Eight of Alabama's turnovers came within the first 13 minutes, which helped Texas as it was down by just five points at the time. The giveaways were essentially keeping the Longhorns and the home crowd in the game early, up until the aforementioned elite shooting.

After Alabama's win on Tuesday night, head coach Nate Oats made his feelings clear about the nation's best team, per Nick Kelly. "We'll see Saturday who's the best team in the country," Oats said. "Auburn's the best team in the country right now."