Nate Oats and Mark Sears cleared the air after practice Tuesday in the aftermath of Sears' benching last Saturday against LSU.

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Mark Sears is heating up at the right ... On Wednesday, in a 88-68 win at South Carolina, Sears became the second player in Crimson Tide program history to score 1,500 points ...

Alabama basketball's Mark Sears wasn't the only one to have a bounce-back game as the Tide had a shootout with Mississippi State's Josh Hubbard.

In benching Sears, Oats made sure that his point guard would be ready for the fight. And if Sears needs a rest, well, Alabama’s cutthroat, win-first coach planned ahead by taking Auburn’s old point guard and making him better.

John Calipari's anticipated return to Kentucky is just 1 of the 10 things Neil Blackmon is overreacting to this week in SEC basketball.

ESPN believes the Alabama-Mississippi State game could come down to the wire on Wednesday night in Starkville.

No. 14 Mississippi State (16-4, 4-3) has lost three of its last five games with the setbacks all coming against ranked foes: then-No. 6 Kentucky, No. 1 Auburn and then-No. 6 Tennessee. The Bulldogs notched a 65-60 road victory in overtime versus South Carolina on Saturday. Alabama beat visiting LSU 80-73 on Saturday.

The Alabama Crimson Tide are back on the road Wednesday night as they head to Starkville for a top 15 matchup against Mississippi State. Alabama (17-3 overall, 6-1 SEC), ranked No. 4 in the USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll,

Alabama and Miss State meet! It's time to continue our College Basketball odds series with an Alabama-Mississippi State prediction and pick.

The Alabama men’s basketball team has won four straight games, including back-to-back wins over LSU and No. 14 Mississippi State to reach 18-3 (7-1 SEC) at the end of January. In the home win over the Tigers last Saturday,

Mark Sears was benched over the weekend against LSU, but he bounced back nicely against Mississippi State.

Alabama star Mark Sears returned to the starting lineup and helped lead the No. 4 Crimson Tide to an 88-84 win at No. 14 Mississippi State on Wednesday night after he was benched for the entire second half in Saturday's win over LSU.