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Alabama basketball vs North Dakota score prediction, betting odds, injury updates
North Dakota is making its way to Tuscaloosa for the first time in program history to meet Alabama basketball in the season opener for the 2025-26 season.
After walking away with a 97-90 victory last December, the Crimson Tide looks to build on its 1-0 series record on Monday, Nov. 3 against the Fighting Hawks.
Here’s everything you need to know for the game, from injury updates to betting odds and a score prediction from The Tuscaloosa News.
Alabama basketball vs North Dakota picks, score prediction
98 Alabama, 75 North Dakota: If Alabama doesn’t let turnovers control the scoreboard and makes the most of opportunities off of rebounds, the Crimson Tide can come away with a dominant performance to officially start the season. Fans got a better taste of that seeing Alabama take down Furman in exhibition play compared to that against Florida State, but it’s hard not to forget that UA fell into a trap game of sorts in last year’s trip to North Dakota. A lack of chemistry for this year’s squad of Fighting Hawks diminishes the chances of a repeat performance against Nate Oats and company.
While the Fighting Hawks don’t have Treysen Eaglestaff to drop 40 on Alabama this season, and environments like Coleman might be more foreign, this team still has some pieces to run action with senior guard Eli King, who is the only returning player to have started in all 33 games for UND last season. There are seven more returning players, plus some portal additions like senior guard Garrett Anderson, a first-teamer for the Great Northwest Athletic Conference after starting in all 32 games for Central Washington last season. The frontcourt’s biggest tasks will be 6-foot-10 transfer forward George Natsvlishvili, who came off the bench for UND last season, and 6-foot-8 center Josh Jones, a transfer from Oral Roberts.
It’s way too early in the season to call that Alabama would drop 100 points in its opener like it did in a 110-54 win against UNC-Asheville last November, but it’s certainly not out of the realm of possibility.
Alabama basketball injury updates
Oats told media ahead of Alabama-North Dakota that Latrell Wrightsell Jr. will operate on a minutes restriction as he completes his recovery from a ruptured Achilles tendon. There was no indication that Bucknell center transfer Noah Williamson (knee) would sit out against North Dakota after making his Crimson Tide debut at Furman.
Miami guard transfer Jalil Bethea (foot) remains out with no timeline to return.
Betting odds for Alabama-North Dakota
Here are betting odds for Alabama’s game against North Dakota from FanDuel as of Sunday evening:
Spread: 31.5 points
Total points: 168.5
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How to watch Alabama basketball vs North Dakota
Date: Monday, Nov. 3
Time: 7 p.m. CT
Channel: SEC Network+
Alabama’s Monday matchup against North Dakota will be aired on SEC Network+ with a tip-off time scheduled for 7 p.m. CT.
Emilee Smarr covers Alabama basketball and Crimson Tide athletics for The Tuscaloosa News. She can be reached via email at esmarr@gannett.com.