Apr 29, 2021
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – As graduation gets underway at The University of Alabama this weekend, more than 100 Crimson Tide student-athletes are celebrating earning their degrees during the spring semester. Alabama Athletics’ total includes a seven-time NBA champion, an NCAA champion, 16 All-Americans and three Academic All-Americans as well as 30 who earned master’s degrees.
Seven-time NBA Champion Robert Horry, who played for the Crimson Tide from 1989-92, is returning to the Capstone after earning his bachelor’s degree this spring. The Andalusia, Ala., native led Alabama men’s basketball to three Southeastern Conference tournament titles and two Sweet 16 finishes in the NCAA Tournament, before going on to win more NBA championship rings than any player not to have played on the 1960s Boston Celtics.
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Crimson Corner: What Charles Bediako Brings to Tuscaloosa
The 6-11, 215-pound forward pledged his commitment to Alabama on Tuesday
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It s been a tough past couple of weeks for Alabama basketball.
Coupling both the Crimson Tide s exit from the NCAA tournament in the Sweet 16 at the hands of No. 11 seed UCLA and the passing of beloved superfan Luke Ratliff last Friday, the fanbase has experienced some major lows.
On Tuesday, however, some good news came to Tuscaloosa in the commitment of highly-touted center Charles Bediako.
Bediako is the icing on the cake for Alabama s 2021 recruiting class. Standing at every bit of 6-foot-11 and weighing in at 215 pounds, Bediako is one of the top center prospects in the country coming out of high school. Combining him with the roster that head coach Nate Oats expects to return next season, Bediako could become an instant contributor.
Alabama fan s death after attending NCAA tournament prompts COVID-19 contact tracing in Indiana
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INDIANAPOLIS - Health officials in Indiana said Saturday they are investigating whether anyone was exposed to COVID-19 by Alabama residents following Friday night’s death of a Crimson Tide fan who was in Indianapolis for the NCAA Tournament last weekend.
The elder Ratliff could not immediately be reached for comment Saturday by The Associated Press. Based on a recent news story, the Marion County Public Health Department and the Indiana State Department of Health are contacting the Alabama Department of Public Health to determine if anyone in Indianapolis may have been exposed to COVID-19 by any Alabama resident who visited Indianapolis in recent days, the county said in a statement provide
Bama Hoops ranked high in early Top 25 predictions
The 2021-22 Alabama men’s basketball team is already attracting hype as several media outlets around the country have the Crimson Tide highly ranked heading into next season.
Most notably, the Washington Post ranked Alabama as the No. 1 team entering the preseason, citing the return of emergent point guard Jahvon Quinerly, and the added depth of Letohatchee, Alabama five star guard JD Davison.
Despite losing a great deal of senior production in Herb Jones, John Petty and Alex Reese, CBS Sports own Gary Parrish has the Crimson Tide ranked as the No. 3 ranked team in his never-too-early Top 25. Parrish added Alabama’s recent success recruiting could give them a solid shot at “back-to-back conference championships”. ESPN s early top 25 saw the Crimson Tide seated a little farther down at the No. 8 spot, but top 10 nonetheless.