{"id":1058719,"date":"2024-04-01T10:41:29","date_gmt":"2024-04-01T16:41:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/?p=1058719"},"modified":"2024-04-01T10:41:29","modified_gmt":"2024-04-01T16:41:29","slug":"alabama-earns-first-final-four-berth-in-program-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/alabama-earns-first-final-four-berth-in-program-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Alabama Earns First Final Four Berth in Program History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(Photo by Bryan Lynn\/Icon Sportswire)<\/p>\n<p>The Alabama Crimson Tide basketball team has entered uncharted territory: For the first time in program history, they\u2019re headed to the Final Four.<\/p>\n<p>The Tide defeated Clemson 89-82 in the West region\u2019s Elite Eight matchup to earn the right to face UCONN in the national semifinal.<\/p>\n<p>In perhaps the biggest win in program history, Alabama used a big run at the end of the first half in order to take control. Early into\u00a0the game down 26-13, Alabama used a 22-6 run to lead by three at the halftime break 35-32.<\/p>\n<p>While Mark Sears had a difficult first half shooting just 1 of 7 from the three point line, he turned things on in the second half and hit 6 of 7 from deep and finished 50 percent from three.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Mark Sears has hit four in a row from beyond the arc \ud83d\udd25<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MarchMadness?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MarchMadness<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlabamaMBB?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AlabamaMBB<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KqdvY4nzeD\">pic.twitter.com\/KqdvY4nzeD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessMBB) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarchMadnessMBB\/status\/1774263714444657116?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 31, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Jarin Stevenson and Nick Pringle both played perhaps their best games in an Alabama uniform, with Stevenson scoring 19 on 5 of 8 from the three point line and Pringle scoring 16 along with 11 rebounds and some clutch free throws down the stretch.<\/p>\n<p>Alabama took over down the stretch for the best win in program history, shutting things down and earning its birth to the Final Four.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Nate Oats gets West Regional Trophy <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RollTide?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RollTide<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MyBookie?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MyBookie<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Autograph?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Autograph<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FinalFour?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FinalFour<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zOJ3KiNuUV\">pic.twitter.com\/zOJ3KiNuUV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Next Round (@NextRoundLive) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NextRoundLive\/status\/1774274773843062904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 31, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Nate Oats finishes off the net. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tgaYjFHiZW\">pic.twitter.com\/tgaYjFHiZW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Charlie Potter (@Charlie_Potter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Charlie_Potter\/status\/1774280064907292676?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 31, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Sears was named the MVP of the region, with Grant Nelson and Rylan Griffen being named to the All-Regional team.<\/p>\n<p>Alabama will now face Connecticut, who has dominated its region in route to an East region title.<\/p>\n<p>UCONN will be a heavy favorite in Alabama\u2019s first ever Final Four matchup, but the Tide have arrived somewhere they have never been.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>(Photo by Bryan Lynn\/Icon Sportswire) The Alabama Crimson Tide basketball team has entered uncharted territory: For the first time in program history, they\u2019re headed to <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/alabama-earns-first-final-four-berth-in-program-history\/\" title=\"Alabama Earns First Final Four Berth in Program History\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":4874,"featured_media":1058720,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[122,91,147,33],"tags":[170,232,225,809,228],"class_list":{"0":"post-1058719","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-al-basketball","8":"category-alabama","9":"category-featured-news","10":"category-sec","11":"tag-alabama","12":"tag-alabama-basketball","13":"tag-alabama-crimson-tide","14":"tag-mark-sears","15":"tag-nate-oats"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/ddh20230312076_bama_vs_tamu.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1058719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4874"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1058719"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1058719\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1058725,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1058719\/revisions\/1058725"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1058720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1058719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1058719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1058719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}