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Where Alabama MBB is projected to land in ESPN lead bracketologist Joe Lunardi’s bracket

The SEC is tied with the Big Ten and Big 12 for the most teams in ESPN’s 2023 bracketology field. The Crimson Tide returns to the big Dance

Despite the college basketball season ending just about a month ago, ESPN’s Joe Lunardi is already taking a crack at predicting the 2023 field. Lunardi has been ESPN’s lead analyst for college basketball and in 2008 picked the entire 65 team tournament correctly. In other words, he is one of if not the best minds in college hoops.

Currently, he sees the Big 10, SEC and Big 12 each leading the way with seven teams to each qualify. Among those seven SEC teams are the Alabama Crimson Tide who he predicts as a five seed in the West (Las Vegas) region. He predicts that they would meet up with the Liberty Flames.

[autotag]Nate Oats[/autotag] and company are still more than capable of competing for an SEC title, even after losing a plethora of talent to the NBA draft and transfer portal. Fortunately, Alabama was able to bring [autotag]Jahvon Quinerly[/autotag] back for one more season as well as [autotag]Nimarri Burnett[/autotag] being one of the most anticipated newcomers in recent memory.

The Tide are still looking to bring in a player or two from the portal. When the time comes though, the Tide will be ready to roll.

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Alabama Morning Drive: Nate Oats provides injury updates on Quinerly and Burnett

The latest news and notes involving the Alabama Crimson Tide on Thursday morning.

Good Thursday morning Tide fans and welcome back to another edition of Alabama Morning Drive. I hope everyone is having a great week as we inch closer to the weekend.

If you are new here, Alabama Morning Drive is an early a.m. update on all the latest news and notes involving the Crimson Tide. Thank you for allowing Roll Tide Wire to be a small part of your day.

Let’s just jump right into today’s top stories. On Wednesday, Alabama’s head men’s basketball coach [autotag]Nate Oats[/autotag] provided injury updates on two of the Tide’s key team members, Jahvon Quinerly and Nimari Burnett at the Regions Tradition Pro-Am in Birmingham.

Oats had this to say about Quinerly’s expected timetable.

“We’re hoping by SEC play. If his recovery goes great, maybe sooner. But we’re not gonna try to rush him because we want him to have a healthy year when he’s able to play and try to get himself to be able to play after college. So yeah, that’s when planning on is like by SEC play.”

BREAKING: Alabama PG Jahvon Quinerly announces return to the Tide

Alabama hoops receives some significant news from star guard Jahvon Quinerly.

In one of the more shocking decisions since the conclusion of the college basketball season, Alabama guard Jahvon Quinerly has announced that he will return to the Crimson Tide for the 2022-23 season.

The talented guard, unfortunately, suffered a knee injury in the opening minutes of Alabama’s first-round matchup with Notre Dame in the NCAA tournament back on March 18.

Quinerly’s decision has to be exciting for Alabama head coach Nate Oats who has seen several members of the team exit Tuscaloosa in favor of the NBA or the NCAA transfer portal.

Quinerly averaged 13.8 points, 4.2 assists, and 3.0 rebounds per game for the Tide during the 2021-22 season.

Jahvon announced his decision via his Twitter account on Saturday evening.

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Alabama Morning Drive: Nick Saban suspends WR Agiye Hall

The latest news and notes involving the Alabama Crimson Tide on Thursday morning.

Good Thursday morning ‘Bama nation! Welcome back to another edition of Alabama Morning Drive where we bring you the latest and greatest involving the Alabama Crimson Tide!

We finally have an official update on a talented wide receiver’s status, another hoops player enters the portal, and Alabama softball has a game canceled.

So pour you a cup and let’s get this thing started.

First…softball’s midweek game was canceled…

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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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Cormac Ryan carries Notre Dame past Alabama in NCAA Tournament

The season continues!

When Cormac Ryan began his collegiate career at Stanford, he never could have envisioned where he would be in a few years. He certainly couldn’t have anticipated playing the starring role for Notre Dame in an NCAA Tournament game. But that’s exactly what happened as he poured in a career-high 29 points to lead the Irish to a 78-64 win over Alabama. That gives the Irish a spot in the Round of 32 and a date with third-seeded Texas Tech.

The Irish (24-10) played a back-and-forth first half with the Crimson Tide (19-14) and took a five-point lead into the break. Just beyond the midway point of the second half, that lead grew to 14 thanks to the Irish making some timely baskets and not allowing many second chances. Consequently, the Tide never got closer than eight the rest of the way, though they were dealing with an early game-ending injury to Jahvon Quinerly, their second-best scorer and assists leader. While the Irish certainly would have preferred to beat a Tide team that was fully healthy, that doesn’t always happen.

Not only did Ryan play the best game of his career, but he did it at the most opportune time possible. His scoring total is a program record for an NCAA Tournament game, as are his seven 3-pointers. Since being reinserted into the starting lineup in February, he now is averaging 13.8 points a game. Him emerging as a player who leads by example on the court is a development few could have expected, but who’s complaining?

