re: Alabama 90 @ LSU 83 Final - SECN

Alabama just needs to keep winning and the double bye will take care of itself.

Just a reminder of how nice it is that the basketball selection committee actually will look at resumes unlike the Polls and football selection committee:

Kansas
20-7 Overall 10-4 Conference
7-6 Q1 record
14-7 Q1+2 record
17 KenPom
18 NET
12 WAB
15 SOR


Alabama
20-7 Overall 10-4 Conference
7-6 Q1 record
14-7 Q1+2 record
19 KenPom
21 NET
10 WAB
10 SOR

I actually think we hit on 3 of the 4 portal signings just circumstances have preventing them from showing their potential.

Taylor Bol Bowen- Injuries. 1 healthy game all season (St John’s) and was outstanding.

Keitenn Bristow- The one game he got major run (Illinois) he was a difference maker and then legit injuries caused him to be in and out of the lineup and then he just quit.(Bitch Move)

Jahlil Bethea- Surgery caused him to fall out of the rotation and he was never able to work his way in. Happened before with Oats. Dom Welch and if Wrightsell didn’t get hurt it probably would have happened with Youngblood too.

Noah Williamson- Miss

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I actually think we hit on 3 of the 4 portal signings just circumstances have preventing them from showing their potential.

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Right, I regret using the term miss because the context is deeper.

In practice, we have missed on 3 of the 4 because availability is the most important attribute.

In concept, our evaluation was right on all of them imo. Williamson just simply doesn't have any confidence to perform at this level. He's tall, so if he'd just be confident in being a talentless tall guy and giving his all then we'd probably be able to get the 10 minutes we need from him. However, he got to this level, realized he was back of the bench talent, and it has killed his confidence. Like with others, when I saw his tape I wondered if he'd push Sherrell a little bit. However what we've gotten is a guy who is incredibly timid out there and has no confidence in anything he does.

We also forget young Collins Onyejiaka who was signed as a project but you can't teach 6'11 265 and he played so very little before a medical condition sidelined him. Big strong and very young we'll never know if he could have helped he surely couldn't have been worse then Williamson.