Alabama basketball reached its week off after beating Georgia Saturday, and won’t play again until it faces Arkansas this coming Saturday. As the Crimson Tide sits at No. 3 in the nation, head coach Nate Oats said he is taking a little bit easy on his team.

For the second straight season, all SEC basketball teams received a midweek bye in their league schedules, going from a Saturday to a Saturday without a game on Tuesday/Wednesday. Alabama’s midweek bye conveniently fell at the halfway mark of the team’s schedule,

After a ruptured Achilles tendon against Oregon in November, Latrell Wrightsell Jr.'s time playing for Alabama basketball this season came to an end.