# 25 Crimson Tide Visits "O-Dome" To Take on # 1 Gators
TUSCALOOSA,AL| Defending National Champions. Currently ranked number 1 in the country. 16 straight wins. Have not lost since December 3, 2006. 23-2 overall this season. 10-0 in the SEC. Playing at home in front of one of the rowdiest crowds in America where they are 15-0 this year. 6 straight wins over Alabama in Gainesville. To say the Alabama basketball team is walking into a bad situation Wednesday night in Gainesville would be the understatement of the century.
Alabama (18-6, 5-5) is in the middle of a brutal three game stretch where they play at Ole Miss, at Florida, then have Kentucky at home. Ole Miss is by far the most winnable game in that mix and we lost. The top ranked Gators (23-2, 10-0) are coming off a huge win at Kentucky Saturday night and that might be the Tide's best chance, hope for a Gator letdown.
All five of Florida's starters average double figures led by Tauren Green's 13. 6 a game. They also play great defense as the Gators have limited their last five opponents to shooting 19.1% from three point range. The Gators might be the most complete and experienced team in the nation starting four juniors and a senior. They have great guards in Green and 3 point specialist Lee Humprhey, current SEC player of the week Corey Brewer and star Joakim Noah at forward, and 6-10 Al Horford at center. If those names sound familiar they were the same starting five on last year's national championship team.
Alabama will need to play its best game of the year by far to keepthe game close, it might need a miracle to win. While this is a talented Alabama team there seems to be a problem that has not been solved yet and the season is winding down. Alabama is on the NCAA Tournament bubble and needs to turn it on here during the home stretch of the SEC race. I just do not see it happening Wednesday night at 8pm ET in the Stephen C. O'Connell Center. This one could get ugly....
Nick's Prediction: # 1 Florida 82 #25 Alabama 61
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