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I can't believe how excited I am about Basketball. Life-long Bama football fan here, never really gave a sh1t about Bama B-Ball, mainly because...well...we've sucked.

Kentucky, North Carolina, Duke, Syracuse, UConn, etc are all Basketball schools.

Alabama, Penn State, Tennessee, USC, etc are all football schools. I started thinking one day...we are the Alabama f*cking Crimson Tide..why do we have to settle on being a football school. Schools like Michigan State, Texas, Oklahoma, Florida, Ohio State, Michigan, etc, they are football AND Basketball schools. No reason whatsoever Bama can't do that too. And I think the Alabama AD department has figured that out. I've had a blast watching this March Madness the last few seasons, and Bama can be a big part of this if we make the right moves.

Avery is the right move. I know everyone was down on how the season ended. But, WE HAVE 0 TALENT on this team. We STILL had a great season, and appeared on the Bracketology several times.

It's all about recruiting baby. And Avery is on the trail. Nick Saban isn't Nick Saban without his recruiting classes. That 2008 class started it all. The 2015 class for Avery was a nice haul originally, with 5-Star (Nick King) & 4-Stars (Donta' Hall, Dazon Ingram & Kobie Eubanks). Hall will be a defensive beast for years. Ingram got injured in like Game 6, Eubanks de-committed because of grades, and King was ineligible to play last season. But, Ingram coming back and Hall going into his sophomore year, and King eligible now makes the 2015 class a very solid foundation to build on.

Next, it looked like the 2016 class was going to be basketball version of the 08 Saban Class. Looked like we were bringing in 4-Stars (Braxton Key & A'rmond Davis), and 5-Star (Terrance Ferguson). Then Ferguson fell through. But still, from what we are used too from Bama basketball, Key and Davis are still a solid haul.

To build a contending team, I think you need to bring in 2-3 four or five star players every recruiting class, and then within 3 seasons you've got yourself a team that no one wants to play in March Madness. Now I know it would be great to have Kobie Eubanks & Terrance Ferguson on the roster next season, but Avery is still doing what ne needs to do...

4 or 5 Star Players brought in...

2015: 5* Nick King, 4* Donta' Hall, 4* Dazon Ingram
2016: 4* Braxton Key, 4* A'rmond Davis

Neither of those classes are Saban's 08 homerun class, but they are very solid. When will Avery's homerun class come? watch out for 2017. I really think he can bring in a good one here. The in-state talent is CRAZY GOOD, & we are in on a few out of state guys too.

In-State guys still uncommitted......

John Petty 5* (If Petty commits to Avery, it would mean what Julio meant to Saban)
Alex Reese 4*
Herb Jones 4*
Jamal Johnson 4*
Garrison Brooks 3*
Bradley Belt 3*

Can't wait for Bama sports to be a year to year championship contender in Football AND Basketball for years to come.