2011-12 Alabama Basketball Preview

2010-11 Results

Overall: 25-12 (19-0 H, 4-6 A, 2-6 N)
SEC: 12-4 (8-0 H, 4-4 A)
Conference Tournament: 1-1, lost in semifinals
Postseason: 4-1, lost in NIT championship game

An SEC West Division title and a deep run in the NIT was the capper to a special 256-win season for the Crimson Tide. The team went 19-0 at home, including a win over Kentucky and three NIT tourney victories. The group was still pretty young, as six of the nine players in the regular rotation were slated to return in 2011-12, making for optimism in Tuscaloosa.

Roster

Returning Starters
JaMychal Green
Tony Mitchell
Trevor Releford

Returning Lettermen
Charles Hankerson Jr.
Ben Eblen
Carl Engstrom

Other Returning Players

None

Newcomers
Keon Blackledge
Rodney Cooper
Moussa Gueye
Nick Jacobs
Trevor Lacey
Retin Obasohan
Levi Randolph

Head Coach
Anthony Grant, third year

Key Losses

The Crimson Tide lost two starters and one other key contributor from last year’s team.

Charvez Davis was the team’s No. 4 scorer (8.5 ppg) and averaged 2.1 rebounds per game while serving as the team’s top 3-point shooter (71 makes, 35 percent). He was alos third in assists (53).

Senario Hillman averaged 6.4 ppg and 2.5 rpg while listing second in assists (62) and fourth in steals (50).

Chris Hines averaged 5.5 points and 6.1 rebounds per game while finishing second in blocks shots (55) and third in steals (54) and shooting 48 percent from the field.

Schedule

http://www.rolltide.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/alab-m-baskbl-sched.html

2011-12 Preview

With the top three scorers and top two rebounds from last year coming back, there seems to be as much optimism as before in Tucscaloosa, like the Tide will be rolling into the Top 25 to stay this year. The group will have to incorporate a few new bodies into the rotation this year, but there is already pretty good talent to work with that the only questions will be, how deep will the Tide go? If it is nine deep in talent, Alabama may just challenge Kentucky and Vanderbilt for SEC supremacy.

Backcourt

Sophomore Trevor Releford led the team in assists (125) and steals (60) while posting 11.0 points and 3.3 rebounds per game, shooting 48 percent from the floor.

Sophomore Charles Hankerson Jr. tallied 2.3 points and 1.2 rebounds per game while playing about 11 minutes per contest off the bench.

Junior Ben Eblen played in all 37 games last year, averaging about nine minutes per contest and tallying 0.6 points and 0.8 boards per contest.

Frontcourt

Senior JaMychal Green was the team’s leader in scoring (15.5 ppg), rebounding (7.5 pg) and blocked shots (70). He shot 51 percent from the floor as a junior.

Junior Tony Mitchell was No. 2 in scoring (15.2 ppg), rebounding (7.1 pg) and steals (59) while listing third in blocked shots (41) and shooting a team-best 52 percent from the field.

Sophomore Carl Engstrom saw action in 21 games last year as a freshman, tallying nine points, 25 rebounds and eight blocks in 112 total minutes.

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