Alabama basketball faced Auburn amid injuries and a court case, but its bench stepped up. Seven key takeaways from Crimson Tide's rivalry win.

Alabama basketball will keep Charles Bediako on scholarship to finish his degree, regardless of whether a court grants Bediako an injunction to keep him eligible for the rest of the season, head coach Nate Oats said on Friday.

Rivalry showdowns stole the show in college basketball on Saturday, as the first iteration of Duke vs. North Carolina delivered a thriller. The No. 14 Tar Heel took their first lead of the game with 0.4 seconds remaining when Seth Trimble hit a go-ahead 3-pointer to lift UNC to a 71-68 win over the visiting No. 4 Blue Devils.

The letter that Alabama basketball center Charles Bediako wrote to the NCAA in hopes of reinstating his college eligibility has surfaced.

The discussion on the game really gets going with a big takeaway about Aden Holloway. The junior guard scored 20 points against the Aggies, but did much more than purely shoot the basketball. Is Holloway a better initiator of the Crimson Tide offense than start guard Labaron Philon?