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Alabama takes down Vanderbilt on the road 74-72

The Crimson Tide fights off the Commodores in 74-72 road win.

Nate Oats took his Alabama Crimson Tide basketball squad to Nashville for a road game against the Commodores of Vanderbilt on Tuesday evening and came out with his eighth win in SEC play on the year.

Alabama moves to 18-10 on the season including an 8-7 record in conference competition after the close 74-72 victory.

The Crimson Tide had to stave off a late push by the Commodores to come away with the close road win against a good team that came into this game with two consecutive solid wins against then-No. 1 Auburn and Texas A&M.

Alabama was led in scoring by Jahvon Quinerly, who finished the game with 19 points. Noah Gurley, JD Davison and Keon Ellis followed Quinerly in total points with 11, 10 and 10 respectively.

Davison also came down with nine rebounds to lead the Tide on the boards for the night.

Scotty Pippen jr led the Commodores with 26 points. He also tallied six assists in Vanderbilt’s eleventh loss on the year.

Next up for Alabama is a home game against South Carolina on Saturday at 5:00 p.m. CST.

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Crimson Tide defeats visiting Mississippi State by 5 without Nate Oats

Alabama earns its third-straight win, this time against Mississippi State.

Nate Oats was not present for the latter half of the second half in Alabama’s Wednesday night matchup against the Mississippi State Bulldogs, but that didn’t stop the assistant coaches from making a big difference in their chance without him.

Alabama won 80-75 thanks to a 24-15 run after Oats’ departure, which noticeably fired the Crimson Tide up enough to propel them to victory absent their head coach.

While the Tide only hit six out of 30 on three-pointers, they shot 44.4% from the field overall. Jahvon Quinerly led Alabama in scoring with 21 points, followed by seven-footer Charles Bediako with 15. Jaden Shackelford and Darius Miles each tallied 12 points in the win.

Superstar freshman JD Davison recorded 10 rebounds to complement his seven points.

Defensively, Alabama refused to give the Bulldogs too many substantial looks from the floor in allowing just 36% FG shooting.

The SEC’s leading scorer, Iverson Molinar, led the Bulldogs in scoring with 22 points.

Alabama improves their record to 17-9 (7-6) following the win. They are the winners of three-straight games as the field pushes onward to March in anticipation for the NCAA Tournament.

Next up for Alabama is a road matchup against top-five Kentucky at Rupp Arena in Lexington at 12:00 p.m. CST.

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JD Davison projected to land with reigning NBA Champions in latest 2022 mock draft

Davison has a solid first-round projected landing spot!

Alabama true freshman guard JD Davison joined the Crimson Tide likely expecting the 2021-2022 season to be the only year he spends at the collegiate level. While his play began rocky this season, his dominance is beginning to shine through and the excitement he brings to the court never goes unnoticed.

Davison, in the latest 2022 NBA mock draft done by Krysten Peek from Yahoo!, is projected to be selected at No. 23 overall to the Milwaukee Bucks.

The Bucks are currently the most recent NBA Champions, defeating the Phoenix Suns in the NBA Finals.

There is still plenty of time left in both the NBA and college season for things to change, but for now, having Davison join the Bucks sounds like a solid starting point for his NBA career.

Roll Tide Wire will continue to follow Davison and other NBA-hopeful members of the Crimson Tide men’s basketball team.

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Ranking the Alabama Men’s Basketball Roster

Ranking Alabama’s basketball roster

With just six games remaining in the regular season, the Alabama Crimson Tide currently sits fifth in the SEC with a 6-6 conference record and a 16-9 record overall.

Although Alabama is solidly in the NCAA tournament, the Crimson Tide could drastically improve its seeding with a strong finish in conference play.

As the regular season continues to wind down we now have a pretty clear picture of who the Tide’s best players are. So I thought we could take a look at who I believe are the top-10 players for Nate Oats right now.

Obviously, this is very subjective so I am sure everyone will agree with my list completely!

Let’s get started, shall we?

Alabama beats Arkansas by 1 in close game in Coleman Coliseum

The Crimson Tide gets it done at home in 68-67 win over Arkansas.

The Crimson Tide came off their best performance of the year against the Ole Miss Rebels on Wednesday evening and didn’t falter in a home matchup against the Arkansas Razorbacks on Saturday afternoon.

The Tide shot 43% from the field and went 7-29 from three-point range. JD Davison led Alabama in scoring with 11 points. Jaden Shackelford had 10 and Noah Gurley had nine in the Tide’s 68-67 win over the Hogs at home in front of a packed house.

Despite 24 turnovers, Alabama came out on top in a game that came down to the last possession.

Arkansas shot 31% from the floor and hit on just six of 21 outside jumpers.

Next up for Alabama is a home game against the Mississippi State Bulldogs on Wednesday.

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Alabama vs. Arkansas: How to watch, stream and listen

Alabama is fresh off a road win against the Ole Miss Rebels where the Tide finally shot the ball well from deep leading to a 97-83 victory. Now the Crimson Tide will be back home inside of Coleman Coliseum to see if they can continue their hot shooting against the hottest team in the SEC, the Arkansas Razorbacks.

With a win, Nate Oats and the Tide would get back to a .500 record in conference play with just six games remaining in the regular season.

Here is how you can catch all the action between the Crimson Tide and the Razorback.

Alabama Crimson Tide vs. Ole Miss Rebels

Tipoff: Feb. 12 at 11:00 a.m. CST

Location: Coleman Coliseum, Tuscaloosa, AL

Television: SEC Network

Radio: Crimson Tide Sports Network / TuneIn app

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JD Davison could prove to be Alabama’s key to a late run

Alabama’s JD Davison could help give the Tide the boost they need here late in the season

What a roller coaster of a season it has been for Nate Oats and the Alabama basketball team. They have incredible wins over Gonzaga, Houston, and Baylor, but also have head-scratching losses to teams like Missouri and Georgia.

