The Vols face No. 6 Alabama this afternoon at Food City Center in the first ever AP Top-6 matchup in series history. Tipoff is set for 4 p.m. ET. Tennessee is 6-4 in its last 10 meetings with Alabama,

The Tennessee Volunteers host the Alabama Crimson Tide Saturday afternoon in what is shaping up to be a showdown between two highly-ranked tournament teams. Her

The Crimson Tide is set to face Volunteers guard Zakai Zeigler, who is the reigning SEC Defensive Player of the Year and also leads the conference in assists.

Following perhaps their most dominating performance of the season, No. 6 Alabama will attempt to duplicate that Saturday afternoon when they meet No. 5 Tennessee in a Southeastern Conference heavyweight matchup in Knoxville,

BOTTOM LINE: No. 6 Alabama visits No. 5 Tennessee after Chris Youngblood scored 27 points in Alabama's 111-73 victory against the Mississippi State Bulldogs. The Volunteers have gone 14-1 at home. Tennessee ranks sixth in the SEC with 24.3 defensive rebounds per game led by Igor Milicic Jr. averaging 5.4.

According to ESPN’s Joe Lunardi, this game between the Vols and Crimson Tide will “likely” determine a #1 seed in March Madness.