Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball

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Alabama Crimson Tide
UniversityUniversity of Alabama
First season1912-13
All-time record1769–1088–1 (.619)
Head coachNate Oats (4th season)
ConferenceSEC
LocationTuscaloosa, Alabama
ArenaColeman Coliseum
(Capacity: 15,316)
NicknameCrimson Tide
Student sectionCrimson Chaos
ColorsCrimson and White[1]
         
Uniforms
Home jersey
Team colours
Home
Away jersey
Team colours
Away
Pre-tournament Premo-Porretta Champions
1930
NCAA Tournament Elite Eight
2004
NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen
1976, 1982, 1985, 1986, 1987*, 1990, 1991, 2004, 2021, 2023
NCAA Tournament Round of 32
1975, 1976, 1982, 1985, 1986, 1987*, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2018, 2021, 2023
NCAA Tournament Appearances
1975, 1976, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987*, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2012, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2023
*vacated by NCAA[2]
Conference Tournament Champions
1930, 1934, 1982, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 2021, 2023
Conference Regular Season Champions
1930, 1934, 1939, 1940, 1956, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1987, 2002, 2021, 2023

The Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball team is an American college basketball team. The team plays for the University of Alabama. The team plays in Division I of the NCAA. It plays in the Southeastern Conference (SEC). As of 2023, the team has been in the NCAA tournament 23 times. In 2003, the team was ranked number one in NCAA Division I for a short time. The team is coached by Nate Oats.

NCAA tournament[change | change source]

Alabama has been in the NCAA Tournament 24 times. It has reached the Sweet Sixteen nine times.[a] It reached the Elite Eight in 2004. Alabama has an overall NCAA Tournament record of 25 wins and 24 losses.

Year Seed Round Opponent Result
1975 - First round Arizona State L 94–97
1976 - First round
Sweet Sixteen
North Carolina
Indiana
W 79–64
L 69–74
1982 #4 Second round
Sweet Sixteen
#5 St. John's
#1 North Carolina
W 69–68
L 69–74
1983 #6 First round #11 Lamar L 50–73
1984 #9 First round #8 Illinois State L 48–49
1985 #7 First round
Second round
Sweet Sixteen
#10 Arizona
#2 VCU
#3 North Carolina State
W 50–41
W 63–59
L 55–61
1986 #5 First round
Second round
Sweet Sixteen
#12 Xavier
#4 Illinois
#1 Kentucky
W 97–80
W 58–56
L 63–68
1987* #2 First round
Second round
Sweet Sixteen
#15 North Carolina A&T
#7 New Orleans
#6 Providence
W 88–71
W 101–76
L 82–103
1989 #6 First round #11 South Alabama L 84–86
1990 #7 First round
Second round
Sweet Sixteen
#10 Colorado State
#2 Arizona
#11 Loyola Marymount
W 71–54
W 77–55
L 60–62
1991 #4 First round
Second round
Sweet Sixteen
#13 Murray State
#5 Wake Forest
#1 Arkansas
W 89–79
W 96–88
L 70–93
1992 #5 First round
Second round
#12 Stanford
#4 North Carolina
W 80–75
L 55–64
1994 #9 First round
Second round
#8 Providence
#1 Purdue
W 76–70
L 73–83
1995 #5 First round
Second round
#12 Pennsylvania
#4 Oklahoma State
W 91–85OT
L 52–66
2002 #2 First round
Second round
#15 Florida Atlantic
#10 Kent State
W 86–78
L 58–71
2003 #10 First round #7 Indiana L 62–67
2004 #8 First round
Second round
Sweet Sixteen
Elite Eight
#9 Southern Illinois
#1 Stanford
#5 Syracuse
#2 Connecticut
W 65–64
W 70–67
W 80–71
L 71–87
2005 #5 First round #12 UW-Milwaukee L 73–83
2006 #10 First round
Second round
#7 Marquette
#2 UCLA
W 90–85
L 59–62
2012 #9 Second round[b] #8 Creighton L 57–58
2018 #9 First round
Second round
#8 Virginia Tech
#1 Villanova
W 86–83
L 58–81
2021 #2 First round
Second round
Sweet Sixteen
#15 Iona
#10 Maryland
#11 UCLA
W 68–55
W 96–77
L 78–88OT
2022 #6 First round #11 Notre Dame L 64–78
2023 #1 First round
Second Round
Sweet Sixteen
#16 Texas A&M-CC
#8 Maryland
#5 San Diego State
W 96–75
W 73–51
L 64-71

* Vacated by the NCAA

  1. Alabama's records for the 1987 tournament were vacated by the NCAA.
  2. The Round of 64 was named the second round with the play-in games named the first round then.

References[change | change source]

  1. "Alabama Crimson Tide Logo Sheet" (PDF). June 28, 2018. Retrieved August 29, 2018.
  2. "2015 MEN'S FINAL FOUR RECORDS BOOK" (PDF). Retrieved March 5, 2016.