Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball
| Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball | |||||||||
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| University | University of Alabama | ||||||||
| First season | 1912–13; 114 years ago | ||||||||
| Athletic director | Greg Byrne | ||||||||
| Head coach | Nate Oats 6th season, 168–72 (.700) | ||||||||
| Location | Tuscaloosa, Alabama | ||||||||
| Arena | Coleman Coliseum (capacity: 15,316) | ||||||||
| NCAA division | Division I | ||||||||
| Conference | SEC | ||||||||
| Nickname | Crimson Tide | ||||||||
| Colors | Crimson and white | ||||||||
| Student section | Crimson Chaos | ||||||||
| All-time record | 1,845–1,119 (.622) | ||||||||
| NCAA tournament record | 32–26 (.552) | ||||||||
| NCAA Division I tournament Final Four | |||||||||
| 2024 | |||||||||
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| Conference tournament champions | |||||||||
| SoCon: 1930 SEC: 1934, 1982, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 2021, 2023 | |||||||||
| Conference regular-season champions | |||||||||
| SoCon: 1930 SEC: 1939, 1940, 1956, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1987, 2002, 2021, 2023 | |||||||||
| Conference division champions | |||||||||
| SEC West: 2002, 2005, 2011 | |||||||||
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* vacated by NCAA | |||||||||
The Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball team represents the University of Alabama in NCAA Division I men's basketball. The program plays in the Southeastern Conference (SEC). Among SEC teams it trails only long-time basketball powerhouse Kentucky in SEC tournament titles, is third behind Kentucky and Tennessee in SEC regular season conference titles, and is fourth behind Kentucky, Texas, and Arkansas in total wins. Alabama was retroactively ranked as the best pre-NCAA tournament team for the 1929–30 season by the Premo-Porretta Power Poll; however, this poll is not officially recognized by the NCAA. The team has appeared in the NCAA tournament 25 times, most recently in 2025, and has made ten Sweet Sixteens, three Elite Eights, and one Final Four in the tournament. Alabama's current head coach is Nate Oats.
The men's basketball program has spent most of its history in the shadow of Alabama's football team, but has risen in stature over the past several decades. The program was notable as a regular conference basketball contender in the 1980s and early 1990s under the direction of coach Wimp Sanderson and in the 1970s under coach C. M. Newton. Under former coach Mark Gottfried, the team achieved a No. 1 national ranking briefly in 2003. In the 2003–04 season, the team defeated #1-seeded Stanford in the NCAA tournament, and reached the Elite Eight round for the first time where they lost to the eventual national champion, Connecticut.
Under Nate Oats, the team earned SEC titles in 2021 and 2023. In the latter year, the Crimson Tide achieved their best-ever season in program history to that point, earning the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA tournament. They fell to the eventual runner-up, San Diego State, in the Sweet Sixteen. In the 2024 NCAA tournament, they defeated #1-seeded North Carolina in the Sweet Sixteen, and defeated #6-seeded Clemson in the Elite Eight to advance to their first Final Four appearance in the school's history where they lost to the eventual national champion, UConn.