NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Mouhamed Diobuate hasn't forgotten the team meeting after the 2024 NCAA Tournament selection show. He and his Alabama teammates and coaches needed to create a message after the Crimson Tide limped into the Big Dance.
“Go hard or go home,” Doiubate said. “That was the message. ‘Go hard or go home.’”
Alabama got the message last year. Now it has to do so again after it experienced deja vu with another blowout 104-82 defeat at the hands of Florida in the semifinals of the SEC Tournament Saturday. The defeat puts Alabama in the same position it found itself in last year, finishing 5-5 in its final 10 games and losing to the Gators before the NCAA Tournament.