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Alabama basketball lands 6-seed in NCAA Tournament

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The Alabama basketball team now knows who its first-round opponent will be in the 2022 NCAA Tournament. After checking in as a No. 6 seed, the Crimson Tide will play the winner of the 11-seed play-in game between Rutgers and Notre Dame on Friday, March 18 in San Diego, Calif.

Alabama (19-13, 9-9 SEC) is currently on a three-game losing skid and has also dropped four of its last six. Most recently, the Tide blew a 15-point lead against Vanderbilt in the second round of the SEC Tournament and lost 82-76. Still, there’s at least some optimism that this group can get things turned around, but it has to start on Friday.

The Scarlet Knights went 18-13 (12-8 Big Ten) while also losing four of their last six games.

Meanwhile, the Fighting Irish are currently 22-10 (15-5 ACC) and have been impressive since the start of the new year. They started 4-5 before going 18-5 over their last 23 games. They did lose by 7 to Virginia Tech in the quarterfinals of the ACC Tournament though.

Just to get an idea of how difficult Alabama’s schedule has been this season, here are some of the top tournament teams they’ve played:

  • No. 1 seed Gonzaga – W
  • No. 1 seed Baylor – W
  • No. 2 seed Kentucky (twice) – L, L
  • No. 2 seed Auburn (twice) – L, L
  • No. 3 seed Tennessee – W
  • No. 4 seed Arkansas – W
  • No. 5 seed Houston – W
  • No. 6 seed LSU (twice) – W, L

Alabama went 6-5 in those 11 games with three of the five losses coming on the road. To put the schedule into even more perspective, the Tide have beaten the…

  • SEC champion (Tennessee)
  • WCC champion (Gonzaga)
  • AAC champion (Houston)
  • ASUN champion (Jacksonville State)
  • SLC champion (South Dakota State)
  • ACC runner-up (Miami)
  • CUSA runner-up (Louisiana Tech)
  • MVC runner-up (Drake)

This story will be updated.

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