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re: 2017-18 Alabama Basketball Season Thread: 20-16 (10-11)
Posted on 3/9/18 at 6:26 am to McGregor
Posted on 3/9/18 at 6:26 am to McGregor
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Lundardi has Ala vs OU in play-in game, winner vs Kentucky
What a draw that would be.
Only thing more Bama basketball than that scenario might be a play in game vs. Texas A&M now.
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Posted on 3/9/18 at 6:32 am to Bama323_15
I would hope they would try and keep conference teams away from each other that early.
JUST GET IN!
avery is coming up on golic/wingo in a bit
JUST GET IN!
avery is coming up on golic/wingo in a bit
This post was edited on 3/9/18 at 6:41 am
Posted on 3/9/18 at 6:53 am to GenesChin
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GenesChin
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-Gym doubles as airplane hanger
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Posted on 3/9/18 at 7:11 am to Funky Tide 8
all-time records update
Petty
Petty is in a tie for 8th place all-time with 77 3-pointers, needs 3 more to tie Gottfried at 81 (6th) and 5 more to tie Hollywood (5th).
Petty is now 9th all-time on 3 attempts with 212, needs 2 more to catch Grizzard at 8th.
Petty has single game record of 10 3-pointers in a game vs Ala A&M (8 players have 8 including Petty vs Aub).
Petty is 4th in single game 3-pt % at 76.9 in Ala A&M game (10-13).
Sexton
Sexton has moved into 4th place all time with 170 made free throws, needs 20 more to move into first (Fulmer 189, ’56-57)
Sexton has 220 FT attempts which is 6th and needs 17 more to move into 3rd.
Sexton is tied for 8th all-time in FTs made single game with 15 vs Ariz (Tied with 5 others).
Sexton moved up to 30th all-time in scoring now with 538 (season), 20 more points would get him to 22nd all time.
Sexton is averaging 18.6, 21st all-time with Eric Washington/McKey.
Hall
Hall has 68 blocks and needs 3 more to get to #9th all time (season). 13 more blocks will get him to 3rd (season) ahead of Leon Douglass (3rd/80 and 4th/78) behind Roy Rogers (156) and Robert Horry (121).
Hall's 2.2 blocks/game would have him 8th all time.
Hall had 8 blocks vs Oklahoma – tied for 8th all-time in a single game (tied with J Davidson, Roy Rogers x2, Cedric Moore, Phillip Lockett).
Hall needs 34 more rebounds to move into the top 50 (current #50 w 247 D. McKey/R. Hendrix)/He has 213.
Jones
Herbert Jones has the all-time record in charges taken with 22.
Petty
Petty is in a tie for 8th place all-time with 77 3-pointers, needs 3 more to tie Gottfried at 81 (6th) and 5 more to tie Hollywood (5th).
Petty is now 9th all-time on 3 attempts with 212, needs 2 more to catch Grizzard at 8th.
Petty has single game record of 10 3-pointers in a game vs Ala A&M (8 players have 8 including Petty vs Aub).
Petty is 4th in single game 3-pt % at 76.9 in Ala A&M game (10-13).
Sexton
Sexton has moved into 4th place all time with 170 made free throws, needs 20 more to move into first (Fulmer 189, ’56-57)
Sexton has 220 FT attempts which is 6th and needs 17 more to move into 3rd.
Sexton is tied for 8th all-time in FTs made single game with 15 vs Ariz (Tied with 5 others).
Sexton moved up to 30th all-time in scoring now with 538 (season), 20 more points would get him to 22nd all time.
Sexton is averaging 18.6, 21st all-time with Eric Washington/McKey.
Hall
Hall has 68 blocks and needs 3 more to get to #9th all time (season). 13 more blocks will get him to 3rd (season) ahead of Leon Douglass (3rd/80 and 4th/78) behind Roy Rogers (156) and Robert Horry (121).
Hall's 2.2 blocks/game would have him 8th all time.
Hall had 8 blocks vs Oklahoma – tied for 8th all-time in a single game (tied with J Davidson, Roy Rogers x2, Cedric Moore, Phillip Lockett).
