With a brutal three-game stretch of top-five teams now in the rearview, the Alabama Crimson Tide (14-9, 4-6 SEC; NET: 23; Kenpom: 18) turns its attention to the final stretch of the season as we get deeper into the month of February. With only eight games remaining in the regular season, Alabama finds itself in the middle of the pack in the conference standings, and looking at a 6-seed in the NCAA Tournament this March. In that regard, it has been a bit of a disappointing season - certainly a frustrating one; however, it’s important to keep in mind that there have been very few times in the past 15 years where the Tide was considered safely in the tournament field at this point in the calendar year.