The Alabama men's basketball team received some good news this week when the NCAA approved a medical hardship waiver for senior Riley Norris that will allow him to play one more year for the Tide.
Alabama head coach Avery Johnson announced Saturday that senior guard/forward Riley Norris will miss the remainder of the season with a hip injury and is scheduled to have surgery Friday morning.
Alabama met with the media on Friday ahead of a home game with Mississippi State, and sophomores Riley Norris and Justin Coleman joined Avery Johnson at the podium.
Sophomore forward Riley Norris scored a career-high 27 points and tied a school record with eight three-pointers to lead the Alabama men’s basketball team past No. 19/15 South Carolina, 73-50, on Wednesday night in Coleman Coliseum.
Days after its largest margin of defeat in over a decade, Alabama had a significantly different outcome Friday.
Behind six players scoring in double figures, the Crimson Tide outpaced Louisiana-Lafayette in a 105-93 victory in Coleman Coliseum...
Kennesaw State at Alabama
When: 7:30 p.m.
Where: Coleman Coliseum
Records (in 2014-15): Alabama 19-15, 8-10 SEC; Kennesaw State 10-22, 4-10 A-SUN
TV: SEC Network+ (Play-by-play: Mick Gillispie, color analyst: Rick Moody)
Radio: 95.3 The Bear (Play-by-play: Chris Stewart, color analyst Bryan Passink)
Officially, a new era of Alabama basketball finally gets underway Friday night.
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It won’t count in the standings, but the result, in this case, still means something.
In Avery Johnson’s unofficial debut as Alabama coach Friday night, the Crimson Tide took down Division II Trevecca Nazarene, 87-65, in an exhibition at Coleman Coliseum...
Trevecca Nazarene at Alabama (exhibition)
When: 7 p.m.
Where: Coleman Coliseum
Records (in 2014-15): Alabama 19-15, 8-10 SEC; Trevecca Nazarene 13-15, 8-6 G-MAC
TV: SEC Network+
Radio: None (Play-by-play announcer Chris Stewart and color commentator Bryan Passink, who normally call the games on 95...
Now, it looks like it might be a trend.
For the second time this preseason Thursday, Alabama men's basketball allowed the media to watch a portion of the team's practice.
"Our team has made some pretty good strides in practice," coach Avery Johnson said...