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TUSCALOOSA &#8212; Alabama&#8217;s summer conditioning program rolls on as football coach Nick Saban takes care of the last of the summer camps before a brief retreat to his summer place in Georgia.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Alabama to appeal NCAA sanctions</title>
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The University of Alabama, which turned itself in to the NCAA for widespread violations in its textbook distribution program, will appeal the sanctions that resulted from the case.


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          <title>Ex&#45;Browns GM named Alabama color analyst</title>
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Crimson Tide Sports Marketing general manager Jim Carabin announced Monday that Savage will replace Ken Stabler in the fall.           ]]></description>
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Alabama has 12 days to decide if it will appeal last week&#8217;s NCAA Committee on Infractions ruling that stripped 21 football victories and added three years of probation for widespread problems in the university&#8217;s textbook distribution program.           ]]></description>
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TUSCALOOSA &#8212; To the short-sighted, it&#8217;s a slap on the wrist.           ]]></description>
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TUSCALOOSA &#8212; The numbers were big. Sixteen sports. Two hundred and one student-athletes. Twenty-one football victories.           ]]></description>
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A year and a half after uncovering potential rules violations in its &#8220;student-athlete textbook distribution system,&#8221; the University of Alabama has received a ruling from the NCAA and it is expected to be announced publicly today, according to several media outlets.
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Stanhope Elmore standout Demarcus Milliner, the nation&#8217;s top cornerback prospect according to Scout.com, said Thursday he will play for Alabama. Milliner is the second five-star player to commit to the Crimson Tide, joining quarterback Phillip Sims of Chesapeake, Va.            ]]></description>
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OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. &#8212; One day after being on the winning side of a clutch grand slam home run, the No. 4 seeded Alabama softball team fell to No. 1 Florida 6-5.           ]]></description>
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CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) - Michael Alcorn scattered nine hits in his third complete game of the season and Tennessee Tech knocked off Alabama 6-2 in an elimination game Saturday in the NCAA tournament.           ]]></description>
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Andalusia two-sport standout and Alabama football signee Nico Johnson was found not guilty of a misdemeanor harassment charge by Andalusia Municipal Court Judge Mike Jones Wednesday, according to a case action summary released by the court.
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Andalusia two-sport standout and Alabama football signee Nico Johnson had his day in court Tuesday but will have to wait on a verdict.           ]]></description>
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HOOVER &#8212; Alabama brought the tying runs in to the plate in the eighth and ninth innings but could not overcome three errors on defense as top-seeded LSU eliminated No. 4 seed Alabama 9-6 in the SEC Tournament on Thursday.           ]]></description>
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TUSCALOOSA &#8212; The No. 3 ranked Alabama softball team earned its seventh regional title and fifth in a row by downing Texas 7-0 Sunday afternoon in the championship game at the NCAA Softball Tuscaloosa Regional.            ]]></description>
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AUBURN &#8212; Auburn and Alabama both got something they wanted in Saturday&#8217;s regular-season finale.
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AUBURN &#8212; The green and red on the radar made it clear Game 2 of the Auburn-Alabama series at Plainsman Park would not be finished Friday night.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Nico Johnson enters not guilty plea to harassment charge</title>
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Andalusia two-sport standout and University of Alabama football signee Nico Johnson faces &#8220;a verbal, non-physical&#8221; misdemeanor harassment charge in Andalusia following an alleged exchange this week with another male.
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          <title>Tide kicker allegedly assaulted in Tuscaloosa</title>
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TUSCALOOSA &#8212; Alabama placekicker Leigh Tiffin was allegedly assaulted in downtown Tuscaloosa.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Julio Jones has surgery for sports hernia</title>
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TUSCALOOSA &#8212; Alabama receiver Julio Jones has undergone surgery to repair a sports hernia.
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STARKVILLE, Miss. &#8212; The No. 22 Alabama Crimson Tide needed all 17 runs and 18 hits on Sunday afternoon en route to a 17-16 victory over Mississippi State at Polk-Dement Stadium, to complete a rain-shortened two-game sweep of the Bulldogs.
