No. 2 Alabama is on the road for the last game of its 2022-23 regular season.

Nate Oats and co. have secured a one-seed in Nashville, and likely a top spot in the NCAA Tournament, with a historic run. In doing so, Saturday’s game, which could’ve determined seeding in next week’s Southeastern Conference tournament, has been relegated to a tune-up as the Tide face No. 24 Texas A&M.

Tipoff is at 11 a.m. on CBS, streaming live on Paramount+. Oats confirmed Friday he doesn’t believe in load management and doesn’t expect to sit his starters. Besides, with three slow starts in a row, there are some improvements Oats would like to see his team make before the postseason.

Alabama (26-4, 16-1) can tie a program record with a 17th conference victory. The Aggies (22-8, 14-3) have won seven of their last eight games and last dropped a home contest on Dec. 20 against Wofford.

Refresh this page and follow along live as Alabama travels to Reed Arena for the first time in Oats’ tenure.

FIRST HALF

–The Tide missed its first three 3-pointers but Bradley gets the visitors on the board with a triple. With 17 minutes left, A&M leads 7-3.

–Taylor made the first shot of the game and after a missed 3-pointer by Sears, the Aggies jumped out to a 5-0 lead.

PREGAME

–The Aggies started Dexter Dennis, Wade Taylor IV, Henry Coleman III, Tyrece Radford and Julius Marble.

–Alabama is starting Noah Clowney, Mark Sears, Jaden Bradley, Brandon Miller and Charles Bediako. The Aggies are celebrating senior day.

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Nick Alvarez is a reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @nick_a_alvarez or email him at [email protected].