Alabama Men's Basketball 2019 NIT Capsule

 

Alabama Crimson Tide

SEC (18-15, 8-10)

 
Big Wins: 11/26 Murray State (78-72), 1/5 Kentucky (77-75), 1/29 Mississippi State (83-79)
Bad Losses: 12/4 Georgia State (80-83), 1/12 Texas A&M (80-81), 3/9 at Arkansas (70-82)
Coach: Avery Johnson
 
Probable Starters:
Kira Lewis, Freshman, Guard, 13.6 ppg, 2.9 apg
Riley Norris, Senior, Guard, 6.6 ppg, 3.6 apg
Tevin Mack, Junior, Guard, 9.1 ppg, 3.4 rpg
Donta Hall, Senior, Forward, 10.6 ppg, 8.7 rpg, 1.6 bpg
Galin Smith, Sophomore, Forward, 3.8 ppg, 2.2 rpg
 
Key Role Players:
Dazon Ingram, Junior, Guard, 7.2 ppg, 3.8 rpg, 2.5 apg
Herbert Jones, Sophomore, Guard, 6.0 ppg, 3.5 rpg, 2.0 apg
Alex Reese, Sophomore, Forward, 5.9 ppg, 2.4 rpg
John Petty, Sophomore, Guard, 10.2 ppg, 4.2 rpg
 
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 72.6 (174th in nation, 9th in conference)
Scoring Defense: 71.1 (188, 8)
Field-Goal Percentage: 44.6 (165, 8)
Field-Goal Defense: 43.8 (182, 13)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 7.2 (231, 9)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 34.0 (206, 9)
Free-Throw Percentage: 66.9 (303, 13)
Rebound Margin: 3.0 (88, 7)
Assists Per Game: 12.3 (263, 10)
Turnovers Per Game: 13.6 (240, 10)
 
Recent Postseason Appearances:
 
2018NCAARound of 64 win over Virginia Tech
2018NCAARound of 32 loss to Villanova
2017NITFirst Round loss to Richmond
2016NITFirst Round loss to Creighton
2015NITFirst Round win over Illinois
2015NITSecond Round loss to Miami (FL)
2013NITFirst Round win over Northeastern
2013NITSecond Round win over Stanford
2013NITQuarterfinal loss to Maryland
2012NCAARound of 64 loss to Creighton
2011NITFirst Round win over Coastal Carolina
2011NITSecond Round win over New Mexico
2011NITQuarterfinal win over Miami
2011NITSemifinal win over Colorado
2011NITFinal loss to Wichita State
2007NITFirst Round loss to Massachusetts
2006NCAARound of 64 win over Marquette
2006NCAARound of 32 loss to UCLA
2005NCAARound of 64 loss to Milwaukee
2004NCAARound of 64 win over Southern Illinois
2004NCAARound of 32 win over Stanford
2004NCAARegional Semifinal win over Syracuse
2004NCAARegional Final loss to Connecticut
 
*all team stats through 3/10