Nate Oats and the Alabama Crimson Tide have lost two of their three games since acquiring their controversial reinforcements from Charles Bediako out of the NBA G League. With Texas A&M headed to Tuscaloosa on Wednesday, it's fair to expect another fast-paced contest at Coleman Coliseum.

For a second time this season, Birmingham native Bucky McMillan is headed back to his home state as the Fightin' Texas Aggies will take on Alabama on Wednesday night. After winning at Auburn earlier this year, the Maroon & White head to Tuscaloosa on a four-game winning streak.

Despite shooting a miserable 58.3 percent at the charity stripe and missing Wade Taylor IV, Texas A&M dropped a gut-wrenching top-10 matchup with Alabama on Saturday, 94-88. The Aggies' saw their winning streak snapped at nine in front of a sold-out Reed Arena.

Led by the SEC's Preseason Player of the Year Mark Sears, fifth-ranked Alabama is off to a 13-2 start as the Crimson Tide look to build on last season's appearance in the Final Four. However, the last time a Nate Oats club came to College Station, they returned to T-Town with an L.

Following a massive setback last week, Texas A&M travels to Auburn seeking its first top-25 victory over the 16th-ranked Tigers. Ahead of tipoff, David Sandhop shares his keys to a successful night for A&M in what figures to be a tough SEC battle.

No. 16 Auburn is currently one of the hottest teams in the country, riding a seven-game winning streak into Tuesday's meeting with Texas A&M. Though imposing, the Aggies managed to upset the Tigers at Neville Arena last season and look to repeat that same feat once again.