Grant made the NCAA Tournament just once in five years -- extending a rough stretch for a program that went to the tournament 17 times between 1982 and 2006. And now, after his sixth year (when predictably the Tide failed to make the tournament), Grant is gone as Alabama has made the tournament just once in the last nine years. This certainly wasn't a case of an athletic department having unrealistic expectations for its basketball program: Wimp Sanderson turned Alabama into a consistent winner, and while Mark Gottfried was more up and down, his best seasons showed that this can be one of the SEC's top programs.
SEC Hoops 2016: Alabama Hits the Reset Button
