INDIANAPOLIS -- Ever since head coach Anthony Grant arrived in Tuscaloosa, the University of Alabama basketball program has been a program on the rise, and it's beginning to pay dividends on the recruiting trail.

Top prospects are now aware of what the Crimson Tide are doing, and for 2014 big man Craig Victor, he believes Alabama can be a top-five team in the next two years.

"I was talking to Jevan Felix about Alabama," Victor said. "In two years, Alabama will be a top-five school. They will be in the top five. Those guys work hard. As far as effort on the court, they give 100-percent effort because that's what Coach Grant asks for.

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