Hall needs 34 more rebounds to move into the top 50 (current #50 w 247 D. McKey/R. Hendrix)/He has 213.
Jones
Herbert Jones has the all-time record in charges taken with 22.
Posted on 3/9/18 at 7:36 am to Gary Busey
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Gene, you seem like a hard guy to get a compliment from.
Some people don't hand out compliments as if they were conversation participation trophies
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So frick Auburn today.
I just want what's best for Bama, for y'all to get blown out in an embarrassing way so you can fire Avery. What's wrong with that?
Seriously though, good luck. I'll do what I did last game and be a little more invisible today
This post was edited on 3/9/18 at 7:37 am
Posted on 3/9/18 at 7:51 am to Cobrasize
quote:Look what Kamara did when he transferred away from Saban....guess Saban sucks too.
Look at what Nick King has done since he transferred away from Avery
Posted on 3/9/18 at 7:58 am to Gustave
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One positive thing about Giddens is that he dishes out grown man fouls.
absolutely. There was a time when every good team had a guy (a.k.a. hatchetman) that may be sent in to do a number on the opposing team's best player. I remember Maravich had Apple Sanders as his bodyguard.Posted on 3/9/18 at 8:02 am to Cobrasize
I really hope Chris Stewart gets the football radio job when Eli hangs it up.
Posted on 3/9/18 at 8:03 am to GenesChin
quote:Bingo!...and that's the opinion of the people who can actually have a bearing on the future of Alabama basketball.
Id give Avery another year personally, but he'd have to show clear development on the roster. If he can't make the tournament next year, that's a problem
Posted on 3/9/18 at 8:05 am to coachcrisp
Guys, screw all this play in game, bubble watch, last 4 in/out discussion. Let's go kick Auburn's arse today and then win the whole damn thing. We bought the plane tickets, we may as well stay a while.
If I'm Avery that's what I'm selling to my team right now.
If I'm Avery that's what I'm selling to my team right now.
Posted on 3/9/18 at 8:11 am to TiderNAL
Way too invested in the game today. Probably going to go poorly.
Posted on 3/9/18 at 8:22 am to SummerOfGeorge
Yeah with a noon tip, I've been pondering all morning where I can go for lunch and watch the first half, but then afraid the game will give me indigestion.
Posted on 3/9/18 at 8:25 am to coachcrisp
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Look at what Nick King has done since he transferred away from Avery
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Look what Kamara did when he transferred away from Saban....guess Saban sucks too.
Yeah, I'm not sure how Nick King's great season points to a lack of development when he was sick the entire season he was eligible here. People who watched practices during Retin's breakout season said that Nick King was our best player in practice. If anything it points to his knack of finding underrated talent.
There's real concern surrounding Avery's ability as a collegiate coach, but that one doesn't make much sense to me.
Posted on 3/9/18 at 8:33 am to BigBird09
I know a lot of people have grumbled about Avery's buyout, but just know that is isn't even remotely as bad as some other coaches
-Kevin Stallings buyout is estimated to be $9.4 million if they don't have a reduced buyout negotiated
-Tubby Smith buyout estimated to be $10mil
Neither guy has proven success in the past decade to merit that type of buyout
-Kevin Stallings buyout is estimated to be $9.4 million if they don't have a reduced buyout negotiated
-Tubby Smith buyout estimated to be $10mil
Neither guy has proven success in the past decade to merit that type of buyout
Posted on 3/9/18 at 8:37 am to GenesChin
Gene you’re good people and always welcome here. You tell it like it is even though some don’t want to hear it.
Bama is their own worst enemy in basketball. Neither program has been stellar but Bama used to own this state in hoops and Auburn was where promising young coaches went to kill their careers. With the ineptness in the programs surrounding us historically we had our pick of kids in Georgia and Alabama and Mississippi. We could dip into a strong Juco league in the Florida panhandle to plug holes in classes, both men and women.
