No. 10 Tennessee extended the jinx for No. 1 teams, jolting the Crimson Tide 68-59 on Wednesday night. alabamabasketball alabamacrimsontide alabamanewsnetwork
On Monday, Alabama climbed to the top spot in The Associated Press poll for the first time since the 2002-03 season. But playing for the first time since the new rankings came out, the Crimson Tide led just once in the early going and committed 19 turnovers.
“We turned the ball over too much tonight,” Crimson Tide coach Nate Oats said. “ got 26 points off the turnovers. Their physicality. … They got into our guards and we couldn’t handle it.”“After those tough losses, we stayed with it,” coach Rick Barnes said. “We didn’t splinter.”“It takes confidence,” he said. “We go through the ups and downs. We just do what we do and play hard and we’ll be fine.”
Alabama became the last Power 5 men’s team to lose a conference game this season. The Tide’s only lead in this game came at 12-11. Vescovi tossed a lob that Olivier Nkamhoua caught in mid-air and followed with a slam to put Tennessee ahead 19-15 with 7:42 to play in the first half. It was tied at 29 at the break.
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