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

I think we can knock Virginia off

Well I was thinking of last year and this year together. Fox and Monk were amazing, but otherwise Cal has taken on more raw projects than usual. They have no one running their offense this year and none of their traditional bigs have been very good. Knox is a good face up 4 like you said, but then they have a ton of guys in the 6'4"-6'7" range who have a mishmash of 2/3/4 skill sets. To me those are wings. I guess if you want to call them tweeners that would work too. It's just a fundamentally flawed roster.

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They have no one running their offense this year and none of their traditional bigs have been very good

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Normally Kentucky has 2-3 Sexton caliber recruits. This year they have only Johny Petty caliber recruits and it is showing.


What makes it worse is they have no true PG/ball handler and no post players. They basically play 5 wings

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It's crazy to say, but they aren't as talented as us.

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I'd say they are more talented but not as well balanced in talent

Bama puts out a better starting 5 than UK does because all their players actually fit their position

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Yup, and no returning anchor player

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You're def right about the anchor. People talk about how young all of Cals teams are but he always has 1-2 returning starters + veteran role players. Guys to help the freshman transition

at this point, Aub can win out except for our game. It really helps us with the tiebreaker, it's head to head and then goes to record vs #1 and then #2, etc.

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I'd say they are more talented but not as well balanced in talent

Bama puts out a better starting 5 than UK does because all their players actually fit their position

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Right, agree.

3 wins over the committees current top 16.

I thought Key played really well. He did a lot of damage in the paint, instead of jacking up 3s. And his footwork on defense at the end against the TN point guard was very impressive. Hall's hands always impress me. He catches some short, hot passes with ease, and he has very good body control when they throw the ball up to him for a dunk. He is a good athlete. I hope his wrist holds up.

Key has become a good low post passer. I'd like for him to be a little more aggressive sometimes. But when he and Hall are together, they get buckets down low. Hall's hands have been tremendous this year.