Alabama vs. AUBURN: A Look at Iron Bowl Basketball History between Crimson Tide, Tigers

Make no mistake, the Iron Bowl -Rivalization between Alabama Crimson Tide and Auburn Tigers goes far beyond the football field.

Based on the rivalry in recent years, it actually combined what the current course for both programs is the Iron Bowl of Basketball, also known by fans such as “Ibob” that begins to approach the levels of football?

Historically, Alabama vs. Auburn does not necessarily gather as much national attention in basketball compared to football, and rightly. In short Crimson Tide And tigers have not historically been as prominent programs in basketball as they are in football, but it certainly begins to change under the leadership of Nate Oats and Bruce Pearl.

Generally, Alabama vs. Auburn in basketball back to the 1920s and is a series where Crimson Tide has a commanding 100-68 benefit to all the time head-to-head. A great reason behind this was Alabama’s dominance in the early days of rivalry as well as Crimson Tide’s strong games at home, where they are 60-20 all the time.

In recent years, Alabama has won six of the last 10 meetings between the two dating back to the 2019-20 season, as well as three of the last fours since 2022-23. Of games in Tuscaloosa, Alabama has won four of the last five as well as the last two.

Last season, Alabama and Auburn shared the two matchups, with the homeland winning each with a final result of 79-75 and 99-81 respectively.

Who wins the latest edition of Alabama vs. Auburn -Rivalization Saturday afternoon?

This article originally appeared on Roll Tide Wire: Alabama vs. Auburn: Iron Bowl Basketball Series History, Overview