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Posted on 3/4/26 at 6:30 am to mistaken4193
Posted on 3/4/26 at 6:30 am to mistaken4193
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Do gotta give UGA some credit. We got hot offensively with about 6 mins left and every time they would come down and make a tough contested 3 against pretty good defense to answer our score.
That 3 Catchings hit from the top of the key, out of a dead sprint with a defender in his face, was fricking nuts. There is nothing you can do when you have a fluid kid with his size having the game if his life.
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Posted on 3/4/26 at 6:52 am to VaBamaMan
Had to let that one simmer...
Catchings played out of his mind. Amari Allen looked like he was playing through the flu out there. Easily his worst game in Crimson. And it's a good thing we had Bol Bowen and Jemison to come in and pick up his slack on an off-night. Seriously though, having our 3 energy forwards (Allen, Bol Bowen, and Jemison) combine for 2/14 and 5 rebounds in 47 minutes is what lost us this game.
Also shout out to Williamson whose only stats in 9 minutes was a TO and a foul. The secondhand embarrassment is real, and I genuinely feel so bad for him. It may have been Patriot League, but there's no way their player of the year should become by far the worst high-major player I've seen get minutes. Never seen a player struggle this bad mentally with a jump in competition.
Also, as a side note, the officials absolutely can not allow that kind of delay to happen. What an absolute shite show. There was basically a 2nd halftime break. Took them far too long to decide what the commentator mentioned at the very beginning of the delay was the play (voiced shot clock). Fortunately, these 2 teams play a similar style, but that kind of delay is game-breaking for teams that rely on pace of play to wear down opponents. Not to mention, it destroys any and all momentum and flow of the game.
Catchings played out of his mind. Amari Allen looked like he was playing through the flu out there. Easily his worst game in Crimson. And it's a good thing we had Bol Bowen and Jemison to come in and pick up his slack on an off-night. Seriously though, having our 3 energy forwards (Allen, Bol Bowen, and Jemison) combine for 2/14 and 5 rebounds in 47 minutes is what lost us this game.
Also shout out to Williamson whose only stats in 9 minutes was a TO and a foul. The secondhand embarrassment is real, and I genuinely feel so bad for him. It may have been Patriot League, but there's no way their player of the year should become by far the worst high-major player I've seen get minutes. Never seen a player struggle this bad mentally with a jump in competition.
Also, as a side note, the officials absolutely can not allow that kind of delay to happen. What an absolute shite show. There was basically a 2nd halftime break. Took them far too long to decide what the commentator mentioned at the very beginning of the delay was the play (voiced shot clock). Fortunately, these 2 teams play a similar style, but that kind of delay is game-breaking for teams that rely on pace of play to wear down opponents. Not to mention, it destroys any and all momentum and flow of the game.
This post was edited on 3/4/26 at 6:58 am
Posted on 3/4/26 at 7:35 am to VaBamaMan
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That 3 Catchings hit from the top of the key, out of a dead sprint with a defender in his face, was fricking nuts. There is nothing you can do when you have a fluid kid with his size having the game if his life.
The only way we were stopping him is if we told Williamson to go out there and eat a F2 and suspension after form tackling him and breaking something.
Posted on 3/4/26 at 9:03 am to Diego Ricardo
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Williamson to go out there and eat a F2 and suspension after form tackling him and breaking something.
Noah would miss him and accidentally kill Oats by tumbling into him.
Posted on 3/4/26 at 11:08 am to Sandkhan
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Noah would miss him and accidentally kill Oats by tumbling into him.
True. He’s apt to low block Philon.
Posted on 3/4/26 at 11:18 am to BigBird09
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It may have been Patriot League, but there's no way their player of the year should become by far the worst high-major player I've seen get minutes.
This is Ben Eblen erasure.
Posted on 3/4/26 at 12:05 pm to BigBird09
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Also, as a side note, the officials absolutely can not allow that kind of delay to happen. What an absolute shite show. There was basically a 2nd halftime break. Took them far too long to decide what the commentator mentioned at the very beginning of the delay was the play (voiced shot clock).
Their court announcer was cringey. He had trouble letting there be any dead air. Seemed to love his own voice. Even after the shot clock was fixed, he kept counting down over the speakers at 15 seconds and then 10 and under... 10, 9, 8, 7... when Georgia was on offense.
