TUSCALOOSA, Ala.— The No. 4 Alabama basketball team made good on the first phase of freshman guard Labaron Philon’s word Tuesday night, protecting home court against a Vanderbilt squad with momentum from a weekend upset.

The Alabama Crimson Tide play against the Vanderbilt Commodores in an SEC basketball game tonight. Fans can watch this game for free.

Vanderbilt has averaged 82.1 points per game this season, good for seventh in the SEC. Alabama leads the conference at 90.2 per game. The Crimson Tide enter the day at No. 7 in the NET rankings, while Vanderbilt is No. 37. In the latest KenPom ratings, Alabama is up to No. 8; the Commodores are No. 49.

No. 4 Alabama men's basketball is set to face Vanderbilt at home in Coleman Coliseum on Tuesday evening. Vanderbilt joins the Crimson Tide and six other members of the SEC who have 15 wins already this season.

The No. 8 Kentucky Wildcats host the No. 4 Alabama Crimson Tide in college basketball action on Saturday, Jan. 18.

As for Alabama, the Crimson Tide are also 15-3 overall up to this point in the season, as well as 4-1 in SEC play. The Crimson Tide, who have the nation’s No. 1 scoring team at 90.2 PPG, are also a top five team nationally, and come into Saturday off a significant win as well, which was a road victory over the Kentucky Wildcats on Saturday.

The shortest team in the SEC, Vanderbilt, faced one of its tallest tests yet in Alabama basketball. How does the rest of the league measure?