The team lost forward Bobby Lee Hurt to graduation , but key additions were freshman forwards Michael Ansley from Jackson-Olin High School in Birmingham and William DeVaughn from Birmingham . The Tide made it to the 1986 SEC Men 's Basketball Tournament final , but lost to Kentucky . They received an at-large bid to the 1986 NCAA Division I Men 's Basketball Tournament , where they defeated Xavier and Illinois and reached the Sweet 16 for the second straight season . In the Sweet 16 , however , the Tide lost to Kentucky for the fourth time in the 1985 – 86 season
1986 SEC Men 's Basketball Tournament
1986 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament
1985–86 Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball team