On Wednesday night, two of the SEC’s top basketball teams are set to meet in what is a Top 25 matchup inside of Humphrey Coliseum, as the Mississippi State Bulldogs welcome the Alabama Crimson Tide to town.

A pivotal SEC game between a couple of top 15 teams takes place Wednesday night in Starkville. No. 14 Mississippi State (16-4, 4-3) hosts No. 4 Alabama (17-3, 6-1) in a battle of SEC positioning. Alabama is currently just one-half game behind Auburn atop the SEC standings while Mississippi is in a logjam of five teams currently 2.

ESPN’s Matchup Predictor, which offers a prediction model based on its Men’s College Basketball Power Index ratings and other variables, currently gives Alabama a slight edge to win Wednesday’s game in Starkville: 53.7 percent compared to Mississippi State’s 46.3 percent.

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