A man of Steele plays his last regular season game...
First things first. Andrew Steele - thank you for your profile in courage as an Alabama basketball player. You came to Bama as a heralded recruit and you didn't disappoint. You gave us a lot of great minutes on the floor. Your comeback is the stuff of legends. You've made your mark in the annals of Alabama basketball. How fitting that our lone senior will be honored on the 100th Anniversary of Alabama basketball. Our tradition and history is a one success and quality. Andrew fits in with that honored group nicely. We have the second most successful basketball program in the SEC. Andrew helped solidify that remarkable level.
I can't help but to compare you with Marshall Henderson. Andrew is the perfect example of everything good and noble about college sports. He is a fine player, a team leader, a great student, a stand-up guy, and one of the nicest young men you will ever meet. I wasn't blessed in having a son. If I had, it would be my fondest hope that he could have turned out exactly like Andrew Steele. Our State and Nation is in good hands as long as we have young adults with the courage and integrity of Andrew Steele.
We haven't heard the last of number 22 this season. In seasons to come you may be a leader of a different sort. I am proud to know you. May God bless you and keep you close to his heart. I think I speak for a lot of Bama fans who say "we love you". Tomorrow will be bittersweet. How lucky we are to have seen you play. For me, it will always be your body up move against Nerlens Noel of Kentucky. You are not a big man, but you are big enough to get the job done. Someone may take your number one day, but you will not be replaced.
More later on the game...
I can't help but to compare you with Marshall Henderson. Andrew is the perfect example of everything good and noble about college sports. He is a fine player, a team leader, a great student, a stand-up guy, and one of the nicest young men you will ever meet. I wasn't blessed in having a son. If I had, it would be my fondest hope that he could have turned out exactly like Andrew Steele. Our State and Nation is in good hands as long as we have young adults with the courage and integrity of Andrew Steele.
We haven't heard the last of number 22 this season. In seasons to come you may be a leader of a different sort. I am proud to know you. May God bless you and keep you close to his heart. I think I speak for a lot of Bama fans who say "we love you". Tomorrow will be bittersweet. How lucky we are to have seen you play. For me, it will always be your body up move against Nerlens Noel of Kentucky. You are not a big man, but you are big enough to get the job done. Someone may take your number one day, but you will not be replaced.More later on the game...
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