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The Alabama men’s hoops team will beryllium without prima subordinate Aden Holloway arsenic they unfastened nan NCAA Tournament against Hofstra connected Friday aft nan prima defender was arrested connected a felony supplier complaint earlier this week.
Head coach Nate Oats said nan squad is "preparing to play without" Holloway aft nan 21-year-old sophomore was arrested Monday greeting connected a first-degree Class C felony complaint of marijuana possession, not for individual use, and nonaccomplishment to affix a taxation stamp.
Guard Aden Holloway of nan Alabama Crimson Tide talks to a referee during nan Georgia Bulldogs crippled connected March 3, 2026, astatine Stegeman Coliseum successful Athens, Ga. (Jeffrey Vest/Icon Sportswire)
"We sewage standards successful our programme and we've sewage ways we've held our guys accountable. And we effort to support everything in-house, evidently immoderate of nan situations you can't, and this is 1 of those," Oats said connected his power show Monday, via ESPN.
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"We recovered retired astir what was going connected this morning, I recovered retired this morning. I conjecture it each went down this morning. And we had to suspend him pending nan investigation. "
Holloway, who is successful his second season pinch nan Crimson Tide and is 2nd connected nan squad successful scoring pinch an mean of 16.8 points a game, was arrested aft agents pinch nan West Alabama Narcotics Task Force searched a residence adjacent Alabama’s campus.
Tuscaloosa constabulary spokesperson Stephanie Taylor told The Associated Press that during nan search, rule enforcement "recovered more than a lb of marijuana, paraphernalia and cash."
Aden Holloway of nan Alabama Crimson Tide reacts during nan Ole Miss Rebels crippled successful nan SEC Men's Basketball Tournament astatine Bridgestone Arena connected March 13, 2026, successful Nashville, Tennessee. (Johnnie Izquierdo/Getty Images)
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"The University is alert of nan allegations and is moving to stitchery much information," nan schoolhouse said successful a statement. "The student has been removed from field pending further investigation by nan UA Office of Student Conduct."
If recovered guilty, Holloway could look up to 10 years successful situation and a maximum good of $15,000 for nan possession complaint alone.
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"We're surely disappointed successful his behavior. But that being said, we still emotion him, he's still our guy," Oats continued Monday. "We're helping him get nan thief that he needs and we're going to proceed to thief him immoderate measurement we can. But arsenic acold arsenic our squad goes, I thought we had a awesome practice, we're preparing to play without him this weekend."
Aden Holloway of nan Alabama Crimson Tide watches during nan Tennessee Volunteers crippled astatine Thompson-Boling Arena connected Feb. 28, 2026, successful Knoxville. (Johnnie Izquierdo/Getty Images)
As nan No. 4 seed, Alabama opens its tournament play Friday against Hofstra.
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The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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