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re: 2017-18 Alabama Basketball Season Thread: 20-16 (10-11)
Posted on 12/20/17 at 3:07 pm to mistaken4193
Posted on 12/20/17 at 3:07 pm to mistaken4193
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Wimp was on the radio earlier and lets just say he is not that big a fan of Key. Says he is a turnover machine.
He averaged 4.43 TO / Game in SEC play last year which is pretty rough for a non primary ball handler
Braxton was a high "usage" player last year with 25.4% Possession% (#301 Nat'l) and 73.3% of minutes. Considering that amount of use though, his offensive output was fairly pedestrian at 12.0ppg KenPom ORtg 94.8
Braxton is an extremely talented player, but he needs to start developing and growing if he wants to be anything more than a role player.
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Mercer is not just as good as a P5 team. Not an average Power 5 team, at least.
Mercer would finish last in the SEC this year, probably by a few games at least too.
Mercer would not be the worst matchup in the SEC for a very young team coming off a hard stretch + Winter break "lull" game though because
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senior laden teams early that know exactly what they are doing on offense and make you pay for bad rotations
Mercer "Experience Stats"
Continuity: #11 75.6%
Experience: #13 2.4Yrs (Avg Player is either JR/SR 2=JR 3=SR)
3P FG%: #9 42.5%
FT% : #35 76.1%
This post was edited on 12/20/17 at 3:09 pm
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Posted on 12/20/17 at 3:11 pm to GenesChin
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Mercer "Experience Stats"
Yep. Also #30 in offensive efficiency. Last night was roughly what I expected defensively. Give them trouble with length and pressure but get schemed some and give up 3's. The Holland kid has the #1 Offensive Rating in the country. His TS% is 77%, which seems absurd, and then you see he is shooting 60% from 3. SIXTY! And it isn't like he shoots 1 a game, he's 33/55 this season.
Posted on 12/20/17 at 3:19 pm to SummerOfGeorge
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Give them trouble with length and pressure but get schemed some and give up 3's.
To be honest, y'all got "lucky"** that they shot so poorly from 3FG at 37%. That was their 2nd worst 3FG shooting% of the year. I mena Jelks was avg 59.2% 3FG before the game went 1-5 while Strawberry was 34.1% 3FG went 2-7
** I didn't watch the game so maybe ya'll forced bad 3s, I'm just pointing out that Mercer consistently has more 3 shots fall
This post was edited on 12/20/17 at 3:21 pm
Posted on 12/20/17 at 3:30 pm to GenesChin
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To be honest, y'all got "lucky"** that they shot so poorly from 3FG at 37%. That was their 2nd worst 3FG shooting% of the year.
Well it is about frickin time. They seem to be one of the few teams who hasn't shot well above their normal 3pt avg against us.
Posted on 12/20/17 at 3:32 pm to GenesChin
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To be honest, y'all got "lucky"** that they shot so poorly from 3FG at 37%.
Well not really. We were averaging 37% from 3 before last night and shot 21% ourselves. So were they lucky too?
Posted on 12/20/17 at 3:35 pm to McGregor
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Well not really. We were averaging 37% from 3 before last night and shot 21% ourselves. So were they lucky too?
I put it in quotes + a disclaimer indicating what I meant below
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They seem to be one of the few teams who hasn't shot well above their normal 3pt avg against us.
Only 5/11 opponents have done that
> avg 3FG%- Zona, UCF, Minn, UTAR, Bama A&M
< avg 3FG%- RI, LaTech, BYU, Lipscomb, Memphis, Mercer
This post was edited on 12/20/17 at 3:39 pm
Posted on 12/20/17 at 3:36 pm to GenesChin
just giving you a hard time 
Posted on 12/20/17 at 3:43 pm to Teague
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Wimp was on the radio earlier and lets just say he is not that big a fan of Key.
That makes two of us. He's had some good games, but I've never been very high on him. Those horrible passes he threw last night were nothing new for him.
As far as the team, I never fooled myself into thinking they were going to the Final Four. I expected some bad games, and we're getting them. I just hope they get better and get into the tournament and win a game or two. I'd be happy with that. Anything else is would be fantastic.
