Alabama men's basketball held a one-possession lead at halftime, but Arizona overwhelmed the Crimson Tide in the second half.

The No. 1 Arizona Wildcats basketball program beat the No. 12 Alabama Crimson Tide on Dec. 13, 2025, by a score of 96-75.

Arizona State is… perfectly okay? The Sun Devils are coming off off back-to-back losing seasons, which makes this one feel like a prove-it campaign for Bobby Hurley. He’s doing perfectly fine so far with just two pretty understandable losses against Gonzaga and USC.

The Monarchs (7-0) open the Vincent Cannizzaro Division — the top grouping for national federation high school teams — against Bartlett of Tennessee (5-4) on Thursday. If Mater Dei wins, it plays the winner of nationally-ranked Long Island Lutheran of New York and Fairmont Prep in the quarterfinals Friday.

The Arizona State men's basketball team looks to keep up its winning ways as it heads to Los Angeles for a contest against former Pac-12 foe UCLA