The Auburn University Tigers and the University of Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball teams line up for the opening-game tip off in Tuscaloosa on March 3, 2009. Auburn edged Alabama, 77-73, overcoming a 13-point deficit during the game's final 15 minutes.
Auburn v. Alabama, 2009
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Photograph by Valerie Glenn
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