If last season felt like a disappointment for the Alabama Crimson Tide, then you probably weren’t paying close enough attention to the previous 10 - 15 years of Alabama basketball.
We talk about outliers, and after watching the Crimson Tide underachieve last year it’s probably best to look back at 2020-21 as the outlier. Rather than the 2022 squad being underachievers.
Maybe that’s a bit harsh, but the reality is I’ve watched Alabama closely under three different head coaches. They generally have highly talented rosters, and they’re rarely bad. They’re also rarely great. And last season the Tide looked a lot like a typical Tide team.