Latest Alabama Basketball Stories
Posted: Nov 20th 2009 1:54PM ET by David Steele (RSS feed)
Filed under: Georgia Tech, Kentucky, Syracuse, UCLA, Alabama

The roll call of eye-popping scores began with the start of the college basketball season. And there's a chance they won't slow down soon, for an important reason: this time, the names on the front of the jerseys tell less of a story than the names on the back.
The opening week's finals look like someone's idea of a joke. The opening acts, in exhibition season, should have warned everybody: LeMoyne 82,
Syracuse 79, and
Georgia Tech 84,
Indiana (Pa.) 76 in overtime. Then, when the games counted:
Texas-San Antonio 62,
Iowa 50. Cornell 71, Alabama 67. Wofford 60, Georgia 57. Rider 88, Mississippi State 74. Cal State-Fullerton 68, UCLA 65 in two overtimes.
None of that includes Kentucky 72, Miami of Ohio 70, in Game Two of the John Calipari Era in Lexington; if not for freshman
John Wall's heroics in, literally, the final second, that era would have been a carbon-copy of the start of the now-infamous Billy Gillispie Era (loss at home to Gardner-Webb in his second game).
Posted: Mar 9th 2009 2:30PM ET by Matt Snyder (RSS feed)
Filed under: Michigan State, Big Ten, SEC, Coaches, Alabama

For some godforesaken reason, some Alabama fans and media think they have a shot at landing Michigan State's
Tom Izzo as the replacement for
Mark Gottfried. Apparently, just because their football coach,
Nick Saban, is a former Michigan State coach, he can just extend a phone call and land Izzo at the drop of a hat.
There are two problems here. First of all, Izzo has already built a situation superior to one he could build at Alabama. He's worshipped on campus, and his family is settled in the area. You aren't going to uproot your entire life unless bowled over by money. How much more money does Alabama have to spend on a basketball coach than Michigan State? Not near enough, if any at all.
Posted: Mar 8th 2009 2:34PM ET by Chas Rich (RSS feed)
Filed under: Tennessee, SEC, Alabama

On Sunday, the Vols got knocked off by Alabama on a desperation shot from mid-court with time expiring.
Anthony Brock was the hero who took the shot, throwing Alabama into hysteria. Yet a day earlier Brock was gripped with sadness, as he was mourning the loss of his grandmother at her funeral. It wasn't until late in the night that he re-joined the team. With little sleep for an early afternoon game and a heavy heart, Brock scored 11 points and shot 3-of-3 from behind the arc, including the game-winner.
Posted: Jan 27th 2009 10:00PM ET by Matt Snyder (RSS feed)
Filed under: Minnesota, Big Ten, SEC, Coaches, Alabama

Apparently,
Tubby Smith's departure from Minnesota can't come soon enough in the eyes of the media. When
Lute Olson retired at Arizona, Tubby was tied to the job through pure conjecture, and now it's happening again. Earlier this week,
Mark Gottfried "resigned" from his post at the University of Alabama. Today, everyone's favorite talking heads --
Tony Kornheiser and
Michael Wilbon --
got the ball rolling.
I guess the fact that Tubby Smith's two previous head coaching jobs came in the same conference as Alabama make it a quasi-logical destination. Other than that, though, there is little substance here.
Posted: Jan 27th 2009 9:00PM ET by Chas Rich (RSS feed)
Filed under: SEC, Coaches, Alabama

Is this some cultural thing in Alabama of which I'm unaware? Rather than admit that they are canning their coaches, Alabama programs are releasing awkward press releases claiming the coach has resigned. Completely voluntary, and out of the blue. Nothing else to see here, honestly.
The problem with the scenario is that the coach is getting the full buyout as if he was fired without cause. No program will just toss extra money to a former coach when it does not have to.
Posted: Jan 26th 2009 11:00PM ET by Will Brinson (RSS feed)
Filed under: Coaches, Media Watch, Alabama
Mark Gottfried resigned as head coach of the Alabama Crimson Tide basketball team today, a move that will certainly draw plenty of discussion as to whether he resigned or "
resigned."
Under Gottfried, the Tide made the NCAA Tournament for five consecutive years but have struggled recently. Word on the street is that
Phillip Pearson will take over the squad as the university conducts a full search for a coach.
Posted: Nov 26th 2008 3:25AM ET by Shiloh Carder (RSS feed)
Filed under: Indiana, Notre Dame, Oregon, Texas, UNC, Alabama, North Carolina

Well, I guess all the college basketball honks get what they wanted:
Luke Harangody's Notre Dame Fighting Irish facing off against
Tyler Hansbrough and the North Carolina Tar Heels for the Maui Invitational championship.
Notre Dame 81, Texas 80: Harangody poured in 29 points and grabbed 11 boards in the win for the Irish. Notre Dame had to watch an
A.J. Abrams half-court heave hit the front of the rim before celebrating their hard-fought win. The Irish made this game closer than it should have been as they missed 11 of their 21 free throw attempts. This is the only one of the eight games played in the Maui Invitational to have a margin of victory under 18 points.
North Carolina 98, Oregon 69: The Heels jumped all over Oregon early with aggressive defense and an offense that, when ran the way
Roy Williams wants, looks unstoppable.
Danny Green led the way again with 21 points.
Posted: Nov 25th 2008 11:35AM ET by Shiloh Carder (RSS feed)
Filed under: Indiana, Notre Dame, Oregon, Texas, Alabama
While you are bundled up in the northeast and midwest, there are some young men hanging out in Hawaii and playing basketball. Lucky!
Day 1 went as expected as the three teams that have a legit shot at winning this all moved on pretty handily. All four games were pretty much blowouts and make for an interesting day today.
North Carolina 115, Chaminade 70: The Tar Heels didn't need a resting Tyler Hansbrough as they used their elite talent to just crush the Silverswords. Danny Green scored a career-high 26 points and became the "oop" to a lot of "alleys". It was the second worst beating Chaminade has suffered in this tournament.
Notre Dame 88, Indiana 50: Last year, Indiana head coach Tom Crean took his Marquett team to the Maui finals (they lost to Duke). This year's trip doesn't compare. The battered Hoosiers were just manhandled by the cross-state Fighting Irish. All the stars at Notre Dame did their thing, including a ho-hum 14 points from Luke Harangody.