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LOS ANGELES — Alabama guard Rylan Griffen looked up at an imaginary wall and thought about all of the legendary athletes and teams that have been at Tuscaloosa.
There’s Heisman Trophy winners. Hall of Famers. National champions.
Now he and his teammates will be among those names for being responsible for Alabama achieving its first Final Four in school history.
“We get penciled in history,” Griffen said.
It’s a major accomplishment for a program that has long lived in the shadow of its football team and located in a place where sports rule. Not only is football good, but so is softball, gymnastics and golf, with all of the sports making finals and most importantly, winning national championships.
Now this team can add itself to the list, and it has the chance of creating even more history with the first national championship in men’s basketball.
“We want to be great in whatever we do. It’s the University of Alabama, we should be,” athletic director Greg Byrne told USA TODAY Sports. “People care about the University of Alabama like no other, and so it’s really cool to see that happen on the basketball court.”
Alabama Crimson Tide guard Mark Sears (1) celebrates with the trophy after defeating the Clemson Tigers in the finals of the West Regional of the 2024 NCAA Tournament at Crypto.com Arena.
It was another outstanding offensive performance from Alabama on Saturday night, but with a twist. The Crimson Tide didn’t come out shooting great. It started 6-for-27 from the field and 1-for-13 from 3-point land. All the makings of a lackluster performance.
But the twist was Alabama was making Clemson work offensively, something not seen much from the Crimson Tide this season. Clemson didn’t shoot the ball well in the first half either, and Alabama’s defense prevented Clemson from ever getting too far ahead. Then the…
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Author : USA TODAY Sports
Publish date : 2024-03-31 12:17:03
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