Here are three takeaways from Alabama basketball's season-opening victory over UNC Asheville on Monday at Coleman Coliseum.

Basketball season is finally here. No. 2 Alabama basketball begins one of the most highly-anticipated seasons in program history inside Coleman Coliseum on Monday night against the UNC Asheville Bulldogs.

After carrying a preseason ranking of No. 2 nationally entering the game, the Alabama Crimson Tide certainly showed why they had that lofty status prior to beginning the year Monday night, as the program defeated UNC Asheville by a final score of 110-54.