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The ultimate Iron Bowl of Basketball is now in sight
Two down, three to go for Auburn. Two down, three to go for Alabama. Two down, three to go for Armageddon. It's real now. Auburn has...
Kevin Scarbinsky
14 minutes ago

Will the real Auburn Tigers please stand up?
Doubt Us. That's what the shirt says. You know, those shooting shirts that shoe companies distribute to their basketball schools playing...
Kevin Scarbinsky
4 days ago


Scarbo Knows, The PodCast. Chapter 2: Sweet Hoops Alabama
The greatest basketball season in the state of Alabama's history rolls into the postseason. Alabama is No. 2 among all states in NCAA...
Kevin Scarbinsky
5 days ago

Pound for pound, Alabama is the heavyweight champion of postseason basketball
Ball doesn't lie. Neither do the numbers. Add them up, and guess which state can stake the strongest claim as the national champion of...
Kevin Scarbinsky
Mar 18

This state's greatest hoops season demands Alabama vs. Auburn as the grand finale
Before we get to the next-level madness and the SEC-centric brackets, let's draw a line at center court. Between the regular season and...
Kevin Scarbinsky
Mar 17


The Scarbo Knows Podcast. Chapter 1: Who's really No. 1, Auburn or Florida?
If you're a basketball junkie, there's no better time to launch a podcast than Selection Sunday. So welcome to Scarbo Knows: Chapter 1 -...
Kevin Scarbinsky
Mar 17

Poll performance can be an indicator of impending NCAA Tournament success
They say polls don't matter, especially in college basketball, even more so when we get to March. At heart, they're right. The polls...
Kevin Scarbinsky
Mar 11

Please let Alabama and Auburn settle the score once or twice more
Of course it ended that way, this game that completed the greatest regular season in the Iron Bowl of Basketball's history. Never before...
Kevin Scarbinsky
Mar 10

Imagine Alabama and Auburn in the ultimate Final Four IBOB
And so it begins tonight, with greater expectations and possibilities than ever, in a most unlikely place at a most opportune moment....
Kevin Scarbinsky
Nov 6, 2024

The State of Auburn: You're still chasing Vanderbilt
You should never make a decision to let a coach stay or make him leave based on one game. There are too many variables in a 60-minute...
Kevin Scarbinsky
Nov 6, 2024

Nice to see Auburn and Alabama give their fans a reason to smile
Andy Burcham is the voice of the Auburn Tigers, but it wasn't his voice that caught my attention this time. It was his eye for detail and...
Kevin Scarbinsky
Nov 6, 2024

Alabama is falling, and Auburn can't get up. Why Nick Saban is to blame.
Blame it on Nick Saban. All of it. The Third Saturday in October started to go wrong for this state's SEC institutions long before...
Kevin Scarbinsky
Oct 25, 2024

Football had a nice run here, but Alabama is now a basketball state
It is more anecdotal than official, but it is undeniable. The body of evidence continues to grow wider than Charles Barkley in his...
Kevin Scarbinsky
Oct 25, 2024

Look closer at the talent Kalen DeBoer and Nick Saban inherited at Alabama
The reviews are in, and they are Godfather awful. Godfather III, that is. "Irresponsible … Disingenuous … Makes no sense … Does a...
Kevin Scarbinsky
Oct 14, 2024

Kalen DeBoer looks a lot like Nick Saban when it comes to discipline
Things you don't do as a veteran leader of the No. 1 team in the nation at the end of a shocking upset loss at historically woebegone...
Kevin Scarbinsky
Oct 10, 2024

The Kalen DeBoer story arc: From first (in the AP poll) to worst (loss in Alabama history)
Expectations are a way of life for Alabama football, which is to be expected. After all, the debate over the sport's greatest coach comes...
Kevin Scarbinsky
Oct 7, 2024

Trent Dilfer needs a refresher on UAB's history with 'freakin' Alabama'
Were you there? Of all the things Trent Dilfer said during his tone-deaf postgame press conference Saturday and his unapologetic Monday...
Kevin Scarbinsky
Oct 4, 2024


Alabama's better off now with Kalen DeBoer rather than Nick Saban
Let's not overthink it. Let's come right out and say it. The Alabama football program is better off right now without Nick Saban as head...
Kevin Scarbinsky
Sep 30, 2024

Alabama has a new coach and a new edge on Kirby Smart and Georgia
Kirby Smart is on the hot seat. No, not that hot seat, the kind that burns your silver britches before your tenure goes up in flames. A...
Kevin Scarbinsky
Sep 26, 2024

The Auburn football coach, team and program have lost their way
What is an Auburn man? You can answer that question in the abstract by reading from the Auburn Creed, leaning on the core principle as...
Kevin Scarbinsky
Sep 23, 2024
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