We had arrived in Alabama from a blissful stopover on Biloxi Bay in neighbouring Mississippi, following the coastal road via Gautier and Pascagoula in the direction of our return to Florida.

Alabama guard Chris Youngblood led the the Crimson Tide past the Bulldogs 88-84 in front of a hostile Starkville crowd.

Be that as it may, though, Mississippi State is 2-3 in its last five, and Alabama is yet to drop a road conference game despite two of the three such contests up to this point having been against ...

STARKVILLE, Miss. — Alabama men's basketball head coach Nate Oats knew it would be "ridiculously hard" to take down Mississippi State on the road coming into Wednesday night. The No. 4 Crimson ...