Mode: | Basketball |
Year: | 2022–23 |
Prev Year: | 2021–22 |
Next Year: | 2023–24 |
Team: | Alabama Crimson Tide |
Conference: | Southeastern Conference |
Short Conf: | SEC |
Coachrank: | 4 |
Aprank: | 1 |
Record: | 31–6 |
Conf Record: | 16–2 |
Hc Year: | 4th |
Ac1 Year: | 4th |
Ac2 Year: | 4th |
Ac3 Year: | 11th |
Champion: | SEC regular season & tournament champions |
Bowl Result: | Sweet Sixteen |
The 2022–23 Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball team represented the University of Alabama in the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by fourth-year head coach Nate Oats. They played their home games at Coleman Coliseum in Tuscaloosa, Alabama as a member of the Southeastern Conference. They finished the season 31–6, 16–2 in SEC play to win the regular season championship. They defeated Mississippi State, Missouri, and Texas A&M to win the SEC tournament championship. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 1 seed in the South region. As the number one overall seed in the tournament, they defeated Texas A&M–Corpus Christi and Maryland to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. There they were upset by San Diego State.
The Crimson Tide finished the 2021–22 season 19–14, 9–9 in SEC Play to finish a five-way tie for fifth place. They lost in the second round of the SEC tournament to Vanderbilt. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 6 seed in the West Region, where they were upset in the First Round by Notre Dame.
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason for departure | |
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Jusaun Holt | 1 | G | 6'6" | 190 | Freshman | Transferred to Georgia | ||
3 | G | 6'3" | 195 | Freshman | Declare for 2022 NBA draft | |||
Juwan Gary | 4 | F | 6'6" | 218 | RS Sophomore | Transferred to Nebraska | ||
5 | G | 6'3" | 200 | Junior | Declare for 2022 NBA draft | |||
14 | G | 6'6" | 175 | Senior | Graduated/undrafted in 2022 NBA draft | |||
Tyler Barnes | 15 | F | 6'8" | 210 | GS Senior | Walk-on; graduated | ||
Britton Johnson | 21 | G | 6'4" | 185 | Senior | Walk-on; graduate transferred to Samford | ||
Keon Ambrose-Hylton | 22 | F | 6'8" | 215 | Sophomore | Transferred to SMU | ||
James Rojas | 33 | F | 6'8" | 220 | RS Senior | Graduate transferred to Wichita State | ||
Alex Tchikou | 35 | F | 6'11" | 230 | RS Freshman | Transferred to Rhode Island |
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Previous School | |
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1 | G | 6'1" | 185 | Junior | Ohio | |||
10 | G | 6'5" | 205 | GS Senior | St. Bonaventure | |||
Nick Pringle | 23 | F | 6'10" | 220 | RS Freshman | Dodge City Community College |
The SEC media poll was released on October 19, 2022.[1]
Media poll | ||
1 | Kentucky | |
2 | Arkansas | |
3 | Tennessee | |
4 | Auburn | |
5 | Alabama | |
6 | Texas A&M | |
7 | Florida | |
8 | LSU | |
9 | Ole Miss | |
10 | Mississippi State | |
11 | Missouri | |
12 | Vanderbilt | |
13 | Georgia | |
14 | South Carolina |
|-!colspan=12 style=""|Exhibition|-!colspan=12 style=""|Regular Season|-!colspan=12 style=""| SEC tournament|-!colspan=12 style=|NCAA tournament[2]
See also: 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings.
*AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings.