RE: "Bama's Recent Success"

[Salty Dog @ Work]

RE: "Bama's Recent Success"

This is not intended to start a controversy. It is intended to start a discussion.

I recently read a post that stated that Alabama has neglected basketball, and that this neglect was surprising/amazing/galling, especially in light of Bama's recent success in basketball. In other words, the poster seemed to think that the "recent success" should be enough to make basketball a priority.

In light of this, I started thinking about Alabama's success in basketball.

Coach C.M. Newton
1974 Final AP Rank:#14 SEC Champ: Season NCAA: No
1975 Final AP Rank:#10 SEC Champ: Season NCAA: Yes
1976 Final AP Rank:#6 SEC Champ: Season NCAA: Yes, Sweet16
1977 Final AP Rank:#11 SEC Champ: No NCAA: No

Coach Wimp Sanderson
1982 Final AP Rank:#13 SEC Champ: Tourney NCAA: Yes, Sweet16
1983 Final AP Rank:NR SEC Champ: No NCAA: Yes
1984 Final AP Rank:NR SEC Champ: No NCAA: Yes
1985 Final AP Rank:NR SEC Champ: No NCAA: Yes, Sweet16
1986 Final AP Rank:NR SEC Champ: No NCAA: Yes, Sweet16
1987 Final AP Rank:#9 SEC Champ: Sea.&To. NCAA: Yes, Sweet16
1988 Final AP Rank:NR SEC Champ: No NCAA: No
1989 Final AP Rank:#20 SEC Champ: Tourney NCAA: Yes
1990 Final AP Rank:#23 SEC Champ: Tourney NCAA: Yes, Sweet16
1991 Final AP Rank:#19 SEC Champ: Tourney NCAA: Yes, Sweet16
1992 Final AP Rank:#13 SEC Champ: No NCAA: Yes

Coach Mark Gottfried
2002 Final AP Rank:#8 SEC Champ: Season NCAA: Yes
2003 Final AP Rank:NR SEC Champ: No NCAA: Yes
2004 Final AP Rank:#17 SEC Champ: No NCAA: Yes, Elite8
2005 Final AP Rank:#21 SEC Champ: No NCAA: Yes
2006 Final AP Rank:NR SEC Champ: No NCAA: Yes


Now, the point of this is not to bash Mark Gottfried. The point of my post is this: What will it take to get Alabama fans to pay attention to basketball, given that what Wimp did in the 1980s didn't affect that change? In other words, do you think the "recent success" in basketball should affect a positive change, given that Wimp's (and C.M.'s, for that matter) success didn't get it done? Thoughts?

 

[CapstoneTider]

Re: "Bama's Recent Success"

1. Kentucky Wildcats - 23,125 - #1 in the nation
2. Tennessee Volunteers - 19,268 - # 5 in the nation in 2006
3. Arkansas Razorbacks - 16,150 -- #12 in the nation
4. South Carolina Gamecocks - 12,870
5. Florida Gators - 11,614
6. Alabama Crimson Tide - 11,348
7. Vanderbilt Commodores - 11,223 -- was #24 in the nation in 2006
8. LSU Tigers - 9,706
9. Mississippi State Bulldogs - 9,032
10. Georgia Bulldogs - 6,778
11. Auburn Tigers - 4,680
12. Ole Miss Rebels - 4,125

This is last years numbers but look at where Florida is. If we were top 10 the past three years our attendance would only be marginally better imo.

We are a football state and it would take a generation of kids growing up with
exciting winning b-ball to see the numbers go up by 10,000.

 

[CornBiscuit]

Re: "Bama's Recent Success"

What will it take to get Alabama fans to pay attention to basketball...

Get rid of football.