NCAA Tournament March Madness Bubble Watch: Alabama

NCAA Tournament March Madness

#17 Alabama

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Projected seed: 5

Alabama’s résumé pairs eye-popping offensive performances with a handful of ugly defensive showings, and that balance explains its current standing: the offense has produced signature nonconference results, including a true road victory at St. John’s and neutral-court wins over Illinois and Maryland that show the team can score in hostile or big-event settings, but those highs are offset by neutral losses to Gonzaga and Arizona and the setback against Purdue that exposed steady defensive issues. The schedule also contains plenty of résumé-padding wins that help depth, yet the remaining slate — highlighted by a home date with Kentucky, the Tennessee meeting and trips to conference venues like Vanderbilt and Florida — offers clear opportunities to add the kind of road and neutral victories the committee prizes. Put together, the profile reads like an elite offensive team with defensive questions whose final fate will hinge on how it performs in those remaining marquee chances.

Date	Opponent	Ranking	Outcome
11/3	North Dakota	327	W91-62
11/8	@St John's	19	W103-96
11/13	Purdue	6	L87-80
11/19	(N)Illinois	11	W90-86
11/24	(N)Gonzaga	2	L95-85
11/25	(N)UNLV	149	W115-76
11/26	(N)Maryland	99	W105-72
12/3	Clemson	34	W90-84
12/7	UT San Antonio	291	W97-55
12/13	(N)Arizona	4	L96-75
12/17	South Florida	84	W104-93
12/21	(N)Kennesaw	164	94%
12/29	Yale	77	87%
1/3	Kentucky	18	62%
1/6	@Vanderbilt	10	32%
1/10	Texas	45	78%
1/13	@Mississippi St	87	75%
1/17	@Oklahoma	50	61%
1/24	Tennessee	15	59%
1/27	Missouri	52	80%
2/1	@Florida	13	35%
2/3	Texas A&M	53	81%
2/4	Texas A&M	53	81%
2/7	@Auburn	31	50%
2/11	@Mississippi	58	65%
2/14	South Carolina	86	89%
2/17	Arkansas	25	69%
2/21	@LSU	38	54%
2/24	Mississippi St	87	89%
2/25	Mississippi St	87	89%
2/28	@Tennessee	15	37%
3/3	@Georgia	23	46%
3/7	Auburn	31	72%