The Georgia folks were, as always, very amiable and gracious.
Posted on 3/4/26 at 2:55 pm to LovetheLord
I'm worried that Allen and Jemison have hit the freshman wall. Both have struggled the last two games.
TBB is shooting 6-26 from the field and 3-16 from 3 over the last 5 games.
With these 3 struggling, we are relying heavily on our guards to score and that's tough to do on a consistent basis.
TBB is shooting 6-26 from the field and 3-16 from 3 over the last 5 games.
With these 3 struggling, we are relying heavily on our guards to score and that's tough to do on a consistent basis.
Posted on 3/4/26 at 4:53 pm to Robot Santa
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This is Ben Eblen erasure.
I don't know man. Eblen was an offensive liability for sure, but he was at least a solid defender that didn't go into immediate epileptic shock the moment the ball approached his vicinity.
As a post player in an elite offensive system, Noah's FG% this season is 10 percentage points lower than Eblen's career average as a part of one of the worst offensive systems in CBB. And as a post player who rarely gets passed the ball because of this track record, his turnover averages are currently higher than Eblen's career as a back up PG at Alabama.
This post was edited on 3/4/26 at 4:57 pm
Posted on 3/4/26 at 6:02 pm to BigBird09
Oh I don't disagree that Williamson is worse. In fact, I agree that he's probably the worst we've ever had. I just don't think he's lapping the field. There's also Carl Engstrom, Moussa Gueye, and Daniel Giddens to consider. I would include Avery Jr. too, but he took a break from posting up 35 feet from the basket to drop 20 (in 4OT) that one time. Has Williamson scored 20 points all season? Gotta be close. The point is just that we've had some truly awful players over the last 15 years and they deserve recognition. If only for people to appreciate how far we've come. 
Posted on 3/4/26 at 6:44 pm to Robot Santa
Bringing back memories and all of them are bad, Clanker Santa.
Posted on 3/4/26 at 9:51 pm to rushball
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dont really care either way but a 3 ought to be fairly likely if bama wins the sec tourney with specifically a win against florida. none of kansas, texas tech, purdue, or even nebraska and a current 2 seed in illinois are so far ahead as to where that shouldnt be a very distinct possibility.
Sigh..Conference tourneys are meaningless unless it’s a team that gets in the dance by winning their conference tourney.
Posted on 3/5/26 at 6:37 am to TS1926
Posted on 3/5/26 at 10:50 am to rushball
Conference Tournaments matter a ton for bubble teams.
However, since the committee has taken on the much more complicated task of putting games in locations that limit travel as much as possible, last minute movement among the higher seeds has been a lot more limited.
The higher seeds of those pods designed to give 2,3,4 seeds games closer to home have seemed pretty locked in by Saturday. Even harder now with conference expansion.
As for Alabama, the Wins Above Bubble number says 3 seed and I'm convinced beating Georgia, Auburn and #7 SEC seed would have locked us as a 3 seed.
At this point, I kinda doubt a Saturday afternoon win against Arky et al would move the needle from the 4 seed line without more bad losses in front of us this Saturday.
However, since the committee has taken on the much more complicated task of putting games in locations that limit travel as much as possible, last minute movement among the higher seeds has been a lot more limited.
The higher seeds of those pods designed to give 2,3,4 seeds games closer to home have seemed pretty locked in by Saturday. Even harder now with conference expansion.
As for Alabama, the Wins Above Bubble number says 3 seed and I'm convinced beating Georgia, Auburn and #7 SEC seed would have locked us as a 3 seed.
At this point, I kinda doubt a Saturday afternoon win against Arky et al would move the needle from the 4 seed line without more bad losses in front of us this Saturday.
This post was edited on 3/5/26 at 10:52 am
Posted on 3/5/26 at 1:33 pm to wm72
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Conference Tournaments matter a ton for bubble teams.
one example stated was how last season there was a contingency plan based on michigan winning or losing the championship game. since they won they then moved up to a 5 seed, so in regards to what they claim it does matter to an extent on higher seeds as well. the game was on sunday.
