TNR 2/25/26 - Hour 3 | Alabama CONTROLS THEIR DESTINY for March Madness Seeding!

The Alabama Crimson Tide have a home tilt tonight facing Mississippi State at 8:00 on ESPNU. Alabama Basketball is hovering around the 5-seed in most NCAA Tournament projections, does that make this a “Protect Your Seeding” game for the Crimson Tide? Alabama is a 14.5-point favorite in Tuscaloosa. Alabama also now controls their own destiny for the 2-Seed in the SEC Tournament in Nashville meaning the Crimson Tide would earn the Double Bye and not have to play a game until Friday. Nate Oats gets asked what the biggest area of growth is since the last time they played Miss St Nate Oats - we're playing for a top 4 seed in Nashville and we're trying to reach our peak going into postseason Also Tuesday Night: Kentucky Wildcats 72 vs. South Carolina Gamecocks 63 & Missouri Tigers 73 vs. Tennessee Volunteers 69 Wednesday: Florida Gators (-6.5) at Texas Longhorns 6P ESPN2, Georgia Bulldogs at Vanderbilt Commodores (-9.5) 6P SECN, Texas A&M Aggies at Arkansas Razorbacks (-7.5) 8P ESPN2, LSU Tigers at Ole Miss Rebels (-1.5) 8P SECN PLUS, LT's Trash presented by Bud Light! FOLLOW TNR ON RUMBLE: https://rumble.com/c/c-7759604 FOLLOW TNR ON SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/7zlofzLZht7dYxjNcBNpWN FOLLOW TNR ON APPLE PODCASTS: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-next-round/id1797862560 WEBSITE: https://nextroundlive.com/ MOBILE APP: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/the-next-round/id1580807480 SHOP THE NEXT ROUND STORE: https://nextround.store/ Like TNR on Facebook: / nextroundlive 267,216 Follow TNR on Twitter: / nextroundlive Follow TNR on Instagram: / nextroundlive Follow everyone from the show on Twitter: Jim Dunaway: / jimdunaway Ryan Brown: / ryanbrownlive Lance Taylor: / thelancetaylor Scott Forester: / scottforestertv Tyler Johns: /TylerJohnsTNR Sponsor the show: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices