When Anthony Grant agreed to terms to become the new head basketball coach of the University of Alabama on March 27th, 2009, Crimson Tide fans were hopeful that the stoic, young coach who had previously enjoyed a bunch of success at VCU would quickly get the Tide Hoops program back on track. The Mark Gottfried era had just finished flaming out, as the Alabama program went from SEC Champions and Elite Eight participants in the early-to-mid 2000s, to an under-performing squad that couldn’t even make the NCAA Tournament in the latter part of the decade. History was on Grant’s side.
2020 Alabama Basketball Preview: A New Oats
