The No. 6 Crimson Tide (9-2) gear up for the Golden Flashes (8-2). AP Preseason All-American Mark Sears leads Alabama with 18 points per contest after totaling 70 in his last three. MAC preseason first-teamer VonCameron Davis paces Kent State (14.9).
The No. 6 Crimson Tide make their first trip to Grand Forks, N.D., to face the Fighting Hawks. Alabama is 8-2 after back-to-back wins over then-No. 20 North Carolina and Creighton. Treysen Eaglestaff paces North Dakota with 18.1 points per game.