Things are moving fast for Alabama basketball in the Transfer Portal in the aftermath of losing to Duke in the Elite Eight to end the 2024-25 season. Nate Oats and his staff have turned their full attention to the portal and building the roster for next season.
Alabama just finished up year three of the best three-year run in the history of the program. The 22-23 team won the SEC regular season and tournament titles and earned a 1-seed in the NCAA Tournament for the first time in program history. The 23-24 team made it to the Final Four for the first time in program history. And the 24-25 team made it three straight Sweet 16s and two straight Elite Eights.
Oats has raised the bar tremendously in Tuscaloosa. With that comes heightened expectations and pressure to stay near the top. Oats welcomes the expectations and has a brash confidence in himself to build a winning roster year-in and year-out.
Piecing the roster together is a fun puzzle, albeit frustrating for normal fans. In today's collegiate landscape, you have to look at each team, each season as entirely different. Gone are the days of watching players grow. If you get two years out of a single player, that's pretty good nowadays. It's rare to have anyone for three or four years, and a lot of players are one-year rentals now.
This will be your hub for all the roster tracking information for Alabama basketball. We'll track and update this with who's staying, who's leaving, and who's joining the Crimson Tide for next season.
Alabama basketball 2025-26 roster tracker
Who's leaving Alabama
Out of Eligibility
- G Mark Sears
- F/C Grant Nelson
- G Chris Youngblood
- C Clifford Omoruyi
Transferring:
- G Naas Cunningham
Alabama will have some big shoes to replace with Mark Sears and Grant Nelson, in particular, running out of eligibility. Those two will forever be remembered in Crimson Tide lore as cornerstone pieces to last season's Final Four team and for getting the team back to the Elite Eight this season.
Alabama will have more transfers to come, but for now they've only seen redshirt freshman guard Naas Cunningham enter the Transfer Portal thus far.
NBA Draft:
No draft decisions have been made official yet, but freshman guard Labaron Philon is expected to enter the NBA Draft sometime soon.
Who's staying at Alabama
There have been no official announcements made yet, but we will update this section as they happen. Aden Holloway, Aiden Sherrell, and Houston Mallette all indicated in the post game following the Duke loss that they intended to return next season, but you have to take anything set in the aftermath of a game with a grain of salt.
Who's joining Alabama:
Transfer Portal:
- Noah Williamson, C, Bucknell (7-foot, 250)
Alabama landed a quick commitment on Monday night from Bucknell center and Patriot League Player of the Year Noah Williamson. Williamson was on a visit to Tuscaloosa on Monday and Oats and company got him to commit before leaving town as they hoped.
Recruiting:
(All rankings are via the 247 composites)
- London Jemison, F, Oakdale, CT (6-8, 200) - 4-star, No. 37 overall
- Davion Hannah, G, Branson, MO (6-5, 175) - 4-star, No. 51 overall
- Amari Allen, G/F, Green Bay, WI (6-7, 180) - 4-star, No. 65 overall
Alabama's Transfer Portal targets:
- Abdi Bashir Jr., G/F, Monmouth (6-7, 160)
- Jalil Bethea, G, Miami (FL) (6-foot-5, 190)
- Taylor Bol Bowen, F, Florida State (6-10, 195)
- Corey Chest, F, LSU (6-8, 220)
- Rylan Griffen, G/F, Kansas (6-6, 190)