3s in a 94-78 win on Saturday.

(Kentuckys previous low this season was seven.) Not only do the Tigers limit makes, but also their opponents shoot a low percentage (29.4) of their shots from 3-point range because Auburn refuses to give good looks to the best shooters.

Pearls team pulls it off with near-flawless point switching.

The Tigers rarely end up with two defenders on the ball, but even when they do, they can fix it quickly, and their ball pressure makes it tough for the handler to make the right decision.

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