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re: 2017-18 Alabama Basketball Season Thread: 20-16 (10-11)

Posted on 2/3/18 at 9:08 am to
Posted by mrbroker
Sylacauga Alabama
Member since Jul 2011
17778 posts
Posted on 2/3/18 at 9:08 am to
i have zero confidence in us today and see a double digit loss. We have not faired well versus UF on the road in the past 20 years.
Posted by JordonfortheJ
Bavaria-Germany
Member since Mar 2012
14547 posts
Posted on 2/3/18 at 9:09 am to
Florida has been hot and cold, this season... I'm actually unsure how the game will go now that I think about it.
This post was edited on 2/3/18 at 9:10 am
Posted by SummerOfGeorge
Member since Jul 2013
105802 posts
Posted on 2/3/18 at 9:20 am to
Hope we win, no expectation of anything. Also no enthusiasm or excitement.

Shoulder shrug
Posted by Gustave
Member since Nov 2015
3393 posts
Posted on 2/3/18 at 9:29 am to
2 teams coming off losses. Should be a good game. I expect Bama to bring it with more fire compared to that shite show during the week.

If that's enough idk. The team has the ability to beat anyone depending on which team shows up.
This post was edited on 2/3/18 at 9:32 am
Posted by UASports23
Basketball School
Member since Nov 2009
26494 posts
Posted on 2/3/18 at 9:31 am to
I would like to know what our record is once Petty hits 3+ 3s compared to games he has hit less than 3 3s
Posted by Gustave
Member since Nov 2015
3393 posts
Posted on 2/3/18 at 9:32 am to
I think we have only lost 2 games when Petty hits 3 threes. One was @Zona.
Posted by phil4bama
Emerald Coast of PCB
Member since Jul 2011
11868 posts
Posted on 2/3/18 at 9:41 am to
We have not fared well at the O'Connell center over the years. It's been a graveyard for better teams than this one. And Mike White is a pretty good coach. First impression, Gators going in dry, double digit beatdown. But that's the logical, reasoned approach. Ain't nothing about this bunch logical. Buckle up for the Avery roller coaster ride to continue. Bama plays an inspired, hard fought game but the road woes continue. Bama falls in Gainesville, 74-70
Posted by Robot Santa
Member since Oct 2009
46196 posts
Posted on 2/3/18 at 9:59 am to
I can see the standard Bama road script playing out today. Get ahead early, piss the lead away by halftime, let them go on a run early in the 2nd half, claw back to within 4-6 with ~8 minutes to go, let them go on a quick run fueled by back to back 3s, fight back to within 4-6 again with 2 minutes to go, then end up losing by 8-10 because we have no one to hit clutch shots and resort to fouling.
Posted by SummerOfGeorge
Member since Jul 2013
105802 posts
Posted on 2/3/18 at 10:02 am to
quote:

I can see the standard Bama road script playing out today. Get ahead early, piss the lead away by halftime, let them go on a run early in the 2nd half, claw back to within 4-6 with ~8 minutes to go, let them go on a quick run fueled by back to back 3s, fight back to within 4-6 again with 2 minutes to go, then end up losing by 8-10 because we have no one to hit clutch shots and resort to fouling.


Posted by train1523
Birmingham
Member since Jul 2011
296 posts
Posted on 2/3/18 at 10:02 am to
That's how I see the game going. It will either be one of two types of frustrating defeats. We will either:

1- play a hard fought game that lures us in to believing we will win, only to have some poor execution/lazy turnovers late that cause us to lose by 5 or less OR
2- get blown out and quit similar to the Georgia game

I just don't see them keeping the lead from 5-15 throughout the game and having a comfortable win. It will either be a blowout loss or a heart breaker.
Posted by UASports23
Basketball School
Member since Nov 2009
26494 posts
Posted on 2/3/18 at 10:13 am to
If we lose, we all get a heated Wimp on the roundtable.

Posted by Robot Santa
Member since Oct 2009
46196 posts
Posted on 2/3/18 at 10:29 am to
Well, when you see the same thing over and over again it becomes really easy to predict. We have 4 or 5 road games, usually against superior opponents, play out exactly like that every season.
Posted by TomRollTideRitter
Member since Aug 2016
13223 posts
Posted on 2/3/18 at 10:35 am to
I'll say we win. It just depends on how Florida shoots though. They live and die by the three. If he's healthy, Herbert should really start this game guarding 3gor, but he probably won't.
Posted by phil4bama
Emerald Coast of PCB
Member since Jul 2011
11868 posts
Posted on 2/3/18 at 10:52 am to
That's why we will lose. Florida can shoot the 3, we can't defend the 3. Case closed.
Posted by TomRollTideRitter
Member since Aug 2016
13223 posts
Posted on 2/3/18 at 11:04 am to
quote:

Florida can shoot the 3, we can't defend the 3. Case closed.


Oklahoma can't shoot 3s? Auburn can't shoot 3s? We aren't even bad at defending threes. We're just mediocre. Our weaknesses are on offense, and Florida is a mediocre defensive team.

Of our 8 losses, two have come against what I would call 3pt shooting teams- Vandy and Arizona although Arizona has a great big man as well. Maybe you could throw in Ole Miss too, but they're more of a driving team. The teams we have really struggled with are long, strong, slow-paced teams like Mizzou, Georgia, and Minnesota.

They've lost to Loyola Chicago and South Carolina in their home gym. It's not a closed case at all.
This post was edited on 2/3/18 at 11:17 am
Posted by SummerOfGeorge
Member since Jul 2013
105802 posts
Posted on 2/3/18 at 11:26 am to
quote:

Well, when you see the same thing over and over again it becomes really easy to predict. We have 4 or 5 road games, usually against superior opponents, play out exactly like that every season.




Posted by reachup
Member since Nov 2017
156 posts
Posted on 2/3/18 at 11:47 am to
Free throws will have something to say about it.
Posted by BigBird09
Member since May 2012
6044 posts
Posted on 2/3/18 at 11:53 am to
I think we win. This board was tailor-made for the bipolar hot takes after every game.

This post was edited on 2/3/18 at 11:57 am
Posted by Gary Busey
Member since Dec 2014
33277 posts
Posted on 2/3/18 at 12:47 pm to
St. Johns giving Duke all they can handle
Posted by Gary Busey
Member since Dec 2014
33277 posts
Posted on 2/3/18 at 1:28 pm to
Dook loses!
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