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re: 2017-18 Alabama Basketball Season Thread: 20-16 (10-11)
Posted on 10/26/17 at 9:05 am to Tide or Die87
Posted on 10/26/17 at 9:05 am to Tide or Die87
This was also the first time Dazon played with the new guys in front of a crowd. He was injured and missed the Canadian tour. He didn't look bad for his first time out there.
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Posted on 10/26/17 at 9:28 am to Bamafan15
No he didn't look bad. Guess I'm just excited for the new guys. They all just look better than the young guys we are used to. Didn't seem shook.
Posted on 10/26/17 at 9:31 am to Tide or Die87
I'm a little worried that Dazon and Key play at a slower speed than Sexton and Petty
Posted on 10/26/17 at 9:31 am to eric4UA08
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If there is anything we know about all of Alabama's opponents since the dawn of time it is that if they have someone who is even remotely capable of completely going off, then they absolutely will.
That and they are all great at FT defense
Posted on 10/26/17 at 10:57 am to GenesChin
Gene, have u heard anything on how Auburn did in their secret scrimmage against Georgia Tech? I know no info was publicly released, but I was wondering if u had heard anything from any insiders
Posted on 10/26/17 at 11:48 am to TomRollTideRitter
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I'm a little worried that Dazon and Key play at a slower speed than Sexton and Petty
EVERYBODY plays at a slower speed than Sexton
Posted on 10/26/17 at 12:04 pm to ArabianKnight
And I think he may be a little prone to turnovers because of that, at least early on. But, I think he'll create enough early opportunities to more than make up for it.
Posted on 10/26/17 at 12:11 pm to Teague
Agree. I expect there to be a maturing process throughout the early season. There will be times where he's wild as a buck, might even throw a few passes into the 3rd row, but also make SCs top 10 on a regular basis. But as the season goes on, and Lil General gets his influence on him more, things will settle down. I'm just glad they've had all summer to work together, because somebody could get busted in the face not being ready for one of his passes.
Posted on 10/26/17 at 12:56 pm to ArabianKnight
Whens our scrimmage with Baylor??
Posted on 10/26/17 at 1:36 pm to mistaken4193
This weekend I believe
Posted on 10/26/17 at 1:38 pm to mistaken4193
Saturday
Posted on 10/26/17 at 1:47 pm to Bamafan15
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Gene, have u heard anything on how Auburn did in their secret scrimmage against Georgia Tech?
Auburn supposedly curb stomped/easy double digit W vs Georgia Tech without Austin Wiley/Danjel Purifoy. Which is really cool.... except Tech was without Tadric Jackson/Josh Okogie who were #1/#3 PPG for GT last year
Even without Purifoy/Wiley, Auburn should be really good this year. If it wasn't for our god awful SOS, I'd say evem w/o them they are a tournament team sans injury/player breakdown
Posted on 10/26/17 at 1:55 pm to GenesChin
That's interesting. I expected Auburn to win but I thought GT would keep it close. It's hard to know how good teams are tho when they're missing key players.
Posted on 10/26/17 at 2:41 pm to Bamafan15
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I expected Auburn to win but I thought GT would keep it close
Eh, I'd be surprised if they kept it close. Auburn should be significantly better than GT even if JO/TJ played
So AU obviously was bad last year, but people, even AU fans, ignore the obvious reason why Auburn sucked harder than they should: injuries at 4/PF
Danjel Purifoy was our leading scorer/only stretch 4 pre high ankle sprain 1/7 vs Ole Miss. He only missed 3 games but returned a shell of what he was. Huge defensive liability due to ankle + completely altered offensive game (Went from ~6 2pt FG att/game to ~1 2pt FG att/game). So why did Auburn play a clearly crippled PF? Our bandaid option PF/Horace Spencer, who filled in admirably, had a season ending shoulder injury
Going forward, Auburn now has multiple stretch 4 options and shouldn't have horrible depth issues even if Wiley/Purifoy are forced out
Posted on 10/26/17 at 2:46 pm to GenesChin
Thought Spencer was going to be great for you guys
Posted on 10/26/17 at 3:05 pm to Tide or Die87
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Thought Spencer was going to be great for you guys
His ssituation is weird missing half SO year + out of position. Spencer out of HS was extremely athletic but equally raw. What should have happened was Spencer develop as a stretch 4 and play w ball in his hands
What ended up happening was Spencer's athleticism/post D made him de facto backup 5/C Playing out of position
When Spencer filled in at the 4/PF last year for Purifoy, he showed a lot of promise and it clearly was better fit. He just got injured
Posted on 10/27/17 at 7:55 am to GenesChin
You guys have any expectations for our Women's team this year? I know most of you said NIT again, but is there any reason we should maybe expect a tournament team with the experience we have coming back?
Posted on 10/27/17 at 8:52 am to GenesChin
If only there was a board to discuss Auburn Basketball.....
Posted on 10/27/17 at 9:33 am to ArabianKnight
He was asked a question.
Posted on 10/27/17 at 10:28 am to Gary Busey
I think NIT should absolutely be the floor for their season with the most realistic shot of making the big dance in forever.
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