re: Alabama Basketball Recruiting and Offseason Talk

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I said in my early SEC basketball preview that the Crimson Tide were currently my No. 3 team in the league. I also said that if Key returned, Alabama would be a preseason Top 20 team.

But don’t view those numbers as set in stone. Johnson’s squad has the pieces in place to rise higher in both of those rankings.

This is no longer a team that’ll be defined only by its gritty efforts on the defensive end of the floor. There are now playmakers, shooters, defenders, and everything else that you need to be a true national contender.

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