Here's how Aaron Estrada can make an impact for Alabama during the 2023-24 season.
was in class at Hofstra when he got the call. The caller introduced himself as if the 6-foot-3 guard, who had just entered the transfer portal, didn’t know who he was already.
Estrada has been around the block in college basketball. He started his career during the 2019-20 season at St. Peters, before transferring to Oregon for the 2020-21 campaign, then to Hofstra. “He proposed to me that his goal for being my coach is to get me to that next level,” Estrada said. “He said that’s ultimately his goal. And a lot of coaches, no, not even a lot, no other coach that recruited me really talked about my next step, they really just talked about what I can do for them this year.”
The 2023-24 Crimson Tide will look much different from last year’s SEC title team. Besides losing the likes of Miller, Noah Clowney, Charles Bediako and Jahvon Quinerly and more, Alabama saw staff turnover, with three new assistants joining Oats.