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          <title>Michigan St. adds Alabama, W. Virginia to schedule</title>
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Michigan State has signed contracts for home-and-home football series with Alabama and West Virginia.           ]]></description>
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TUSCALOOSA &#8212; Greg McElroy got his steak Tuesday night.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Coach for a day was a great experience</title>
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TUSCALOOSA &#8212; I am undefeated. I am 1-0. I am retiring.           ]]></description>
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Alabama head coach Nick Saban presented the annual spring awards on the field immediately following the game.           ]]></description>
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TUSCALOOSA &#8212; Marquis Maze was breezing through pregame warmups and pulled up short on a deep route in a seven-on-seven drill.           ]]></description>
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TUSCALOOSA &#8212; A noisy stadium. A Saturday afternoon. College football.           ]]></description>
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TUSCALOOSA &#8212; A-Day weekend has been huge for fans under Alabama coach Nick Saban, who said he would welcome more involvement from past players, too.           ]]></description>
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TUSCALOOSA &#8212; Robby Green, the new guy in an experienced Alabama secondary, was recognized as the defensive surprise of spring practice by Crimson Tide coach Nick Saban.           ]]></description>
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A permanent replacement for Stabler has not been determined.            ]]></description>
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TUSCALOOSA &#8212; There&#8217;s less girth around Mount Cody this spring &#8212; but Alabama nose tackle Terrence Cody knows that less is more.           ]]></description>
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TUSCALOOSA &#8212; Like it or not, the Iron Bowl will be played on a Friday for the next two seasons.           ]]></description>
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TUSCALOOSA &#8212; Alabama&#8217;s second scrimmage Friday enabled coach Nick Saban to divide his team into two categories.
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Alabama football coach Nick Saban outlined a brief, but intense picture of how detailed the individual instruction is during spring practice.           ]]></description>
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TUSCALOOSA &#8212; Colin Peek didn&#8217;t squander his first opportunity to establish himself as a contender to replace one of two tight ends in Alabama&#8217;s scrimmage on Wednesday.           ]]></description>
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TUSCALOOSA &#8212; This just in from Alabama&#8217;s first scrimmage: Rolando McClain is good.
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TUSCALOOSA &#8212; Alabama will work at Bryant-Denny Stadium today for the first of two scrimmages before the April 18 A-Day Game.
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TUSCALOOSA &#8212; Anthony Grant was Alabama&#8217;s first choice to lead its basketball program.
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TUSCALOOSA &#8212; I&#8217;m searching for a word to sum up Anthony Grant&#8217;s performance in his introductory press conference as Alabama&#8217;s basketball coach.           ]]></description>
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TUSCALOOSA &#8212; Rolando McClain is surrounded by familiar faces on the Alabama defense.           ]]></description>
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MONTGOMERY &#8212; Anthony Grant has been hired as Alabama&#8217;s coach after three successful years with Virginia Commonwealth, leaving a school with no football program to take over one where the gridiron reigns.
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Former Enterprise High School kicker Parker Stinnett has made the Alabama football team.


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TUSCALOOSA &#8212; Anthony Grant met with Alabama officials and toured Coleman Coliseum on Wednesday as discussions to fill the Crimson Tide&#8217;s basketball coaching vacancy heated up.
Grant, 42, is the head coach at Virginia Commonwealth University, where he has gone 76-25 with two NCAA Tournament appearances and three Colonial Athletic Association regular-season championships in three seasons. He was a renowned assistant on Billy Donovan&#8217;s staffs at Florida for 10 years and at Marshall before that.
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TUSCALOOSA &#8212; Alabama put on pads for the first time this spring Wednesday for a two-hour football practice forced by rain into the Hank Crisp Indoor Facility.
Linebacker Eryk Anders said the difference from Monday&#8217;s workout in shells was noticeable.           ]]></description>
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TUSCALOOSA &#8212; If patience is a virtue, then Greg McElroy is a virtuous man. But even he has limits.
