Alabama Crimson Tide
SEC (18-14, 8-10)
Big Wins: 12/28 UCLA (56-50), 1/10 at Tennessee (56-38), 3/7 at Texas A&M (61-60)
Bad Losses: 1/13 at South Carolina (66-68), 2/14 Vanderbilt (68-76), 2/28 at Vanderbilt (66-73)
Coach: Anthony Grant
Probable Starters:
Levi Randolph, Senior, Guard, 15.2 ppg, 2,4 apg, 5.0 rpg
Rodney Cooper, Senior, Guard, 10.6 ppg, 3.7 rpg
Retin Obasohan, Junior, Guard, 5.7 ppg, 2.7 rpg
Riley Norris, Freshman, Guard/Forward, 4.7 ppg, 4.2 rpg
Jimmie Taylor, Sophomore, Forward, 5.6 ppg, 4.9 rpg
Key Roleplayers:
Ricky Tarrant, Junior, Guard, 13.1 ppg, 2.0 apg
Shannon Hale, Sophomore, Forward, 8.2 ppg, 3.2 rpg
Michael Kessens, Sophomore, Forward, 5.8 ppg, 5.3 rpg
Justin Coleman, Freshman, Guard, 4.3 ppg
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 66.9 (185th in nation, 9th in conference)
Scoring Defense: 63.9 (104, 8)
Field-Goal Percentage: 43.8 (158, 6)
Field-Goal Defense: 41.4 (96, 9)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 6.5 (141, 8)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 32.3 (78, 7)
Free-Throw Percentage: 71.7 (80, 4)
Rebound Margin: 0.3 (188, 12)
Assists Per Game: 10.4 (311, 13)
Turnovers Per Game: 12.3 (156, 6)
Recent Postseason Appearances:
2013 NIT First Round win over Northeastern
2013 NIT Second Round win over Stanford
2013 NIT Quarterfinal loss to Maryland
2012 NCAA Second Round loss to Creighton
2011 NIT First Round win over Coastal Carolina
2011 NIT Second Round win over New Mexico
2011 NIT Quarterfinal win over Miami
2011 NIT Semifinal win over Colorado
2011 NIT Final loss to Wichita State
2007 NIT First Round loss to Massachusetts
2006 NCAA Round of 64 win over Marquette
2006 NCAA Round of 32 loss to UCLA
2005 NCAA Round of 64 loss to Milwaukee
2004 NCAA Round of 64 win over Southern Illinois
2004 NCAA Round of 32 win over Stanford
2004 NCAA Regional Semifinal win over Syracuse
2004 NCAA Regional Final loss to Connecticut
*all team stats through 3/8
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