BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — If you didn’t know, you wouldn’t know.
If you didn’t already know that at least two of Alabama’s players had been present at a Tuscaloosa murder scene exactly 60 days ago … if you didn’t know that another, now-former Alabama player whose name is still in the season stats has been charged with capital murder … if you didn’t know this was a program and an administration in lockdown mode against all inquiries into the circumstances surrounding Jamea Harris’ death … the Tide’s 96-75 first-round victory over 16th-seeded Texas A&M-Corpus Christi would have appeared nothing more than a routine tournament-opening blowout.