The three-point shooting has simply not been there for the Tide, especially as of late, but on Wednesday night, the team seemed to find its stroke against the Ole Miss Rebels. A big part of Alabama’s success against the Rebels was due to the play of true freshman guard JD Davison who finished the contest with 18 points, 8 assists, and 3 rebounds while connecting on 7 of his 8 shot attempts.

The outstanding play of Davison shouldn’t come as too big of a surprise, the kid was a five-star recruit who, like the team as a whole, has just been a little inconsistent in his first season in Tuscaloosa. But Davison’s play could prove to be the tipping point for the year’s Alabama basketball team.

In the Tide’s last three wins, Davison is averaging 16 points, 5 assists, and 4 rebounds. And in the last three losses for Alabama, Davison is only averaging 4 points, 4 assists, and 4 rebounds.

Receiving more consistent production from Davison would take a lot of the pressure off fellow backcourt members Jahvon Quinerly and Jaden Shackelford.

Hopefully, Davison and the rest of the Tide can continue its hot-shooting when Alabama takes on Arkansas back in Coleman Coliseum on Saturday morning.

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Alabama stomps Ole Miss 97-83 in Oxford

Nate Oats and the Alabama men’s basketball team dominated the Ole Miss Rebels in Oxford to the tune of 97-83 on Wednesday night.

Alabama caught fire from the field led by Jaden Shackelford’s 30 points on eight of thirteen from three. As a team, the Tide connected on 14 of its 22 three-point attempts.

Jahvon Quinerly distributed the ball well for the Tide, finishing with eight assists. True freshman JD Davison came alive for 18 points, 3 rebounds, and 8 assists off the bench,

Another player worth noting is true freshman Jusaun Holt who played extremely well on the defensive end of the floor for the Tide.

The Rebels were led by senior guard Jarkel Joiner who finished with 33 points in the contest.

Hopefully, the Tide can carry over the hot shooting into Saturday against the Razorbacks who are coming off a big win over top-ranked Auburn.

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Alabama can’t get it done against No. 5 Kentucky at home

The Tide couldn’t get it done at home, losing to No. 5 Kentucky 66-55

Nate Oats and his Alabama men’s basketball team will drop to 4-6 in SEC competition this season after a 66-55 loss to Kentucky at home. The Crimson Tide was hoping to avoid going two games below .500 in a key home game inside Coleman Coliseum on a Saturday evening.

The Tide couldn’t buy a three-pointer in this game against No. 5 Kentucky, their second home game against a top-five team in seven days (Alabama won the first last Saturday against Baylor).

It was ugly offensively from the start as the Wildcats defense left more than a dozen guys wide open for the Tide, but the shots just weren’t falling. Alabama went just 3-30 from 3PT range. Three-pointers weren’t the only shots missing for the Tide, however, as they went just 28% overall from the floor.

Charles Bediako looked good in the first half, but with three fouls early in the second half, he was rendered ineffective through much of the closing half. He led the Tide in both scoring and on the boards with 12 points and eight rebounds.

The talented backcourt consisting of Jaden Shackelford, Jahvon Quinerly and JD Davison combined for just 19 points, with just one three-ball dropping for the trio with Davison tallying the only one.

Kentucky had five players in double-digits with freshman TyTy Washington leading the way for the Wildcats with 15 points. Oscar Tschiebwe tallied 10 points but recorded another double-double by pulling down 15 rebounds.

Kentucky shot 40% from the floor and went 4-11 from deep as the Wildcats will improve to 19-4 on the season and 8-2 in conference play.

The Crimson Tide dropped to 14-9 on the campaign and 4-6 in SEC play.

Next up for Alabama is a road game against Ole Miss in Oxford on Wednesday night.

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Alabama defeats 3rd Final Four team of the year; upsets No. 4 Baylor 87-78

Alabama has now defeated three of last year’s Final Four teams in the NCAA Tournament.

Alabama fans, rejoice, exactly what the Crimson Tide needed to happen happened this afternoon.

Alabama defeated the No. 4 Baylor Bears on Saturday afternoon in their third win over a 2021 Final Four team this season.

Coleman Coliseum was as loud as its ever been in the win and certainly played a large part in Alabama’s win over the Bears.

The Crimson Tide took the lead with 17:30 remaining in the first half, just two and a half minutes into the game, and never relinquished it. Alabama led throughout the game in a dominant 87-78 win.

The Crimson Tide led by as many as fifteen points in the fifth win they have tallied against ranked competition. Alabama is now 6-4 in Quad 1 matchups, as ranked by the NCAA’s NET rankings.

Nate Oats’ squad shot 59% from the floor and went just 7-21 from three-point range. They were a solid 22-for-26 from the foul line in what was one of their better free-throw shooting performances of the season.

Jahvon Quinerly led the Tide in scoring in what turned out to be a rebound game for him after suffering a slump that began in January. He tallied 20 points and recorded five dimes on the day.

Jaden Shackelford followed with 19 points of his own on 5-of-12 field goals. JD Davison had an explosive performance while recording 14 points and going an impressive 6-of-9 from the floor.

Shackelford also led the Tide in rebounding with nine boards. Overall, Alabama won the battle on the boards with a 29-25 edge.

Next up for the Crimson Tide is a trip to The Jungle in Auburn to take on Bruce Pearl – who just signed an eight-year extension to remain an Auburn Tiger – and his No. 1 ranked squad.

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