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Ron Slay Talks SEC Hoops: Alabama-Arkansas Showdown & Can Auburn Snap Their 4-Game Skid?

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4.9890 Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2026

⏱️ 17 minutes

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SEC Network analyst and Tennessee Volunteers men's basketball legend Ron Slay joins The Next Round for a can't-miss breakdown of everything happening in SEC basketball! We start in Tuscaloosa with a massive showdown between the Alabama Crimson Tide and the Arkansas Razorbacks. Will this one turn into the fast-paced track meet everyone expects? Who controls tempo? And in the marquee guard battle, who has the edge — Alabama super sophomore Labaron Philon or Arkansas freshman standout Darius Acuff? Ron Slay breaks down the X’s and O’s, matchup advantages, and what this game means for the SEC title race and March Madness seeding. How good is this Alabama team really? Are the Crimson Tide built for a deep NCAA Tournament run? Then we head to Starkville as the Auburn Tigers men's basketball face a must-win road test against the Mississippi State Bulldogs men's basketball. With Steven Pearl disciplining another key player and Auburn riding a four-game losing streak, can the Tigers regroup and get back on track in SEC play? What’s at stake for Auburn’s postseason hopes? We also dive into the rollercoaster that is Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball basketball. Why do the Wildcats look dominant one night and vulnerable the next? And nationally — is anyone playing better than Michigan right now? Can anyone slow down the Wolverines the way they’re rolling through the competition? 👉 Like this video if you’re ready for another huge night of college hoops. 👉 Subscribe to The Next Round YouTube Channel for weekly SEC basketball analysis, college football coverage, exclusive interviews, and insider insight you won’t get anywhere else. 👉 Drop your predictions in the comments: Who wins tonight in Tuscaloosa? Can Auburn snap the skid? Is Michigan the best team in America? #SECBasketball #CollegeBasketball #AlabamaBasketball #ArkansasBasketball #AuburnBasketball #KentuckyBasketball #MichiganBasketball #MarchMadness #NCAABasketball Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Let's take a sleigh ride.

0:33.8

Big Run, Slay with us from the SEC Network in ESPN,

0:58.0

and also the number one sports show in Nashville every single afternoon up there. What is up? Sleigh, how are you, my man? I'm good, fellas. How are y'all doing, man? Y'all hanging in now? We're hanging in there. Boom, boom, boom, room kicking today, I see. We got some, I got some chicken boy. Absolutely. Let's start with tonight's game in Tuscaloosa. Dunaway billed it as maybe the highest scoring game in the SEC this season. Could you see that?

0:59.0

Hey, that's a strong possibility.

1:02.0

I think when you look at both teams and you start thinking about defense,

1:06.0

you leave that in the car and we walk on into the arena.

1:10.0

There's no need to come to think about somebody getting some stops.

1:13.2

But I think, man, the caliber of guards that we see in in this, in this matchup tonight,

1:19.8

A Cuff versus LeBaron Phelon.

1:21.9

And hopefully they guard each other.

1:23.9

I think that would be fun a little bit to watch those guys go head to head,

1:28.6

even if they do it down the stretch. But Alabama being healthy is the key, man.

1:33.3

Wright Seale Jr. and Aidan Holloway, those guys being able to play and kind of counter

1:37.6

what you're getting from, a guy like Malik Thomas, like these guys, I mean, when you say potent, they're every bit of it.

1:48.4

Him and Derzay Cup, the things they've been able to do as freshmen.

1:51.5

Um, it's been really elite.

1:53.3

Um, and then you throw Billy Richmond in there.

1:55.7

Then you can start talking about defense once we get to the third or fourth option.

1:59.2

But Billy to go Richmond, man, he's been bawling. And I think coming out the game that he just had is momentum going into this matchup at Alabama. So it's going to be, it's going to be interesting. It's going to be high flying. It's going to be a lot of threes from one team. It's going to be a lot of from Arkansas trying to get out in transition and do some high-flying dumps. So it's all to be fun. Everybody ought to have their popcorn ready for this one. Hey, Slay, since Bama got curb stomped in Gainesville and losing that game by 23, they've won four straight, but they're four straight against unranked opponents. I still can't figure out Bama. Like I think the

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