{"id":1343030,"date":"2021-03-28T16:38:30","date_gmt":"2021-03-28T20:38:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1343030"},"modified":"2021-03-28T22:34:25","modified_gmt":"2021-03-29T02:34:25","slug":"when-was-the-last-time-alabama-made-the-elite-eight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/when-was-the-last-time-alabama-made-the-elite-eight\/","title":{"rendered":"When Was the Last Time Alabama Made the Elite Eight?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
It must be awkward to say you play for Alabama's men's basketball team<\/a>. No matter how they play, they'll forever stay in the shadow of Nick Saban's football juggernaut<\/a>. That could change this year, when the basketball Tide have a chance to make a name for themselves by winning their first-ever national championship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n RELATED: J.J. Watt's Wife, Kealia Ohai Watt, Put Her Husband in His Place After Wisconsin's Loss<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Behind second-year head coach Nate Oats, the 2020-21 Alabama Crimson Tide are in the middle of arguably the greatest basketball season they have ever had. <\/p>\n\n\n\n They finished the regular season with a 21-6 record, winning the SEC regular season title for the first time since 2002. They followed that up by defeating LSU in the conference tournament final. It marked the first time since 1987 that Alabama won both the regular season and the SEC tournament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When March Madness rolled around, Alabama had risen to no. 5 nationally and earned the second seed<\/a> in the East region. The Tide easily swept aside their first two opponents, Iona and Maryland, to reach the Sweet 16. Sunday night, they face 11th-seeded UCLA for a chance to reach the Elite Eight. (We'll ignore the obvious question of why UCLA is in the East <\/em>regional.)<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe Alabama Crimson Tide are having their best season ever<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Alabama is not exactly a college basketball powerhouse<\/h2>\n\n\n\n