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The Alabama Crimson Tide will look to start off the new year on the right foot as the 2017 SEC basketball season begins. Up first, the Tide will make the quick trip West to Starkville to take on the incredibly young, but talented, Mississippi State Bulldogs. This is a big game for these two rebuilding rivals, as Avery Johnson and Ben Howland enter their second seasons of SEC play at their respective schools.
The game tips at 7:30 PM CST and will be televised by the SEC Network.