The team's head coach was Anthony Grant, in his third season at Alabama after posting a 25–12 record the previous year.

The team played their home games at Coleman Coliseum in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, as a member of the Southeastern Conference.

"[4] This time it was the Crimson Tide's senior leading scorer JaMychal Green, starting PG Trevor Releford and Andrew Steele.

With its top three leading scorers out and only one upperclassmen left on the bench, the shorthanded Crimson Tide fell to the LSU Tigers.

Releford and Steele returned the following game to face the Florida Gators on February 14, but Green and Mitchell remained suspended.