Albama Crimson Tide College Basketball Information

The Alabama Crimson Tide is a men's basketball team that has been standing in the shadow of the football team for many years. It is only recently that the men's basketball program has managed to attain better results. In 2002 the Alabama Crimson Tide got a No. 1 national ranking. They have become a regular conference basketball contender in the same way like it was in the 1980's when the team was directed by Wimp Sanderson. When Mark Gottfried started to work with the Alabama Crimson Tide as a head coach, the team has advanced to postseason play annually for the last 6 years. Mark Gottfried was hired by Alabama in 1998 after he spent 3 seasons being a coach at Murray State. The 2002 season is considered to be Alabama's finest year during his tenure. The Associated Press named him SEC coach for all his efforts.Gottfreid has led the Alabama Crimson Tide to 5 trips to the NCAA Tournament following one another. The advancement of the team into the NCAA Tournament Elite Eight is worth mentioning for that was the first time in school history when the team lost to eventual champion Connecticut. (Elite Eight is the term referring to the final 8 teams in the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship)

In 2005 there was a minor setback received by the program when the Alabama Crimson Tide lost to Milwaukee in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. As far as the 2006 NCAA Tournament is concerned, Alabama beat Marquette and got to the second round. The team lost to heavily favored #2 seed UCLA with the winners advancing to the Final Four.

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