Alabama basketball has finished No. 1 in the final AP Top 25. They've moved up after entering last week's poll at No. 4.

The Crimson Tide (29-5) earned the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA tournament after defeating No. 17 Texas A&M in the SEC tournament championship on Sunday afternoon.

Four SEC teams made the top 25, with Texas A&M, Tennessee and Missouri checking in at No. 17, No. 20 and No. 23, respectively.

Alabama will take on either Texas A&M-CC or Southeast Missouri State in the opening round of the NCAA tournament in Birmingham, Alabama on Thursday. The Auburn Tigers will also be playing in Birmingham, facing of vs the Iowa Hawkeyes.

You can look at the entire AP top 25 below.

1. Alabama (29-5) 1,508 (48)

2. Houston (31-3) 1,404 (9)

3. Purdue (29-5) 1,367 (3)

4. Kansas (27-7) 1,303

5. Texas (26-8) 1,276

6. Marquette (28-6) 1,244

7. UCLA (29-5) 1,209 (1) 

8. Arizona (28-6) 1,155

9. Gonzaga (28-5) 1,046

10. UConn (25-8) 854

11. Baylor (22-10) 779

12. Duke (26-8) 763

13. Xavier (25-9) 738

14. Virginia (25-7) 711 

15. Kansas State (23-9) 709

16. Miami (FL) (25-7) 581

17. Texas A&M (25-9) 562

18. San Diego State (27-6) 550

19. Saint Mary's (26-7) 426

20. Tennessee (23-10) 381

21. Indiana (22-11) 332 

22. TCU (21-12) 254

23. Missouri (24-9) 171

24. Memphis (26-8) 110

25. Florida Atlantic (31-3) 99

Others receiving votes:

Creighton 94, Oral Roberts 58, Kentucky 39, Iowa State 32, VCU 26, Utah State 15, Penn State 11, Charleston 10, West Virginia 2, Drake 2, Kent State 2, Northwestern 2

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