Tide Places 8 On Athlon All-America Football Teams
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Athlon Sports has named eight University of Alabama Crimson Tide football players on its preseason All-America teams.
Alabama's eight selections are tied for the most players named for the honor. Clemson, the team the Crimson Tide defeated in the 2016 College Football Championship, also had eight selections.
Making the second team are senior linebacker Reuben Foster and senior safety Eddie Jackson.
Named to the fourth team are junior tight end O.J. Howard and senior linebacker Tim Williams.
Athlon's All-America teams are based on how players will perform in 2016. Career statistics and awards matter in the evaluation, but choosing players for the 2016 All-America team is largely based on both predicting and projecting the best players for the upcoming 2016 football season.
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Avery Johnson Part Of NBA Draft Coverage
UA Men's Head Basketball Coach Avery Johnson
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Set those big screen televisions to the NBC television network tonight. University of Alabama men's basketball coach Avery Johnson will be a part of the 2016 NBA Draft coverage on NBC. He will be serving as an
in-studio guest analyst for tonight's broadcast. Johnson, who is entering his second season as the head coach of the Crimson Tide basketball program, will provide in-depth
analysis surrounding this year’s draft and give his perspective on the selections. Johnson spent quite a few years in the NBA as head coach and player.
Johnson will host with the same group on the network’s 2016 NBA Draft Review following the draft, recapping the draft with news, information and analysis starting at 11 p.m. CT.
Johnson spent 16 seasons in the NBA as a player with seven different teams, highlighted when he helped guide the San Antonio Spurs to an NBA Championship in 1999. He also spent nearly seven seasons as a head coach for the Dallas Mavericks and Brooklyn Nets. Johnson was named the 2006 NBA Coach of the Year.
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University Of Alabama Football National Championships: 1973
We are taking a brief look at each of the 16 football national championships claimed by The University of Alabama Crimson Tide.
National championships in NCAA Divsion I FBS has most every year been debated. While Bama claims 16, the NCAA documents 20 in its list of Past Division I National Championships. (UA does not claim the five additional listed from the years 1945, 1962, 1966, 1975, 1977.)
Prior to 1945, national championships were selected by a rather large group of organizations and associations. Some of the championships were even named retroactively, something that was eventually stopped. These organizations include the National Championship Foundation (NCF), Dunkel Index, Helms Athletic Foundation, Houlgate, Spalding's Football Guide, Litkenhaus, and the College Football Reasearch Association (CFRA).
The AP Poll has in the past been the most widely-circulated and recognized selector of national championships since 1936. In addition, the AFCA Coaches Poll had been widely recognized since 1950. The BCS, or Bowl Championship Series, was instituted in 1998 to determine the national champion and lasted up until 2013. Then in 2014 a four-team playoff system was instituted to determine the national champion in Division I football. (Alabama was a participant in the first-ever playoff system.)
The ninth National Championship claimed by the Crimson Tide was awarded for the 1973 season. It was the fourth national title for Alabama head coach Paul "Bear" Bryant. UA completed the regular season 11-0-0, winning the Southeastern Conference Championship before being invited to play Notre Dame in the December 31, 1973 Sugar Bowl at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana.
This first contest between the two football powers was one of the highest rated college football games ever, receiving a 25.3 Nielsen rating. This was the sixth appearance for the Crimson Tide in the Sugar Bowl and their 27th overall bowl game appearance. Attendance at the game was officially listed as 85,161.
The Crimson Tide lost to the Irish 24-23, finishing the 1973 season at 11-1-0. Alabama was selected as the national champion by the Coaches Poll, and was the last time this poll would make its selection prior to the bowl games because of the controversy.
1973 University Of Alabama Football Schedule
09/15 California W 66-0
09/22 at Kentucky W 28-14
09/29 at Vanderbilt W 44-0
10/06 Georgia W 28-14
10/13 at Florida W 35-14
10/20 Tennessee W 42-21
10/27 Virginia Tech W 77-6
11/03 at Miss St W 35-0
11/10 Miami W 43-13
11/22 at LSU W 21-7
12/01 Auburn W 35-0
12'31 Notre Dame L 23-24
University Of Alabama's Paul "Bear" Bryant
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UA Swimmers & Divers Earn Scholar All-America Honors
The University of Alabama Crimson Tide swimming and diving teams have placed 28 as Scholar All-Americans, according to the College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America, with 12 of those earning first-team recognition.
Of those 28 honorees, 14 came from the men's team and 14 from the women.
Men's honorees include Luke Kaliszak, Connor Oslin, Pavel Romanov, Laurent Bams, Robert Howard, Anton McKee, Brent Sagert. Christian Arseneau, Knox Auerbach, Taylor Charles, Szymmy Day, Jacob Kelsoe, Carl Madden and David Morton.
Women's honorees include Caroline Korst, Hannah Musser, Emma Saunders, Temarie Tomley, Marian Yurchishin, Kara Fredlock, Brittany Gilbert, Katie Kelsoe, Stephanie Klotz, Christina Lu, Justine Macfarlane, Dakota Toner, Ayanna Woods and Taylor Zablocki.
Earlier this month both the University of Alabama men and women were honored as Scholar All-America Teams by the coaches’ association. Alabama was the only school to have both its men’s and women’s teams obtain a better than 3.35 team grade point average.The women's team earned a GPA of 3.65, with the men's team earning a 3.44 average. Overall, the Crimson Tide men and women were both ranked sixth by team GPA. Alabama’s men and women were ranked first and second, respectively, in the SEC by team GPA.
