Good morning and welcome to Roll Tide Wire’s Alabama Morning Drive where we give you the day’s top stories from Alabama athletics and the SEC.
On tap for today is the painfully inconsistent Alabama men’s basketball team, baseball finally gets back in the win column, and a recent class of 2023 commit receives five-star status on the On3 consensus rankings.
Alabama basketball, the epitome of inconsistency
I have completely given up on trying to figure out this Alabama men’s basketball team. By now you all know the story. This team has beaten some of the top teams in the country but also has some head-scratching defeats. The latest is the complete spanking the Tide took on Wednesday night at the hands of the Texas A&M Aggies, 87-71.
A&M took it to Alabama in the second half, outscoring the Tide 50-31. Alabama turned the ball over a total of 19 times which lead to 29 points for the Aggies. Alabama’s carelessness with the basketball continues to be a problem for Nate Oats and the Tide.
Alabama will travel to Baton Rouge on Saturday to compete with the Tigers of LSU. Tip-off is set for 11:00 a.m. CT on CBS.
Alabama baseball dominates Troy
After suffering four consecutive losses on the diamond, Brad Bohannon and the Alabama baseball team were able to get back on track Wednesday afternoon taking care of the Troy Trojans, 8-1. The Tide improves to 6-4 on the season and will host Murray State over the weekend. The weekend series will be available on SEC Network+.
Alabama softball does what Alabama softball does
Patrick Murphy has to be pleased with the start to the season that Team 26 has had. The ladies finished off UAB on Wednesday night 7-0 to improve their season record to 16-0. Alabama is set to host the T-Mobile Crimson Classic this weekend where they are set to take on Texas and Miami (OH).
Alabama commit Jahlil Hurley receives fifth-star
Just a little over a week ago class of 2023 in-state cornerback prospect Jahlil Hurley committed to Nick Saban and the Tide. Now the high school standout has received his fifth-star thanks to the newly updated On3 consensus rankings. Hurley is now rated as the third-best prospect in the state of Alabama for the class of 2023.
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