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Grading Alabama Basketball's 2024-2025 Season: Just a Minute

Was this season a success for Nate Oats and the Crimson Tide?

Katie Windham

Mar 8, 2025; Auburn, Alabama, USA; Alabama Crimson Tide guard Mark Sears (1) celebrates after making the game winning shot to beat the Auburn Tigers in overtime at Neville Arena.
Mar 8, 2025; Auburn, Alabama, USA; Alabama Crimson Tide guard Mark Sears (1) celebrates after making the game winning shot to beat the Auburn Tigers in overtime at Neville Arena. / John Reed-Imagn Images

Welcome to BamaCentral’s "Just a Minute," a daily video series featuring BamaCentral's Alabama beat writers. Multiple times a week, the writers will group up or film solo to provide their take on a topic concerning the Crimson Tide or the landscape of college sports.

Watch the above video as BamaCentral's assistant editor Katie Windham looks back on the Alabama basketball season after making a run to the Elite Eight and puts a grade on the 2024-2025 Crimson Tide team.

Alabama basketball's season ended on Saturday with a loss to No. 1 Duke in the Elite Eight. The Crimson Tide finished the season with a 28-9 record.

Before the NCAA Tournament began, Alabama head coach Nate Oats said anything short of a Final Four would be a disappointment. Oats has set a new standard for Alabama basketball. Prior to his arrival in Tuscaloosa, the program had one Elite Eight apperance all time and has now reached the milestone in back-to-back seasons.

However, Oats had big expectations for this team since the roster was assembled last summer with additions from the portal like Clifford Omoruyi and Chris Youngblood and two McDonald's All-Americans in Aiden Sherrell and Derrion Reid.

Alabama failed to accomplish any of its major goals (SEC regular season title, SEC Tournament title, Final Four or national championship), but that doesn't mean this season is a failure. Relative to preseason expectations this season is a disappointment, but relative to what the team went through this season injury wise, reaching the Elite Eight was a success.

This has me landing at an A- grade overall for the 2024-2025 Alabama basketball team. What do you think? Agree or disagree? Let us know in the comments on social media.

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KATIE WINDHAM

Katie Windham is the assistant editor for BamaCentral, primarily covering football, basketball gymnastics and softball. She is a two-time graduate of the University of Alabama and has covered a variety of Crimson Tide athletics since 2019 for outlets like The Tuscaloosa News, The Crimson White and the Associated Press before joining BamaCentral full time in 2021. Windham has covered College Football Playoff games, the Women's College World Series, NCAA March Madness, SEC Tournaments and championships in multiple sports. 

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