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Alabama’s path to 2024 SEC Conference Tournament Championship

Alabama doesn’t play until Friday, but check out the path the Crimson Tide will have to take to win the SEC Tournament in Nashville.

Alabama basketball’s 2023-2024 regular season came to a close with an impressive comeback win over Arkansas. Now, the Tide must wait until Friday to get started in the SEC Conference Tournament in Nashville.

The path Nate Oats and his third-seeded team will take isn’t easy, but it’s not necessarily the most difficult.

On Wednesday, March 13, No. 14 Missouri will take on No. 11 Georgia. The winner of that game will move on to face No. 6 Florida on Thursday. That contest’s winner advances to take on the Crimson Tide on Friday in the quarterfinals.

Should Alabama win, the semifinal matchup would be against one of: No. 10 Ole Miss, No. 7 Texas A&M, or No. 2 Kentucky.

Technically, Alabama is only three games away from winning the conference tournament.

Late-season struggles plagued the Tide in conference play, suffering some ugly losses to a few quality teams. Injuries are something to monitor, especially guard Rylan Griffen, who missed the regular season finale.

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Joe Lunardi projects Alabama to be top overall seed in NCAA MBB Tournament

The Crimson Tide is projected to be the highest-ranked seed in the entire tournament.

Alabama men’s basketball has impressed the nation with a 25-4 overall record and a 15-1 record against in-conference opponents. With only two games remaining, the Crimson Tide can win out and likely take the top overall seed in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament.

According to ESPN’s Joe Lunardi, Nate Oats and his team are the best team in the nation and would earn the No. 1 overall seed if the tournament were to start today.

Auburn will visit Tuscaloosa for a mid-week matchup and then the Crimson Tide will take on Texas A&M on the road to close out the regular season.

Roll Tide Wire will continue to follow Alabama basketball as the 2022-2023 regular season winds down.

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Alabama MBB falls just one spot in latest AP basketball top-25 poll

Alabama men’s basketball loses the No. 1 ranking, but doesn’t fall too far in the latest AP top-25 poll.

Alabama’s time at the top lasted just one week, but falling to Tennessee on the road was enough for the Crimson Tide to lose the No. 1 ranking in the Associated Press top-25 poll.

Houston overtakes Alabama as the top-ranked team in the nation, but the Crimson Tide lingers just behind at No. 2. A nearly 50-point win over the Georgia Bulldogs surely helped Nate Oats and his team from sliding any further.

Despite losing the top spot, Alabama did manage to land seven first-place votes.

The Crimson Tide will hit the road to take on South Carolina in a midweek SEC matchup.

Roll Tide Wire will continue to follow Alabama basketball as the 2022-2023 regular season winds down.

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Alabama MBB moves up to No. 8 in latest AP Men’s Basketball Poll

Alabama moves up three spots and now sits at No. 8 in the latest AP MBB Poll

Nate Oats and the Crimson Tide men’s basketball team is on a tear. The program is 7-1 so far in the season and is now ranked inside the top 10 in the nation.

With quality wins over UNC and Michigan State, it’s hard not to consider Alabama one of the strongest teams in the country. The only loss on the season came from UConn.

This upcoming Saturday, Dec. 10, Alabama will hit the road to take on top-ranked Houston in a game that will surely have an impact on next week’s rankings.

Roll Tide Wire will continue to cover Alabama basketball as the 2022-2023 season progresses.

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Alabama basketball forward James Rojas enters transfer portal

Alabama is up to five transfers from scholarship players.

The hits keep on coming for Nate Oats and his Alabama men’s basketball program.

Five scholarship players – Alex Tchikou, Keon Ambrose-Hylton, Jusaun Holt, Juwan Gary, and now, James Rojas – will be headed elsewhere for 2022 and beyond by way of the NCAA transfer portal.

Established in October of 2018, the NCAA’s transfer portal allows student-athletes to enter their name into an online database and essentially allow themselves to be re-recruited. Players can withdraw their name from the database at any time.

The 6-8, 220-pound forward has one year of eligibility remaining. He transferred to Alabama from JUCO Hutchinson Community College in Kansas in 2019. He sat out during his first season with a medical redshirt before going on to play 30 games for Alabama in 2020-21. In 2021 he missed much of the season due to an ACL injury, but returned to contribute in January. In two seasons and 47 games in Tuscaloosa, he averaged 3.8 points and 2.5 rebounds across 12 minutes per game.

Rojas was one of the best defenders that the Tide was able to play this season, and his presence will be missed.

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Alabama MBB forward Juwan Gary tweets goodbye message to Tuscaloosa

Juwan Gary took to Twitter to post a farewell message to his Alabama coaches, fans and supporters

Alabama men’s basketball is due for some big shakeups with the roster. There have already been a couple of big announcements, and recently rising redshirt junior forward Juwan Gary entered his name into the transfer portal and became the Crimson Tide’s fourth name with transfer intentions. The others are Jusaun Holt, Keon Ambrose-Hylton and Alex Tchikou.

The transfer was first reported on Wednesday by On3’s Matt Zenitz.

Gary started 16 games over 29 appearances for Alabama last season. The 6-6, 218-pound forward averaged 6.5 points and 3.4 rebounds over 15.5 minutes per game and shot 51.4% from the floor and 22.0% from behind the three-point line.

Gary just completed his third season with Alabama, but sat out the entire 2019-20 season with a torn ACL as a freshman before averaging 3.8 points and 2.8 rebounds over 9.4 minutes per game in 2020-21.

The Columbia, S.C., native came to Alabama rated as the No. 93 overall player and No. 23 small forward in the 2019 class, according to the 247Sports Composite.

Gary took to Twitter to post a farewell message to his Alabama coaches, fans and supporters.

