NCAA Tournament March Madness

#17 Alabama

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Projected seed: 5

Alabama’s résumé is a clear mix of eye‑popping offensive explosions and costly defensive lapses, which is why its placement feels right. The Tide have produced their best moments away from home and on neutral floors, highlighted by a road victory at St John’s, a neutral-site triumph over Illinois and a big road win at Oklahoma, and a quality home scalping of Kentucky that shows the ceiling of this group. Those signature wins are offset by damaging setbacks, most notably neutral losses to Arizona and Gonzaga and defeats to Purdue and at Vanderbilt, which keep them from being viewed as elite. With road tests at Florida, Tennessee, Georgia and LSU and important home dates against Arkansas and Auburn still on the docket plus repeated chances against Mississippi State and Texas A&M, Alabama has clear opportunities to strengthen the resume or risk sliding if more bad results arrive.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3North Dakota280W91-62
11/8@St John's20W103-96
11/13Purdue9L87-80
11/19(N)Illinois4W90-86
11/24(N)Gonzaga10L95-85
11/25(N)UNLV134W115-76
11/26(N)Maryland122W105-72
12/3Clemson29W90-84
12/7UT San Antonio348W97-55
12/13(N)Arizona1L96-75
12/17South Florida69W104-93
12/21(N)Kennesaw165W92-81
12/29Yale70W102-78
1/3Kentucky32W89-74
1/7@Vanderbilt12L96-90
1/10Texas35L92-88
1/13@Mississippi St83W97-82
1/17@Oklahoma61W83-81
1/24Tennessee21L79-73
1/27Missouri59W90-64
2/1@Florida828%
2/3Texas A&M3373%
2/4Texas A&M3373%
2/7@Auburn2648%
2/11@Mississippi7371%
2/14South Carolina8790%
2/17Arkansas2265%
2/21@LSU5063%
2/24Mississippi St8390%
2/25Mississippi St8390%
2/28@Tennessee2141%
3/3@Georgia3453%
3/7Auburn2670%