Getty The Alabama Crimson Tide take on Texas A&M Corpus Christi in the first round of the NCAA tournament.
The No. 16 seed Texas A&M Corpus Christi Islanders (24-10, 14-4 Southland) will take on the No. 1 seed Alabama Crimson Tide (29-5, 16-2 SEC) in Birmingham’s Legacy Arena in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
The game (2:45 p.m. ET start time) will be televised on CBS, but if you don’t have cable, you can watch a live stream on Amazon Prime, Paramount+, FuboTV or DirecTV Stream, which all come with a free trial.
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Amazon Prime
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Paramount+
This is ultimately the same as the Amazon Prime option above, only you’ll watch on Paramount’s digital platforms instead of Amazon’s. You can watch your local CBS channel live via Paramount+ (“Premium” plan), which comes with a free trial:
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Alabama vs Texas A&M-CC Preview
TAMCC topped Southeast Missouri State in the First Four, 75-71. Guard Jalen Jackson led the Islanders with 22 points, while forward Isaac Mushila added 15 and Ross Williams chipped in 13 off the bench.
After losing starting guard Terrion Murdix for the season, the Islanders are using him as inspiration entering the tourney. “It was a consistent theme: ‘Let’s do this for T,'” Williams said after beating SEMO. “T is an unselfish person, he’ll give the shirt off his back, so when you lose a guy like that, it brings the group closer together. We know we’re not done yet. This is March.”
Texas A&M Corpus Christi is averaging 80.4 points a game, but TAMCC has its work cut out here, and for good reason. Alabama is ranked seventh in the nation in scoring, netting 82.2 points a game. Bama is favored by 24 points in this one, but the Islanders have won 11 of their last 12 games, so they won’t be rolling over regardless of seeding or the David vs. Goliath aspect of this game.
“They’re really, really talented,” Texas A&M Corpus Christi coach Steve Lutz said about Bama. “They’re really talented. We faced Arizona early in the year, very similar in terms of they can really score points. We’re not going to be able to score 77 points and win. You’ve got to be able to get 80-plus is my guess, just to beat them. But they’re super talented and well-coached.”
The Tide are fresh from taking home the SEC tournament title, beating Texas A&M, Missouri, and Mississippi State in the process. Alabama had no problems dismantling Texas A&M in the SEC championship, winning 82-63. Forward Brandon Miller led all scorers with 23 points, while guard Jahvon Quinerly chipped in 22 points and center Charles Bediako notched a double-double with 12 points and 13 rebounds.
Alabama went into halftime with a 34-23 lead, and it never looked back. As it has in many games this year, the Crimson Tide won with an up-tempo style turn off fence and a tenacious mentality on defense.
Bama did get bested by that same A&M squad on March 4, the last time the team lost a game, so the Tide aren’t infallible, but considering No. 1 seeds have an overall record of 135-1 all-time against No. 16 seeds, Bama seems like a safe bet here.