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TUSCALOOSA &#8212; Alabama left guard Mike Johnson last season never hesitated to credit his performance to the players flanking him.           ]]></description>
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TUSCALOOSA &#8212; Welcome to Spring Football 101 at the University of Alabama &#8212; where there is no starting quarterback, no set positions along the offensive line and ... (all together now) no depth chart.
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TAMPA, Fla. &#8212; Tennessee&#8217;s J.P. Prince plucked a steal at halfcourt and ran the requisite distance before tallying the first two points of Friday&#8217;s second-round SEC Tournament game with a one-handed dunk.
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Questions will outnumber answers in several areas for Alabama throughout spring practice, which begins today at 3:30 p.m.           ]]></description>
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TAMPA, Fla. &#8212; Someone handed Philip Pearson a box score midway through the second half of Alabama&#8217;s game Thursday against Vanderbilt.
He was certainly shocked, but he liked what he saw.           ]]></description>
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Philip Pearson&#8217;s legacy at the University of Alabama is far more secure as a coach than as a player.           ]]></description>
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Alabama&#8217;s Philip Pearson and Vanderbilt&#8217;s Kevin Stallings agree on at least two things coming into the Southeastern Conference Tournament.           ]]></description>
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It is game day for Andre Smith.
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. &#8212; The lesson Wendell Hudson learned during his first year at Alabama, and all throughout his coaching career, reared itself one last time Thursday.
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Alabama football coach Nick Saban met with reporters on Wednesday in Tuscaloosa, but didn&#8217;t disclose the university&#8217;s recent appearance before the NCAA&#8217;s Committee on Infractions.           ]]></description>
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TUSCALOOSA &#8212; The University of Alabama&#8217;s annual A-Day Game will be televised live to a national audience by ESPN on Saturday, April 18.            ]]></description>
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Alabama takes something into today&#8217;s game at Ole Miss it hopes will be a factor when the Crimson Tide tries to snap a Southeastern Conference road losing streak that has reached 18 games.           ]]></description>
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TUSCALOOSA &#8212; They weren&#8217;t exactly the Crimson Cabaret, but Alabama&#8217;s Alonzo Gee, Senario Hillman and Mikhail Torrance were leading cheers and waving towels the final few minutes of the Crimson Tide&#8217;s 88-67 victory over Arkansas on Wednesday night.
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The Arkansas Razorbacks aren&#8217;t much different from Alabama when it comes to this SEC basketball season.

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Rough weekend? Blow too much money for too little fun?           ]]></description>
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TUSCALOOSA &#8212; Alonzo Gee almost single-handedly kept Alabama in the game in the first half. The senior won it nearly by himself in the second overtime.
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It&#8217;s been five weeks since Alabama played Mississippi State in its second Southeastern Conference game of the season.           ]]></description>
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. &#8212; Florida coach Billy Donovan has another 20-win season, and this one has exceeded his expectations. Nick Calathes scored 22 points, Alex Tyus added 16 and the Gators snapped a two-game losing streak with an 83-74 victory over Alabama on Wednesday night.           ]]></description>
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Nick Saban disclosed on National Signing Day that Julio Jones had offseason surgery. The wide receiver wasn&#8217;t alone.           ]]></description>
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TUSCALOOSA &#8212; In a season that has careened through the valley of the Southeastern Conference, Alabama found another way to lose Saturday.
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Alabama interim coach Philip Pearson hopes a week of self-help will pay off when the Crimson Tide returns home today against SEC East contender South Carolina.           ]]></description>
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Alabama tries again to snap a Southeastern Conference road losing streak that has hit 16 games today when it plays Western Division leader LSU in Baton Rouge.           ]]></description>
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Alabama may be considering splitting up its inside linebacker tandem of Rolando McClain and Dont&#8217;a Hightower.
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On a National Signing Day with more twists and quick cuts than a Trent Richardson touchdown run, Alabama completed a recruiting season with 29 players that could surpass last year&#8217;s touted class.
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 Jonathan Atchison
LB, 6-2, 220, Atlanta, Ga. (Douglass)
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TUSCALOOSA &#8212; Philip Pearson walked into the interview room with a smile on his face, his first victory as interim basketball coach at Alabama in his hip pocket and his arms empty.
