2024–25 Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball team explained

Mode:Basketball
Year:2024–25
Prev Year:2023–24
Next Year:2025–26
Team:Alabama Crimson Tide
Conference:Southeastern Conference
Short Conf:SEC
Coachrank:12
Aprank:10
Record:7–2
Conf Record:0–0
Hc Year:6th
Asst Coach1:Preston Murphy
Ac1 Year:2nd
Ac2 Year:2nd
Ac3 Year:1st

The 2024–25 Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball team represents the University of Alabama during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Crimson Tide are led by sixth-year head coach Nate Oats and play their home games at Coleman Coliseum located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama as a member of the SEC.

Previous season

The Crimson Tide finished the 2023–24 season with a record of 25–12, 13–5 in SEC play to finish in a tie for second place. They were defeated by Florida Gators in the quarterfinals of the SEC tournament championship. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the number four seed in the West Region, where they beat Charleston in the first round, Grand Canyon in the second round to advance to the Sweet Sixteen, where they upset the one seed North Carolina, where they would then advance to the Final Four for the first time in school history beating Clemson but were defeated by the eventual national champions, the UConn Huskies.[1] [2]

Offseason

Departures

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure
Kris Parker 0 G 6'9" 195 Freshman Transferred to Villanova
Rylan Griffen 3 G 6'6" 190 Sophomore Transferred to Kansas
Davin Cosby Jr. 4 G 6'5" 205 Freshman Transferred to Wake Forest
Mohamed Wague 11 F 6'10" 225 Junior Transferred to Oklahoma
Nick Pringle 23 F 6'10" 230 Senior Graduate transferred to South Carolina
Sam Walters 24 F 6'10" 198 Freshman Transferred to Michigan
Kai Spears 32 G 6'2" 160 Sophomore Walk-on; transferred to Marshall
Ward Harrell 33 F 6'7" 220 Freshman Walk-on; left the team
55 G 6'3" 190 GS Senior Graduated/undrafted in 2024 NBA draft; signed with the Detroit Pistons

Incoming transfers

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School
2 G 6'1" 180 Sophomore Auburn
8 G 6'4" 218 GS Senior South Florida
11 C 6'11" 240 GS Senior Rutgers
Houston Mallette 95 G 6'5" 185 Senior Pepperdine

2025 Recruiting class

Schedule and results

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Rankings

See also: 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Alabama basketball cashes ticket to Final Four with win over Clemson . 29 July 2024 . The Tuscaloosa News . en-US.
  2. Web site: 2023-24 Alabama Crimson Tide Men's Schedule and Results . Sports Reference . 29 July 2024.