Overview
- Tuscaloosa Circuit Court Judge Daniel Pruet denied Charles Bediako’s request for a preliminary injunction, leaving him ineligible for Alabama’s game at Ole Miss.
- Bediako had played five games under a temporary restraining order from Judge James H. Roberts after the NCAA rejected his return, averaging 10.0 points and 4.6 rebounds.
- Tip is 6 p.m. CT at The Pavilion on SEC Network, with streaming via Fubo, Sling and ESPN/ESPN+.
- Ole Miss entered 11-12 (3-7 SEC) on a five-game slide, and this marks its first home game since Winter Storm Fern caused widespread damage in Oxford.
- Nate Oats said he was "super disappointed" by the ruling and shifts focus to top scorer Labaron Philon Jr., who averages 21.5 points per game.