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Alabama could be one of the SEC favorites next season if Richard Hendrix and Ronald Steele come back to school. Of course, that leaves coach Mark Gottfried quite uncomfortable as he watches his two stars compete at the pre-draft camp, writes Andy Katz.

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Story | Conversation | October 24, 2007

Alabama 69, Mississippi 58

As Tennessee went nearly six minutes without scoring against No. 25 Alabama, Chris Lofton saw his team's chances of making the NCAA tournament starting to fade.

Clarence Sanders scored 11 of Mississippi's final 12 points to cap a rousing comeback in a 75-69 victory over Alabama on Saturday.

Ronald Steele drove the length of the court for a layup with 6.7 seconds left to give Alabama an 80-79 victory over Mississippi State on Wednesday night.

Mykal Riley scored 14 of his 15 points over the final 12 minutes and No. 19 Alabama rallied for a 64-61 victory over South Carolina.

Jermareo Davidson scored a career-high 31 points, including a pair of free throws with 45 seconds left that gave Alabama its first lead of the second half, to help the Crimson Tide beat faltering LSU 73-70.

Patrick Beverley scored 19 points and Arkansas dominated No. 12 Alabama for 30 minutes before hanging on to win 63-57 Saturday.

Korvotney Barber scored 18 points and Frank Tolbert added 17 to lead Auburn to an 81-57 upset of No. 12 Alabama, ending a seven-game losing streak to the Crimson Tide.

Ronald Steele's off-balance jump shot as time expired lifted No. 9 Alabama to a 78-76 victory over Georgia on Saturday.

The Vanderbilt Commodores know they can shoot well. In Wednesday night's 94-73 victory, they showed Alabama (No. 9 ESPN/USA Today, No. 10 AP) just how good they can be.

Richard Hendrix scored 18 points and No. 14 Alabama took advantage of cold shooting by No. 13 LSU for a 71-61 victory on Tuesday night.

Alabama fans are excited about Nick Saban's arrival, but they should be focused on the team that got a big win over LSU, Mark Schlabach writes.

No. 8 Alabama (13-1) at Arkansas (11-3) 2:05 pm EST