Six weeks out from Selection Sunday Alabama basketball is solidly in projected NCAA Tournament brackets. Main ‘Bracketologists’, Joe Lunardi and Jerry Palm both have the Tide projected as a No. 9 seed.
Many Alabama basketball fans are sure Saturday’s win over Oklahoma guarantees the Tide will ‘Dance’ in 2018. The win was huge and it was a major boost in NCAA Tournament viability. Nonetheless, the Tide is not an NCAA ‘lock’ yet. There are two reasons why. Alabama basketball has 10 remaining regular season games, plus SEC tournament games. The NCAA Selection committee chooses teams based on several key factors.