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Alabama Morning Drive: Nate Oats provides injury updates on Quinerly and Burnett

stacey blackwood
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Good Thursday morning Tide fans and welcome back to another edition of Alabama Morning Drive. I hope everyone is having a great week as we inch closer to the weekend.

If you are new here, Alabama Morning Drive is an early a.m. update on all the latest news and notes involving the Crimson Tide. Thank you for allowing Roll Tide Wire to be a small part of your day.

Let’s just jump right into today’s top stories. On Wednesday, Alabama’s head men’s basketball coach Nate Oats provided injury updates on two of the Tide’s key team members, Jahvon Quinerly and Nimari Burnett at the Regions Tradition Pro-Am in Birmingham.

Oats had this to say about Quinerly’s expected timetable.

“We’re hoping by SEC play. If his recovery goes great, maybe sooner. But we’re not gonna try to rush him because we want him to have a healthy year when he’s able to play and try to get himself to be able to play after college. So yeah, that’s when planning on is like by SEC play.”

Burnett missed the entire 2021-22 season after transferring from Texas Tech, here is that update that Oats provided on him.

“Nimari is not doing anything live with us, but we do anticipate him, at some point this summer, being able to start to go live with 5-on-5 stuff. He’s coming along, though. He’s on time, and we think by the end of the summer, he’ll be able to do some live, 5-on-5 stuff.”

Having both Quinerly and Burnett back on the floor will significantly improve the Tide.

Let’s take a look at some of the other main stories Tide fans should know about.

John Metchie and Christian Harris are assigned numbers in Houston

Both [autotag]John Metchie[/autotag] and [autotag]Christian Harris[/autotag] were selected by the Houston Texans in the 2022 NFL draft and now the two former Alabama stars have their jersey numbers in Houston.

Both Metchie and Harris wore No. 8 for the Tide, but now Metchie will wear No. 88 while Harris will be No. 48. Click the tweet above to watch a quick video displaying all of the new rookie numbers in Houston.

Alabama softball back in action

Well, the three-game series with Missouri this past weekend just wasn’t enough. Now [autotag]Patrick Murphy[/autotag] and the Crimson Tide will face the Tigers to open up their play in the 2022 SEC Softball Tournament.

The first pitch is set for 1:30 p.m. CT on the SEC Network.

Nick Saban hilariously receives phone call during an interview

Before teeing it up on Wednesday at the Regions Tradition Pro-Am, [autotag]Nick Saban[/autotag] was speaking to members of the media when he started to receive a phone call from his daughter Kristen. In true Saban fashion, the head coach reacted hilariously. Watch the video above to see the coach’s quick wit.

Alabama baseball releases weekend rotation against Auburn

Brad Bohannon and the Alabama baseball team will travel to Auburn this weekend for a three-game series against the Tigers. On Wednesday, the Crimson Tide released its scheduled weekend rotation for the rivalry matchup.

Junior [autotag]Garrett McMillan[/autotag] will get the Friday start. McMillan is 4-3 on the season with a 3.41 ERA. [autotag]Jacob McNairy[/autotag] will throw the first pitch on Saturday. McNairy leads the Tide in wins with a 5-2 record. On Sunday, sophomore [autotag]Grayson Hitt[/autotag] will hit the mound. Hitt has a 4-3 record but his ERA is a little high at 5.02.

The Tide could use a couple of upsets over the Tigers with just six games remaining in the regular season.

That is going to wrap up our Thursday edition of Alabama Morning Drive. Make sure you stay tuned to Roll Tide Wire for all the latest on the Crimson Tide!

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