Bama comes in with the third highest score out of regionals, as Utah and Florida tied at 197.325, UGA is at 197.275 and Bama at 196.700. We will know on Monday which session the Tide will compete. Roll Tide!

Florida finished at 197.325 at West Virginia and UGA is looking like a 197.275, so if Bama's score holds up, look for them to come in at #3 or #4 at 196.700. Utah still has their competition to go on the West Coast and Stanford is still competing at Arizona State.

there on Thursday April 26th, the opening day of competition. Bama must be one of the top three scoring teams coming out of their session to advance to Super Six Night on the 27th. With Kassi Price back in the line-up and hopefully a healthier Ashley O'Neal, this young team has a definite chance to bring home the big prize. See you in two weeks Bama!

crowd stood up and roared when the second team was announced because they knew Bama had won it going away! Roll Tide - way to bring in the depth to help the team press on to victory coaches!

Both teams fought hard in the final rotation and that shows you how important each routine is in a meet this crucial.

1st Alabama at 196.700
2nd Oklahoma at 233.400 (tie break winner)
3rd ISU 233.200
4th Michigan State 194.800
5th Ohio State 194.650
6th Kentucky 194.025

as she accepts the all around trophy. Well-deserved.

6th - Brittany Koncak-Schumann
5th - Ricki Lebegern
4th - Morgan Dennis
2nd - Kiara Redmond and Janet Anson
1st - Terin Humphrey

5th - 9.875 scores for Janet Anson of ISU and Ricki Lebegern of UA
2nd - Terin Humphrey at 9.90 with Ashley Jackson and Rochelle Robinson of Michigan State
1st - Kiara Redmond at 9.925

Five tied for 3rd at 9.85 - including Terin Humphrey and Ricki Lebegern
2nd - Janet Anson of Iowa State
1st - Brittany Koncak-Schumann

3rd - Cassie Martin of Alabama and Nikki Dilbert
1st - Terin Humphrey of Alabama and Kaylan Clevinger of Ohio State

2nd - Janet Anson of Iowa State
1st - Morgan Dennis of Alabama!

Team total on floor of 49.200. The Cyclones were ahead by almost two tenths going into the final rotation but had to count several 9.7 scores and their highest was a 9.875. They have a team total of 48.95 on beam and a final team tally of 195.925. Oklahoma is tied with them and it will go to the sixth score for both teams on all four events to break this tie. Looks like Oklahoma will pull ahead by about .200. Scores are unofficial though.

follows behind with a strong routine for a 9.90. Brittany Koncak-Schumann just opened with a tuck full in but she steps out of bounds big time. She follows with a front-front full to front tuck and ends with a double tuck. Final score of 9.75.

Oklahoma's Kristin Smith opens with a 9.825 on floor. Lori Winn follows with a 9.800 and the third girl up falls on her final pass (Flanery).

know that you are heading to your 25th consecutive NCAA championships. It's now between Oklahoma and Iowa State to see who wants to join the Tide in Salt Lake City in two weeks.

Terin is at 39.475 and Ricki Lebegern is at 39.375.

on floor and it's a fight between them and Iowa State for second place, as neither team will be able to catch the Tide. Iowa State will have to finish on the beam.

The crowd erupts with relief. She receives a 9.95 and the team total is 49.150. Bama finishes with a 196.700.

stick for a 9.85.

a bit as well. She gets a 9.825.

hop backwards. Bama is too tentative on these vaults, like they just want to get out of here alive. Kaitlin gets a 9.800.

well controlled otherwise. She also receives a 9.725.

Brittany Magee will start the Tide off on the vault with a Yurchenko 1/1. Step forward on the landing, chest down a bit as well. Hopefully the rest of the gals can improve on that one. Brittany receives a 9.725.

Kentucky is on floor, Iowa State on the bars and Ohio State on the beam.

behind with a tuck full in, incredible height! Smiling hugely for the judges as she moves in for her final pass - a little low at the chest on the landing, deductions will have to be taken on this one - but the crowd loves it anyway. She receives a 9.85 and the crowd is booing. Team total on floor is a respectable 49.325, highest of the night. Bama is at 147.55 and needs to finish strong on the vault to command one of the higher seeds at Nationals.

routine. She opens with a super double front Arabian (awesome landing and height) and comes right back with the 1 1/2 to 2 1/2, beautiful; she will close out with a double pike - awesome landing again! Crowd cheers even stronger for her gutsy performance!

landing; front handspring - front full twist to front pike, step forward to balance the landing, well within bounds; nice dance and interpretation; she finishes with a perfect double pike and the crowd erupts with elation. She receives a 9.875.

