March is quickly approaching, and the entire glory that comes with a deep postseason run stays in play for the Alabama Crimson Tide.
It is not going to be simple, thankfully for the Tide. The crew has a weeklong break earlier than diving again into a tricky stretch of standard season video games, then the SEC and NCAA tournaments.
Head coach Nate Oats could be sensible to assist the crew mentally reset and put together for the tough process forward of them.
As issues at the moment stand, the No. 15 Tide is located nicely, tied with No. 11 South Carolina for the lead within the SEC and Alabama is predicted to be a top-four seed within the NCAA match.
However with simply over a month left till choice Sunday, there’s nonetheless loads of time for this crew to maneuver up the rankings or blow an opportunity at greatness, and Alabama’s path to the previous isn’t any small endeavor.
The remainder of the schedule consists of two matchups with Florida, who’s more likely to make the NCAA match, in addition to a recreation towards perennial rival Arkansas and one other towards a Tennessee crew that crushed the Tide by 20 factors final month. Oh yeah, and a recreation towards Kentucky in Rupp Enviornment that might be nationally broadcast on CBS.
This squad has already made massive strides, together with an enchancment from 6-5 to 17-7 general and 9-2 in SEC play and key items are falling into place. Ahead Nick Pringle has been suspended twice this season, however within the 109-92 win over the Bayou Bengals on Saturday, he put up 17 factors and 5 rebounds whereas holding LSU’s high scorer to solely two second-half factors.
After the sport, Oats praised Pringle for being “mentally prepared” and attributed his success to preparation.
“[Pringle] has been up and down, out and in of the lineup,” Oats stated, as reported by Sports activities Illustrated’s BamaCentral. “His angle has been nice all week, his effort in follow has been nice all week. I feel he is gotten to an incredible place mentally, emotionally.”
If the remainder of the crew will get there too, be careful. Alabama may very well be gearing up for some extra SEC {hardware} and a deep postseason run.
