Alabama Softball Ranked No. 15/16 This Week
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The Crimson Tide is down one spot in both polls from the past week's rankings, having fallen to the No. 7/8 Auburn Tigers twice this past week before a series finale 3-2 victory over the Tigers on Sunday. Bama is now 40-15 overall and 12-11 in conference play. Alabama is also ranked No. 14 in the NCAA RPI which was released on Monday.
Alabama isn't the only Southeastern Conference softball team either ranked in this week's top 25, or at least receiving votes in at least one of the polls. The 13 SEC softball teams ranked or receiving votes are Florida (1/1), Auburn (7/8), Tennessee (9/7), Texas A&M (11/11), Alabama (15/16), Kentucky (18/18), Ole Miss (19/19), LSU (21/21), South Carolina (24/23) and Georgia (25/RV). Mississippi State, Arkansas and Missouri are each also collecting votes outside the top 25.
UA softball will open postseason play at the 2017 SEC Softball Tournament in Knoxville, Tennessee on Wednesday at 11 a.m. CT. Bama is the fifth-seed in the tourney and will face Arkansas in the opener. The game will be aired on the SEC Network.
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2017 SEC Track & Field Championships Begin Thursday
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The first competition in the SEC Championships is set to begin on Thursday at 9:15 a.m. CT with the decathlon event. Field events will begin with the men's hammer throw at noon. Running events start at 5 p.m. with the preliminaries of the women's 800 meters. The decathlon 110-meter hurdles will start at 10 a.m. CT on Friday, followed by the field events at 1 p.m. CT with the final of the men's long jump. Preliminaries for the men's 110-meter hurdles will be the opening track event set for a 5:30 pm. CT start. Saturday events begin with the women's javelin final at 10 a.m. Running events will begin at 2:15 p.m. with the men's 4x100-meter relay.
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Alabama Vs. Samford Baseball Game
Has Been Cancelled
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TUSCALOOSA, Alabama - The baseball game originally scheduled for tonight between the University of Alabama and Samford University has been cancelled and will not be rescheduled this season. UA has made the decision not to play another in-state opponent this week.
In the last matchup between the Crimson Tide and Bulldogs back on March 15th Samford came away with a 10-3 win over UA.
The two programs agreed on a new five-year, home-and-home series extension on Monday. The Tide and Dogs will face each other again in 2018.
Alabama's next game is slated for Wednesday against Grambling at home. Game time has been set for 6 p.m. CT.
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Lane Kiffin On Why Alabama & Nick Saban
Have Such Great Success
Have Such Great Success
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Former University of Alabama football offensive coordinator and current FAU head coach Lane Kiffin said that there is an "easy" answer as to why UA football head coach Nick Saban and the Crimson Tide are so good, and why no one will be able to catch Saban and Bama when it comes to its football success.
In a recent interview, Kiffin told Al.com that Saban "out-recruits everybody." Kiffin further stated that, "He is relentless at it. It's every day, all year long. Whether it's on the phone, whether it is evaluating guys on film at night at home, he's relentless about developing relationships in recruiting."
Is it any wonder that Kiffin has decided to take "The Process" with him to FAU?
Saban has "better players than anyone else in the country," Kiffin concluded.
Pretty much sounds like a compliment.
