Tarrant comes home to Bama

Ricky ends up where he always wanted to go...

   My daughter taught at Pleasant Grove for years and that gave me a lot of opportunities to watch Ricky Tarrant play hoops for the Spartans. She is a great student of the game and she kept telling he to come watch him. Finally, I agreed and then spent most of his senior year trying to convince Bama to sign him.  He is a baller. He's also a nice kid. He hustles. Those are all good things to have in your tool belt when you play for Anthony Grant.  Those two guys are a match made in heaven. Tarrant can shoot, dribble, and dish out assists. He has a motor that doesn't idle. He is a great little guard who can play both the point and the two. Bama is happy to have him. I think he'll be end up being a breathe of fresh air after watching Trevor Lacey slop it around for a couple of seasons. What is really outstanding about RT is that he is so consistent. That is something you just can't understand by watching a couple of games. In the long haul Tarrant is always there.  Butch and Sundance would have asked who is that guy. I love him, and he is going to be a big addition for the Crimson Tide. He is not the type of guy who has lot of flash. He is solid.  He'll make very few mistakes, will not miss many assignments, and has team leader written all over him.  I'm really up on this young man both as a person and as a player.

   

   Ricky will have to sit out this season as a Division 1 transfer under the the non-hardship rule. Tarrant will get to go head to head with Releford all season long. That will make Tarrant a better a player. Don't think that Releford will win all those little head to head practice battles though. Ricky will make Releford better as well.  Give him 4 stars and a bright future at Alabaama. He has gotten stronger, will work hard in our. He can make other players better with his unselfish play. He is a real basketball player. Almost a throwback type guy.