Alabama women's basketball was picked to finish tenth in the SEC preseason poll that was released on Monday. South Carolina, the 2026 national runner-up and SEC regular season champion, were picked to win the conference. Texas, who won the 2026 SEC tournament and made the Final Four, was picked second.
Alabama tied for tenth in the SEC last year with a 7-9 mark in conference play. The Tide went 24-11 overall last season. Alabama was a six-seed in the NCAA tournament a year ago, and made it to the second round before coming up one point short in a 69-68 loss to three-seed Louisville.
This season is a new era for Alabama women's basketball with a new head coach in Pauline Love. Love returns to Alabama where the former Southern Miss star player was
an assistant coach for the 2024-25 season. Love spent last season as an assistant at Oklahoma.
Alabama's leading returning scorer is Ace Austin who averaged seven points per game last year. It's a very new look Alabama team roster-wise after the coaching change. Alabama returns four players from last year (Austin, Tianna Chambers, Leah Brooks, and Naomi Jones). Alabama added nine transfers out of the transfer portal to round out their 13 player roster.
Alabama opens up its' regular season on Nov. 2 against Queens (North Carolina). Alabama's most notable nonconference matchup comes on Nov. 21 when Alabama takes on North Carolina at the WBCA Showcase in Orlando, Florida. Alabama will open up SEC play Dec. 31 against South Carolina.
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