GLENDALE, Ariz. − Grant Nelson's status for next season is very much so up in the air.

Nelson spoke with the Tuscaloosa News in the locker room at the Final Four after Alabama basketball's 86-72 loss to UConn and was asked if he planned to be back.

"If I do come back to college, I'm hoping it's Alabama," Nelson told The Tuscaloosa News. "I'm definitely going to talk to my agent, talk to the coaches, see what's best for me. Hopefully I can enter the draft process and get drafted this year. But if all else fails, hopefully it's Alabama coming back."

Nelson was fresh off another double-double, having scored 19 points while grabbing 15 rebounds against UConn. The play that will be remembered most is the dunk he had over UConn's Donovan Clingan. It stunned State Farm Stadium.

Nelson transferred to Alabama ahead of the 2023-24 season after he started his career at North Dakota State. He is a senior but has eligibility remaining if he so chooses.

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Nick Kelly is the Alabama beat writer for The Tuscaloosa News, part of the USA TODAY Network, and he covers Alabama football and men's basketball. Reach him at nkelly@gannett.com or follow him @_NickKelly on X, the social media app formerly known as Twitter.

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