SportsLine's model simulated Wednesday's Mississippi State Bulldogs vs. Alabama Crimson Tide college basketball matchup 10,000 times

Alabama star Mark Sears returned to the starting lineup and helped lead the No. 4 Crimson Tide to an 88-84 win at No. 14 Mississippi State on Wednesday night after he was benched for the entire second half in Saturday's win over LSU.

Led by Chris Youngblood, the Alabama Crimson Tide might have earned their most impressive win to date this season Wednesday night in Starkville.

Alabama made 15 3-pointers on Wednesday night in Starkville to pick up a close win over Mississippi State in a top-15 SEC showdown.

Josh Hubbard scored a career-high 38 points, but Mississippi State basketball fell to Alabama on Wednesday night.

Can Mississippi State keep up? Alabama has a deadly style combination of hitting lots of threes, scoring lots of points, and doing a great job on the defensive boards. Against the nation's top scoring team,

However, there are less difficult things to do than play a ranked Chris Jans team on the road in a midweek contest. Alabama head coach Nate Oats is aware of this, and he expects the No. 4 Crimson Tide (17-3,

Alabama basketball's Mark Sears wasn't the only one to have a bounce-back game as the Tide had a shootout with Mississippi State's Josh Hubbard.

We are at the end of the 2024 college football season nearly a month into 2025. That's what expanding the playoff does. It also made two of the biggest upsets -- Northern Illinois beating Notre Dame in South Bend and Michigan beating Ohio State at the Shoe -- irrelevant.

Another Top 25 win on the road for Alabama basketball means another move in the seeding projections for the NCAA Tournament.

For Mississippi State, the impact Josh Hubbard can make has been evident, even most recently in a loss to No. 4 Alabama. Through 21 games, the sophomore guard