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However, since the committee has taken on the much more complicated task of putting games in locations that limit travel as much as possible, last minute movement among the higher seeds has been a lot more limited.
true but what was stated for last season is the separation of conference teams to prevent overlap from the regular season is a higher priority.
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The higher seeds of those pods designed to give 2,3,4 seeds games closer to home have seemed pretty locked in by Saturday. Even harder now with conference expansion.
im still willing to think a sunday win against florida wouldnt be something they would just ignore for convenience as that would be extremely negligent even for them, and we do know that atleast in regards to the chairmans public statements they did change michigans seeding despite winning on the last day, though its true they only moved up to a 5 seed.
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At this point, I kinda doubt a Saturday afternoon win against Arky et al would move the needle from the 4 seed line without more bad losses in front of us this Saturday.
so who's to really say, but i will say if bama does manage to grab a win against florida to win the sec tourney and still gets slapped with a 4 seed then your theory is 100% correct, so heres to hoping we get to see that.
Posted on 3/5/26 at 2:54 pm to rushball
Agree, it's ultimately guesswork to know exactly what they'll do.
My concern with the Michigan example is simply that seeds below 4 are much easier to move around last second but it's certainly not out the realm that they would have a plan to switch us with a 3 seed if we won the SEC tourney.
At this point, we would need to pass three of these teams to get to the #3 seed line:
Kansas
Gonzaga
Texas Tech
Purdue
Nebraska
Iowa St
It's possible as none these have been on fire recently and we already have a better resume than Kansas though the H2H against Purdue and Gonzaga also complicates things.
Another positive note is that if we could beat Florida in the SEC tourney, I'd be a bit less concerned about avoiding teams with their size in Sweet 16.
My concern with the Michigan example is simply that seeds below 4 are much easier to move around last second but it's certainly not out the realm that they would have a plan to switch us with a 3 seed if we won the SEC tourney.
At this point, we would need to pass three of these teams to get to the #3 seed line:
Kansas
Gonzaga
Texas Tech
Purdue
Nebraska
Iowa St
It's possible as none these have been on fire recently and we already have a better resume than Kansas though the H2H against Purdue and Gonzaga also complicates things.
Another positive note is that if we could beat Florida in the SEC tourney, I'd be a bit less concerned about avoiding teams with their size in Sweet 16.
This post was edited on 3/5/26 at 2:59 pm
Posted on 3/5/26 at 3:22 pm to wm72
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Kansas
Gonzaga
Texas Tech
Purdue
Nebraska
Iowa St
Two of those teams beat our asses head-to-head. One of them at our home court.
Posted on 3/5/26 at 3:30 pm to rushball
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erroneous good sir. even for bama during atleast the sexton era, simply erroneous. statements by last seasons chairman for the selection process.
Alabama had a great chance to be a 3 seed, but they blew it by going over to Georgia and looking like shite. Had they won at UGA, a win home Saturday would have moved them to a 3 Seed regardless of what happens in the SEC tournament. In my opinion.
In your scenario, you might be right, but they have to WIN the tournament and beating Florida would help. Winning a couple of games and just getting to Sunday is not moving the needle. In fact, I would rather them bow out than get to Sunday, and depending on the bracket, get blown off the court by the Gators. Which is a likely scenario.
Posted on 3/5/26 at 3:47 pm to TS1926
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Kansas
Gonzaga
Texas Tech
Purdue
Nebraska
Iowa St
Two of those teams beat our asses head-to-head. One of them at our home court.
no chance of passing iowa st. or probably gonzaga but the rest are indeed possible. yes we lost to purdue but we also beat illinois who beat purdue so that along with what happens to them the rest the way technically makes it a real possibility.
Posted on 3/5/26 at 4:02 pm to TS1926
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Alabama had a great chance to be a 3 seed, but they blew it by going over to Georgia and looking like shite.
we were sloppy in that one but made it a game. georgia is a solid team. a road loss against them isnt that bad for the resume.
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In fact, I would rather them bow out than get to Sunday, and depending on the bracket, get blown off the court by the Gators. Which is a likely scenario.
as i said before it doesnt really matter either way to me. there are pros and cons to both. florida has been on a tear but they arent perfect either. bama is one of the few teams capable of taking them but thats just how i see it.
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