Alabama Crimson Tide basketball
The Alabama Crimson Tide basketball men's and women's teams represent the University of Alabama in the NCAA's Division I, competing in the Western Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC).
Men's basketball
Alabama's men's basketball program has been overshadowed for most of its history by football. However the program has enjoyed years of success, especially under former coaches Wimp Sanderson and Mark Gottfried. The men's program attained a national number 1 ranking during the 2002 season and reached the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament once, in 2004.
In 2005 NCAA Tournament, the program received a minor setback when the team lost in the first round of the NCAA Tournament to eventual Sweet Sixteen participant University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, led by now-Auburn coach Bruce Pearl. In the 2006 NCAA Tournament, Alabama beat Marquette University and advanced to the second round where they lost to heavily favored #2 seed UCLA. Heading into the 2006 season, the Ronald Steele-led Tide were ranked as high as #5 in preseason polls, but suffered a loss on the road at Notre Dame early in the season. Gottfried was fired on January 26, 2009 and was succeeded by Anthony Grant.
After six seasons, Grant was fired and replaced by Avery Johnson.
Head coaches
- D. V. Graves (20-12), 1913-1915
- Charles Bernier, 1920-1923
- Hank Crisp (264-133), 1924-1942, 1944-1945
- Floyd Burette (81-59), 1947-1952
- Johnny Dee (68-25), 1953-1956
- Eugene Lambert (49-49), 1957-1960
- Hayden Riley, 1960-1968
- C. M. Newton (211-123), 1968-1980
- Wimp Sanderson (267–119), 1980-1992
- David Hobbs (110-76), 1992-1998
- Mark Gottfried (210-131), 1998-2009
- Anthony Grant (117-85), 2009-2015
- Avery Johnson, 2015-
NBA/ABA players
- Carl Shaeffer, 1950-1951
- Leon Douglas, 1977-1983
- T. R. Dunn, 1978-1991
- Reggie King, 1980-1985
- Eddie Phillips, 1983
- Ennis Whatley, 1984-1997
- Buck Johnson, 1987-1993
- Derrick McKey, 1988-2002
- Jim Farmer, 1988-1994
- Michael Ansley, 1990-1992
- Keith Askins, 1991-1999
- David Benoit, 1992-2001
- Marcus Webb, 1993
- Latrell Sprewell, 1993-2005
- Robert Horry, 1993-2008
- James Robinson, 1994-2001
- Antonio McDyess, 1996-2011
- Jason Caffey, 1996-2003
- Roy Rogers Jr, 1997-2000
- Eric Washington, 1998-1999
- Gerald Wallace, 2002-
- Mo Williams, 2004-
- Jermareo Davidson, 2008-2009
- Alonzo Gee, 2010-
- Tony Mitchell, 2012
- JaMychal Green, 2012-