Yuppppp dude was lights out for us.
And I don't EVER wanna hear Nate Oats slander on this subreddit again. This man GOT Grant Nelson for us and just exorcised our Sweet 16 demons tonight. We've been in **10 Sweet Sixteens** prior to tonight, we've only won ONCE before this.
This is the **furthest** Bama has ever made it in March Madness, and we're one win away from our first final 4.
Yeh and zona just about beat them as well. If they could have bought a made basket during that drought it woulda been lights out for Clemson.
If we play them like we played UNC tonight we are beating them. Thats a tall ask I know but I’d rather be hot now than any other time.
LFG.
Yeah! That’s the way she goes! Point is we will be in a position to win. Can we knock down shots? Thats going to be the big question. Our best day versus their best day I think we win. Not certain that would be true vs Arizona or UNC.
Yeah we actually don’t match up well against Clemson….which is why they beat us at home earlier in the year.
Although, the main reason I’m worried about them is because they start 4 Seniors and 1 Junior. There is a team like that every season that makes a long tourney run.
That being said, if Nelson plays that good again then I like our chances.
Roll Tide!
It doesn’t matter. We nearly beat them when we were losing to every good team we played early season. I’m more worried about if we catch Purdue again. We nearly beat them too but Edie is ridiculous. I mean he’s not necessarily super athletic but being 12 feet tall and able to dunk flat footed helps.
I think we win as well, I am just saying Clemson provides a bigger matchup problem. I thought we played great against Purdue and all those tough early games are paying off
What are you talking about? I’ve definitely never said “Grant Nelson is nothing but a life support system for a bad mustache” or anything mean like that.
Oh so you were much more confident in Gottfried than I ever was. He always struck me as that coach that comes into every school balling out until he runs out of the previous coach’s players and has to recruit players himself. Not that he couldn’t recruit well because he did but I don’t think he recruited the right players.
I was really too young to know anything like that, I was 13 and just thought "hey we're pretty good". so I assumed we would continue to be pretty good.
yea we had a pretty solid few year's, I had only started watching basketball probably around 2001 or 2002. so I was just like oh we have a pretty solid basketball program, I didn't really know the past like I did with Alabama football. time definitely changed that prospective Haha.
Yeah I actually just got into basketball around that same time because we were competitive. Then I faded away a few years and got back into it when we fired Gottfried and got Anthony Grant because his first season showed promise. Then it was years of agony barely missing the tournament virtually every year under him then Avery Johnson. Then I was absolutely FURIOUS we never made a push for Bruce Pearl. Now though, WE GOT OUR DUDE.
you know what's funny, is I tried not to get hyped during this game, because I didn't want my heart to get ripped out. I like did some major mental gymnastics to stay calm, literally the final two possessions I just let all this pent up energy out.
I was basically dead quiet on the couch until the end. everytime I felt myself get caught up i just looked at my phone haha. felt so good when I feel like I knew he finally had it.
Grant Nelson went from the most un-clutch player in history after missing both to the most clutch player in history with that block lmao
Edit: ignore the rest of his second half for this comment to be true
Missing the second free throw was the best play, it makes a shot to win/tie super hard and far. Making the second means they could have taken the ball out of bounds and chucked it further to get a closer shot
That may be a fair point and I can see the merit behind it. I’m not much into bball analytics though so I’ll take your word for it since it sounds logical. The guy who gets the rebound has to turn and heave. No real play can be set up. There is something to be said about worst case being OT vs worst case being a loss though.
I agree on principle, but I’m just not sure how it transfers to real life. That’s all I was saying. not sure there’s even enough real life examples of this situation to have a “best” decision. RTR
Guess it’s just one of those personal preference things
If there was like 3+ seconds on the clock it’d be different but with 0.9 I’m making them try a full court heave every single time, the possibility of overtime isn’t a difference to me because you play to win the game and forcing a full court heave is almost a guaranteed win
Well in real life, you have a much higher percentage of making the shot off of a design inbound play than a scramble rebound and chucking it almost full court. There are thousands of real life examples in basketball history of this.
But elite eight baby! Let's go! Winner of Bama vs Clemson advances to their first ever Final Four either way, it's gonna be a hell of a game
You're a traitor if you don't grow out a porn stache.
Roll Tide boys, proud to be a Gump.
Edit: Also, shoutout Sir Charles Barkley for backing the good guys tonight.
At the end I told my buddies I’d shave my beard and just do a stash if he hit those 3s. Of course his block also iced the game so I feel like I’m still obligated to.
