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Alabama’s mens basketball team chalked up another win. The difference was the Tide beat LSU with no help from star guard Mark Sears. The usual playmaker for Alabama was held scoreless for the first half of the game and sat out on the bench for the second half.

Nate Oats saw this movie before: a scoreless Mark Sears game but an Alabama win on the court. The Crimson Tide head coach was asked to compare the games: Saturday’s win over LSU and a November win over Illinois where Sears was held scoreless in both contests. Sears didn’t play the entire second half against the Tigers.

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Illinois is ranked 18th in the new AP Top 25 poll, released Monday. The Illini (14-6, 6-4 Big Ten) also are 20th in the coaches' poll.

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Ryan Day, who led Ohio State to a CFP national championship win against Notre Dame on Monday, had Alabama ranked at No. 19 behind South Carolina, Miami, Illinois and BYU. Alabama coach Kalen ...

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