Jarin Stevenson “I Want to Win a National Championship”

Alabama Men's Basketball is the No. 2 team in the AP Preseason poll following a Final Four run this past April. The expectations are high for Alabama Basketball this season, with Alabama currently sitting with the fifth-best odds to win the NCAA Tournament, which would be the first national championship in Alabama basketball history.

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Alabama could have lost multiple players to the NBA draft, but instead, Jarin Stevenson and Mark Sears returned to contribute to a championship run for Alabama Basketball. Stevenson spoke with the media on Thursday, detailing the championship hopes as part of why he returned to Alabama Basketball this season.

“I saw that we had a good team here at Alabama,” Stevenson said.

Stevenson also said he had other goals for his return to Alabama, "definitely getting stronger, being more physical. We've been working on it in practice. More collisions, defensively...we've been working on that."

Stevenson had a chance to go to the NBA draft but decided to come back. Why?

"Just the chance at a national championship has always been a goal for me, and I feel like I can still get a lot better through Alabama. Alabama has great coaches."

The Crimson Tide opened the season as the no. 2 team in the AP Preseason Poll, with Alabama picked by many to be the team to beat in college basketball this season. The season officially begins on Monday, November 4, when Alabama hosts UNC-Asheville at 8:00 p.m. in Coleman Coliseum.

Wyatt Fulton is the TIde 100.9 DME and Brand Manager, primarily covering Alabama Crimson Tide football and men's basketball. For more Crimson Tide coverage, follow Wyatt on X (Formerly known as Twitter) at @FultonW_.