What has changed? The formula hasn’t. UGA still sucks, Ole Miss always does, Auburn and State have gotten better but not to the point we can’t still get our guys. The problem is us. Starting with Gottfried, we’ve had a succession of bad hires and bad luck that has this program on a historically bad run. Hopefully we’ve bottomed out and are cycling back up.
Avery bought himself another year yesterday or maybe Collin bought it for him. Either way, there’s one more year left in the Avery experiment. He’d better take a quantum leap next season or it’s time to move on to continue building this program back to respectability. I don’t want us to sit here again with our thumb up our arse afraid to fire a coach because we’re scared of the hiring process. (Thanks Battle!) I want to see us back to being the predominant basketball program in the aforementioned states and a perennial tournament team where the Sweet Sixteen is expected and higher finishes are the goal.
That’s how it’s been for a lot of the last 50 years and it should be again.
Bama is their own worst enemy in basketball. Neither program has been stellar but Bama used to own this state in hoops and Auburn was where promising young coaches went to kill their careers. With the ineptness in the programs surrounding us historically we had our pick of kids in Georgia and Alabama and Mississippi. We could dip into a strong Juco league in the Florida panhandle to plug holes in classes, both men and women.
What has changed? The formula hasn’t. UGA still sucks, Ole Miss always does, Auburn and State have gotten better but not to the point we can’t still get our guys. The problem is us. Starting with Gottfried, we’ve had a succession of bad hires and bad luck that has this program on a historically bad run. Hopefully we’ve bottomed out and are cycling back up.
Avery bought himself another year yesterday or maybe Collin bought it for him. Either way, there’s one more year left in the Avery experiment. He’d better take a quantum leap next season or it’s time to move on to continue building this program back to respectability. I don’t want us to sit here again with our thumb up our arse afraid to fire a coach because we’re scared of the hiring process. (Thanks Battle!) I want to see us back to being the predominant basketball program in the aforementioned states and a perennial tournament team where the Sweet Sixteen is expected and higher finishes are the goal.
That’s how it’s been for a lot of the last 50 years and it should be again.
This post was edited on 3/9/18 at 8:39 am
Posted on 3/9/18 at 8:45 am to phil4bama
Serious question and I’m not predicting anything I’m just speculating. Let’s say chalk holds today and we lose and then despite all the pundits chatter, we get left out of the Dance. Does that change your stance on Avery returning in 2018-19?
Again, I know he’s here next year regardless, I’m just curious if that would change anyone’s opinion on him.
Again, I know he’s here next year regardless, I’m just curious if that would change anyone’s opinion on him.
Posted on 3/9/18 at 8:51 am to SummerOfGeorge
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Way too invested in the game today. Probably going to go poorly.
There's a good probability that I am SOG
Posted on 3/9/18 at 8:52 am to phil4bama
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Starting with Gottfried, we’ve had a succession of bad hires
Hobbs was a terrible hire. Gottfriend was a fantastic hire. He did good things the first half of his tenure. He got complacent and arrogant though and we probably held onto him a couple of years too long. Still, he's arguably the best hire we've made since Sanderson was fired.
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Avery bought himself another year yesterday
No he didn't. He was NEVER in jeopardy of not being here next season.
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I don’t want us to sit here again with our thumb up our arse afraid to fire a coach because we’re scared of the hiring process.
You want to have a bad coaching search process? Fire a guy after just 3 seasons when he's shown improvement each year. You're not going to attract any good coaches with that lack of commitment to them, or if you do they stay one or two seasons until something better comes along.
Posted on 3/9/18 at 8:53 am to phil4bama
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Serious question and I’m not predicting anything I’m just speculating. Let’s say chalk holds today and we lose and then despite all the pundits chatter, we get left out of the Dance. Does that change your stance on Avery returning in 2018-19? Again, I know he’s here next year regardless, I’m just curious if that would change anyone’s opinion on him.
I'll be honest - I wouldn't object if it happened but I wouldn't be pushing for it.
If we had another close but no cigar year next year I'd be pushing for it.
Posted on 3/9/18 at 9:04 am to GenesChin
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Gym doubles as airplane hanger
Lmao it ought to make it easy to travel first class
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