ESPN's Seth Greenberg on Alabama Basketball's SEC Outlook in 2023-24
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00:00 But you go into the portal, you add guys like Latrell Wright,
00:02 so you add guys like Grant Nelson, Aaron Estrada.
00:05 What is your synopsis for this Alabama basketball team?
00:07 How do you think they stack up against other SEC competitors
00:10 like Arkansas, Kentucky, Texas A&M,
00:12 and any of those other schools?
00:14 Well, Arkansas and Alabama are a little bit in the same veil,
00:17 is that they went to the portal.
00:19 I mean, Eric Busserman is kind of a master at that,
00:22 because of his experience coaching, quote unquote,
00:25 semi-pro basketball, G League, CBA, you name a league,
00:30 he's coached in it.
00:31 I think he's really, really kind of figured out
00:33 to find that mix between the transfer portal and freshmen,
00:37 staying old, having mature guys, figuring them out quick.
00:43 But Alabama's right in that mix.
00:45 I mean, look, you put Sears on the court,
00:48 and they're a different team.
00:49 There's no doubt about it.
00:51 I mean, it's just the way it is.
00:52 I mean, his maturity, his understanding,
00:54 you need those veteran players.
00:56 Kentucky's a really young basketball team.
00:58 It'll depend on if they get Bradshaw back.
00:59 Obviously, Trey Mitchell was a huge get, an absolute huge get.
01:03 Getting Antonio Reeves back was huge.
01:06 But very similar, again, just a young team.
01:11 So the league is great.
01:13 The one thing about the SEC, the SEC
01:17 has leapfrogged a lot of conferences.
01:20 It's just the way it is.