🌱 Latest Bama Basketball Developments + NorthStar Data Breach

TGIF, T-Town! Grab the coffee and let's breeze through this Friday morning.

But first, today's weather: Cooler; a stray p.m. t-storm. | High: 67 Low: 42. ⛈

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🗣 Patch Shout Out 🗣

Our Shout Out for this Friday morning goes to Kensey McMahon for winning Alabama's first Swimming and Diving Individual NCAA Title Since 2004. (More)

🗞 Here are the top 5 stories today in Tuscaloosa 🗞

1. No. 1 seed Alabama men's basketball got hot early from beyond three-point range and cruised to a 96-75 blowout win over Texas A&M - Corpus Christi Thursday in the first round of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at Legacy Arena in Birmingham. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
2. An attorney representing a walk-on Alabama basketball player appears to be pursuing litigation against the New York Times following a story published Wednesday evening that alleged the freshman was a fourth Alabama basketball player present during a January shooting that left a Birmingham woman dead and an Alabama basketball player charged with capital murder. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
3. University of Alabama Director of Athletics Greg Byrne on Thursday issued a statement in response to a story published by the New York Times alleging that a fourth Alabama basketball player was at the scene of a January shooting in Tuscaloosa that left a 23-year-old mother dead.(Tuscaloosa Patch)
4. Here's my in-depth column about the whole series of the events over the last two days leading up to Alabama playing in Thursday's game. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
5. Northstar EMS has disclosed thousands of patients may be affected by a security data breach (WVUA 23 News)

Alrighty, you're all caught up for today! I'll be in your inbox tomorrow morning with another update.

— RP

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