Tide In SEC Title Game + UA Fan T-Shirt Controversy

Rise and shine, Tuscaloosa! Wipe the sleep from your eyes and get all caught up with us before you start this Sunday morning.

But first, today's weather: A heavy thunderstorm. High: 67 | Low: 45 ⛈

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🗞 Here are the top 5 stories today in Tuscaloosa 🗞

1. The No. 1 seed Alabama Crimson Tide outmuscled a physical Missouri team Saturday, 72-61, in Nashville's Bridgestone Arena to advance to the Southeastern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament Championship. (Tuscaloosa Patch)
2. Here's everything you need to know about Alabama's matchup today against Texas A&M in the title game of the 2023 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament. (Katie Windham, Tide Illustrated)
3. Two supposed Alabama basketball fans ignited a social media firestorm Saturday for wearing shirts that appeared to reference the January shooting death of Jamea Harris. The shirts read "GOATS" on the front and on the backs said "Killin' our way through the SEC in '23." (John Talty, AL.com)
4. A Tuscaloosa County man has entered a guilty plea in a reckless manslaughter case following a fatal boating accident in Hale County. (Tim Reid, CBS 42 News)
5. Alabama basketball forward Brandon Miller has been added to Wooden Award finalists list after initially being left out of the running for the award presented annually to the country's best college basketball player. (Nick Kelly, Tuscaloosa News)

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