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Grade Alabama's '24- '25 post season
Posted on 5/31/25 at 5:38 pm
Posted on 5/31/25 at 5:38 pm
Overall, I'd rate C-.
Football- loss to Michigan in mid level bowl game
Mens basketball- SEC semifinals, Elite 8
Women's basketball - NCAA second round
Softball- swept in Super regional
Baseball- 0-2 in regional
I know other sports weren't as good, like gymnastics and golf, too.
Only the basketball teams over achieved typical norms.
Football- loss to Michigan in mid level bowl game
Mens basketball- SEC semifinals, Elite 8
Women's basketball - NCAA second round
Softball- swept in Super regional
Baseball- 0-2 in regional
I know other sports weren't as good, like gymnastics and golf, too.
Only the basketball teams over achieved typical norms.
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Posted on 5/31/25 at 5:54 pm to East Coast Band
Frustrating 
Posted on 5/31/25 at 6:13 pm to East Coast Band
Posted on 5/31/25 at 6:14 pm to East Coast Band
Byrne’s hires outside of CNO have been underwhelming so far but still too early to judge fully.
Posted on 5/31/25 at 6:22 pm to East Coast Band
Gymnastics had a struggle regular season, but rebounded for a tournament run to the Elite Eight. They get a classroom smiley sticker for 2025.
Posted on 5/31/25 at 6:53 pm to Lordofwrath88
This year was highly underwhelming. Football and basketball took a step backward. Baseball probably broke even.
(And no offense but I don’t watch girls sports so I can’t comment)
However I think football will be worlds better. Basketball is still too early to tell. Baseball better raid the portal and fire Jackson.
(And no offense but I don’t watch girls sports so I can’t comment)
However I think football will be worlds better. Basketball is still too early to tell. Baseball better raid the portal and fire Jackson.
Posted on 5/31/25 at 7:12 pm to bamacj1999
Just checked the calendar, it should also be noted.... the athletic year is still going on until Track and Field wrap up June 15th.
That said, I would have to agree, this has been a substandard year.
In terms of what we were hoping for, I think 2010 still owns the Biggest Underachieving Year of overall Bama Athletics this century.
Football racked up 3 losses and 0 relevant post season with one of the most stacked Saban rosters ever.
Basketball was still building under Grant, but the bubble denied us.
Softball was the #1 overall seed and complete shat the bed against 16 seed Hawaii
Gymnastics attained the #1 ranking several times only to fall apart at SECs and Nationals
Volleyball was meh, Soccer was meh, WBB was meh,
in fact the high mark was Baseball winning their last regional until 2023.
That said, I would have to agree, this has been a substandard year.
In terms of what we were hoping for, I think 2010 still owns the Biggest Underachieving Year of overall Bama Athletics this century.
Football racked up 3 losses and 0 relevant post season with one of the most stacked Saban rosters ever.
Basketball was still building under Grant, but the bubble denied us.
Softball was the #1 overall seed and complete shat the bed against 16 seed Hawaii
Gymnastics attained the #1 ranking several times only to fall apart at SECs and Nationals
Volleyball was meh, Soccer was meh, WBB was meh,
in fact the high mark was Baseball winning their last regional until 2023.
This post was edited on 5/31/25 at 7:20 pm
Posted on 5/31/25 at 7:17 pm to bamacj1999
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basketball took a step backward
Yes, no hardware and no final four but we did make it to the elite 8. How many years would we have killed for that?
Overall, its tough being a Bama fan this year.
Posted on 5/31/25 at 7:53 pm to East Coast Band
2024-2025 is one datapoint but I've definitely wondered if Alabama's future in athletics is dimmer without serious changes to NIL. We've got billionaires handing softball pitchers 1 million dollar deals to attend their alma mater now. Alabama simply will never have that money and the imperative to paying the bills requires the collectives pushing all the NIL funds into the football roster.
This post was edited on 5/31/25 at 7:54 pm
Posted on 5/31/25 at 7:58 pm to Syd
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Yes, no hardware and no final four but we did make it to the elite 8. How many years would we have killed for that?
Overall, its tough being a Bama fan this year.
Alabama was a 2 seed that lost to the 1 seed. They did exactly what the tournament committee projected. The 2024 team overachieved and caught a very favorable 1 seed for them to upset in the Sweet 16. Frankly, only played one team in our path to the F4 that could play at our pace but that was an overrated UNC team.
For Alabama basketball, who made two prior Elite Eights in the entire program's history, the 2024-2025 season was a great year. I know we had dreams of winning the whole damn thing after that magical run but injuries lowered our ceiling from top 4 to top 8.
Posted on 5/31/25 at 8:26 pm to East Coast Band
I’m sure most will disregard it but NCAA track & field is ongoing and still to be determined. At least 30 Bama athletes are headed to Eugene, OR for the NCAA Outdoor T&F championships June 11-14.
For the other sports I agree with a C or C-.
For the other sports I agree with a C or C-.
This post was edited on 5/31/25 at 8:28 pm
Posted on 5/31/25 at 8:46 pm to CrimsonTider98
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Byrne’s hires outside of CNO have been underwhelming so far but still too early to judge fully.
KDB is regarded as a top ten coach by nearly every media outlet , CNO hire speaks for itself and I may eat crow on this but I think Vaughn was an excellent hire . So I think the Big 3 is in pretty good shape IMO
Posted on 5/31/25 at 8:48 pm to East Coast Band
Absolute down year. Time to pull up the bootstraps and figure out NIL. Baseball will never be good until we get a lottery. All SEC west will kill us until we can match their scholarships. Auburn is a red herring this year. Softball, well we know the problem.
Posted on 6/1/25 at 7:22 am to bamacj1999
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basketball took a step backward
What?
Posted on 6/1/25 at 11:15 am to KingOfTheWorld
Well the good part of being an All-Sports fan is the Off-Season is not really that long.
Between Track and Field ending in early June and Soccer kicking off the first exhibitions in early August, that's little more than one month full break.
Between Track and Field ending in early June and Soccer kicking off the first exhibitions in early August, that's little more than one month full break.
Posted on 6/2/25 at 12:33 am to East Coast Band
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Only the basketball teams over achieved typical norms.
I don't believe men's swimming finishing 13th and women getting 15th is underachieving historically. Maybe for the latter part of the skinner/pursley era, but not all history. I've definitely been on worse squads at bama
next year will be the first season without any skinner/pursley recruits, and i do expect a drop-off... because it's true most non Oats hires have been quite underwhelming. I imagine most of the hires came with prior coaching experience, ever, of any type, but my sport wasn't afforded that luxury 
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