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

I don't like our offense. I would like more ball movement and less standing around. I think that's how you create confusion for a defense. What we do is pretty pedestrian

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If Avery shows some great coaching ability I think Bama roster can be a 5-8 type SEC team which should be auto NCAAT bid

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And where would you have us if Avery just has another year like this?

Excited as frick but no way he should come back. Even though I think he could develop a more consistent shot....but hell If I was him I would rather be getting paid while it developed.

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You're saying that only 3 of those teams are definitely looking worse off than we are?

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You do realize Bama should have the most difficult schedule in the SEC by a large margin right? I'm factoring that in

Not only do you have permanent H/H w MSU/AU/LSU who will fight for top 5, some other best teams rotate to road games (if not H/H)

@TN
@UK
@UF

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Vandy

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Bringing in an unbelievable recruiting class, they could be boom or bust but can't guarantee either

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Mizzou

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Should have the easiest permanent opponents in Ole Miss, TAMU and Arkansas which is a huge boost

If they return the younger Porter, Tillman, Puryear and add a transfer that is an extremely talented and stout lineup

More importantly they win a ton at home because of the travel advantage. They should be 8-10+ yearly just due to that

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USCe- Losing their only other decent scorer outside of Silva (Booker) and their 4th leading scorer 

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I've always been high on SC for next year and maybe I'm wrong.

I think their core returning of Gravet, Minaya, Haas, Silva and Kotsar is very stout and will be great at the defensive end.

Also outside chance that Bowen returns

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I'm not sure how you think the SEC will be better next year from top to bottom

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I think 1-6 will be significantly better next year.

I think Bama w solid development is in the 5-8 range but y'all are about to get stuck with H/H 2x matchups against 4-5 of the likely top 6 preseason



Who would you put Bama clearly in the mix with for them to be projected better than 7-11 with average development?

UK,UT,AU,Bama,and MSST are the clear top 5 next year IMO. With LSU not far behind.

I agree... UK, UT, barn or Bama , state 5 and LSU 6th.

Is URI at home or are we making a return trip??

Also when are they gonna announce the reconstruction of Coleman and our move to the BJCC next year??



Does anybody know?

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Arizona won't be top 5 or top 10 but they'll still be a good team.

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Zona fan here, they won't be a tournament team unless they hit the transfer market hard

I'm actually pretty pissed about this

I'm not sold on miss st , they piled up over half their wins against cupcakes. Don't see them being better than ut or Auburn , unless heron leaves for draft. I'm not in the idiotic "we ll be better without Sexton" crowd but we ll be better I believe due to maturity and experience...Along with what we re adding. Butler can be a setup pg and add alot to help petty and Mack flourish. Mack is a proven scorer on the power 5 level, hall should improve and galin Smith emerged down the stretch. The pieces are there to make a leap forward.