Alabama Crimson Tide Women's Basketball
Hosts Tulane Green Wave Tonight
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TUSCALOOSA, Alabama – The University of Alabama women's basketball team
(21-13) will once again face Tulane (18-14). The Crimson Tide will host the Green Wave in the third round of the Women's
National Invitation Tournament this evening at 7
p.m. CT at Coleman Coliseum in beautiful Tuscaloosa, Alabama, the second meeting in as many years in the WNIT. The first 100 students in attendance will
receive a free ticket courtesy of Coca-Cola.
This will be the 12th meeting between the two teams, with Tulane defeating Alabama last year in the WNIT by a score of 53-52 on the Green Wave's home court.
UA women's basketball earned tonight's game by virtue of its 55-53 victory in the last 5.1 seconds over Little Rock in the second round of the WNIT. Alabama is 7-5 overall in WNIT contests.
Tulane advanced to the third round by virtue of its victories over UT Arlington (62-53) and Grambling State (66-49).
UA women's basketball earned tonight's game by virtue of its 55-53 victory in the last 5.1 seconds over Little Rock in the second round of the WNIT. Alabama is 7-5 overall in WNIT contests.
Tulane advanced to the third round by virtue of its victories over UT Arlington (62-53) and Grambling State (66-49).
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NCAA Swimming & Diving Championships
Crimson Tide Men's Swimming & Diving
22nd In 800 Freestyle Relay
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UA men's swimming & diving head coach Dennis Pursley said, "That wasn't the start we were looking for but we've got the 200 freestyle relay and the 400 medley relay [Thursday} and those are two of our stronger relays. We also have Anton McKee in the 200 individual medley and three guys in the 50 freestyle, so it will be a full day for us."
Leading off the Tide's 800 freestyle relay was junior Christopher Reid. He was followed by senior Alex Gray, junior Matthew Adams and sophomore Robert Howard. The quartet put in a time of 6:22.79.
The meet enters its full preliminaries and finals schedule today. The prelims begin at 9 a.m. CT and the finals beginning at 5 p.m. CT. Today's preliminaries include the 200 freestyle and 400 medley relays as well as the 500 freestyle, 200 individual medley relay and the 50 freestyle.
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Alabama Women's Tennis Hosts
Kentucky & Vanderbilt This Weekend
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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The Alabama women's tennis team is gearing up to host two Southeastern Conference foes this weekend. The
Crimson Tide (6-10, 0-6 SEC) will face the 13th-ranked
Kentucky Wildcats on Friday at 4 p.m. CT at the Alabama Tennis Stadium. Then on Saturday, Alabama will do battle with the eighth-ranked Vanderbilt Commodores on Sunday at 1 p.m. CT.
This Friday's match with Kentucky will be the Tide's Power of Pink match. Cancer survivors will be honored before the start of the contest. Additionally, Friday is International Night, where the program recognizes those student-athletes on the tennis team from overseas.
Sunday's match will be known as Recreation Day. UA players will be available to play with fans for approximately 30 minutes after the match. Alabama posters, magnets and shakers will be given away during the match.
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Alabama Track & Field
Participate In Florida State Relays On Friday
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The Alabama men's track and field team is ranked eighth in the country, while the women are No. 15 in the first outdoor U.S. Track & Field Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) National Team Rankings released only a few days ago, March 20th. The men's team racked up 167.36 points while the women's team earned 112.70 points.
University of Alabama Crimson Tide track & field head coach Dan Waters said, "We had some good performances by our throwers last week at the Bulldog Relays and we look for them to carry that momentum into this weekend. We will also have a chance to get a number of athletes on the track for the first time in the outdoor season on Friday against some good regional competition."
Though the UA contingent of 63 will be In Gainesville, Florida for the Florida Relays March 30-April 1, Alabama Track & Field will be sending a smaller group will travel to Palo Alto, California for the Stanford Invitational on April 1st.
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Clear Bag Policy Instituted By SEC
For All Football Games Beginning This Season
Alabama and some of the other Southeastern Conference schools had already begun implementation of their own clear bag policy, but now the new conference-wide bag policy will be in effect beginning with the 2017 football season. The policy was approved by a unanimous vote of the league's athletics directors.
Southeastern Conference commissioner Greg Sankey said, "SEC football stadiums are among the largest venues in the world of sports, so safety and security are issues that must always remain a priority for our events We believe this policy is an important enhancement to the security measures already put in place by our institutions."
