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Tide Men's Basketball Preps For Valparaiso Tonight

Crimson Tide Men's Head Basketball Coach Avery Johnson
Prepping & Directing In Las Vegas
Photo Credit: Alabama Athletics/Robert Sutton

Fresh off an impressive 77-59 victory over Ball State this past Friday night, the University of Alabama has been prepping to meet Valparaiso tonight. The Crimson Tide opens play in the Heavyweight Division of the Men Who Speak Up Main Event at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas tonight at 11 p.m. CT. That contest will follow the BYU-Saint Louis game tipping off at 8:30 p.m. CT. The winner of tonight's game move on to play in the championship game at 11 p.m. CT and is scheduled to air on ESPN2, with the consolation game tipping off at 8:30 p.m. CT.

Bama worked out for approximately two hours yesterday afternoon on the MGM Garden Arena floor. The Crimson Tide arrived in Las Vegas on Saturday to get acclimated to the surroundings and Pacific Time Zone.

Though tonight's game will not be televised, fans can watch the Crimson Tide by going to

youtube.com/bdglobalsportsnetwork. Of course fans can enjoy listening to the game via the radio broadcast on the Crimson Tide Sports Network. Chris Stewart will be handling play-by-play and Bryan Passink will cover the color commentary.

Photo Credit: Alabama Athletics

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Alabama 2016 Football Cumulative Statistics

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Overall Team Statistics

Statistic	ALABAMA	Opponents
Scoring
Points Per Game	40.27	11.36
Total	443	125
First Downs
Rushing	135	51
Passing	97	82
Penalty	7	16
Total	239	149
Rushing
Yards Gained	3052	1217
Yards Lost	275	459
Attempts	474	349
Average Per Attempt	5.9	2.2
Avg. Per Game	252.5	68.9
Touchdowns	24	3
Total	2777	758
Passing
Att-Comp-Int	313-204-7	354-184-10
Avg. Per Attempt	7.91	5.71
Avg. Per Game	225.18	183.73
Touchdowns	21	9
Total	2477	2021
Total Offense
Total Plays	787	703
Avg. Per Play	6.7	4.0
Avg. Per Game	477.6	252.6
Total Yards	5254	2779
Touchdowns	57	13
Returns
Kickoff: Average	19.15	21.40
Kickoff: Total	20-383	40-856
Punt: Average	15.35	9.19
Punt: Total	26-399	16-147
INT: Average	26.00	9.57
INT: Total	10-260	7-67
Kicking
Punt: Avg. Yards Per Game	48.45	43.00
Punt: Net Average	44.95	41.25
Punt: Total Yards	42-2035	84-3612
FG: Good-Attempts	15-21	12-16
Onside Kicks	0-0	1-2
Penalties
Avg. Per Game (YDS)	42.73	32.18
Total-Yards	60-470	41-354
Time Of Possession
Avg. Per Game	31:09	28:51
Total	05:42:37	05:17:23
Miscellaneous
3rd Down Conversions	72-153 (47.06 %)	51-175 (29.14 %)
4th Down Conversions	7-13 (53.85 %)	4-18 (22.22 %)
Fumbles-Lost	19-10	21-10
Sacks-Yards Lost	40-329	20-117
Misc. Yards	0	0
Red Zone: Attempts-Scores	43-50	14-17
Red Zone: Touchdowns	31-50	6-17

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Alabama Swimming & Diving
Men Win Georgia Tech Invitational, Women Get New Record

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"We were jumping out of our skin on that final relay," UA swimming and diving head coach Dennis Pursley said as his Alabama Crimson Tide men's team  battled Florida up to the end to win another relay as well as take the title of the Georgia Tech Invitational at the McAuley Aquatic Center on the Georgia Tech campus this past weekend.

It was a hard-fought affair, but the Bama boys prevailed. Freshman Zane Waddell led the Crimson Tide's 400 freestyle relay off with a time of 43.05. Then it was senior Alex Gray and sophomores Robert Howard and Laurent Bams doing their parts to ensure the win. 

The relay gave the Alabama men the lead over the Gators and the 1,269-1,252 win. The event host, Georgia Tech, captured third place. On the women's side, Alabama took third with 909.5 points, just 13 behind second place Florida. Auburn was first with 1,142 points.

Pursley said, "It was a good, good meet for us."

Crimson Tide junior Mia Nonnenberg, who set two school records at this meet a year ago, set another one this weekend, shattering the school 1,650 freestyle record. She posted the winning time of 16:04.70, which put her four seconds ahead of the field and eight seconds better than the previous UA mark.

Katie Coughlin won the 200 backstroke by just under a second with a career-best 1:55.16, which ranks her second all-time at Alabama.

Bama's men captured first and second in the 200 backstroke. Senior Connor Oslin took first place touching the wall with a time of 1:41.64, just ahead of junior Christopher Reid.

Though the Gator's Caleb Dressel won the 100 freestyle, the Crimson Tide went 2-3-4-6-7-10, led by Waddell's 43.15. He had a career-best 42.97 in prelims, making him one of five men in Alabama history to go under 43 seconds in the 100.

