2008–09 Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball team

The 2008–09 Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball team (variously "Alabama", "UA", "Bama" or "The Tide") represented the University of Alabama in the 2008–09 college basketball season. The head coach was Mark Gottfried, who was in his eleventh year until his resignation January 26, 2009. Philip Pearson would be the interim for the remainder of the season. The team played its home games at Coleman Coliseum in Tuscaloosa, Alabama and was a member of the Southeastern Conference. This was the 96th season of basketball in the school's history. The Crimson Tide finished the season 18–14, 7–9 in SEC play, lost in the quarterfinals of the 2009 SEC men's basketball tournament and were not invited to a post season tournament.

2008–09 Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionWestern Division
Record18–14 (7–9 SEC)
Head coach
  • Mark Gottfried (Resign Jan. 26th) (11th season)
  • Philip Pearson (Interim)
Assistant coaches
  • Philip Pearson
  • James Holland
  • Antoine Pettway
Home arenaColeman Coliseum
(Capacity: 15,316)
2008–09 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
East
South Carolina106 .6252110  .677
Tennessee106 .6252113  .618
Florida97 .5632511  .694
Vanderbilt88 .5001912  .613
Kentucky88 .5002214  .611
Georgia313 .1881220  .375
West
No. 21 LSU133 .813278  .771
Auburn106 .6252412  .667
Mississippi State97 .5632313  .639
Alabama79 .4381814  .563
Ole Miss79 .4381615  .516
Arkansas214 .1251416  .467
† SEC Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll
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