re: Where does Alabama basketball rank in the SEC?

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Alabama, historically is the 2nd or 3rd best program in the conference overall

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Alabama is third in conference titles. In any other metric, they're not even top 5. You have to account for the fact that Arkansas joined the conference in 1992. Florida has 2 national titles that trump the one more sec title Alabama has than them. LSU has 4 final fours and 3 more conference titles. Missouri, while a new member, has 26 tournament appearances, more elite 8s (5) and 16 conference titles in a better basketball conference. I'd put Alabama no higher than 6 historically.