An NCAA Tournament No. 1 seed to the winner? ESPN’s broadcast crew — which, gloriously, included Dick Vitale after another win over cancer — may have overhyped and oversimplified a bit. Still, it was major,

Reid was out for the Arkansas and Texas matchups before making a return for the then-No. 2 Crimson Tide's home loss to No. 1 Auburn, but he only played for four minutes. Reid also sat out against Missouri, Kentucky and Mississippi State due to a hamstring injury.