NCAA.com | January 15, 2015 Alabama opens new hitting practice facility Alabama baseball's newest hitting and pitching practice facility is only Phase I of its renovation project. Share For the past few months, Alabama athletics has been hard at work constructing its newest baseball practice facility. On Wednesday, the Tide officially opened their brand-new indoor hitting and pitching facility, allowing for year-round practice for current and former players. The facility includes premiere video, sound and lightning technology to boost Alabama's preparation and analytic capabilities. This is just the first step of the Crimson Tide baseball program's structural renovations of Sewell-Thomas Stadium, scheduled for completion at the start of the 2016 baseball season. Alabama will play the majority of its home games in the Hoover Metropolitan Stadium for the 2015 season. Alabama's grand opening of new facility Our current players will be sure to make this new facility something special #BamaBaseball pic.twitter.com/OnnnoukY0E — Alabama Baseball (@AlabamaBSB) January 14, 2015 College football preview for 2022 season: Bleacher Report's Adam Kramer makes predictions for next season Bleacher Report college football senior writer Adam Kramer joins NCAA Digital's Michella Chester to take a look at what fans can expect ahead of the 2022 season. READ MORE The 12 freshmen expected to have biggest impact for potential men's NCAA tournament teams Two incoming Duke freshmen headline Andy Katz's rankings of the most important freshmen next season. READ MORE 2022 SEC softball bracket: Complete scores, final results Here's the 2022 SEC softball bracket, schedule and TV times for the conference tournament, which is May 10-14 in Gainesville, Fla., at Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium READ MORE