With only a few sports left to go, Bama Sports 2014-2015 gets a B- from me.

Nowhere near an D or F since thankfully, none of our teams where a dumpster fire, but we've taken a dip. With only softball, golf, track and baseball still going on, this athletic year has yet to yield a national championship.... Football and Gymnastics being the only ones to even come realistically close so far.



Highlights so far
-2014 SEC Champions of Football
-2015 SEC Champions of Gymnastics
-Volleyball wins their first ever post season game
-Gymnastics goes 6-0 vs Auburn and continues a 116 game streak
-Basketball hires Avery Johnson
-Renovation of Joe Sewell begins at last.
-Swimming sets records at SECs and NCAAs, program on the rise.

Cool
-W. Basketball shows hints of life under Curry.
-Baseball sweeps Auburn amidst a blah season.

Lowlights
-Losing to Ohio State in Football.
-Losing to Ole Miss in anything
-yet another meh basketball campaign leads to firing.
-Soccer finishes meh and undergoes coaching change
-softball is bounced from SEC tournament by Auburn
-W. Tennis is upset by Clemson in Tuscaloosa from the NCAA tourney
-Gymnastics loses to LSU, breaking a 5 year home winning streak.



TO BE DETERMINED
Softball: Compared to their usual standard, the year has been underwhelming, far too few sweeps in the SEC and a quick exit from the SEC tourney hurt. But with the post season beckoning, all can be erased by getting hot right now and making it back to OKC. If the team can turn it on a trip all the way back to the finals isn't impossible, just not as likely as years before.


Baseball: This year has been tough and with a new venue being built for the program, talks of new leadership abound. For the time being, baseball has been very meh, starting the year well but being bogged down in SEC play. The SEC tourney and NCAAs still await so a lot can be rectified but hopes shouldn't be too high.


Track & Field: I know literally nothing about our team other than we're one of those schools with some impressive elite individuals but a "decent" overall team.

Golf: The women seem to have taken a step back from their dominant form of the past. The ladies only managed 4th in their regional, still advancing to NCAAs, but with little fanfare. The 2 time defending men's golf team is riding the highest of all remaining Bama sports, earning a #4 seed in the NCAA tourney after an humbling loss in the SEC tournament (held the lead for most of the tourney). As of now they hold our best shot of a 2015 National Championship.




Sidenote: Did you know Alabama Rowing (along with Tennessee and Old Dominion) is an affiliate member of the Big 12. Meaning, if they won a conference title it would make the University of Alabama a Big 12 Champion.