I’ve made this thread to update on transfer portal guys that Alabama reached out to so everyone knows the list. First up:

Nate Calmese freshman guard from Lamar.

Averaged 17.6 ppg on 48% shooting.

Received a lot of praise coming in as a 5 star transfer and was huge in the win at Houston. Finished the season 8th in minutes while scoring 5.5 pts per game.

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the latest updated mock drafts, clowney may be back next year.

6’7 F Jaykwon Walton is a name to watch for Bama in the portal. He has 1 year remaining transferring from Wichita St. Was originally at Georgia. Went to Carver-Montgomery in HS.

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“I really liked the facilities, campus, and how they prepared for practice. I was in the position meeting with them and I learned a lot just in that hour of being in there. Talking with Coach Saban also opened my mind up about how much other things could distract a player from their goals.”

The Alabama men's basketball team added Jaykwon Walton, a former Rivals100 guard, to its roster on Tuesday.

Brandon Miller was named the national freshman of the year by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) on Tuesday.

Analysts coaching in FB, delayed but there is good news for other sports

Division I Council did approve increases for the number of countable coaches allowed in men’s basketball, women’s basketball, baseball, softball and ice hockey. Baseball, softball and hockey teams will now be able to have four full-time coaches instead of three. Men’s and women’s basketball teams can add two coaches who can’t recruit off-campus.

Simple question. Do you think you will ever get to see Alabama play in a Final Four?

I thought it set up perfectly for Bama to do it this year, best player on the best roster Bama has had in a long long time and we didn’t come close.

Florida Atlantic vs San Diego State and Miami vs UConn. That’s got to be by far the worst final four of all time.

Does Nate Oats' style work? The fourth-year Alabama head coach had to defend his style of play after it fell in the Sweet 16 on Friday.

"I know we take a lot of threes, but the system worked for the entire year."

Update with Amari Jefferson, who included the Crimson Tide in his Top 12 and has them pegged as one of two schools in line for an official visit

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Set to be the nations top quarterback for his class, Julains Lewis will visit Alabama this upcoming Thursday. Lewis has been to Tuscaloosa a number of times, continuing to show attention toward the Tide.

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guards we have coming back, we might have to go to a 3 guard lineup. . bradley, sears, burnett, dioubate, and bediako sounds like a good lineup.

Absolutely crushing defeat. This was arguably my favorite team to ever watch at Alabama, just because of what this team had to face and always rose up to the challenge. This loss doesn't take away the fact they swept the SEC and had the best season in program history. With that said, it's arguably the most disappointing and frustrating finish to a season in program history. To have the #1 overall seed and lose like that with the path they had is tough to swallow.

Alabama was up 9 with 11 minutes to go and it seemed like Alabama was going to run away with it. SDSU called a timeout and then went on a 12-0 to take a 3 point lead. Alabama never led after that. SDSU is a veteran, physical team that never gave up and really pounded Alabama late in that game. Given, Alabama went 3-27 from 3 and shot 32% overall and having some really good looks for the most part. It's just a disappointing finish after fighting back to take a big lead. Brandon Miller's disappointing tournament run comes to an end shooting below 20% overall. You can't say it was injury, but that's the worst I have seen him all year for a stretch.

Not much else to say, but what an incredible season with a sour ending. Alabama will lose Miller, Clowney, JQ, and Gurley and bring in a solid recruiting class with potentially 2 transfer portal guys. It'll still be a solid season next year, but this team needs to add consistent shot makers. Preferably at the wing position. I will be updating the roster situation and portal contacts, but it's been an incredible run we got to watch this year. A lot better than those bubble/NIT years!

Does Oats call him? I sure hope so. We need scoring in a bad way for next year.

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Everybody on their team except for Bacot and Davis is graduating or hitting the portal. All is not well in Chapel Hill.

The Pac-12 Freshman of the Year and Washington transfer Keyon Menifield entered the portal today. I have been told Alabama is in a very good spot with him right now. He is a native of Flint, MI so Oats had the connections there. He would be a huge addition as he has insane speed and potential.

The Alabama men's basketball team has scheduled a two-year neutral site series with Arizona, according to reports.

Tide Illustrated will break down the class one by one. Today we continue with one of the most coveted recruits in the 2023 class, Keon Keeley.