Alabama gets to stay home as the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament and the headliner of the South Region bracket after landing the program’s first-ever top seed when Sunday’s field of 68 teams was revealed.
Alabama made a leap into the NCAA Tournament’s top seeds two years ago only to fall short of the Final Four.
Alabama opens play in Birmingham on Thursday, facing the First Four winner between Texas A&M-Corpus Christi and Southeast Missouri State.The Crimson Tide owned a 2-seed in the 2021 tournament taking place in the Indianapolis bubble due to the pandemic, but fell in the Sweet 16 to Final Four-bound UCLA. Oats figures this year’s team has more offensive punch, versatility, depth and rim protection.
Alabama is one of four teams to rank in the top 20 of KenPom’s efficiency metrics for offense and defense, joining fellow No. 1 seed Houston, Texas and Connecticut . It’s also one of the nation’s most prolific 3-point shooting teams, ranking fourth nationally in attempts per game and 11th in makes .Yet the success has come with the program dealing with the fallout of being tied to a murder case.
The program has compounded the scrutiny with public missteps, including Oats having to apologize for a set of comments and later for Miller’s pat-down routine during pregame introductions before a win against Arkansas.
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