Bama vs Florida: Bama's chance to take back the conference

Now, once again, the University of Alabama and the Florida Gators will be facing one another with a Southeastern Conference championship at stake. The last time Bama was regular season SEC Champs was back in 2002 when Pettway sealed the deal with a last minute lay in against Florida at Coleman Coliseum. Since then Alabama has come short of winning the SEC.

Another streak haunting the Tide is the last time they won in Gainsville, which was in 2005. Bama is looking to end the streak tonight when the Tide steps on the court at the Stephen C. O'Connell Center.

Here's a few stats for Bama and Florida going into the game tonight:

Category ......Alabama/Florida
Overall record 19-9/22-6
SEC record 11-3/11-3
AP ranking NR/14
RPI* 89/12
Points/game 67.6/70.8
Opp. ppg 58.2/62.2
Scoring margin +9.4/+8.5
FG% .452/.457
Opp. FG% .373/.423
FT% .719/.666
Rebounds/game 37.2/37.8
Opp. rebounds/game 33.5/31.7
Rebounding margin +3.8/+6.1
Turnovers/game 14.5/12.5
Turnover margin +1.6/+0.5
Steals/game 9.6/6.1
Blocks/game 5.5/3.7

Probable starters
ALABAMA
................................................PPG / RPG / APG
G Trevor Releford (6-1, 180, Fr.) 10.3/ 3.3 / 3.4
G Charvez Davis (6-3, 186, Sr.) 7.9 / 2.3 / 1.2
F Tony Mitchell (6-6, 210, So.) 15.7 / 7.0 / 1.3
F JaMychal Green (6-8, 228, Jr.) 16.1 / 7.4 / 1.7
F Chris Hines (6-8, 227, Sr.) 5.5 / 6.4 / 1.4

FLORIDA
G Erving Walker (5-8, 171, Jr.) 14.6 / 3.1 / 3.2
G Kenny Boynton (6-2, 183, So.) 13.5 / 1.6 / 2.4
F Chandler Parsons (6-10, 215, Sr.) 11.1 / 7.7 / 3.7
F Alex Tyus (6-8. 220, Sr.) 8.7 / 5.3 / 0.8
C Vernon Macklin (6-10, 240, Sr.) 11.2 / 6.0 / 0.7

Stats from WarrenNolan.com

Oh and for all the Bama fans going to the game beware of the jorts!