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Kentucky's national title a fitting end to season

Kentucky’s national title a fitting end to season

Marc Torrence April 3, 2012

I’ll admit it. I wasn’t glued to my television Monday night to watch Kentucky play Kansas in the national championship game like so many sports fans were. I love March Madness, I really do. I grew...

Three lessons from this year’s March Madness

Tyler Rigdon March 27, 2012

The time has come and almost gone again. Brackets were filled, fingers were crossed, and all chaos ensued. Over six million brackets were filled in the ESPN Tournament Challenge, and over six million of...

March Madness and tournament work for basketball, not football

Marc Torrence March 20, 2012

Upsets. Excitement. Heartbreak. Those are just three qualities on the endless list of reasons why the NCAA men’s basketball tournament is one of the greatest spectacles in sports. By now, I’m sure...

Tide falls to Creighton in first full round of NCAA tournament

Brett Hudson March 16, 2012

JaMychal Green entered the room. The television lights coming from above him reflected specifically well from underneath his eyes, as if tears had been shed. Andrew Steele’s eyes were getting increasingly...

Tide defense will be key against Creighton

Brett Hudson March 16, 2012

Coaches of teams heading into the postseason stress to their players that the postseason is an entirely new season. In the postseason, everyone is 0-0 and anything can happen. The statement is true; George...

Tide likely to falter in Round of 32

Brett Hudson March 16, 2012

Friday afternoon, the Alabama men’s basketball team will be playing its first meaningful postseason game since 2006. The road ahead is difficult, to say the least. In the opening round, Alabama will...

No. 9 seed Alabama to play in NCAA tournament for first time since 2006

Brett Hudson March 11, 2012

As JaMychal Green and Andrew Steele stepped in front of the media to discuss the team’s selection to the NCAA tournament, they could do nothing but smile. The Alabama men’s basketball team (21-11,...

No bye gives Tide tough run to title

No bye gives Tide tough run to title

Brett Hudson March 8, 2012

All season long, the Alabama men’s basketball team talked extensively about controlling its own destiny and only controlling what it can control. In reality, when the last day of the regular season...

Which Alabama basketball team will show up in NOLA?

Which Alabama basketball team will show up in NOLA?

Marc Torrence March 7, 2012

Alabama basketball is not on the bubble of the NCAA tournament – for now. Many pundits (or bracketologists, as they’re also called) have the Crimson Tide penciled in somewhere between the eight and...

Tide still fighting for March Madness bid

Tide still fighting for March Madness bid

Brett Hudson February 29, 2012

Entering the regular season, Alabama was ranked in the top 15 in the nation and was considered an automatic participant in the 2012 NCAA Tournament. Then the Crimson Tide started Southeastern Conference...

Fifteen minutes of face

Fifteen minutes of face

Marc Torrence February 29, 2012

For many Internet sensations, fame comes from a YouTube video or a television gaffe. But for Alabama freshman Jack Blankenship, the attention comes from something completely different: a face. It all...

Wheelchair basketball teams play first games in Foster

Wheelchair basketball teams play first games in Foster

Mary Grace Showfety February 27, 2012

The Alabama men’s and women’s wheelchair basketball teams made history in Foster Auditorium Friday night as the Crimson Tide took on the Illinois Fighting Illini in their final collegiate tournament...