Basketball in Alabama needs to kind of start again as they prepare for the SEC Tournament.
Lately, the Crimson Tide hasn’t been playing its best hoops. Alabama would have dropped its last five games if Latrell Wrightsell’s three-pointer hadn’t knotted the game against Arkansas and forced overtime. The Crimson Tide hasn’t exactly been on the rise, even though some of those games haven’t been easy.
The fact that Wrightsell is back and getting back into game form is wonderful news for Alabama. Considering that he didn’t play much versus Florida in his first game back, he had actually missed five games. Wrightsell is among the team’s most significant difference makers. In addition to being a strong defender, he is among the nation’s most productive offensive players. It’s no accident that Alabama dropped a few games when he was sidelined due to a head injury.
However, he has returned. Does that imply a potential March Madness run for the Crimson Tide (21-10)? How about the SEC Championship? With a double bye and the third seed, Alabama will play its first game on Friday night.
Following five seasons as head coach Nate Oats’ Alabama Crimson Tide looks to win the conference tournament for the third time in his five years in Tuscaloosa. Here are our predictions for Alabama.
Wednesday’s game between No. 11 seed Georgia and No. 14 seed Missouri is expected to be won by the Bulldogs; the Tigers have not defeated an SEC team this season. That sets up a Thursday battle between Georgia and Florida, the No. 6 seed, which the Gators will win. Following their split in the regular season, that will set up Florida and Alabama’s third meeting of the year on Friday night. In the other half of the bracket, Texas A&M, ranked seventh, will defeat Ole Miss, ranked tenth, on Thursday. This will set up a game against Kentucky, ranked second, which the Wildcats will win.
