SEC Preseason Player of the Year Mark Sears was his normal self, scoring 22 points with 10 assists and most impressively: zero turnovers.

The Oklahoma Sooners (13-0) and Alabama Crimson Tide (11-2) clash in a Saturday top-10 showdown in Tuscaloosa. The opening tip at Coleman Coliseum will be at 6 p.m. ET (SEC Network). Let's analyze Bet

No. 5 Alabama men's basketball dominated previously undefeated No. 12 Oklahoma 107-79 at home in the SEC opener on Saturday evening. This was the Sooners' first-ever SEC game as a member of the conference and the Crimson Tide handed them their first loss in more ways than one.

That was in Nashville, when the Tigers knocked off Tennessee 79-71 in the 2022-23 SEC Tournament. What followed is a 20-game losing streak that became 21 Saturday when Missouri fell 84-68 at Auburn in both teams’ SEC opener.

Here are three takeaways as Missouri basketball dropped its SEC opener at a sharpshooting Auburn on Saturday on the road.

Johni Broome scored 24 points and had seven rebounds and four blocks, and No. 2 Auburn opened Southeastern Conference play with an 84-68 win over Missouri on Saturday. Auburn (13-1, 1-0) shot 10 for 21 from 3-point range,