The Alabama Crimson Tide basketball team received some significant news Tuesday afternoon, as head coach Nate Oats confirmed that graduate student guard Latrell Wrightsell Jr. will miss the remainder of the 2024-25 season as a result of an injury.

Barring an upset in Saturday's ACC title game between Clemson and SMU, Alabama might be headed back to the College Football Playoff for the ninth time in the past 11 seasons, as the Crimson Tide were ranked No.