While the roster turnover appears bleak, do remember that the Tide will bring in a solid recruiting class for 2022 and could still bring in three or four more transfers, depending on JD Davison’s decision.

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Ohio Bobcats transfer Mark Sears commits to Alabama MBB

Alabama men’s basketball earned a commitment from Ohio transfer guard Mark Sears

The Crimson Tide earned a commitment from Ohio Bobcats guard Mark Sears, who entered the transfer portal after a solid season with Ohio in 2021-22.

Sears hails from Muscle Shoals, AL, and averaged 19.7 points, 6.0 rebounds and 4.1 assists per game in 35 games for the Bobcats as a sophomore. He started in every game during the 2021-22 season.

As a freshman, the 6-1 185-pound Sears averaged 8.5 points, 2.8 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game.

According to 247Sports, Sears is ranked as the No. 8 player available in the NCAA transfer portal.

Alabama head coach Nate Oats definitely filled a need with this transfer addition. The Crimson Tide will lose Jaden Shackelford and Jahvon Quinerly (likely), and Oats says he has a “gut feeling” that freshman JD Davison will go pro, as well. The thing these guys all have in common is that they played guard.

Keon Ellis has not made his intentions clear at this point, while the NBA Draft declaration deadline is set for April 24.

Sears made his transfer destination known via a Twitter post to his account.

With many unknowns still hovering around the Alabama basketball program, it’s good to get some solid news regarding a guy that will for sure be wearing a Crimson uniform in 2022-23.

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Way-too-early Top 25 CBB rankings for 2022-2023 are high on Alabama

Tide Hoops may start the season with an impressive spot in the top-25 team rankings!

Alabama men’s basketball had a rough 2021-2022 season. Sure, the program as a whole is improving, which can be seen by the mere fact the team was a lock to make the NCAA Men’s Tournament when Selection Sunday came around – no more ‘bubble watch.’

[autotag]Nate Oats[/autotag]’ team, however, had a really ugly end to the regular season, followed by a horrible loss to Vanderbilt in the opening round of the SEC tournament and finally it all came to an end when Notre Dame took down the Crimson Tide in the Round of 64 in March Madness.

Kansas took down North Carolina in the national title game, which means college basketball is now officially in the offseason. What this really means is that it’s time to try and predict the future.

Jeff Borzello of ESPN released his “Way-too-early top 25 CBB rankings” for the start of the 2022-2023 season.

As difficult to watch Alabama’s season was to watch, Borzello has the Crimson Tide opening up the year as the No. 15 team in the nation. In fact, he would have them even higher if it wasn’t for [autotag]Jaden Shackelford[/autotag]’s recent announcement that he would be entering the 2022 NBA draft.

Borzello writes,

“Before Jaden Shackelford’s decision on Sunday to enter the NBA draft — with a statement that doesn’t indicate much of an interest in returning to Tuscaloosa — I had the Crimson Tide ranked inside the top 10. Now, they drop several spots, but I still like Nate Oats’ team. Jahvon Quinerly is back, as are three other key members of the Alabama rotation. A lot of the optimism stems from an elite recruiting class that features five-star prospects Jaden Bradley and Brandon Miller, as well as ESPN 100 recruits Rylan Griffen and Noah Clowney. We also have to wait and see whether JD Davison and Keon Ellis — two projected draft picks — will return to Tuscaloosa for another season.”

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Alabama basketball forward Alex Tchikou has entered the transfer portal

The 6-11 forward appeared in just two games this past season

Days after the Crimson Tide’s season ended in unfortunate fashion at the hands of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, it was dealt another blow when reserve forward Alex Tchikou entered his name into the NCAA transfer portal. The move was reported by Matt Zenitz via Twitter.

Tchikou will join Jahvon Quinerly, who announced the end of his college career the day after the loss to Notre Dame, and Jahvon’s brother Jaden Quinerly, as another impending departure from the Crimson Tide’s 2021-22 roster.

Tchikou, a 6-11, 200-pound power forward, arrived at the Capstone as a four-star recruit as part of the 2020 class and was ranked the eleventh best PF in the class, according to 247Sports’ composite ranking system.

He missed all but three games in the 2020-21 season with a ruptured Achilles tendon and recorded four rebounds in five total minutes on the floor.

He played in just two games during the 2021-22 season and recorded four rebounds in four total minutes played. His last appearance came in the blowout victory over the Miami Hurricanes on Nov. 28, where he tallied three rebounds in just a single minute on the court.

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Alabama guard Jahvon Quinerly announces end of college career after NCAA Tournament injury

Alabama guard Jahvon Quinerly has played his last game in a crimson uniform.

Alabama’s junior point guard Jahvon Quinerly appears ready to leave the college ranks following his knee injury in the 2022 NCAA Tournament loss against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish.

He took to Instagram to announce his departure from the program.

“Never in a million years would I have thought this how my last college game was gonna play out,” Quinerly wrote in an Instagram post. “3 mins in doesn’t even feel real. 10 toes always though. My story [is] not over. Thank you for all the well wishes and prayers, the rest is in God’s hands.”

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Quinerly will finish his college career at Alabama with a career average of 10.5 points per game, 2.9 assists per game and 2.1 rebounds per game.

While his and the entire team’s, 2021-22 season was cut short following the 78-64 loss to Notre Dame, it was likely especially painful for Quinerly to have suffered such an injury just three minutes into the game.

He averaged 13.8 points per game during his final season, including three rebounds and 4.1 assists per contest.

The third-year guard was injured as he was fouled driving to the basket inside San Diego’s Viejas Arena. He remained on the court for a few minutes before being helped to the Crimson Tide’s locker room. The television broadcast later showed him in the tunnel with crutches and a brace over his left leg.

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