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'It's Not Gonna Be Easy': Alabama Softball Prepares for SEC Tournament
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'It's Not Gonna Be Easy': Alabama Softball Prepares for SEC Tournament

Alabama Crimson Tide On SI·Katie Windham·27 days ago
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TUSCALOOSA, Ala.— No team has won more SEC tournament titles than Alabama (Florida is tied with six total), but the Crimson Tide has not made it to the quarterfinal round the last two seasons. This year, as the No. 2 seed, Alabama earned an automatic spot into the quarterfinals with a double bye. Perhaps more importantly, the double bye gives Alabama a little extra time to rest heading into a very important postseason. "We don’t want anybody dragging in the postseason," Alabama head coach Patrick Murphy said before Tuesday's practice. "There’s four stages of team building and the fourth is performing. We want to be performing right now… Anytime we can give them a little more rest, I think it’s good for them.” Alabama (47-6, 19-5 SEC) is coming off its best regular season since 2019 and has one of the top resumés in the country for the NCAA tournament regardless of what happens in Kentucky this weekend. The Crimson Tide was No.…

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