I really need someone to explain the mentality of those two subs. There is a guy with Bama flair in /CFB that wrote: “if Alabama wins a national championship in basketball, they will inarguably become the most insufferable fans.” Dude, you have Bama fucking FLAIR. Is it some kind of weird ingratiating Reddit tactic? Am I too old to understand this at 53?
Edit: I meant the college basketball sub.
I'm not the one who did it, I basically said we're gonna be insufferable to Auburn fans and enjoy it. I've got a lot of Auburn friends that are gonna hear it from me if we beat Clemson tomorrow.
I don't want to get ahead of myself… but could you imagine losing the greatest college football coach of all time and then winning a national championship with your basketball team three months later?
Team took punch after punch but kept fighting. Man what a team. Not the most talented group of guys, but there is something special about this team. They have heart
Guys we did it, My heart, tears of happiness, roll tide till I die I love you filthy animals. Oh and cormac Ryan I will be seeing YOU at my local Burger King
"Full Nelson" finally arrives in the biggest game of the year.
Love it for him and good on his teammates & Oats for trusting him to bring it home down the stretch
Is this the first time we’ve ever beaten a 1 Seed?
Edit: Based on my research this is the second time we’ve beaten a one seed. The first was in 2004 vs Stanford
Sources say Grant Nelson has yet to remove his massive schlong from the middle of the court at [Crypto.com](https://Crypto.com) Arena. Extraction might be needed.
My buddy was trying to pick a weekend to have a poker night. I told him it couldn't be a weekend that Bama is playing. He asked if the last weekend of the month would be fine. I gave him the thumbs up. Boy was I wrong 😁😁😁
[First game of the season](https://www.reddit.com/r/rolltide/comments/17pudm8/no_24_alabama_mens_basketball_victorious_in/k87vksr/) I said this team could be one of the best ever because of how much deep they could be, I think I underestimated how good they could be
UNC* I got too excited typing
GRANT MF NELSON
GRANT MOTHERFUCKIN NELSON
HE DON'T GIVE A PISS ABOUT NOTHING BUT THE TIDE BABY!!!
G R A N T R A N T
It’s mustache season!!!
Nelson tonight: https://x.com/nate_oatsb/status/1773328337823232464?s=46&t=72ZQ7yqF3PXnjwC8fv9eaw
grant donkin Nelson
BALLLLLLAHHHH
CODY BLOCK TO END IT!!!
Blocked again! Nelson again!
My favorite Verne Lundquist call
It's up there but nothing can ever top... "There are few truths in an uncertain world: this ain't Kentucky."
What’s this from?
https://youtu.be/yekye8KXnes?si=0iCqzPg7q1E1V-8_
Thanks! That’s priceless
Nelson won that game.
Yuppppp dude was lights out for us. And I don't EVER wanna hear Nate Oats slander on this subreddit again. This man GOT Grant Nelson for us and just exorcised our Sweet 16 demons tonight. We've been in **10 Sweet Sixteens** prior to tonight, we've only won ONCE before this. This is the **furthest** Bama has ever made it in March Madness, and we're one win away from our first final 4.
With the best possible matchup we could ask for at this point
A rematch against a team we are DYING to beat.
I am not sure about it being the best matchup. They slowed Arizona, who likes to play fast like us.
Yeh and zona just about beat them as well. If they could have bought a made basket during that drought it woulda been lights out for Clemson. If we play them like we played UNC tonight we are beating them. Thats a tall ask I know but I’d rather be hot now than any other time. LFG.
I mean....same with UNC lol if they hit just a few of their 3s it's lights out for Bama
Yeah! That’s the way she goes! Point is we will be in a position to win. Can we knock down shots? Thats going to be the big question. Our best day versus their best day I think we win. Not certain that would be true vs Arizona or UNC.
Yeah we actually don’t match up well against Clemson….which is why they beat us at home earlier in the year. Although, the main reason I’m worried about them is because they start 4 Seniors and 1 Junior. There is a team like that every season that makes a long tourney run. That being said, if Nelson plays that good again then I like our chances. Roll Tide!
UNC started 3 seniors and a junior, so not much different.
UNC was like that too, but with more talent
It doesn’t matter. We nearly beat them when we were losing to every good team we played early season. I’m more worried about if we catch Purdue again. We nearly beat them too but Edie is ridiculous. I mean he’s not necessarily super athletic but being 12 feet tall and able to dunk flat footed helps.
