History of Alabama Basketball in NCAA Tournament Since 1985

The NCAA Tournament expanded to the most recent -- or at least recognizable -- format of 64 teams in 1985.  The NCAA has decided to sprinkle in a few more teams, but it's basically recognized as a 64-team tournament.

It may come as a surprise to some that Alabama's history in the Big Dance since 1985 is not too shabby for the football crazed university.

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Before the 9-seed 'Tide tipoff against 8-seed Creighton on Friday, let's throw on our plaid Wimp Sanderson sports coat and take a trip down memory lane. Sit back and relax as we travel through the past 27 years of 'Tourney history. Please enjoy the stylings of Christopher Cross as we SAIL through time.

1985

7-seed

-Sweet Sixteen loss to 3-seed NC State.

-Defeated 10-seed Arizona in the first round and 2-seed VCU in the second.

1985 Bracket and Results

1986

5-seed

-Sweet Sixteen loss to 1-seed Kentucky

-Defeated 12-seed Xavier in first round and 4-seed Illinois in the second round.

1986 Bracket and Results

1987

2-seed

-Sweet Sixteen loss to 6-seed Providence (Billy Donovan)

-Defeated 15-seed NC A&T in first round and 7-seed New Orleans in the second round.

1987 Bracket and Results

1988

Didn't make tourney

1988 Bracket and Results

1989

6-seed

-Lost to 11-seed South Alabama in first round

1989 Bracket and Results

1990

7-seed

-Sweet Sixteen loss to 11-seed Loyola Marymount (Hank Gathers died during conference tourney)

-Defeated 10-seed Oklahoma State in first round and 2-seed Arizona in the second round

1990 Bracket and Results

1991

4-seed

-Sweet Sixteen loss to 1-seed Arkansas

-Defeated 13-seed Murray State in the first round and 5-seed Wake Forest in the second round

1991 Bracket and Results

1992

5-seed

-Second round loss to 4-seed North Carolina

-Defeated 12-seed Stanford in the first round

1992 Bracket and Results

1993

Didn't make tourney

1993 Bracket and Results

1994

9-seed

-Lost in second round to 1-seed Purdue

-Defeated 8-seed Providence in the first round

1994 Bracket and Results

1995

5-seed

-Lost in second round to 4-seed Oklahoma State

-Defeated 12-seed Pennsylvania in the first round

1995 Bracket and Results

1996

Didn't make tourney

1996 Bracket and Results

1997

Didn't make tourney

1997 Bracket and Results

1998

Didnt' make tourney

1998 Bracket and Results

1999

Didn't make tourney

1999 Bracket and Results

2000

Didn't make tourney

2000 Bracket and Results

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2001

Didn't make tourney

2001 Bracket and Results

2002 (SEC Regular Season Champions)

2-seed

-Second round loss to 10-seed Kent State

-Defeated 15-seed Florida Atlantic in first round

2002 Bracket and Results

2003

10-seed

-First round loss to 7-seed Indiana

2003 Bracket and Results

2004

8-seed

-Elite 8 loss to 1-seed Connecticut

-Defeated 9-seed Southern Illinois in first round, 1-seed Stanford in second round, and 5-seed Syracuse in Sweet Sixteen.

2004 Bracket and Results

2005

5-seed

-First round loss to 12-seed Milwaukee-Wisconsin

2005 Bracket and Results

2006

10-seed

-Second round loss to 2-seed UCLA

-Defeated 7-seed Marquette in first round

2006 Bracket and Results

2007

Didn't make tourney

2007 Bracket and Results

2008

Didn't make tourney

2008 Bracket and Results

2009

Didn't make tourney

2009 Bracket and Results

2010

Didn't make tourney

2009 Bracket and Results

2011

2011 Bracket and Results

2012

9-seed

Plays 8-seed Creighton in the first round

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