Crimson Tide Roll Call: March 23, 2021

Your daily briefing on what's going on with Alabama athletics, including full TV listings

Today is … National Chia Day

Today’s Crimson Tide schedule

Baseball: Alabama vs Southern Miss, Tuscaloosa, Ala., 3 p.m. CT, SEC Network+, Live Audio, Live Stats

Crimson Tide results

• Men's Basketball: Alabama 96, Maryland 77 (NCAA tournament, second round)

• Women's Basketball: Alabama 80, North Carolina 71 (NCAA tournament, first round)

Bama Central Headlines …

• Offensive Downpour Propels Alabama Basketball Past Maryland, 96-77

• John Petty Jr.'s Offensive Resurgence Means Trouble For UCLA and Beyond

• BamaCentral Courtside: Alabama 96, Maryland 77 in the NCAA Tournament

• Jordan Lewis Shines in Alabama's 80-71 Win over UNC to Advance to Round of 32

• What Alabama Said About Beating Maryland, Going to the Sweet 16

• Everything Alabama's Next Opponent UCLA Said After Beating Abilene Christian

• Live Updates: Alabama Basketball vs Maryland in the 2021 NCAA Tournament

• Maryland, Mark Turgeon Preparing For "Fifth No. 1 Seed" Alabama

• Alabama Football Holds Second Spring Practice

• A "Fresh" Brian Robinson Jr. Details Why He Took Advantage of an Extra Year of Eligibility

• A reunion with Tagovailoa or Hurts? Either way is fine for DeVonta Smith

• Landon Dickerson Details His Rehabilitation: "I'm Right Where I Want to Be"

• Just call Alabama Long Snapper U

• Alabama TE Miller Forristall Wants To Be Best Version of Himself in the NFL

• Alex Leatherwood Discusses Whether He Will Play Guard or Tackle at the NFL Level

• Alabama OL Deonte Brown Has Lost Nearly 20 Pounds Since Senior Bowl

• Alabama Gymnastics Seeded Seventh in NCAA Championships

• Luisa Blanco is the BamaCentral Crimson Tide Athlete of the Week

• Alabama Baseball Down to No. 23 After Start of SEC Play

Did you notice?

• Alabama director of athletics Greg Byrne made it to both games Monday, the women's NCAA tournament game in San Antonio, followed by the men in Indianapolis? 

• The Alabama women's track and cross country team is in the running (pun intended) to be the USTFCCCA program of the year. The USTFCCCA Program of the Year Award honors the institution that has achieved the most success in each academic year (spanning the cross country, indoor and outdoor track and field seasons) based on the institution’s finish at the NCAA championships. The Crimson Tide is in third heading into the outdoor season.

• Collin Sexton had 15 points, seven assists and four rebounds as the Cavaliers took a 119-105 loss to the Kings. Meanwhile, there's still talk about Sexton getting into a skirmish with three Toronto players ... 

• USC coach Clay Helton said that former Alabama defensive tackle Ishmael Sophser had compartment syndrome surgery. The transfer will likely will be out this spring.

• From SI: Five Things We've Learned Now That the Men's Sweet 16 Is Set

Countdown to the Crimson Tide’s 2021 opener:

165 days

On this date in Crimson Tide history:

March 23, 1943: In a poll conducted by the Birmingham News and Age-Herald, 2,000 fans cast their ballots for the all-time Alabama football team. Elected to the squad were ends Don Hutson (1932-34) and Holt Rast (1939-41), tackles Bully VandeGraaf (1912-15) and Bill Lee (1932-34), guards Bruce Jones (1923-25) and Fred Sington (1928-30), center Joe Domanovich (1940-42), and backs Dixie Howell (1932-34), Johnny Cain (1930-32), Pooley Hubert (1923-25) and Auxford Burks (1902-06). – Bryant Museum

Crimson Tide quote of the day:

"The biggest mistake coaches make is taking borderline cases and trying to save them. I'm not talking about grades now, I'm talking about character. I want to know before a boy enrolls about his home life, and what his parents want him to be." – Paul W. “Bear” Bryant

We’ll leave you with this …