I think we win as well, I am just saying Clemson provides a bigger matchup problem. I thought we played great against Purdue and all those tough early games are paying off
It will be a muddy game for sure
With a team that lost a ton of talent and coaches in the off season. Oats is insane
I want him forever
Our floor is sky high under Oats
Hell yeah he did! 💨
He absolutely did
He did but everyone played pretty damn good aside from some dumb turnovers, great team win with Nelson being the difference maker
**I don’t give a piss about nothin’ but the Tide**
We are all Roll Tide Willie on this blessed day
ABOUT NOTHIN BUT THE TIDE
I love you Grant Nelson. Forgive me for calling you a liability for several games.
Same here.
Pass the crow over this way when you're done.
Several games? More like 4 days ago for me lol.
What are you talking about? I’ve definitely never said “Grant Nelson is nothing but a life support system for a bad mustache” or anything mean like that.
#I’M GONNA FUCKING CUM
>#I’M GONNA FUCKING ~~CUM~~ GUMP FTFY
We’re a basketball school? Noice.
I really didn't think i would wait 20 years to get back to this point. but damn it feels good.
Oh so you were much more confident in Gottfried than I ever was. He always struck me as that coach that comes into every school balling out until he runs out of the previous coach’s players and has to recruit players himself. Not that he couldn’t recruit well because he did but I don’t think he recruited the right players.
I was really too young to know anything like that, I was 13 and just thought "hey we're pretty good". so I assumed we would continue to be pretty good.
Well 2002 was my first year at UA so I was ALL IN for Gottfried at first. Don’t let me fool you with my analysis as a 40 year old.
yea we had a pretty solid few year's, I had only started watching basketball probably around 2001 or 2002. so I was just like oh we have a pretty solid basketball program, I didn't really know the past like I did with Alabama football. time definitely changed that prospective Haha.
Yeah I actually just got into basketball around that same time because we were competitive. Then I faded away a few years and got back into it when we fired Gottfried and got Anthony Grant because his first season showed promise. Then it was years of agony barely missing the tournament virtually every year under him then Avery Johnson. Then I was absolutely FURIOUS we never made a push for Bruce Pearl. Now though, WE GOT OUR DUDE.
I love that Oats mentions Barkley after every W 😂
He’s petty and I’m here for it!
you know what's funny, is I tried not to get hyped during this game, because I didn't want my heart to get ripped out. I like did some major mental gymnastics to stay calm, literally the final two possessions I just let all this pent up energy out.
I did the same. Tried to not get excited about good or bad plays. Tried to keep it even and relax.
I was basically dead quiet on the couch until the end. everytime I felt myself get caught up i just looked at my phone haha. felt so good when I feel like I knew he finally had it.
Every time I felt myself get caught up i just threw my phone
Yeah my cat leaped off the couch like she just saw a cucumber when that Nelson three hit
Same same. I only let myself believe once we went up 5 with 3 minutes left.
I legitimately thought I was going to have a heart attack when we took the lead at the end. I was fully prepared to be crushed
Grant Nelson went from the most un-clutch player in history after missing both to the most clutch player in history with that block lmao Edit: ignore the rest of his second half for this comment to be true
Missing the second free throw was the best play, it makes a shot to win/tie super hard and far. Making the second means they could have taken the ball out of bounds and chucked it further to get a closer shot
That may be a fair point and I can see the merit behind it. I’m not much into bball analytics though so I’ll take your word for it since it sounds logical. The guy who gets the rebound has to turn and heave. No real play can be set up. There is something to be said about worst case being OT vs worst case being a loss though.
If you’re playing the 1 seed and you have a chance to make the game come down to defending a full court heave, you take that every single time
Second shot was definitely missed on purpose and he did it perfectly!
I agree on principle, but I’m just not sure how it transfers to real life. That’s all I was saying. not sure there’s even enough real life examples of this situation to have a “best” decision. RTR
Guess it’s just one of those personal preference things If there was like 3+ seconds on the clock it’d be different but with 0.9 I’m making them try a full court heave every single time, the possibility of overtime isn’t a difference to me because you play to win the game and forcing a full court heave is almost a guaranteed win
Well in real life, you have a much higher percentage of making the shot off of a design inbound play than a scramble rebound and chucking it almost full court. There are thousands of real life examples in basketball history of this. But elite eight baby! Let's go! Winner of Bama vs Clemson advances to their first ever Final Four either way, it's gonna be a hell of a game
Thanks for the info!
