Transfer portal rules, extra eligibility, and reclassifications have made college basketball very difficult to gauge over the past couple years. It can be nearly impossible to know if a team will be good from year to year because there is no roster stability, and therefore no way to know who will actually be on the team the following season. Alabama Basketball has not escaped this bizarre new reality unscathed.
The 2023 offseason was absolute chaos for Bama hoops’ roster management. So many players were going in and out of the program that it became difficult to keep track of at times.