In the 15 minutes before Alabama makes its first Final Four appearance in school history, there probably won’t be many warm and fuzzy moments in the locker room. Instead, there will be insults. Lots of them.

Alabama coach Nate Oats had become comfortable coaching at Romulus High School outside of Detroit. His desire to take any Division I college coaching job waned through the years before he got an opportunity on Bobby Hurley's staff at Buffalo. Now, Oats has the Crimson Tide in the Final Four with two other coaches who have high school coaching roots.

Grant Nelson made himself a part of Alabama basketball history with his dominant performance against North Carolina. The senior forward though is hoping to be part of another important chapter — getting the Crimson Tide into the Final Four for the first time.

Mark Sears led the highest-scoring offense in the country with 30 points, and fourth-seeded Alabama had no problem making shots in its NCAA Tournament opener, racing past No. 13 seed Charleston 109-96.

Freshman Essence Cody had season bests with 20 points and 14 rebounds and No. 8 seed Alabama defeated No. 9 Florida State 82-74 in the first round of the women’s NCAA Tournament.

The Crimson Tide earned a four seed in the NCAA Tournament and will have thirteenth-seeded Charleston in the opening round.

Alabama's Mark Sears has racked up the postseason accolades including being named to the 2024 Sporting News All-American second team and to the Associated Press's first-team All-SEC.

Mark Sears scored 22 points and Latrell Wrightsell Jr. had 20, including a game-tying 3-pointer with 22 seconds to go to force overtime, as No. 16 Alabama rallied to beat Arkansas 92-88.

Jewel Spear scored 24 points, going 6 of 6 from distance, and Rickea Jackson had 22 points and nine rebounds as No. 5 seed Tennessee beat fourth-seeded Alabama 83-61 in the SEC Tournament.

Will Richard scored 23 points, Walter Clayton Jr. added 22 and Florida handled No. 16 Alabama 105-87 to stay in contention for a top four seed in the upcoming Southeastern Conference Tournament.

Zakai Zeigler scored 18 points and made four 3-pointers as No. 4 Tennessee beat No. 14 Alabama 81-74 to take sole possession of the Southeastern Conference lead.

Mark Sears scored 26 points and No. 14 Alabama held on to its share of first place in the Southeastern Conference with a 103-88 win over Mississippi.

Angel Reese had 27 points and 19 rebounds, Flau’jae Johnson added 16 points and No. 13 LSU dominated the second half for an 85-66 victory over Alabama.

Mark Sears scored 19 of his 23 points in the second half, including a go-ahead 3-pointer with 4:09 remaining, and No. 24 Alabama recovered from a slow start to beat Georgia 85-76.

Dalton Knecht scored 25 points to help No. 6 Tennessee beat Alabama 91-71 on Saturday to hand the Crimson Tide its first SEC loss this season.

Angel Reese had 20 points and 17 rebounds, Aneesah Morrow had 20 points and 11 boards, and No. 10 LSU rode a dominant third quarter to a 78-58 victory over Alabama.

Rylen Griffin scored a career high 21 points shooting 5 for 7 from 3-point range and Aaron Estrada scored 21 points and Alabama pulled away at the end for a 93-75 win over Missouri.

Mark Sears hit six 3-pointers and scored 31 points, Aaron Estrada added 17 on 7-of-11 shooting and Alabama used two second-half runs to pull away as the Crimson Tide beat South Carolina 74-46 and snapped the Gamecocks’ six-game win streak.

Mark Sears scored 21 points, Rylan Griffen added 16 points, and Alabama held on in the final minute to defeat Vanderbilt 78-75 in the SEC opener for both teams.

Ryan Kalkbrenner came back from an early ankle injury to score 17 of his 19 points in the second half and lead No. 8 Creighton past Alabama 85-82.

The Alabama Crimson Tide Women's Basketball Team defeated Stephen F. Austin by a final score of 74-69.

Zach Edey matched his season high with 35 points in his hometown, Braden Smith had a season-high 27 points and No. 4 Purdue rallied to beat Alabama 92-86 on Saturday.