On Friday night in Coleman Coliseum, Nate Oats and Alabama basketball will face their first real test of the regular season so far.
After taking care of business against a trio of mid-majors: Sam Houston, Arkansas State, and Oakland, Alabama will now face a power conference opponent out of the Big East.
Shaheen Holloway will lead his Pirates to Tuscaloosa and they have matched the Crimson Tide with a 3-0 record to start the season.
Seton Hall has earned early-season wins over Saint Peter's, Long Island, and Charlotte. Holloway's teams are always tough and physical, something that will provide a good test for an Alabama team that has been up and down in that department, particularly on the glass.
Seton Hall is one of the best defensive rebounding teams in the country, so Alabama will either have to battle on the glass or shoot the lights out as they did against Oakland in order to find sustained success on the offensive end of the floor.
Seton Hall will try to slow the game down to a crawl to limit the possessions and increase the variance as a big underdog. Alabama plays the fastest pace in the country; Seton Hall has consistently played at one of the nation's slowest tempos under Holloway.
It'll be a contrast of styles at Coleman Coliseum.
How to watch No. 18 Alabama vs. Seton Hall on Friday night
- Date: Friday, November 13th
- Time: 8:00 pm CT
- Venue: Coleman Coliseum
- How to Watch (TV): SEC Network
- Streaming: fubo TV
- Alabama record: 3-0
- Seton Hall record: 3-0
What are the betting odds for Alabama vs. Seton Hall?
Odds courtesy of DraftKings.
Spread: Alabama -17.5
Over/Under: 156.5
Moneyline: Alabama -2800/Seton Hall +1300
Game odds refresh periodically and are subject to change.
Injury reports for Alabama vs. Seton Hall
As of now, the only player who is expected to miss the game for Alabama is Mississippi State transfer big man Jamarion Davis-Fleming, who Oats mentioned had not practiced yet this week during his Thursday press conference. Davis-Fleming picked up a lower-extremity injury and missed Monday's game against Oakland, though Oats expressed confidence then that he would be back on Friday. Evidently his body hasn't yet responded to the treatment. s
Who are the announcers for Alabama vs. Seton Hall?
On the call on the SEC Network will be Kevin Fitzgerald (play-by-play) and Dane Bradshaw (analyst)
Alabama vs. Seton Hall series history
This will be just the fourth all-time meeting between Alabama and Seton Hall, with the Crimson Tide earning wins in two of the previous three. This will be the first game on either team's campus.
Seton Hall won the last game in the series, way back in 2010 during the Paradise Jam tournament. An Anthony Grant-led Alabama team went 0-3 in that early-season tournament, something that bit them in the buts four months later on Selection Sunday.
Nine years earlier, Alabama defeated Seton Hall during the 2001 NIT. The first meeting came back in 1975 in College Park for the Maryland Invitational, a 100-75 win for Alabama.
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