The Oklahoma Sooners host the Alabama Crimson Tide at 1:00 p.m. ET. Oklahoma is 7-4 against Alabama, while Alabama won its last meeting against them 107-79. Alabama has begun its season 12-5 and 2-2 in the SEC, while Oklahoma is 11-6 and 1-3 in the conference.
Here is my best bet for Oklahoma vs. Alabama. Alabama is -5.5 while the game’s over/under is set at 172.5 points on DraftKings Sportsbook.
Alabama vs. Oklahoma (1:00 p.m. ET)
After losing two straight games from January 7 to January 10. Alabama bounced back with a 15-point victory over Mississippi State on Tuesday. Labaron Philon Jr. averages 21.9 points per game and dropped 32 points in Alabama’s last game. He is one half of their elite backcourt, as Aden Holloway also averages 18.4 points.
Alabama is 16th on KenPom while Oklahoma is 57th. Oklahoma has the 40th-best offensive rating in the country, but only the 130th defensive rating. Alabama has the second-best offensive rating and 71st defensive rating.
Alabama possesses one of the best offenses in college basketball, averaging 93.7 points per contest, which is 9.6 points more than Oklahoma averages. The Sooners have two players tied for the most on the team, with Nigel Pack and Xzayvier Brown, scoring 15.7 per game. Oklahoma has suffered three consecutive losses and has failed to score 80 points in any of them.
Alabama’s last nine wins have come by at least six points. Pairing that with Oklahoma losing its previous three contests by seven-plus points, it should favor Alabama in this contest. Both teams are offensively first, but the Crimson Tide is the more talented and elite group. Alabama should be able to pull away from the Sooners in the second half if they slow down Pack and Brown.