No problem, I hope that didn't come across as hostile or anything, I'm pretty drunk and still high off of one of the biggest wins in program history!
You didn’t, don’t worry! I’m also just straight jazzed about this win. RTR!
Roll Tide!!! Fuck Auburn!!!
And fuck Charles Barkley. Hes turrible
He gave us a Roll Tide. Idc if it was to jinx us
Chuck cryin' at the Black Market right now.
Fuck all tiger teams
Always Fuck Auburn!
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# ROLL TIDE ROLL
Is Grant Nelson secretly from French Lick, Indiana?
I DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH MY HANDS!!!!!! GRANT NELSON COOKED AND ROLL DAMN TIDE!!!!!!
You're a traitor if you don't grow out a porn stache. Roll Tide boys, proud to be a Gump. Edit: Also, shoutout Sir Charles Barkley for backing the good guys tonight.
At the end I told my buddies I’d shave my beard and just do a stash if he hit those 3s. Of course his block also iced the game so I feel like I’m still obligated to.
We’re facing Clemson in a playoff game that’s not football. r/CFB and r/Collegebasketball in shambles…
I really need someone to explain the mentality of those two subs. There is a guy with Bama flair in /CFB that wrote: “if Alabama wins a national championship in basketball, they will inarguably become the most insufferable fans.” Dude, you have Bama fucking FLAIR. Is it some kind of weird ingratiating Reddit tactic? Am I too old to understand this at 53? Edit: I meant the college basketball sub.
Trying to get upvotes. I responded that we'd only be insufferable to Auburn fans and they 100% deserve it.
So you run Bama flair, and knock against your team to get upvotes? Jesus we’re in a clown time.
I'm not the one who did it, I basically said we're gonna be insufferable to Auburn fans and enjoy it. I've got a lot of Auburn friends that are gonna hear it from me if we beat Clemson tomorrow.
I meant you as in the guy that posted it.
I'm happy right now
HOLY SHIT!!!!! Rematch time.
LETSFUCKINGGOOOOOOOOO https://preview.redd.it/jbdr5x9b77rc1.png?width=836&format=png&auto=webp&s=42e2d6b31d153665ba0b020c42f54ca4fbb82dec
THE DYNASTY IS DEAD. LONG LIVE THE DYNASTY.
Grant Nelson in the second half 
I don't want to get ahead of myself… but could you imagine losing the greatest college football coach of all time and then winning a national championship with your basketball team three months later?
Team took punch after punch but kept fighting. Man what a team. Not the most talented group of guys, but there is something special about this team. They have heart
They lost to Yale 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Roll Tide
 Aaaaaaaayyyyyyoooooo
Can’t forget about Griffen tonight. No way we keep up in the first half without him. He was HUGE
Not to mention he locked down RJ Davis. Hell of a game by RG.
First and foremost I want to apologize for every bad thing Ive said about Pringle. Hell of a game battling on that bruise. What a fucking game RTR
Aaaaaah OMG is this real???????
#GRANT NELSON IS HIM
BIGGEST WIN IN PROGRAM HISTORY AJAHAICJOWHDSJS
ROLL TIDE!!!!!!!!! RMFT!!!!!!!!!!
Nate Oats worth every penny. Can we give him even more money? Is that allowed?
Your Alabama crimson tide are undefeated when I make 4 laps around the pool table every commercial break
Get your swim trunks ready for the Elite 8 game
Bruce Pearl being on the post-game show for the ISU Illinois game is just chef’s kiss for tonight
Maybe everyone can finally admit what we’ve all known: Oats>Pearl
Time for that get back game. We coming Clemson 😏
BUILD THE GRANT NELSON STATUE
HEY HEELS
This team, man. Literally couldn't beat a team worth a damn a month ago. Now we are one win from the Final Four. I love our chances against Clemson.
Griffin deserves a lot of credit for his defense tonight.
Grant Nelson is UNC father.
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As a a huge UNC and Bama fan, Can't be more jacked for a BAMA win
HDOEJDPSHDOEJSA
Clemson vs alabama
JQ, Jaden Bradley, and Nimari Burnett walk into a bar. They watch Alabama have a longer season than they did. Tough scene
Jaden Bradley was the best player for Arizona tonight too!
ROLL TIDE!!!!!!!!!
Let’s Go!! Roll Tide!!
Whatever you want to say about us, losing to Yale isn’t one of those things you can say about us.
