Alabama Basketball will host top-10 recruits during official visit: roll call, June 20

After finalizing the 2024-25 roster last month, Nate Oats and his staff immediately began recruiting for the 2025 cycle, landing a key visitor this week.

According to a report from On3’s Joe Tipton, Jasper Johnson will visit Alabama starting this weekend.

Johnson is a 6-foot-4 shooting guard who is a 5-star player and the No. 10 player in the class, according to 247Sports’ composite rankings. He plays high school basketball at Link Academy, where Alabama freshman Labaron Philon played this past season.

Johnson also planned a visit to Illinois next week and visited North Carolina, Kentucky, Auburn and others last season.

June 20, 1966: College football fans in general and Alabama fans in particular were stunned by the news out of Los Angeles that Crimson Tide head coach Paul “Bear” Bryant suffered an apparent heart attack during a speech at Pepperdine College. Before collapsing on the speaker’s podium, Bryant clutched his chest and said, “There’s something wrong with me.” Is there a doctor in the house?’

“I thought I was dying. When I woke up on the floor, I was happy… because I remember thinking I was dying.” – Bear Bryant to Tuscaloosa News the next day after sports editor Charles Land flew to Los Angeles.

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