SportsLine's model revealed its college basketball picks for Alabama Crimson Tide vs. UNC Tar Heels in the 2024 SEC/ACC Challenge on Wednesday

Defense has been optional for both schools this year, making for a matchup with a sky-high total. Grant Nelson is among the players who should boost their season scoring averages tonight, per our Alabama vs.

Start Free Trial Brendan Marks covers Duke and North Carolina basketball for The Athletic. He previously worked at The Charlotte Observer as a Carolina Panthers beat reporter, and his writing has also appeared in Sports Illustrated,

UNC basketball is facing a Tide squad that is now without its third-leading scorer for the rest of the season.

Wrightsell led the Crimson Tide in 3-point shooting percentage last season and was key in their Final Four run

According to head coach Nate Oats, fifth-year senior guard Latrell Wrightsell Jr. suffered an Achilles tendon injury in the Tide’s game against Oregon and he will now be sidelined for the rest of the year.

UNC basketball and Alabama meet in a Sweet 16 rematch as part of the ACC/SEC Challenge. Will the Tar Heels get revenge? Here's our prediction.

No. 20 Tar Heels, Crimson Tide face off in ACC/SEC Challenge in rematch of 2024 NCAA Sweet 16 game in Los Angeles.

UNC will return to the Dean Smith Center for the first time since November 15 when it hosts Alabama in the ACC-SEC Challenge on Wednesday.