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Has Alabama Softball Done Enough to Secure Spot as Regional Host? Just a Minute

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Has Alabama Softball Done Enough to Secure Spot as Regional Host? Just a Minute


Welcome to BamaCentral’s “Just a Minute,” a daily video series featuring BamaCentral’s Alabama beat writers. Multiple times a week, the writers will group up or film solo to provide their take on a topic concerning the Crimson Tide or the landscape of college sports.

Watch the above video as BamaCentral’s assistant editor and softball writer Katie Windham discusses whether or not Alabama softball’s resumé is strong enough to secure a spot as a regional host in the NCAA tournament.

Alabama softball’s NCAA tournament resumé is now complete after losing to South Carolina in the SEC tournament on Wednesday night. The Crimson Tide now has to sit back and wait for Selection Sunday.

Here is what Alabama’s metrics look like as of Thursday morning:

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Overall record: 37-21
RPI: 18
SOS: 9
Non-con SOS: 25
Quad 1 record: 12-18

The top-16 seeds by the NCAA selection committee get to host regionals. Alabama’s RPI is currently just outside the top 16, but the rest of the Crimson Tide’s metrics are good enough to host. Alabama has quality wins over four different top-10 RPI teams, including the series win over Oklahoma.

Venue is not a factor that is supposed to be used be the selection committee, but it doesn’t hurt that Rhoads Stadium is one of the largest on-campus softball stadiums in the country, regularly surpassing 4,000 fans for postseason games.

Most softball bracketologists are projecting Alabama as a host team somewhere in the 13 to 15 range. A win over South Carolina likely would’ve solidified Alabama’s positioning as a host, but the Crimson Tide’s resumé is strong enough that it should be a host regardless.



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Alabama hits home with plans for Tuscaloosa 2027 Edge on official visit

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Alabama football hosted a hometown kid for an official visit last weekend when it got Jeremiah Beverley on campus for an official visit.

Beverley attends Hillcrest High School in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and ESPN currently has him rated as a four-star recruit. He is considering Alabama, Cincinnati, Wake Forest and others.

The Crimson Tide offered Beverley earlier this month and got him on campus for an official visit last weekend. The Alabama target told Touchdown Alabama he used the visit to learn what the Tide has planned for him if he commits.

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“I’m truly happy that I went on that official visit,” Beverley said. “Blessed for that. All I was talking about was the next step, what I got to do? So, just knowing what they have planned for me, knowing what they have set for me.”

At 6-foot-2 and 235 pounds, Beverley makes plays for Hillcrest-Tuscaloosa as a defensive end. Alabama has plans to use him similarly at the next level.

“They’re going to have me at wolf mostly,” Beverley said. “I know coach (Kane) Wommack and coach (Christian) Robinson, I think they see me at other positions, but I know it is guaranteed they’re going to see me at Wolf and me working my way up on special teams, and they expect that out of me.”

Beverley is expected to announce a commitment decision on Friday.

Watch Jeremiah Beverley’s Highlights Below:

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Alabama hires former college offensive lineman as assistant tight ends coach

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Alabama football is hiring Noah Fisher to be its assistant tight ends coach, according to CBS Sports’ Matt Zenitz.

Fisher spent two seasons as a graduate assistant working with the offensive line and tight ends at Louisville before joining the Tide’s staff. He played three years on the offensive line at South Alabama and spent one season with Tulane. The Jaguars started Fisher along its offensive line when he was a player for multiple games.

The Crimson Tide appear to want to use their tight ends in multiple ways in the future including as extra blockers along the line of scrimmage. Fisher looks as if he can assist the Tide with this mission.

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Petition calls on State of Alabama to fund fix for Prichard sewer system after spills

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Petition calls on State of Alabama to fund fix for Prichard sewer system after spills


Sewage overflows during storms in Prichard are sending wastewater into local waterways that feed Mobile Bay, prompting an environmental group to push for state funding to upgrade aging infrastructure.

Mobile Baykeeper says sewage overflows during storms flow into Three Mile Creek, then into the Mobile River, and ultimately end up in Mobile Bay. The group said that last week, during heavy rain, more than 256,000 gallons of sewage spilled into Gum Tree Branch and Three Mile Creek.

Mobile Baykeeper has launched a petition seeking funding from the state of Alabama to fix Prichard’s old water infrastructure.



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