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

I think Avery said he'll start participating in non-contact portions of practice this week

I really want to see this team get to at least 20 wins.

It would be amazing to get him back by Arizona next Saturday but is probably doubtful. I will take the Texas game though.

Current Rankings/Predictions from various places

KenPom
- Currently #31
- Expectation 20-11 (10-8)

TeamRankings
- Predictive Rank #37
- Expectation 19-12 (10-8)
- Make Tournament Odds : 65.8%
- Most Likely Seed Odds : #6 (9.3%)
- Final Four Odds : 2%
- Win Total Odds
* 19-12 (12.5%)
* 20-11 (12.2%)
* 18-13 (11.7%)
* 21-10 (10.8%)
* 17-14 (9.9%)
* 22-9 (8.7%)
- NCAAT Seed Odds
* 6 Seed (9.3%)
* 7 Seed (8.3%)
* 12 Seed (7.6%)
* 5 Seed (6.6%)
* 11 Seed (5.8%)
* 8 Seed (5.0%)
- % of Making the NCAAT with certain # Wins
* 23+ Wins (100%)
* 22 Wins (99.7%)
* 21 Wins (97.7%)
* 20 Wins (88.0%)
* 19 Wins (60.8%)
* 18 Wins (26.9%)
* 17 Wins (7.1%)

ESPN
- Currently #36
- #8 Seed latest Bracketology (as of 11/30)

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Yes, and it needs to be changed to a penalty system if you're not coming to a set amount of games. I believe Byrne already said they're going to look into that

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I'm rooting for ya'll to push that change through. It would finally push our AD to make a similar change. Unfortunately, it is just a tough situation when the people doing this are your major donors

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Why not just let people electronically return unused tickets for a five dollar credit and sell them to the gp at the box office?

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I assume the same situation for AU/Bama, so the AU explanation (from someone in AD) should be close enough

At AU, the last premium seats that became available sold to donation levels (I believe donations not related to tickets) of ~$100k for Arena Club seats, ~$300k for courtside/baseline seats.


1- People with that money aren't worried about $5 credit
2- People with that money aren't worried about the face amount of the ticket (~$75-100/game, rest is "donation")
3- People like that often are old

They view their tickets the same way someone views the cheapseat tickets, where it is too much of a hassle to give it away for a garbage game + they are willing to eat the cost. If they knew someone who wanted to go, they'd give them but as long as it cost them no time to make it happen


What Alabama + Auburn has tried to do is get these people to "donate" or "resell" tickets, even day of the game, by calling in or indicating this online. Unfortunately, many season ticket holders still mail in season ticket reorder forms / probably never go on a computer (they're old)


My Favorite "Premium Seat Owners are aholes" story though

I've told it here/AU board before but it is a crowd favorite.

During Auburn, GState game last year, an Auburn courtside season ticket holder called his TUF contact in the middle of the game to complain that he saw people sitting in his courtside seats that should be empty. I want to say it was some reporters spilling over from media desk who wanted room but still

Let that sink in though, this m'fer called Auburn to complain about the seats being used by someone when they should go empty. He had absolutely no shame about not showing up

the students should be on the court, not in the corner.

This shouldn't even be debateable.

Well next you’re gonna tell me that hundreds of Kentucky fans shouldn’t have better seats than 3/4ths of the student section

It’s not just that they give the students terrible seats, the section itself is absurd. It’s so tall and narrow that it doesn’t create that cluster of students that every decent home court has

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Women's team up 33-31 at half against TCU.

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Andddd lost by 21

some sexton love "grabbing attention of nba stars"
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football won't go our way today

time to just buckleup