3 areas Alabama basketball needs to improve to survive SEC after OU win

With just seconds left to play at Oklahoma, Alabama basketball was at risk of its first 2-3 start to SEC play since the 2021-22 season. The No. 18 Crimson Tide avoided it with an 83-81 victory at Lloyd Noble Center in Norman, clinching its second road win of the week, but the performance raised questions about just how far this team can go if things don't change as SEC play heats up. Alabama (13-5, 3-2 SEC) has yet to reach the toughest stretch of its gauntlet, which might be coming up. The Crimson Tide closes out January with visits from Tennessee and Missouri and starts the next month at Florida on Feb. 1, meets an underrated Texas A&M team on three days later, then Auburn and Ole Miss...