Fans are encouraged not to bring any types of bags inside SEC stadiums during football games; however, the following outlines bags that are permitted:
- Bags that are clear plastic, vinyl or PVC and do not exceed 12" x 6" x 12";
- One-gallon clear plastic freezer bags (Ziploc bag or similar); and
- Small clutch bags, with or without a handle or strap, that do not exceed 4.5" x 6.5" (approximately the size of a hand).
- An exception will be made for medically necessary items after proper inspection at a gate designated for this purpose.
An approved logo no larger than 4.5" x 3.4" may be displayed on one side of a permissible clear bag.
Prohibited bags include, but are not limited to: purses larger than a clutch bag; briefcases; backpacks, cinch bags, and fanny packs that are not clear and/or exceed the size restriction; luggage of any kind; computer bags/cases; camera bags/cases; binocular bags/cases or any bag larger than the permissible size.
Fans will continue to be able to carry items allowed into the stadium in a permissible clear bag, such as binoculars and cameras.
This policy pertains to bags and is not an all-inclusive list of
items that are prohibited from being taken into the stadium. Therefore,
fans should be aware of specific institutional policies regarding prohibited items that may not be brought into that institution's
stadium.
*Information supplied by SEC
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Mobile Christian Defensive End Andres Fox
Narrows College Choices To Six
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Trent Richardson Opens Up About
Recent Domestic Violence Arrest
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Mobile Christian Defensive End Andres Fox
Narrows College Choices To Six
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| Andres Fox Photo Credit: UA Athletics |
Three-star Mobile (Alabama) Christian defensive end Andres Fox has narrowed the list of school toward which he leans when considering where to continue his football career once his high school playing days are behind him. The 6'4", 232-pound Fox has received numerous offers, not only from Southeastern Conference schools and other colleges in the region, but also as far away as California.
Fox has narrowed his list to six schools. Those six, in no specific order, are the University of Alabama Crimson Tide, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Florida State and USC.
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Trent Richardson Opens Up About
Recent Domestic Violence Arrest
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It was just this past February that former University of Alabama running back Trent Richardson was arrested and charged with third-degree domestic violence at a Hoover hotel. Now, that same woman has been arrested this week.
Richardson's ex-girlfriend, and the mother of his four children, was arrested this week and charged with two counts of aggravated battery and one count of criminal mischief for allegedly
ramming a Mercedes-Benz SUV into a car containing Richardson and one other victim.
In a statement to the Escambia County Sheriff's Office, Richardson said his
ex-girlfriend, Sevina Fatu, has told him, "If I can't have you, no one
can," according to the report.
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Former UA Receiver Antonio Carter
Files Lawsuit Against Lane Kiffin & State Of Florida
According to a report from SEC Country, former Alabama Crimson Tide receiver Antonio Carter has filed a lawsuit against former University of Alabama offensive coordinator and current FAU head coach Lane Kiffin and the state of Florida. In the suit, Carter alleges that Kiffin led him to believe that he was in line for a job on the FAU football staff as an assistant strength and conditioning coach, but then later informed Carter he was disqualified from consideration for the position after offering a scholarship to a recruit whom Carter had helped Kiffin obtain.
According to SEC Country:
However, after believing he had been hired and the prospect accepted a scholarship with the Owls, Carter was notified by school officials that he didn’t pass the required background check and would not be employed “due to two prior minor misdemeanor criminal charges.”
Carter claims in the lawsuit that he sent documentation showing the resolution of the charges, one of which the prosecutor refused to pursue more than seven years ago, but FAU didn’t respond and numerous other inquiries went unanswered. That included waiting for hours outside of Patrick Chun’s office only to have the FAU athletic director refuse to meet with him.
Also, according to SEC Country, the lawsuit also alleges that Kiffin told Carter his hire was a "done" deal, and supposedly was so "done" that Carter
even assisted FAU on signing day.
USA Today is reporting that court records are indicating four arrests, rather than two, for Carter and that he "took pleas in each case and avoided jail time. Two were concerning drug paraphernalia, with one being possession and the other failure to appear on a drug charge. The other two dealt with operating a motor vehicle with a suspended or revoked license in 2014, with one of those by the Florida Highway Patrol and the other by Florida State University police.
The aforementioned recruit whom Carter says he "believed" he was used in recruiting is not mentioned directly in suit, but SEC Country strongly believes him to be D'Anfernee McGriff who played at Iowa Western Community College in 2016. He did, in fact, sign with FAU on National Signing Day.
Among the schools for which Carter has previously held coaching are Appalachian State, Eastern Michigan and Samford.
