This affiliate content is not influenced by our advertising relationships, but AP and Data Skrive might earn commissions from our partners’ links in this content.

In a state entrenched in football tradition, Nate Oats and Bruce Pearl have transformed the Tide and Tigers to the two best teams in college basketball.

Selection Sunday is just over four weeks away, and Saturday's slate in college basketball could go a long way toward determining how the bracket shakes out. The day is headlined by one of the biggest regular-season college basketball games in recent memory with No.