Alabama hasn’t been playing its best basketball of late. During the stretch run of the regular season and in its one-and-done effort at the SEC Tournament, the Crimson Tide’s offense got off track.

Previously one of the most dangerous units in America, UA is running out of time to return to form. The NCAA Tournament selection show is Sunday, and the Tide won’t last long in the big dance without its regular scoring touch.

“It starts at practice,” Alabama forward Grant Nelson said after the 102-88 loss to the Gators. “It starts with cleaning up from this game. I mean, we just gotta move on.”

Alabama’s defense has struggled all year. After the Tide gave up 117 points against Kentucky on Feb. 24, head coach Nate Oats admitted the unit isn’t getting back to its form from last season.

However, if the offense is going to keep struggling, the D will need to find more stops than its been getting. Alabama gave up 1.342 points per possession against the Gators.

Nelson said in the postgame locker room that he felt the group has the capacity to play much better than the Friday effort.

“We’ve shown it in spurts,” Nelson said. “We showed it for a little bit against Arkansas. We showed it to start the game tonight. It’s just, we haven’t shown it for 40 all year. We gotta start at practice, lock in. Try to just build every day, learn from this one.”

Oats said his press conference after the loss that he was disappointed with the defensive effort. He noted that if Alabama doesn’t improve, the season will come to an untimely end.

“We’re just going to have to come in and figure out who we’re going to play Sunday night,” Oats said. “Put together a game plan. Tell them exactly how we’re going to have to do it. Talk about doing it every possession for 40 minutes regardless of what happens on offense.”

Whether it can pull things together or not, the Tide finds out its destination on Sunday. The bracket remains in flux, but in his latest update in the wee hours of Sunday morning, ESPN’s Joe Lunardi projected that UA would remain a No. 4 seed in the tournament.

Lunardi put Alabama as the No. 15 overall team in the event. He placed the Crimson Tide in the West region, playing its first game in Salt Lake City against Charleston.

If Lunardi’s projection came to pass, Alabama would play its second weekend games in Los Angeles. The other No. 4 seeds in the projected bracket included Kansas, Duke and Kentucky.

The selection show is scheduled for 5 p.m. CT on CBS.