Equally lethal was the duo of Blake Wesley and Paul Atkinson Jr., who combined for 31 points and seven steals. Atkinson also led the Irish with eight rebounds, and Wesley had a couple of fast breaks off steals for easy buckets in the second half. Off the bench, Nate Laszewski scored 10.

If all those details are boring to you, you can just watch this:

And don’t forget about a few words from Mike Brey:

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Alabama hoops knocked out of NCAA Tournament by Notre Dame in 78-64 loss

Alabama will not be moving on in the NCAA Tournament.

Alabama became yet another victim of the long list of upsets that have occurred during this year’s edition of March Madness, dropping their first-round game to the West Region’s 11-seeded Notre Dame Fighting Irish in the first round of the 2022 NCAA Tournament.

The Irish came out strong in the first half and took a five-point lead heading into the locker room for the halftime break.

The second half was much of the same, unfortunately for Tide fans, and Alabama turned the ball over 14 times over the course of the game.

Cormac Ryan was hitting everything he put up and scored a career-high 29 points for the Irish in Notre Dame’s second consecutive win in the tournament.

The Irish shot 53.7% from the floor and hit on 10 of 16 three-pointers.

The loss to Jahvon Quinerly early in the first half certainly didn’t help matters for the Crimson Tide, as his production was profoundly missed in the several minutes following his injury.

Alabama shot just 40% from the floor overall and didn’t do any better than usual from beyond the three-point line, knocking down just eight of 24 attempts from three.

Keon Ellis led the Crimson Tide in scoring with 16 points, but four different Alabama players got into double digits in the loss. The Tide’s leading scorer on the season, Jaden Shackelford, scored 13, JD Davison tallied 11 and Juwan Gary scored 10.

Charles Bediako fouled out with 5:37 remaining in the game, but afterward, the Tide looked like they could make a run to shrink the lead. That never came to fruition, unfortunately, as the Irish got another spark from a Ryan three-pointer and the onslaught continued.

The 2021-22 season ends for the Crimson Tide, but there is still a ton of reason to be excited for the future of the program. Nate Oats had his Alabama squad in the NCAA Tournament for the second consecutive time, which the program hasn’t accomplished since 2004 and 2005, and we are just one year removed from an SEC regular season and SEC Tournament championship.

While we expect certain players to go pro or transfer out of the program, it remains to be seen who could stay. You can be sure that you will be promptly updated whenever we receive information in that regard.

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Alabama trails Notre Dame at the half 41-36; will be without Quinerly the rest of the way

The Tide has a bit of work to do in the second half.

The Crimson Tide has a little bit of work to do in the second half against Notre Dame in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

Alabama is taking on the Fighting Irish in their second-consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance, which happens to be the first time they have accomplished such a feat since 2004 and 2005, and hopes to move on to take on the Texas Tech Red Raiders on Sunday in the second round of the event.

Unfortunately for the Crimson Tide, they have to go forward in this game without starting guard Jahvon Quinerly, and it’s unforeseen as of now whether he will miss more time in the tournament or not, should the Tide advance.

So far, Alabama has spread the points across the board, with eight different guys tallying points in the first half. The Tide is led in scoring by Jaden Shackelford with eight points. Keon Ellis leads Alabama on the boards with five.

Freshman JD Davison is playing a lot more under control than we have seen lately, he leads the team in assists with four and has also scored five points himself.

Alabama has had some trouble handling Notre Dame guard Cormac Ryan, who has 18 points, mostly from three-point range. He leads all scorers in the box score.

Paul Atkinson, the 6-9 forward for the Irish and their tallest player in the starting lineup, has pulled down five rebounds and has scored six points. Atkinson is the team leader in rebounding so far through one half.

The Tide trails by five with another 20 minutes to play.

Roll Tide Wire will update you on the results of the game after its conclusion.

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INJURY UPDATE: Jahvon Quinerly ruled out for remainder of first round game against Notre Dame

Alabama basketball will be without Jahvon Quinerly for at least the remainder of their first-round game against Notre Dame

Alabama basketball is participating in their second consecutive NCAA Tournament since the early 2000s against Notre Dame as the sixth seed in the West Region in San Diego.

Notre Dame came into the tournament as an 11-seed and had to play their way into the field of 64 against Rutgers, a game in which they came away victorious after two overtime periods.

Jahvon Quinerly, Alabama’s point guard and last season’s SEC Tournament MVP, left the game early in the first half following an apparent knee injury, and it has been confirmed that he will be unavailable for the remainder of the Tide’s game against the Fighting Irish.

It isn’t clear the extent of the injury, as Oats and co. didn’t provide many details other than the fact that the injury was to his left knee.

The CBS broadcasting crew declined to speculate on the injury with the lack of information, and Roll Tide Wire will provide further details as soon as they are available.

 

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