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TUSCALOOSA &#8212; Finally, a smile from the Alabama basketball program.           ]]></description>
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TUSCALOOSA &#8212; The heavy lifting is over, but it&#8217;s the follow-up that is crucial to Alabama&#8217;s recruiting class.
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After the Philip Pearson era started much like the Mark Gottfried era finished, Alabama returns home tonight to face a Georgia team that can match the Crimson Tide tick for nervous tick.
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A new coach. A new opportunity for a road win. Maybe a new mindset.


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Alabama director of athletics Mal Moore was a one-man search committee when he found Nick Saban.
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Dothan native Jim Farmer sat in the stands of Coleman Coliseum on Saturday to show his support for his friend and former teammate, Alabama basketball coach Mark Gottfried.
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JaMychal Green heard the whispers. He knew his coach, Mark Gottfried, was on the hot seat.
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Embattled Alabama basketball coach Mark Gottfried resigned Monday in the middle of his 11th season. 
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Embattled Alabama basketball coach Mark Gottfried resigned Monday in the middle of his 11th season. Assistant coach Philip Pearson is the interim coach for the rest of the season, athletics director Mal Moore said after an afternoon meeting with Gottfried.           ]]></description>
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TUSCALOOSA &#8212; You can pat them on the head for playing a good game, keeping it respectable and giving Kentucky a scare.           ]]></description>
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TUSCALOOSA &#8212; Alabama&#8217;s ability to play even with Kentucky for 34 minutes was surpassed only by the Wildcats&#8217; pinpoint execution to win the game in the final six minutes.           ]]></description>
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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) &#8212; The Kentucky Wildcats returned for the second half without starting guard Ramon Harris and their coach.           ]]></description>
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TUSCALOOSA &#8212; Mark Gottfried won&#8217;t have to devote any time to motivation for today&#8217;s 2 p.m. tipoff against Kentucky.
His players already know about the Wildcats and SEC scoring leader Jodie Meeks.
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TUSCALOOSA &#8212; Nick Saban, stung by a staff defection when recruiting specialist Lance Thompson left for Tennessee, struck back with some in-state recruiting of his own.           ]]></description>
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TUSCALOOSA &#8212; As Ole Miss guard Terrico White&#8217;s shot rose near the rim, Alonzo Gee&#8217;s heart sank.
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Coming off a blowout loss last weekend, this SEC West contender will try to bounce back in Tuscaloosa without its best player.
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AUBURN &#8212; What do they say? Every time Alabama plays Auburn, you can throw away the records? Please do.
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AUBURN &#8212; Just in case you were late to Saturday&#8217;s Auburn-Alabama game and missed the first five minutes, the Crimson Tide gave an instant replay to start the second half.
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AUBURN &#8212; At his Thursday meeting with the media, Jeff Lebo said he was preparing his team as if Alabama point guard Ronald Steele would be active for the first matchup between the intrastate rivals.           ]]></description>
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Alabama outside linebackers coach Lance Thompson is one of the best in college football at giving recruiting pitches.            ]]></description>
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STARKVILLE, Miss. &#8212; In a game that was as much a competition of styles as it was rivals, Mississippi State&#8217;s speed and accuracy triumphed. The Bulldogs defeated Alabama 83-74 Wednesday night behind a career-high 17 points from guard Phil Turner.
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A heel injury to senior point guard Ron Steele threatens to make Alabama&#8217;s shortest road trip of the season a long drive home.

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TUSCALOOSA &#8212; LSU kept hanging around, lurking like a prowler ready to steal the SEC season opener against Alabama.
Crimson Tide sophomore Senario Hillman was a crimestopper. The 6-foot-1 guard scored a career-high 24 points &#8212; including Alabama&#8217;s final nine in the last three minutes &#8212; to lead the Tide past LSU 65-59.
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TUSCALOOSA &#8212; Get used to this. Conference games decided by razor-thin margins.
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If the preconference season has shown anything, it&#8217;s going to be a wild, wild SEC West.           ]]></description>
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