Trevor Booker and James Mays scored 18 points each inside and Terrence Oglesby added 17 for the Tigers (12-1), who resumed their domination of the Southeastern Conference.
The result was the worst loss at Coleman Coliseum for the Crimson Tide (10-4) since a 93-60 defeat to LSU in 2000 and the most lopsided home nonconference defeat since losing by 28 to Ohio State in 1970.
Booker was more surprised by the manner of the easy win than the final margin.
"I didn't think they were going to quit toward the end," he said. "I think they gave up toward the seven-minute mark."
Tide coach Mark Gottfried hardly disagreed with that assessment, thanks to what he referred to as a "second-half disaster."
"I'm completely, 100 percent embarrassed at how my team competed in the second half," said Gottfried, whose team entered on a six-game winning streak. "That hasn't been the case for one minute of one game this year. I think we got frustrated. Their pressure hurt us. They made a nice run, they made some tough shots, we started getting hurried on offense. We took some bad shots."
The Tigers have won seven of their past eight games against SEC teams, the only loss coming to Mississippi on Dec. 22.
They took control of this one midway through the second half, setting up uncontested shots and denying any such chances for the Tide.
**In ranking news, much of the same old story.. #2 Memphis beats #19 'Zona after beating #4 GTown, and remain in 2nd place behind the tarholez which played yet another cupcake team on their cowardice schedule. The selection committee and the coaches involved in these ranking polls should apologize to the fans and should be replaced on future polls.
Happy New Year peeps! We made it to another YEAR!!
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