re: tOfficial Alabama Basketball Season Thread | 19-15 (10-8) | #BuckleUp

Looking back to when Avery was hired I would've taken 2 NIT appearances his first 2 years. I thought we would be really awful last season. Sucks actually going through it though especially falling apart at the end of both seasons.

But this season is over now, all dreams of the tourney are dead. Let's get the shittiest Senior class I have ever seen the f*ck outta here. (Brandon Austin hopefully gets the f*ck out too)

Now let's have some fun. I posted this on Twitter. Our studs coming in next season, this is the NBA Player they remind me of. Comment, or post a better comparison if you can think of one....

Daniel Giddens - Horace Grant
Herb Jones - Mike Miller
John Petty - Tracy McGrady
Alex Reese - Brook Lopez
Collin Sexton - Gilbert Arenas/John Wall

going from memory didn't we have this happen last year where we went on a good roll and then faded down the stretch to completely take us off the bubble.

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we should've made the NCAA tournament this year.

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Based on what? Your desire to make it? How could you possibly look at this roster and think that? We lost a player who had one of the best seasons in school history in Retin. Our best player is a true freshman that scores 12 PPG and is our only somewhat consistent offensive crutch when he wasn't even relied on to score as much in HS. King was viewed as the best player in last years' early season practices, yet he struggled in his first few games and couldn't get healthy enough to play most of the year. Davis, while playing better recently, was not what we had hoped for. Ingram hasn't been as good as expected and is still our 2nd best offensive player even with being extremely TO prone (especially in crunch time). Our 2nd best scorer last year, Hale, has had the worst senior season regression of all time. After seeing the current talent we have had on display this season, I'm not exactly sure what y'all are so upset about. I hate that they got our hopes up, but it is very clear that we do not have the current talent to be a tournament team. I know I sound like a broken record, but I don't see how some are not grasping this.

Yeah look at our starting five the past two seasons:

2015-2016
PG - Retin: Didn't even start the year before
SG - Arthur Edwards: was a New Mexico role player
SF - Riley: Very limited athletically
PF - Kessens: At FIU now
C - Jimmie: Also limited athletically

2016-2017
PG - Ingram: 3 star redshirt freshman
SG - Riley
SF - Key: True freshman- oftentimes Oak Hill played through him, but he was never the focus of the opponent like he probably is now
PF - Bola: Grad transfer from Southern Illinois
C - Hall: 3 star sophomore, great athlete but a very raw player

Four major minute guys (Coleman, Corban, Kessens, and Bola) we've had will play or played part of their careers at small level teams. We have a pretty rag tag roster at the moment.

In basketball, you have to keep on having good classes, even more so than football due to the one and done.

So, while this class may be good and it's definitely a start, let's all hope it isn't like setting fire to some pine straw looking like big flames, but for just a short time.

I'll take the extra practice time that comes with a good NIT run over nothing. Same in football with a bowl game.

How is playing in the NIT more embarrassing than not playing in a postseason tournament?

You do realize that if you don't make a bowl or the NIT, you no longer can have the same kind of practices nor can you be with your coaches the same amount of time. So your whole point about practicing is pretty much wrong.

I'm not sure extra practices will make a difference with this team