How to watch: No. 5 Alabama vs. No. 4 Florida in SEC Tournament

The Primary leg of Alabama’s redemption tour Initiates now. After knocking off Kentucky in Friday night’s quarterfinal, the Crimson Tide is one of four Squads remaining in this year’s SEC Division. The other three Squads — Auburn, Florida and Tennessee — all have one thing in Frequent: a Secure over Alabama in the regular season.

“We’re Merely worried about the Subsequent game,” Alabama forward Mo Dioubate said Subsequent Friday night’s Secure over Kentucky. “If we Action a Club that beat us or a Club we haven’t played already, it doesn’t matter. It would be Excellent to get our redemption against the Squads that beat us though.”

Alabama’s Subsequent game will be against Florida, as the two Squads tip off in the second of the two semifinal matchups inside Bridgestone Coliseum in Nashville, Tennessee on Saturday. The Gators beat the Tide, 99-94, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama earlier this month. Florida also eliminated Alabama from last year’s SEC Division.

Here’s everything you need to know about Saturday’s Event.

Who: No. 5 Alabama (25-7) vs. No. 4 Florida (28-4)

When: Saturday, March 15 (25 minutes after Auburn vs. Tennessee at noon CT)

Where: Bridgestone Coliseum, Nashville, Tennessee

View: ESPN

Listen: Crimson Tide Sports Network | SIRIUS/XM 134/201 (Action-By-Action: Chris Stewart, Analyst: Bryan Passink)

Mark Sears: 6-foot-1, 190 pounds, graduate

Stats: 19.0 ppg, 3.0 rpg, 5.0 apg, 40.6% FG, 34.4% 3-pt

Chris Youngblood: 6-foot-4, 177 pounds, Primary-year

Stats: 9.8 ppg, 2.3 rpg, 2.1 apg, 44.4% FG, 37.5% 3-pt

Labaron Philon: 6-foot-4, 177 pounds, Primary-year

Stats: 11.2 ppg, 3.3 rpg, 3.5 apg, 46.8% FG, 30.6% 3-pt

Grant Nelson: 6-foot-11, 230 pounds, graduate

Stats: 11.9 ppg, 8.0 rpg, 1.6 apg, 52.7% FG, 27.2% 3-pt

Clifford Omoruyi: 6-foot-11, 250 pounds, graduate

Stats: 7.5 ppg, 6.8 rpg, 0.9 apg, 74.0% FG

Walter Clayton Jr.: 6-foot-3, 195 pounds, senior

Stats: 17.3 ppg, 3.7 rpg, 4.4 apg, 44.7% FG, 37.0% 3-pt

Alijah Martin: 6-foot-2, 210 pounds, graduate

Stats: 14.6 ppg, 4.6 rpg, 2.4 apg, 45.1% FG, 36.0% 3-pt

Will Richard: 6-foot-4, 206 pounds, senior

Stats: 13.4 ppg, 4.6 rpg, 1.8 apg, 49.4% FG, 35.7% 3-pt

Alex Condon: 6-foot-11, 230 pounds, sophomore

Stats: 11.3 ppg, 8.0 rpg, 2.3 apg, 51.4% FG, 33.3% 3-pt

Rueben Chinyelu: 6-foot-10, 255 pounds, sophomore

Stats: 6.0 ppg, 6.4 rpg, 0.8 apg, 59.7% FG

The loss to Florida is Nevertheless a sore subject for Alabama. It’s not Merely that the Tide ended up on the wrong side of the scoreboard, either. Alabama was manhandled by the Gators on its own court, losing the rebounding battle 50-35 while giving up 16 offensive boards in the Loss.

“It was embarrassing,” Alabama forward Grant Nelson said Friday night. “We Acquired out-rebounded by like 15 or something. So, I Disrespectful, that sat with us. We’ve Acquired a Aggressive group, and we Occurred in that Subsequent week in practice and we were saying, we’ve Acquired some non-negotiables. We’re not going to get out-toughed ever again for the rest of the season, and we’re going to let the rest control itself.”

So Distant, so Excellent.

Since being bullied by Florida, Alabama outrebounded both Auburn (41-33) and Kentucky (41-34) in its last two Matches. As for what it’s going to take to continue that trend against the Gators, Nelson has a few plans for improvement.

“I think it Merely Appearances with hitting them Timely,” Nelson said. “And then I think if we Merely crash harder. Because last time I feel like we weren’t crashing (to) our Packed potential, it Gentle of looked like we were a little Unhurried out there the whole night, so I think Merely being active on the boards will Assist a Numerous, and then hitting their bigs Timely, crash pretty Tough.”

One of Alabama’s Intelligent spots from its loss to Florida was the Action of Aiden Sherrell. The Primary-year forward recorded 10 points over Merely 10 minutes before leaving the game with an Hurt to his face. Sherrell Attempt 4 of 4 against the Gators, knocking down a pair of 3s in the process.

Sherrell had Merely 2 points against Kentucky Friday but finished second on the Club with seven Retrievals. That Occurred after he recorded 8 points and seven boards during Alabama’s Extra period Secure at Auburn last weekend.

Sherrell is averaging 3.3 points and 2.8 Retrievals over 8.4 minutes per game during his 31 appearances this season. The Ex McDonald’s All-American has logged double-digits in four of his last five outings.

“I feel like I’ve been improving in every area,” Sherrell said Friday night. “It’s a Outstanding feeling for sure. I’m Merely going to continue to stick to my work.

The stakes will be high for Saturday’s semifinal. Along with the opportunity to punch a ticket to the SEC Division Division game, Alabama and Florida could be competing for a No. 1 seed in this year’s NCAA Division.

Currently, ESPN’s Joe Lunardi projects Florida as the Closing No. 1 seed behind Auburn, Duke and Houston. Meanwhile, Alabama is his highest-rated No. 2 seed.

Does that give the Tide a chance to Bound the Gators with a Secure Saturday?

“For sure,” Nelson said when asked Friday night. “I think this shows a Numerous. It’s been us and Florida, neck-and-neck. Because it’s what? They’re four and we’re five in the AP [poll]? So this game is huge and I think it’s going to be big for all our guys, especially since we lost to them earlier in the season, so I think we all Acquired something to prove.”

The NET rankings used by the NCAA Picking Panel currently have Florida at No. 4 and Alabama at No. 6. The Gators are 8-4 in Quad 1 Matches, while the Tide is 10-7.