Alabama Basketball Meet the New Guys: Davion Hannah, explosive finisher with good defensive presence
Wisconsin’s Mr. Basketball brings size to the ‘Bama backcourt. Davion HannahCombo, 6’6” (180)ESPN 100 (62), 4-Star No. 3 CG / No. 14 SG Reading Amari Allen’s impressive stats, one wonders why he wasn’t named Mr. Basketball for Wisconsin. That’s because his new teammate, four-star CG Davion Hannah, took home those honors, as Nate Oats returned […]
Jumbo Package: Alabama Football lands two new recruits for 2026
Photo by Butch Dill/Getty Images Are the floodgates starting to burst open in the recruiting trail for Alabama? The big (?) news from yesterday was the Tide picking up back to back recruiting commitments from RB Javari Barnett and safety Rihyael Kelley. Entering June, the Alabama Crimson Tide had just five hard commits for the […]
Jumbo Package: Kalen DeBoer, David Ballou pleased with Tide’s conditioning
Vasha Hunt-Imagn Images Your latest Crimson Tide news and notes. Happy Monday, everyone. As you know, Nate Oats added a big man over the weekend to round out his roster. Emilee Smarr has some notes on how it went down. Four-star prospect Collins Onyejiaka took a tour of Tuscaloosa on Wednesday, June 18, then a […]
Alabama Basketball: Meet the New Guys — Collins Onyejiaka, the Tide’s interior enforcer
Your mission, should you choose to accept it: Wreck the rim. Collins OnyejiakaC, 6’10” (270)ESPN 100 (94), 4-Star No. 19 C Nate Oats has taken a shine to Northern big men of late. And, that’s fair — the Big 10 and Big East consistently produce the nation’s best front courts: Physical, skilled, bruising. When you […]
Jumbo Package: Alabama football recruiting looks to heat up for 2026
Photo by Butch Dill/Getty Images Your latest Crimson Tide news and notes. Happy Friday, everyone. We are 71 days from kickoff, and as such Creg Stephenson is looking back at the ‘71 opener, when Bear Bryant shocked 5th-ranked USC on the road with his new Wishbone offense. It was also the first game featuring black […]
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The Independent With Guitar! Get off the streets… and into the R10! 1. Know Your Rights by The Clash 2. This is Not a Song, It’s an Outburst by Sixto Rodriguez 3. You Gotta Be by Des’ree 4. Glory by Common & John Legend 5. Imagine by Chris Cornell 6. Mercy Mercy Me by Marvin […]
Jumbo Package: Former Alabama great CJ Mosley retires from NFL
Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Your latest Crimson Tide news and notes. Happy Thursday, everyone. The great CJ Mosley has officially announced his retirement, thanks in part to a neck injury that greatly limited him last season. “Once upon a time, a kid from Mobile, Alabama, had a dream to do great things on […]
ANALYSIS: 2025-2026 Alabama’s SEC Basketball schedule isn’t as punishing as it could have been
Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images There are some bright spots on here. I know we were somewhat optimistic last season when the Tide’s SEC Basketball schedule was released. It looked daunting, but no one anticipated it to be quite as difficult as it would prove to be. This year’s conference schedule was released today, and […]
Happy Gump Day: Tide flips ‘26 QB Jett Thomalla, and you’ve rarely seen a prettier deep throw
Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images And we finally hear from Henry Ruggs. Happy Gump Day everyone. We’ll try to keep this upbeat (though we do have to mock the NCAA in a bit). First up, 247 is starting their in-depth recap / position preview this week. And today’s menu features the “bandit” and “wolf” […]
Alabama Basketball: Meet the New Guys: Versatile Keitenn Bristow plays a lot bigger than his size
Photo by Brian Rothmuller/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Tarleton State Tweener will be given room to grow in the offense as Alabama finds the best spot for him. Keitenn BristowPF/F, 6’8” (190)ESPN 300 (264), Three-Star No. 36 PF Despite being the Texas 3A PoTY, Keitenn Bristow was a lightly-recruited three-star power forward out of […]