Archive for SEC Basketball
Tide Picked To Finish 6th In SEC
Posted by: | CommentsBasketball season is about to tip-off in a few weeks and despite going to the NCAA last year and having several returning starters, the Alabama basketball team is picked to finished sixth in the SEC behind Kentucky, Florida, Missouri, Tennessee and Arkansas. Keep in mind Bama took care of UT and Arkansas handily last season […]
Grant Gets Contract Extension And Raise
Posted by: | CommentsAlabama basketball coach Anthony Grant received a raise and a contract extension last Thursday. Grant’s contract now extends to 2019 and he gets a $100,000 raise. Also in Grant’s contract, the last four years of his deal, his buyout is just $500,000. Coach Grant has done a lot since stepping on the UA campus. He […]
Eblen Leaves Tide Basketball Team
Posted by: | CommentsCrimson Tide basketball coach Anthony Grant announced that senior Ben Eblen will not be back for his senior season with the team. Eblen decided to leave the team to concentrate on school. He is schedule to graduate this coming December. While playing for the Tide, the senior averaged 0.7 points a game last season. With […]
Tide Outlast Tigers In Victory
Posted by: | CommentsIt wasn’t pretty but it was a victory. The Tide won their 20th game of the season defeating the Auburn Tigers 55-49. The game started like the first game between the pair this season with Auburn taking the early lead on the Tide, but Bama would fight back to take the lead with their defense. […]
Should The Iron Bowl Trophy Be Given At The Basketball Game?
Posted by: | CommentsI was reading my morning Twitter feed when I came across this item from former Bama basketball player and Crimson Tide color analyst Bryan Passink: “Think IronBowl trophy should be presented at stadium after ftbl game(like most).Takes some focus from game & has no impact attendance(at UA).” I thought to myself that Passink may be […]
Alabama Tries To Close Out Auburn During Senior Night
Posted by: | CommentsThe last time Alabama faced Auburn in Tuscaloosa, it was a last second JaMychal Green shoot that won the Tide the ball game. How ironic that on senior night that Green will be the only senior honored tonight. According to Bama head coach Anthony Grant, Green most likely will start tonight. It was the Auburn […]
Saban To Now Offer Four-Year Scholarships
Posted by: | CommentsIt was announced yesterday that Nick Saban has decided to offer four-year scholarship to football players. Alabama was one of the four schools from the SEC that voted against offering four-year scholarships, but Saban is no fool. He realizes he would be at a competitive disadvantage if he didn’t offer players a full ride all […]
Grant For SEC Coach Of The Year? Scarbinsky Thinks So
Posted by: | CommentsI know most Bama fans aren’t fans of Birmingham News sports writer Kevin Scarbinsky, but Scarbinsky had an interesting article recently about Tide head coach Anthony Grant being SEC Coach of the Year. Scarbinsky points out how Grant has managed to achieve success this year despite having to suspend his two best players; one for […]
Tide Spanks The Bullies
Posted by: | CommentsIf this was a must win for the Mississippi State, they sure didn’t play like it. The Bulldogs were dominated by the Crimson Tide 67-50. The Tide held State to a season low in points and was lead by a freshman. Levi Randolph had 18 points, seven rebounds, four assist and three rebounds not to […]
In Case You Missed It…
Posted by: | CommentsWhile trying to make an defensive play, Tide guard Levi Randolph took out announcer ESPN Jimmy Dykes. Fortunately, for Dykes and Randolph, no one was hurt but it was a pretty funny episode. Check it out this video from Awful Announcing.com. http://www.awfulannouncing.com/2012-articles/february/alabamas-levi-randolph-nearly-kills-jimmy-dykes.html