Alabama hosted College GameDay last Saturday morning, and then hosted the No. 1 team in the nation. For a week leading up to the Iron Bowl of Basketball, anticipation was through the roof.
And then the game lived up to the hype. The top-ranked Auburn Tigers won 94-85, though Alabama made a spirited run in a second half that featured 104 combined points between the teams.
According to a report from Michael Casagrande of AL.com, the TV audience for the midday game on ESPN was massive. Viewership averaged 2.8 million and peaked at 3.5 million, making it the most-watched game on ESPN all season. The network also told AL.com that the Alabama-Auburn game was the highest-rated SEC game on the ESPN family of networks since the 2018-19 season.
Auburn led 42-33 after the first half. The Tigers never trailed and were led by 19 points from Wooden Award candidate Johni Broome. Broome also had 14 rebounds and 6 assists.
Alabama got 18 points from Mark Sears and a 12-point, 12-board double-double from Grant Nelson.
The Tigers (23-2, 11-1 SEC) and Crimson Tide (21-4, 10-2) meet once more during the regular season. Auburn hosts the rematch on March 8 inside Neville Arena, with tipoff set for 2 p.m. ET on ESPN.
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