Crimson Tide Roll Call: February 19, 2022

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BamaCentral Headlines

• Walk-Off Home Run by Owen Diodati Propels Alabama Baseball Past Xavier, 5-4

• Montana Fouts Shuts Out No. 8 Virginia Tech

• Alabama Opens Home Schedule with Run-Rule Victory over Evansville

• Strong Finish on Beam Lifts Alabama Gymnastics to Highest Road Score of Season

• Nate Oats Embraces Alabama Basketball's Challenging 2022-23 Schedule

• All Things CW: Where Does Brian Robinson Jr. Fit Among Nick Saban's All-Time Best Running Backs?

• CFP to Continue Four-Team Format for Four More Years

• How Much of Threats are Miami's Mario Cristobal and Florida's Billy Napier to Alabama in Recruiting?

• The Extra Point: Abrams, Davis Carry Alabama Women's Basketball to Upset Win

• All Things Bama Podcast: Alabama Basketball Looking Primed For Strong Finish to Regular Season

Today's Crimson Tide Schedule

• Swimming & Diving: Alabama at the SEC Championships, Knoxville, Tenn., All Day

• Men's Basketball: No. 25 Alabama at No. 4 Kentucky, Lexington, Ky., Noon CT, CBS, Live Video, Live Audio, Live Stats

• Softball: No. 2 Alabama vs No. 8 Virginia Tech (Easton Bama Bash), Tuscaloosa, Ala., 1:30 p.m. CT, Live Video, Live Stats

• Baseball: Alabama vs Xavier, Tuscaloosa, Ala., 2 p.m. CT, SEC Network+, Live Video, Live Audio, Live Stats

• Softball: No. 2 Alabama vs Middle Tennessee, Tuscaloosa, Ala., 4 p.m. CT, Live Video, Live Stats

Crimson Tide Results

• Baseball: Alabama 5, Xavier 4

• Gymnastics: LSU 198.050, Alabama 197.600

• Softball: Alabama 10, Evansville 2; Alabama 1, Virginia Tech 0 (DH)

• Women's Tennis: Alabama 4, Memphis 1

Did you notice?

• Herb Jones drained this 3-pointer for Team Isiah against Team Worthy during NBA All-Star Weekend:

Herb for 3️⃣@AlabamaMBB | #CloroxRisingStars pic.twitter.com/zevtzmbPj1

— New Orleans Pelicans (@PelicansNBA) February 19, 2022

• Justin Thomas was a master of the putting green at the Genesis Invitational:

Another 30-footer for @JustinThomas34.

He gets to T3 at -10. pic.twitter.com/uhj37EW8YT

— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) February 19, 2022

• And Alabama men's wheelchair basketball picked up back-to-back wins in the ABC Medical Classic:

DUB🔥#RollTide | #AlabamaAdaptedAthletics pic.twitter.com/Ky9RntGz56

— UA Adapted Athletics (@alabamaadapted) February 18, 2022

ANOTHER ONE☝️#RollTide | #AlabamaAdaptedAthletics pic.twitter.com/JnX9ALDXTi

— UA Adapted Athletics (@alabamaadapted) February 19, 2022

Did you see?

Countdown to the Crimson Tide's Season Opener:

196 days

On This Date in Crimson Tide History

February 19, 1951: Clarence "Butch" Avinger accepted the Jacobs Trophy at a special ceremony honoring some of the South's top performers in Durham, N.C. Avinger was the Southeastern Conference's best blocker for 1950.

February 19, 1954: Artist Daniel A. Moore, who has his paintings depicting Crimson Tide football moments hanging all over the state, was born in Birmingham.

Crimson Tide Quote of the Day

“He knocked me woozy. I have never been hit like that before and hopefully, I'll never be hit like that again.” – Notre Dame quarterback Steve Beuerlein after Cornelius Bennett's sack in 1986.

We'll leave you with this...

Video of tonight’s walk-off Diodati Dinger, with Eli Gold on the call:

pic.twitter.com/kDkQobCWua

— Joey Blackwell (@_JoeyBlackwell) February 19, 2022