I said basically the same thing last year and some folks around here really got bent out of shape! The guy seems to get "lazy" with the ball, and his decision making was very poor at times. I really hope he comes around, but posted last week about folks getting their expectations dashed if he's the same type player.Posted on 12/20/17 at 3:56 pm to GenesChin
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To be honest, y'all got "lucky"** that they shot so poorly from 3FG at 37%. That was their 2nd worst 3FG shooting% of the year. I mena Jelks was avg 59.2% 3FG before the game went 1-5 while Strawberry was 34.1% 3FG went 2-7 ** I didn't watch the game so maybe ya'll forced bad 3s, I'm just pointing out that Mercer consistently has more 3 shots fall
They shot poorly early on and kind of played rushed. They had a bunch of 1st half turnovers. It was an ugly 1st half of basketball on both ends offensively. 2nd half was basically the opposite.
Then again, we went 0/16 from 3PT in the 1st half (6/12 in the 2nd half) and I'd wager that 12 of those 1st half shots were set feet wide open looks and we just missed them. All of them. So it probably evened out
This post was edited on 12/20/17 at 3:58 pm
Posted on 12/20/17 at 4:21 pm to GenesChin
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Wimp
Is annoying as hell.. And I don't listen to anything he says.
Posted on 12/20/17 at 4:37 pm to JordonfortheJ
Wimp is just old and grumpy. 
But nobody on this earth loves Ala basketball more than him.
TEAM WIMP!
But nobody on this earth loves Ala basketball more than him.
TEAM WIMP!
This post was edited on 12/20/17 at 4:39 pm
Posted on 12/20/17 at 5:00 pm to GenesChin
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He averaged 4.43 TO / Game in SEC play last year which is pretty rough for a non primary ball handler
He has an issue with TOs, but to be fair in SEC play he kind of was our primary ball handler last year...
Posted on 12/20/17 at 5:02 pm to McGregor
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TEAM WIMP!
Me Too. He's actually funny as hell
Posted on 12/20/17 at 5:12 pm to Cobrasize
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Me Too. He's actually funny as hell
He's annoying as hell as a commentator. Or at least when he's awake to commentate. He either states the obvious, beats a dead horse, or mistakes one of our players or one of the calls. I recall him mistaking a foul call that led him to beat said dead horse about how blocking is over called. The color guy corrected him twice, and he still didn't end his rant. Personally, I think it's time for him to retire... from anything basketball related.
This post was edited on 12/20/17 at 5:14 pm
Posted on 12/20/17 at 5:22 pm to BigBird09
Some of y'all need to lighten up imo. Wimp isn't particularly good during games, but he was born before the 2nd World War. He's commentated only online games this year. A lot of our posters seem to be perpetually mad
Posted on 12/20/17 at 5:45 pm to TomRollTideRitter
The problem is there is legit no better alternative, especially in the South.
Pick 3. Well... Maybe just 2
- Knows Basketball
- Knows the teams on the call
- Capable of providing coherent commentary
- Willing to work for cheap
ESPN puts out shite commentators in general, no way the local radio or small exposure game is getting someone even bearable
Pick 3. Well... Maybe just 2
- Knows Basketball
- Knows the teams on the call
- Capable of providing coherent commentary
- Willing to work for cheap
ESPN puts out shite commentators in general, no way the local radio or small exposure game is getting someone even bearable
This post was edited on 12/20/17 at 5:47 pm
Posted on 12/20/17 at 5:50 pm to TomRollTideRitter
He even makes me laugh during games. He's blunt and grouchy and I'd rather hear that all day than Dickie V. being loud and obnoxious.
Posted on 12/20/17 at 5:55 pm to TomRollTideRitter
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Some of y'all need to lighten up imo. Wimp isn't particularly good during games, but he was born before the 2nd World War. He's commentated only online games this year. A lot of our posters seem to be perpetually mad
I realize he's old. It's the exact reason that I think he's terrible at his current job and should retire. I'm not mad, but I'm also not going to let the guy slide because he's an Alabama legend. He's our Lou Holtz.
For the record I'm this way with all commentators. I loved watching Reggie Miller in his prime, but he's a terrible commentator.
Posted on 12/20/17 at 7:27 pm to BigBird09
Funniest damn thing about Wimp is that he still has that old house phone. You can tell when he doesn't show up to the studios at Tide 102.9, or is interviewed at Jox. You can hear him hanging his phone up.
Posted on 12/20/17 at 8:27 pm to Gary Busey
That’s hilarious
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