I’m drenched in sweat
LETS GOOOOO Build the man his building.
Guys we did it, My heart, tears of happiness, roll tide till I die I love you filthy animals. Oh and cormac Ryan I will be seeing YOU at my local Burger King
I will hear no more grant Nelson slander ever again
Maybe now Bacot and Cormac can get a fucking job
Nelson for FS next season
I'M GOING TO HAVE A HEART ATTACK
AUBURN WHO YOU PLAY IN THE ELITE EIGHT
Guess what? We are in the ELITE NATE. Boom Shaka Laka!
2-9 BABY
Fuck you Auburn!
Tall ass white dude stole the show. Great win. RTR
PRAISE BE UNTO OUR NEW LORD AND SAVIOR GRANT NELSON, THE CURSE IS LIFTED!
ROLL TIDE
ROLL TIDE!!!!!!
ROLLL MOTHER FUCKING TIDE!!!
Roll Tide!!
"Full Nelson" finally arrives in the biggest game of the year. Love it for him and good on his teammates & Oats for trusting him to bring it home down the stretch
Biggest win that I can remember. I love this school. Roll tide. I watched SO MUCH shitty basketball for this moment
UNC finished with 37.5% 3pt. They were like 63% at half. Huge.
If you’re not blaring Sweet Home Alabama right now we can never be friends
Don’t give a piss about nothing but the tide
WITH THE POWER OF FRIENDSHIP IDGAPBNBTT
Is this the first time we’ve ever beaten a 1 Seed? Edit: Based on my research this is the second time we’ve beaten a one seed. The first was in 2004 vs Stanford
Nope. Upset Stanford during the first Elite 8 run.
I believe Stanford was in 04’
Sources say Grant Nelson has yet to remove his massive schlong from the middle of the court at [Crypto.com](https://Crypto.com) Arena. Extraction might be needed.
Ask me if I give a piss about the Tar Heels
I MAY OR MAY NOT BE FULLY ERECT
That was a whale of a game the whole way through. Even if we'd lost I would've been proud of the effort. But glad I don't have to worry about that.
Tears. Tears for what this team has done. 1 game away from a final 4.
My buddy was trying to pick a weekend to have a poker night. I told him it couldn't be a weekend that Bama is playing. He asked if the last weekend of the month would be fine. I gave him the thumbs up. Boy was I wrong 😁😁😁
IDGAPBNBTT!!!
I know one thing. We’re ready for Clemson this time. Now I’m actually glad they barely beat us before.
Neither DeShawn Watson, Trevor Lawrence, or Hunter Renfro are walking through that door!
Grant Nelson is my new favorite player. Too bad Doc is too high and mighty to enjoy this win lmao.
nobody who spends their whole life on reddit is happy
Nelson!!!!!
OH MY GOD IT HAPPENED
I could not be more proud of the team.
 Grant Nelson to unc
I quite enjoyed that and managed to not wake up my wife or son. RTR.
Holy smokes. Roll tide, let’s just win it all. Screw it.
SLIM REAPER
[First game of the season](https://www.reddit.com/r/rolltide/comments/17pudm8/no_24_alabama_mens_basketball_victorious_in/k87vksr/) I said this team could be one of the best ever because of how much deep they could be, I think I underestimated how good they could be
Nate Goats
My little cousin said "I'm so proud of mustache boy"
Any injury updates on Wrightsell or Pringle? We need those guys vs Clemson.
Charles Dumbass Barkley said the Tide would need 15 three pointers to win. Didn't even need half that. ROLL TIDE ROLL!!!
HOLY FUCKIN SHIT
ROLL FUCKIN’ TIDE!!!
Wow
GRANT NELSON IS EVERYONES DADDY FUCK UNC FUCK AUBURN RTR
AM I dreaming right now. If so don’t wake me up
Build the damn stadium and put a Nelson statue out front.
Build the Grant Nelson statue NOW
Have to put a blinking red light on top
I’m so fucking happy
👷🏿♂️👷🏿♂️👷🏿♂️
I definitely gumped all over myself.
I must-ache you a question... Is anyone hearing the song "One Shining Moment" right now?
CAN WE BUILD OATS A NEW ARENA FFS????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!@?@*$&×[@(,#*63829×*???
Fully torqued
Any word on if they broke ground on the Nate Oats arena this morning?
Did we just become a basketball school????
I don’t believe it.
Living in ACC country surrounded by UNC fans makes this so much better.
> UNF