She will open with a front through to a double twist (just gets it around). Second pass of a round off to bhs to double pike (very nice) - switch leap to split leap full, right on! Cat leap double into the corner (awesome!). She will finish with a front-front full twist to front tuck, couple of steps back to balance the landing but she stands up her first routine of this year (non-exhibition). Brittany receives a 9.75.

She follows with a superb front through to a 1 1/2 to layout step-out; nice dance and expression as she knows this is her final performance in front of the home crowd. She finishes with a front-front full to front tuck, very nice landing and a standing ovation from the partisan crowd. She receives a 9.85.

She is selling the dance as she runs through her second pass, the round off to whip 1/2 to whip front full twist, needed just a bit more amplitude but she stood it up well. She finishes with a strong front running punch layout to immediate 1 1/2. Big smile from her for the judges as she gives her final salute.

Let's go Texas gal!

their feet.

Cassie Martin is practicing the 2 1/2 twist on floor in case the coaches have to call on her. Ricki, Brittany, Morgan, Terin will all throw E passes. Kaitlin and Erin will open with double pikes.

while Oklahoma will be on balance beam and Ohio State will be on bars. Michigan State will move to the vault and Kentucky and Iowa State will out on a bye.

a 9.90 performance (Yurchenko 1 1/2). Megan Barnes before her landed a Hristakieva with a slight jam for a 9.800. Team total on beam: 49.150.

Oklahoma's Koncak-Schumann completed her routine on bars without a major release move (did a Shaposhnikova transition move) and ended with a hop back on her double layout dismount. Highest score on bars so far for the Sooners is 9.825 and she receives a 9.85. The team receives a 49.075 and they have a running total of 98.125. Bama leads them by one tenth.

Kentucky has a team score on beam of 48.800. They had a lot of problems earlier on the uneven bars.

Bama goes out on a bye and Oklahoma returns to go on uneven bars, Kentucky is on beam, Michigan State is on floor and Iowa State is on vault.

beam and has a team running score of 98.225.

Ohio State has a team score on floor of 48.475 and Michigan State is at 48.875 on balance beam.

a 9.75. Chest was down as well.

Terin Humphrey is now up and through her mount; full twisting bhs to bhs; switch leap to wolf jump; no Omeliantchik due to her shoulder so she does a different move down on the beam as required before dismounting with a round off to bhs to double tuck, one small step on the landing. Bama has so far gone twelve for twelve and will need to keep the intensity going.

Brittany Magee is up next for the Tide. She mounts and does a back headroll. She throws the one arm bhs to layout step-out, tiny step to check the landing; front aerial, full turn with leg extended; switch leap to pike jump; perfect punch front; double tuck dismount, one step forward toward the beam, chest down a bit as well (held that tuck just a tiny second too long); nice routine as well.

beam.

Morgan Dennis is now up and through her front aerial, bhs to layout step-out, right on; switch leap to tuck full jump to sissone, switch leap to sissone, round off to double tuck, one step back on the landing. Nice job! She did not connect the first and second leap for full bonus (switch leap to tuck full but did the tuck full to sissone).

the Tide. Front walkover to side aerial combination is right on, split leap full jump, front aerial, slight bobble; switch leap to tuck full jump to sissone; back walkover (one arm), wolf full jump, nice; running full twist and she nails it! Another huge hug from Sarah, who is loving the performances by her "depth" gals!

being first up. It was a great routine that arguably should have score a tad higher.

Ricki Lebegern is now through her bhs to layout stepout, the switch leap to straddle-straddle combination, the switch side straddle leap, full turn, beautiful side Somi (!) and she dismounts with the double twist and nails it!!! She runs to Coach Sarah Patterson first for a big hug before Bryan and David give her the high fives.

followed by the bhs to layout stepout, full turn (small balance check after the turn, one foot lifted) to sheep jump, switch side straddle leap, gainer bhs to full twist, nailed it! Other than the small check on the full turn, this routine had great rhythm and timing throughout, no major glitches.

Casey Overton will lead us off this week on balance beam in lieu of our gal Ashley O'Neal, who is being rested due to a sore meniscus.

Iowa State is in a similar leo to Oklahoma, bright red with black netting on the upper bodice and arms, silver sequins on the front in a downward starburst pattern.

Kentucky is in shiny marine blue and black with silver sequins etching the blue area diagonally.

Kentucky to the uneven bars, and Iowa State to the floor.

Oklahoma is at 49.050 on vault.

conservatively scored despite hitting all handstands with precision and superb toe point before nailing the double tuck high and away.

