After Monday night’s wakeup call provided by Stanford, Alabama basketball is back on track for a promising season. Nate Oats did not take the Crimson Tide to Asheville, NC to finish fifth in the eight-team field. He and his players were looking for a signature win they did not get. What they did get on Wednesday night was a resume-building win.
Providence was the preseason pick to be the No. 3 team in the Big East. The Big East does not have the clout it did in the 80s and 90s when John Thompson Jr. led his Georgetown Hoyas to NCAA Tournament after tournament.