Crimson Tide Roll Call: Saturday, March 9, 2024

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Countdown to Crimson Tide's 2024 Football Season Opener:

175 days

Today's Crimson Tide Schedule:

• Men's Golf:  The Hyat, Round One | Sawgrass Country Club | Jacksonville, Fla. | 6:30 a.m. CT

• Track and Field at NCAA Indoor Championships | Boston, Mass.

• Men's Basketball: vs. Arkansas | Coleman Coliseum | Tuscaloosa, Ala. | 11 a.m. CT | ESPN

• Softball: vs No. 13 Florida | Rhoads Stadium | Tuscaloosa, Ala. | 2 p.m. CT 

• Baseball: vs Lipscomb - Doubleheader | Sewell-Thomas Stadium | Tuscaloosa, Ala. | 2 p.m. CT | SECNetwork + 

Crimson Tide Results:

• Track and Field: After Second Day of NCAA Indoor Championships - Women - 6th 
• Hilda Olemomoi claimed bronze in the women’s 5,000-meter after clocking a new PR, 15:17.27

• Men's Tennis: No. 21 Alabama Drops Road Match, 5-2, to Georgia
• Doubles
  1. Freddy Blaydes/Thomas Paulsell (UGA) def. #74 Filip Planinsek/Andrii Zimnokh (UA) 6-4
  2. Ryan Colby/Niels Ratiu (UGA) def. Enzo Aguiard/Zach Foster (UA) 6-4
  3. Cyrus Mahjoob/Miguel Perez Peña (UGA) vs. Matic Dimic/Roan Jones (UA) 5-4, unfinished
  Order of Finish (2,1)Singles
  1. #82 Thomas Paulsell (UGA) def. #46 Filip Planinsek (UA) 6-4, 6-7 (13-15), 7-6 (7-5)
  2. #65 Ryan Colby (UGA) def. #69 Enzo Aguiard (UA) 3-6, 7-5, 6-3
  3. Andrii Zimnokh (UA) def. Niels Ratiu (UGA) 2-6, 7-5, 6-4
  4. #100 Miguel Perez Peña (UGA) def. Matias Ponce De Leon (UA) 6-4, 6-1
  5. Cyrus Mahjoob (UGA) def. Roan Jones (UA) 6-2, 3-6, 7-5
  6. Matic Dimic (UA) def. Freddy Blaydes (UGA) 7-6 (8-6), 6-1
  Order of Finish (4,6,5,3,2,1)

• Women's Basketball: Lost to Tennessee in the SEC Tournament 83-61

• Women's Tennis: No. 15 Alabama defeats Arkansas, 5-2
• Singles:
  1. #48 Carolina Gomez (ARK) def. #32 Loudmilla Bencheikh (UA) 6-3, 3-6, 6-4
  2. #83 Petra Sedlackova (UA) def. Kelly Keller (ARK) 7-6 (7-5), 7-6 (7-3)
  3. Anne Marie Hiser (UA) def. Morgan Cross (ARK) 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (7-4)
  4. #116 Ola Pitak (UA) def. Lenka Stara (ARK) 6-4, 6-1
  5. Kacie Harvey (ARKW) def. Anna Parkhomenko (UA) 6-4, 1-6, 6-1
  6. Klara Milicevic (UA) def. Anet Koskel (ARK) 6-1, 6-2
  Order of Finish (6,4,5,1,2,3)Doubles:
  1. #20 Anne Marie Hiser/Loudmilla Bencheikh (UA) def. #25 Indianna Spink/Morgan Cross (ARK) 7-5
  2. Petra Sedlackova/Anna Parkhomenko (UA) def. Lenka Stara/Grace O'Donnell (ARK) 6-3
  3. Ola Pitak/Klara Milicevic (UA) vs. Kelly Keller/Carolina Gomez (ARK) 6-6, unfinished
  Order of Finish (2,1)

• Gymnastics: Alabama defeated Minnesota, Illinois and Talladega College, scoring 198.

Did you notice?

• Front Office Sports breaks news on a basketball tournament where the players will earn NIL money. There is speculation the Alabama Crimson Tide could be among the field when it's rolled out in Las Vegas. 

BREAKING: A first-of-its-kind tournament featuring NIL deals as payouts is coming to college basketball next season.

The 8-team invitational in Vegas will guarantee $1M be split among players on each team—with another $1M to the winning team.

Story » https://t.co/z84v4llmpZ pic.twitter.com/0FaYAhpjmR

— Front Office Sports (@FOS) March 8, 2024

• The Alabama Crimson Tide Gymnastics program celebrated the 2014 SEC Championship team on Friday night 

A fun night to have all our gymnastics alumni back including the 2014 SEC Champions!#RollTide | @BamaGymnastics pic.twitter.com/6zlGHnWUba

— Alabama Athletics (@UA_Athletics) March 9, 2024

Bo Scarbrough announces his retirement from professional football. Scarbrough was a key piece to the Birmingham Stallions championship winning squad. 

Bo Scarbrough (@starbo06) retires as a Birmingham Stallion.pic.twitter.com/xCntF5VvPg

— BirminghamSports (@BirminghamSport) March 9, 2024

The Crimson Tide's women's wheelchair basketball team will play in the national championship on Saturday 

Alabama will play in the National Championship game against UTA at 2pm TOMORROW!🏆 See you at Stran-Hardin Arena!! #RollTide | #NIWBT | #NationalChampionship pic.twitter.com/ocvjpcqfSD

— UA Adapted Athletics (@alabamaadapted) March 9, 2024

On This Date in Crimson Tide History:

March 9, 1989: Gene Jelks, the standout running back who switched to the secondary, told reporters he was having a difficult time deciding whether to come back and play his final season. Jelks was injured in the second game of the '88 season and earned a medical hardship and is eligible for a second senior year.

March 9, 1998: Najee Harris was born in Martinez, Calif.

Crimson Tide Quote of the Day:

“I know that coach (Nick) Saban runs a very tough program and he is an outstanding football coach. I worked for Nick, so I am not just saying it, I know it.” – Former Cleveland Browns coach Pat Shurmer (2011-12)

We'll leave you with this...

Alabama Co-offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach JaMarcus Shephard seemed to indicate he preferred Archibald's BBQ over Dreamland  during his early stint in Tuscaloosa. 

JaMarcus Shephard on Tuscaloosa BBQ: "Been to Archibald's a couple times already. Dreamland, haven't been since I was younger."

— Chase Goodbread (@ChaseGoodbread) March 9, 2024

Music at Alabama Football Practice Just Another Sign Of a New Era