[autotag]Nate Oats[/autotag] and the Alabama men’s basketball team are fresh off a road win over the LSU Tigers which helped see the Tide rise from No. 4 to No. 3 in the rankings.
Currently, the Crimson Tide are 20-3 on the season and a perfect 10-0 in SEC play.
Up next for Alabama is a home game against the Florida Gators on Wednesday night.
Before Alabama tips things off against the Gators, let’s look at the latest update of ESPN’s Basketball Power Index.
According to ESPN, the BPI is a “measure of team strength that is meant to be the best predictor of performance going forward. BPI represents how many points above or below average a team is. Strength of Record (SOR) is a measure of team accomplishment based on how difficult a team’s W-L record is to achieve. Game predictions account for opponent strength, pace of play, site, travel distance, day’s rest, and altitude, and are used to simulate the season 10,000 times to produce season projections. Numbers update daily.”
Here is a breakdown of where Alabama ranks in the BPI.