Despite all of the awesome football players who have come through Auburn (like Cam Newton and Bo Jackson), and all of the awesome football players who have come through Alabama (like Jalen Hurts and Derrick Henry),

This past Saturday, a battle for college basketball supremacy went down in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Auburn, who came in as the top team in the nation, visited the Alabama Crimson Tide, who sat at number two in the AP rankings.

In a state entrenched in football tradition, Nate Oats and Bruce Pearl have transformed the Tide and Tigers to the two best teams in college basketball.