Vanderbilt's roster construction and Morez Johnson's rapidlly-improving defense among trends Isaac Trotter is tracking.

Alabama basketball's Mark Sears wasn't the only one to have a bounce-back game as the Tide had a shootout with Mississippi ...

During non-conference play, Alabama didn't struggle as much despite Sears' scoreless 21 minutes ... Sears still leads the SEC ...

Tre Johnson and Tramon Mark scored 18 points apiece, Kadin Shedrick added a double-double and Texas never trailed in an 89-58 romp over LSU ...

Auburn and Alabama are aiming for deep NCAA Tournament runs. But both had issues over the weekend. Meanwhile Kentucky coach ...

Mark Sears scored 20 points and No. 4 Alabama won its fifth straight game and for the 14th time in 15 contests, beating ...

Mark Sears was benched over the weekend against LSU, but he bounced back nicely against Mississippi State.

Nate Oats and Mark Sears cleared the air after practice Tuesday in the aftermath of Sears' benching last Saturday against LSU ...

Former five-star continues to make strides as Alabama continues to put pressure on Auburn in the SEC title race ...

Both teams' star point guards, Mark Sears and Josh Hubbard ... In six of the first seven games of conference play, Sears tried for his first basket in the first three minutes.