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

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That makes no sense.

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The perks to being a top seed.

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the 5 teams we lost to late are probably better than us.

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But we beat two of those teams in the SEC tournament, one of which was a blowout, and took the season lead on both 2-1 We also as blasted Florida in their place, they just returned the favor. So I'd say we are just as good as three of the teams, but Kentucky was just better and so was Arkansas

Maybe not really a true perk but becomes one due to TV schedule and all of these "pods" they use now.

What time did Kansas play yesterday? Look at timing and it likely gives higher seeds a little more down time because they get the earlier game. We played the 8/9 game at 8:20 last night and will have the shorter turn around as opposed to 'Nova that gets 2 1/2- 3 hours more time to recover.

I remember falling asleep at the beginning of that game. I was going to South Alabama at the time. I woke up with 2 minutes to go and was like, "Holy Shite! Bama is going to win"

My god man, we’re less than 12 hours removed from winning our first tournament game in 12 years and you’re already placing blame for a loss that you’re forecasting is going to happen tomorrow?

You’re complaining that we should won 2 of those 5 games while also complaining that we didn’t get a worse seed. I mean wtf.

Can everybody just agree to shut the frick up about the 5 game losing streak, who’s fault it was, whether you think Avery should be fired, etc?

Save all that bullshite for the offseason, we will have plenty of time to discuss all that.

Let’s talk about how much fun that game was last night and look forward to an opportunity to play against and beat one of the elite teams in the country

Man, that 3 point shot by Pettway late in that game was so clutch. I thought for sure we were going to let it slip away, then BOOm!, huge 3.



I do kinda agree we got kind of screwed with the short turnaround to tomorrow's game, especially after such a physical game last night. But them's the breaks sometimes. Just gotta nut up and ball out.

Honestly, the biggest problem with this thread and board is people make a big claim (Avery should be fired, Avery is good and our players are young, whatever) and then decide they have to squat on that take for eternity. Hey everyone, sometimes things change. Sometimes you say stupid things. Sometimes you are just wrong.

We all do it. But damn, we don't have to spend every waking hour (even when the general mood is happy) re-litigating whatever hot take you had 3 weeks ago probably in anger. It's ok to say "I'm not sure about him going forward but that was great".

Then on the flip side you have people who want to spend the next 24 hours after a big win as some sort of "call out the haters" police. I said some emotionally charged things during the 5 game losing streak. They were probably wrong and stupid. I'm not 100% convinced that we are in the greatest hands ever going forward, but I think that the SECT/NCAAT has been very impressive in terms of Avery instilling mental toughness in this program. It's a big step. Doesn't mean we won't collapse next year and have to start talking about the state of things again. That's the way the frickin world works.

I mean damn, let's just be happy and pumped.

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I didn't know anything about Avery's relationship with Buzz Williams and how much they talk about things. Pretty interesting.

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I must have missed this somehow. Where did you see/hear about this? Link?

You're right, George.

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I must have missed this somehow. Where did you see/hear about this? Link?

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They both talked about it a lot in their pre-game press conference on site and then Avery brought it up again post-game.

I don't know the exact connection, but apparently Avery had a lot of dialogue with Buzz about general NBA to college transition stuff.

Buzz Williams on Avery Johnson : 1:09 mark, Avery on Buzz 2:20 mark

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"Coach is one of my heroes. I love coach.....Upon his arrival into college basketball, for whatever reason, I think we've probably privately spoken more than anybody thought. I think that when he got to Alabama, the state of the program and what he's been able to do in his 3 years. I don't know if you could have done any better. The coaches he has hired, what he has done at Alabama. Not that Coach Saban has done anything but help that, I just think he's done a fabulous job. He's always been really kind to my two boys. He's one of my hero's." - Buzz on Avery

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Avery Johnson on Buzz Williams

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“First of all, we want to congratulate Coach Buzz (Williams) and Virginia Tech on an outstanding season. Those guys are terrific on the court and off the court. We really have a lot of respect not just for their basketball team, but their basketball program in general. He preaches a lot about character and competitive spirit -- a lot of the same things we preach about.He’s a guy that I consider a friend. He’s been very helpful to me in my transition to college. So, I want to just congratulate him and his team." - Avery on Buzz

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