They may have been the best team in the country for much of the year, but the Alabama Crimson Tide basketball team has also become the villains of this season, following a murder allegedly committed by then-player Darius Miles, and the alleged involvement of star freshman Brandon Miller. Coach Nate Oats famously took a lot of crap for suggesting that Miller was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Still, the entered the NCAA tournament as the top overall seed in the tournament, and looked to do some serious damage. They rolled through their first two games, beating Texas A&M Corpus Christi 96-75 and Maryland 73-51.
But, on Friday night, a terrible shooting night did them against the San Diego State Aztecs as they lost, 71-64, in the South Regional Semifinals in Louisville.
Doubt any team won a game this year going 3-27 from 3. Alabama was never going to stop shooting them but that’s a brutal way to go out.
— William Joy (@WilliamJoy) March 25, 2023
And, the nation is rejoicing that the Crimson Tide lost. There are so many good tweets and memes.
It would appear Alabama basketball has found itself in the wrong place at the wrong time.
— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) March 25, 2023
Alabama was just in the wrong place at the wrong time tonight.
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) March 25, 2023
Karma just smacked Alabama right in the face. Massive W for America tonight. pic.twitter.com/6s0hXAJm9k
— Big Game Boomer (@BigGameBoomer) March 25, 2023
And, Brandon Miller was terrible. He scored 9 points and had 11 rebounds, but he was a horrifying 3-19 from the field, the worst performance of his career.
Brandon Miller in the biggest game of his lifepic.twitter.com/8Ci7V0WGwi
— Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) March 25, 2023
Brandon Miller released from the tournament on his own reconnaissance
— Bunkie Perkins (@BunkiePerkins) March 25, 2023
BREAKING: Nate Oats suspends Brandon Miller for the remainder of the season.
— EmbraceThePace (@EmbracePaceUVA) March 25, 2023
And, lastly, rival Auburn, not the best moral compass themselves after they hired Hugh Freeze to coach the football team, got the last word.
https://twitter.com/auburnmbb/status/1639430415185321985?s=46&t=-Taj91s00nFw_Ze4Ch_LUw