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

So, looking at it in a different way

Power Conference OOC SOS
1. Temple
2. North Carolina
3. Tennessee
4. Connecticut
5. Kentucky
6. Texas A&M
7. Duke
8. Florida
9. Stanford
10. Villanova
11. UCLA
12. Kansas
13. Gonzaga
14. Alabama
15. Arizona
16. Oklahoma
17. Wichita State
18. Texas
19. Southern Cal
20. Arizona State
21. Missouri
22. Arkansas
23. South Carolina
24. Georgia
25. Purdue
26. Ole Miss
27. Seton Hall
28. Wisconsin
29. Virginia
30. Colorado
31. Washington
32. Marquette
33. Syracuse
34. TCU
35. Utah
36. Providence
37. Notre Dame
38. Wake Forest
39. Auburn
40. Northwestern
41. Washington State
42. Clemson
43. Indiana
44. Cal
45. Houston
46. LSU
47. Iowa State
48. Illinois
49. Nebraska
50. Pittsburgh
51. Baylor
52. Miami
53. Creighton
54. SMU
55. DePaul
56. Iowa
57. Cincinnati
58. West Virginia
59. Maryland
60. Michigan
61. Michigan State
62. Minnesota
63. Oklahoma State
64. Texas Tech
65. Georgia Tech
66. Oregon
67. Memphis
68. Kansas State
69. Tulane
70. Penn State
71. Florida State
72. Oregon State
73. Virginia Tech
74. NC State
75. Mississippi State
76. South Florida
77. Rutgers
78. East Carolina
79. Georgetown

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So, Wimp went with the team to Florida and we played one of our best games of the year.

Wimps teams almost always played well in the SEC tourney.

Can Wimp travel with the team this week and maybe even sit on the sideline?

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Better yet, can Wimp just coach the team from here? They need a hard-arse in their lives right now.

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I imagine Howland had a hand in that schedule and felt they weren't ready to step up in OOC yet. He knows what it takes to get a bid.

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Pretty stupid then. It's year 3 and he had a roster with a few upperclassmen and talented freshmen.

I just think that's a total waste of a scheduling approach unless you are a total dumpster fire program looking to build confidence.

I hate this team They have the talent to play with anyone and showed it at times.

Bad news, Kentucky owns us and wears us out. Our overall win percentage against them is in the .200's. I know a lot of teams can say that, but we're right amongst them.

We beat Auburn by 5 but we did do it without Collin

Edit: Ok u said 2 meaning A&M and Tennessee lol my bad

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Bad news, Kentucky owns us and wears us out. Our overall win percentage against them is in the .200's. I know a lot of teams can say that, but we're right amongst them.

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If we somehow get to Kentucky I don't care if we play all the white walk ons, we'll be in awesome shape at that juncture.

I remember this feeling from the Gottfried days. The team would be falling into typical Gottfried March form (aka they were going to screw up, give up 97 on the road to Ole Miss, lose a road game to the #11 team in the SEC, etc)......but the week of the SECT I'd start concocting different scenarios that enabled us to catch fire

"What if Kennedy Winston has 3 straight out of his mind games?"

"What if Grizzard doesn't dribble it off his leg and instead starts hitting all the pull ups from the timeline?"

"What if Jean Felix stays hot for 4 days?"

"What if Ron Steele takes over the tournament?"




"What if Jon Petty shoots well?"

"What if Collin goes out of his mind?"

"What if Key doesn't get paralysis like usual and drop the ball out of bounds 6 times?"
















Oh yea then we'd lose usually and I'd be crushed, pissed, mad and crushed again. Fvck that.

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This collapse has ruined my feelings on Avery. I want him gone. I hate feeling like this because I really was excited about having him and the positive energy around the program. Now it seems like we are falling back into an abyss

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You only have yourself to blame for the inevitable punch to the nuts around 1:55 CT on Thursday. I'm staying permanently pessimistic from here on out.