re: Alabama Basketball Megathread | 26-7 (16-2)

You won't like my take but I believe that left and his play dropped when he started feeling himself.

You can tell his attitude changed and he became less hard hat and more bright lights.

With the added ego came the offensive inefficiency, drop in focus defensively, etc.

The irony was after we won the SEC he was claiming "no pressure" when he struggled the entire tournament. He continued those struggles the NCAA tourney which culminated into him missing FTs which could have sealed the game.

Before someone attacks me, I'm not hating on Herb. He is suppose to be out leader out there, our best defender.. heck our best player but for some weeks now that hasn't been the case. Our leader has been Quin and Reese through actions. Our best player has been Quin and our best defender has been Keon.

When our leader implodes like that it is almost impossible to recover. The worst thing that happened to this team was Herb believing the hype. It changed him to our detriment.

One last thing about the season. I am very proud of the success the team had this season. I've been a Bama Basketball fan for a long time. I remember the '76 game with Indiana. We were on the bad end of some questionable calls in that game as we were last night. We had a bad night it happens. But I always saw hustle and determination each and every game, and as a former Coach, that's what I always ask for night in and night out. As poorly as we played last night if any of a number of of the calls we had go against go our way, we win. The ball going off of Petty's shorts, Gary got hammered under the basket right before he fouled out and a no call. Oates was visibly upset about that call. The charge no call right before they scored the go ahead basket. 3 critical calls that if any had went our way, we win even with the cold shooting and poor free throw shooting. The one thing we can hang our hat on is that this team played hard and gave themselves a chance to win and that is something I can say I am proud of as we move forward. I don't post much, but I do want to thank those who do and share the informative material on here. We were close guys, May God bless and Roll Tide!