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Amway Coaches Poll Week 13 

The University of Alabama Crimson Tide once again sits atop the Amway Coaches Poll for week 13. Alabama received all 63 first place votes. The top five this week are Alabama (1), Ohio State (2), Clemson (3), Michigan (4) and Washington (5).

Five schools from the Southeastern Conference are in this week's top 25, with only Alabama making the top 10 from the SEC. SEC schools including in this week's poll are Alabama (1), Florida (13), Auburn (16), Texas A&M (22) and Tennessee (24). LSU dropped out of the top 25 following this past weekend's loss.

Other SEC teams receiving votes this week are LSU coming in at No. 28 and Arkansas at No. 32.

Here is a look at all school's making this week's rankings:

RNK	TEAM	RECORD	POINTS	1st PlaceVotes
1	Alabama	11-0	1575	63
2	Ohio State	10-1	1482	0
3	Clemson	10-1	1420	0
4	Michigan	10-1	1404	0
5	Washington	10-1	1297	0
6	Wisconsin	9-2	1279	0
7	Oklahoma	9-2	1215	0
8	Penn State	9-2	1077	0
9	Colorado	9-2	1052	0
10	Oklahoma State	9-2	947	0
11	Louisville	9-2	864	0
12	USC	8-3	774	0
13	Florida	8-2	744	0
14	Florida State	8-3	735	0
15	Nebraska	9-2	719	0
16	Auburn	8-3	663	0
17	West Virginia	8-2	489	0
18	Western Michigan	11-0	448	0
19	Boise State	10-1	414	0
20	Utah	8-3	374	0
21	Houston	9-2	349	0
22	Texas A&M	8-3	315	0
23	Washington State	8-3	132	0
24	Tennessee	8-3	129	0
25	North Carolina	8-3	118	0

Schools Dropped Out

No. 14 LSU, No. 25 San Diego State.

Others Receiving Votes

Virginia Tech 101; Stanford 96; LSU 90; Navy 82; South Florida 46; Minnesota 11; Arkansas 10; Pittsburgh 8; San Diego State 7; Wyoming 6; Tulsa 1; Iowa 1; Miami (Fla.) 1.

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Associated Press College Football Poll

Week 13

The Associated Press College Football rankings for Week 13 are out, and once again The Alabama Crimson Tide is the No. 1 college football team in the land. The Tide again received all 61 first place votes. Ohio State is again No. 2, followed by Michigan (3), Clemson (4) and Wisconsin rounds out the top five.

A total of six teams from the Southeastern Conference made the Top 25, but only Alabama was in the Top 10. Following the Crimson Tide from the SEC are Florida (13), Auburn (16), Texas A&M (22), Tennessee (24) and LSU (25). Among others receiving votes, Arkansas is ranked at No. 32 having received 10 votes. 

Here is the Top 25 according to the Associated Press for Week 13:

  1  Alabama Crimson Tide

  2  Ohio State

  3  Michigan

  4  Clemson

  5  Wisconsin

  6  Washington

  7  Oklahoma

  8  Penn State

  9  Colorado

10  Oklahoma State

11  Louisville

12  USC

13  Florida

14  Western Michigan

15  Florida State

16  Auburn

17  Nebraska

18  Houston

19  West Virginia

20  Boise State

21  Utah

22  Texas A&M

23  Washington State

24  Tennessee

25  LSU

Others receiving votes:

Stanford 81, Virginia Tech 77, Navy 62, North Carolina 55, Pittsburgh 24, South Florida 24, Arkansas 10, Iowa 7, Troy 6, Minnesota 5, Temple 1, Wyoming 1

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ESPN Announces Latest SEC Power Rankings

Here is a look at how ESPN ranks the football teams in the Southeastern Conference thus far:

  1  Alabama Crimson Tide

  2  Auburn

  3  Florida

  4  Texas A&M

  5  LSU

  6  Tennessee

  7  Arkansas

  8  Georgia

  9  South Carolina

10  Kentucky

11  Vanderbilt

12  Ole Miss

13  Mississippi State

14  Missouri

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Crimson Tide Injury & Disciplinary Report

Alabama Head Coach Nick Saban Talks Saturday's Game
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University of Alabama head coach Nick Saban shared a little information concerning injuries and one disciplinary action for the Alabama-Chattanooga contest this past Saturday.

As far as injuries are concerned, Cam Robinson and Korren Kirven had to leave the game in the fourth quarter this past Saturday. Saban said, "Both those guys had a little shoulder problem. We think they’ll be OK. 'Doc' is going to continue to evaluate it, and we’ll make sure they’re going to be okay. We expect them both to be able to play next week."

Concerning the disciplinary issue, wide receiver Ardarius Stewart dressed out for the contest but did not play.  Saban said the junior was not injured. "He’s fine," Saban said. "Sometimes we have players that have a violation of our standard of behavior, and … everybody wants to play. Sometimes when you have that (violation), you just tell guys, 'We’re not going to play you'."