Alabama Men’s Basketball Remains in the Top-10 National Rankings
2/1/2021 1:53:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Crimson Tide drops one spot in AP Poll, moves up to No. 7 in USA Today Coaches Poll
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The Alabama men's basketball team dropped one spot to No. 10 in the Associated Press Top-25 Poll and moved up to No. 7 in the USA Today Coaches Poll, both of which were released Monday. It marks the first time since 2002 that the Crimson Tide appeared in the AP top-10 in the month of February.
Alabama finished the week with a 1-1 record, defeating Kentucky 70-59 last Tuesday before dropping a narrow 66-61 decision on the road at then-No. 24 Oklahoma last Saturday. The loss snapped the Tide's 10-game winning streak which was the longest in the program since winning 10 consecutive to open the 1996-97 campaign.
AP Top-25 Ranking
- The last time Alabama was ranked in the top-10 in the month of February came in 2002 when UA was ranked as high as No. 5 in the nation on its way to winning the SEC regular season championship
- Alabama is one of four SEC teams to be ranked in this week's AP Poll, joining No. 11 Tennessee, No. 18 Missouri – who the Tide will face on Saturday – and No.22 Florida
- The Sooners, which made the biggest jump in the AP Poll by improving 16 spots to No. 8 in the nation, secured their fourth top-10 victory in the month of January with the win over UA
Alabama will return to action on Wednesday night (ESPN2, 6 p.m. CT) when it hosts LSU inside Coleman Coliseum. It will mark the second meeting this season between the teams, with the Tide taking an 105-75 victory over the Tigers back on Jan. 19.
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