On Wednesday night in Tuscaloosa, Alabama basketball chunked and cluttered its way to a loss. And not just any home loss. A home loss to a team ranked No. 134 in the NCAA NET.
Officially it was a Quadrant Three loss, the kind a ‘Bubble-seeking’ team cannot incur. Based on the NCAA NET, it was the second-worst loss of the season for the Crimson Tide. The home opener, one-point defeat to Penn is the Tide’s worst loss of the season. If or when Alabama basketball fails to gain an NCAA at-large bid, the now, bookend losses will have been crucial.