Time and Tide wait for these men

The Saluki men's basketball team will take on Alabama in 1st Round of NCAA in Seattle. Salukis earn No. 9 seed--highest in school history. The game will tip-off at 1:30 p.m.

According to the University of Alabama Official Athletic Site: "The Tide has played Southern Illinois once previously, in November of 1996 at the Top of the World Classic in Fairbanks, Alaska. Alabama won that second round game 79-58 en route to the Classics"