Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports Your latest Crimson Tide news and notes. Happy Thursday, everyone. You heard yesterday that Mark Sears declared for the NBA Draft but will maintain his college eligibility and, most importantly, did not enter the transfer portal. If Mark plays a final college season, it will be at Alabama. The Gym Tide compete at Nationals tonight, at 7pm CT on ESPN2. The No. 8 seed Crimson Tide advanced out of the Michigan Regional along with the No. 1 seed Oklahoma Sooners. Alabama and Oklahoma will meet the top two teams from the Florida Regional, No. 4 seed Florida and No. 5 se ..read more

Joe Rondone/The Republic / USA TODAY NETWORK This may be the most intriguing player in the 2024 NBA draft. Perhaps the biggest domino to fall for the Tide Basketball team happened today, with Mark Sears’ announcement of his intent to enter the 2024 NBA Draft. There is a giant caveat to that, however, and we’ll discuss it in a moment. Alabama's Mark Sears will declare for the 2024 NBA Draft while maintaining his college eligibility, per his IG page. — Jon Rothstein (@JonRothstein) April 17, 2024 As many marginal players have done, Sears is submitting his name for the draft while retaining hi ..read more

Gary Cosby Jr.-Tuscaloosa News / USA TODAY NETWORK At least in football. Basketball, though, is a different critter entirely News is going to be in short supply today, so I’m just going to post as much feel-good Gump Red Meat as I can find. Let’s start: ‘Bama fiddin’ to take over the league. Among the outstanding players Nate Oats has developed in half a decade, I think we overlook this guy. But Keon Ellis was Estrada before it was cool to be Estrada. a crimson tide lifts all boats. pic.twitter.com/5c06gLjLem — Sacramento Kings (@SacramentoKings) April 17, 2024 Keon Ellis was so awesome o ..read more

Bryce Eblin is back in the Tide’s lineup after missing several games with a hamstring injury | Photo by Michael Wade/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Fresh off a weekend series win over #1 Arkansas, the Crimson Tide fell to a bad Birmingham Blazer team 5-2 on Tuesday night. The 16th ranked Crimson Tide was riding high after their series win over number one Arkansas this past weekend. The Tide looks hungover, listless, and out of sorts on Tuesday night in losing to a -bluntly- bad Birmingham University team. Alabama entered the week with an RPI of 12 while the Blazers RPI came in at 185. The lo ..read more

Gary Cosby Jr.-Tuscaloosa News / USA TODAY NETWORK Kalen DeBoer, recruiting savant? Kicking things off... The more things change, the more they remain the same: The biggest riser for an Alabama commit, by far, was made by Brooks. The former three-star and No. 99 overall wide receiver is now up to No. 101 overall, which is one of the most impressive jumps made in a single update that you will see. Brooks is now the No. 15 wideout in this recruiting cycle. Another significant riser in today’s update was from Harmon, who committed to Bama on Sunday. The Rome (Ga.) product is now at No. 129 over ..read more

Players coming and going. Will it be a trickle or a flood? The Spring College Football Transfer Portal opens today, Tuesday, April 16 for 15 days and closes on Tuesday, April 30. Players can enter the TP, but do not have to decide on their destination within those two weeks. Graduate transfers must enter the portal by May 1. Once a player enters the portal, the original school no longer has to honor the athletic scholarship originally given to him. Should he return to that school, he is not obligated to get another scholarship. This is the last portal until December. Also on-going is the bask ..read more

Jalen Milroe is sticking around. Will Ty Simpson? | Jordan Prather-USA TODAY Sports The NCAA’s feeble transfer rules will wreak havoc on some teams this year. Will the Crimson Tide be one of those? There is a storm approaching. Does anyone see it? It is the Spring College Football Transfer Portal that opens on Tuesday, April 16. Many teams will lose players and gain players. But no position will be more affected by the NCAA’s wild wild west show than quarterback - undeniably the most important position in football. NIGHTMARE SCENARIO Historically, most teams typically have four scholarship sig ..read more

Chris Jones-USA TODAY Sports Your latest Crimson Tide news and notes. Happy Monday, everyone. The baseball team scored a big series win over top-ranked Arkansas this weekend, while softball split the first two against Texas A&M with the rubber match to be played today. We were chastised on social for not mentioning the men’s track and field team, which is currently ranked fifth in the nation. They will next compete in Auburn, on Saturday. Of course, A Day was the main event of the weekend. Rick Karle posted some cool pictures from the day. There are still plenty of questions to be answere ..read more

Mac Guscette is a rock behind the plate for the Crimson Tide | Photo by Jeff Moreland/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The 16th ranked Crimson Tide baseball team won a series over #1 Arkansas two games to one this weekend in Tuscaloosa. The 16th ranked Alabama Crimson Tide baseball team broke a five game losing streak on Saturday and secured a series win over number one Arkansas on Sunday by two games to one. Bama fell 5-3 on Friday night but bounced back for a gusty 4-3 extra inning win on Saturday and a 5-0 shutout victory on Sunday. The Tide has now won series at home over #3 Tennessee, #10 ..read more

Gary Cosby Jr.-USA TODAY Sports Kalen DeBoer’s first spring game with Tuscaloosa went about as well as could be expected. The annual Alabama spring game is in the books, with the offense taking home the win in the new scoring format. Early on the offense did basically whatever it wanted, but coach Kalen DeBoer said at the half that the defense had been “vanilla” and alluded to some adjustments. Sure enough, the defense stepped up and got several stops once Kane Wommack started scheming to slow down the offense rather than just giving them a base look. In general, it was a pretty encouraging da ..read more