No. 8 Alabama Headed to Michigan for 2024 NCAA Regional Championships - Alabama Athletics
The Crimson Tide is the No. 2 seed in the NCAA Ann Arbor Regional and will open competition on Thursday, April 4
The Crimson Tide is the No. 2 seed in the NCAA Ann Arbor Regional and will open competition on Thursday, April 4
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The No. 8 Alabama gymnastics team will travel to Ann Arbor, Mich., for the 2024 NCAA Regional Championships, the NCAA announced Monday during the Gymnastics Selection Show.
Alabama is the No. 2 seed in the regional, with No. 1 Oklahoma the top seed. The Tide and the Sooners will be joined by host school No. 9 Michigan and No. 16 NC State as the ranked programs in the nine-team regional field.
To begin the three-round regional competition, Illinois and Ball State will compete in a play-in matchup on Wednesday, April 3, with the winner advancing to Thursday's regional semifinals.
Alabama will compete in the first semifinal session against No. 9 Michigan, Kent State and Penn State. The Crimson Tide begins the competition on the vault, rotating to the uneven bars and the balance beam before finishing out the day on the floor exercise. The meet will begin at noon CT on Thursday, April 4.
The second semifinal on Thursday features No. 1 Oklahoma, No. 16 NC State, Ohio State and the winner of Wednesday's play-in matchup between Illinois and Ball State. The session will get underway at 6 p.m.
The top two teams from each of Thursday's semifinals will advance to the NCAA Regional Finals on Saturday, April 6. From there, the top two teams of the Regional Finals will advance to the NCAA National Championships.
Alabama at the NCAA Regional Championships
- Alabama has advanced to the NCAA Regionals every year since the beginning of the format in 1982, with the exception of the 2020 season where the postseason was canceled due to COVID-19
- The Tide has won an NCAA-record 32 Regional team titles
- Alabama will meet all its first-round semifinal opponents for the first time this season
