Alabama Crimson Tide 28-Point
Favorite Over Ole Miss Rebels
TUSCALOOSA, Alabama - The University of Alabama Crimson Tide is a 28-point favorite headed into today's Southeastern Conference contest with the Ole Miss Rebels at Bryant-Denny Stadium. According to MyBookie, the over/under in the game is 58.5 points.
The Crimson Tide (4-0 overall, 1-0 SEC) easily defeated the Vanderbilt Commodores 59-0 last Saturday in Nashville, Tennessee while Ole Miss (2-1) had an open date. Bama can extend the nation's longest home winning streak to 15 with a victory today.
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Bama Men's Cross Country Sweeps At Joe Piane Invitational
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SOUTH BEND, Indiana – It was a clean sweep for the University of Alabama men's cross country team as juniors Gilbert Kigen, Vincent Kiprop and Alfred Chelanga
finished 1-2-3 in the men's five-mile race at the Joe Piane Invitational on Friday
afternoon.
Kigen was able to cross the finish line first for the Crimson Tide with a time of 23:23.7, just ahead of Kiprop (23:24.2) and Chelanga (23:26.9) to win his first individual title with Bama. This now is the second time in two meets that these three have swept the top three spots. It was Tide junior Josh Short (24:55.3) coming in as Bama's fourth runner and senior Garrett Bull (25:45.9) as the fifth as Alabama finished eighth overall in the 21-team field.
The Crimson Tide finished 18th in the women's 5,000-meter race with senior Caroline Barlow (17:47.4), sophomore Rebecca Buteau (17:51.9), junior Nicole Gardner (18:00.2), junior Jessica Gray (18:03.0) and freshman Maddie Dearborn (18:06.7) finishing as the scoring runners for Bama in the competition.
Southern Utah was the victor in the men's race while Colorado captured the win in the women's contest.
Alabama head coach Dan Waters, commenting following the event, said, "Finishing 1-2-3 for the second meet in a row is a great accomplishment and something we're very happy about. I thought our top four runners on the men's side ran very well. The important thing about today for both the men and the women is that we know where we stand competitively and understand what we need to do as we turn our attention to the Crimson Classic in two weeks."
Next up, the Crimson Tide cross country team will host the Crimson Classic at the Harry Pritchett Running Park in Tuscaloosa on October 13th. The men's 8,000-meter race will begin at 9 a.m. (CT), followed by the women's 6,000-meter race at 9:45 a.m. (CT).
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Alabama Men's Basketball Holds First Official Practice
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This will be the third season for Crimson Tide head coach Avery Johnson at the helm of the Alabama men's basketball team. Johnson led Bama to a fifth-place finish in the Southeastern Conference, a slot in the SEC Tournament semifinals as well as a second-consecutive NIT at-large berth in the 2016-17 season.
Coach Johnson commented, "My excitement level is at an all-time high. This is our third year here in rebuilding our program and the energy and enthusiasm around our program is something that is definitely warranted. I'm so happy to be a part of the coaching staff that's leading this team into the season."
Bama will open this season with an exhibition game against UAH on November 6th, with the regular season starting on November 10th against the Memphis Tigers in the Veterans Classic in Annapolis, Maryland. The opening regular season game will be the first game of a doubleheader at the U.S. Naval Academy, and begin at 5:30 p.m. CT. It will be televised on CBSsports.com. Navy will host Pittsburgh in the second game.
Also of note, the third annual UA SupeStore Tide Tipoff event will be held October 24th. Doors open at 6 p.m. CT for autographs, and the event begins at 7 p.m CT.