Terin follows with one of her best routines of the year and receives a 9.90. She left out the hop full and really hit her handstands beautifully tonight. Slightest shuffle on the double layout landing. Way to go!

better but just missed a few handstands. She nailed the double front dismount. Bama is sticking the dismounts tonight in a huge way.

wild again! Nice handstands and a straddle Jaeger as well for a 9.800.

Amanda Montgomery is up next for the Tide in her first collegiate competition and stands up the routine very well. Her co-gymnasts were screaming so loud for her. She receives a 9.700.

(full turn to double tuck) as well. She missed one handstand near the end but hit the Gienger and Pak Salto really well.

Bama is wearing their cranberry silk SEC leo with the swirling white ribbon wave that crosses the upper bodice and arms with lots of silver sequins encrusted along the wave outline.

Oklahoma is in black and deep red with OU embroidered on the chest in silver sequins.

Ohio State is in a bright lipstick red and white shiny leo while Michigan State is in emerald green velveteen with a contrasting lighter green sheer netting on the upper shoulders and arms.

Oklahoma will start on the vault, Bama on the uneven bars, Michigan State on beam, and Ohio State on the floor.

region whose teams did not make it through.

showing the practice videos from yesterday on the jumbotron as well as some highlights from the teams competing earlier this year.

up around 4 pm but there is a baseball game going on as well and those diehard fans will sit in the rain to support their team. Heck we would sit in the rain to see our football and Bama gymnasts perform. Let's hope there are no leaks in the coliseum tonight though. We don't need ANY new injuries to overcome.

Bama has been bitten by the injury bug the past two weeks since SECs and will have to press into their depth on all four events to try and pull out one of the top two scores tonight to advance to their 25th NCAA championships. The good news is that junior Terin Humphrey will be able to perform in the all around but freshman Kassi Price will only do uneven bars tonight after tweaking her left knee on the floor yesterday during practice. This puts pressure on the rest of the Tide gymnasts but in a good way. This is what the coaches have prepared the team for all year long and every team out there has nicks and bruises at this point in the season, so it will come down to who has the will and determination to hit their skills and press through to the end. Bama must be aggressive and hit those dismount landings to maximize their scoring. It's all about tonight and hopefully the Coleman Coliseum crowd will give the team enough of that extra energy they will need to bring home the victory.

cheer as they depart the arena. Final rotation (six) will be a bye for the Tide.

Sooners will be on floor, Kentucky on vault, Michigan State on bars and Iowa State will finish on beam.

Casey Overton, Kaitlin White, Terin Humphrey, Ricki Lebegern, Morgan Dennis and Brittany Magee and Alyssa Chapman.

floor, Iowa State will be on bars, Ohio State on beam and the Sooners and Michigan State will be out on a bye.

Magee, who is back to her old music from last year, thanks to a switcheroo by Dana and Brittany when it was clear that the new music was just not a good fit to the terrific choreography. Ricki Lebegern will follow in fourth position, Terin in fifth and Morgan will clean up for the Tide in sixth on floor.

beam, Michigan State to the vault, Ohio State to the uneven bars.

Warming up on floor for the Tide we see: Morgan Dennis, Kaitlin White, Erin Rightley, Brittany Magee, Ricki Lebegern, Terin Humphrey, and Cassie Martin.

is on the bars, ISU on the vault, Kentucky on beam and Michigan State on floor.

Oklahoma has their same line-up on bars that we saw at the first of the year, led by LoPiccolo, DeProspero, Koncak-Schumann and Redmon. Hollie Vise is not warming up uneven bars and will only do beam for the Sooners tonight.

in the extended warm-ups, the team is looking solid. Ricki is fanning Morgan after a great warm-up. It's a little humid inside and outside the arena today.

Bama will dismount with three double backs (Britt, Terin, Morgan), a double twist (Ricki), a bhs to gainer full twist (Casey and Erin) and a running front full (Amanda).

Long warm-ups have begun and the Crimson Tide (#1 Seed) has completed the 15 minute timed warm-up on uneven bars and are now on the balance beam.

Kassi Price tweaked her knee yesterday on floor during warm-ups and apparently will not be competing tonight. She is dressed out with a left knee wrap and the coaches are holding her out as a precaution. So the rest of the team will have to step it up in her place. Ashley O'Neal is also being held out as a precaution. She warmed up yesterday on floor and was practicing earlier this week on beam and floor but was planned for hold out all along.

The good news is that Terin will be going all around and looked fine on the bars.

Warming up on balance beam we see in this order: Casey Overton, Ricki Lebegern, Amanda Montgomery, Morgan Dennis, Brittany Magee, Terin Humphrey, Erin Rightley.