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Posted on 1/18/21 at 2:58 pm to Bryant91092
Posted on 1/18/21 at 2:58 pm to Bryant91092
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. @AlabamaMBB head coach Nate Oats: "Home court advantage is less than it used to be. LSU didn't have a very raucous crowd there with us last year. My guess would be home court advantage is the same for them this year as any other year."
Well there is some locker room motivation for LSU
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Posted on 1/18/21 at 3:46 pm to mwlewis
Highly recommend y’all listen to Oats interview with Goodman and Robbie Hummel.
Posted on 1/18/21 at 4:03 pm to mistaken4193
I haven't been able to listen to it yet, but i'm looking forward to it.
Posted on 1/18/21 at 4:07 pm to Chadaristic
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Landing at No. 18 in the latest poll marks the first time since 2007 Alabama’s been in the top 25 during SEC play. The current seven-game winning streak is the longest since the 2011-12 team opened the year 7-0 to peak at No. 12 in the poll.
Entering the Tuesday night trip to LSU, the Crimson Tide can extend the streak to eight for the first time since the 2002-03 team won its first nine games to hit No. 1 in the poll.
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“You know, we’ve got to keep them humble, keep the ego out of the room,” Oats said Monday before jumping on the plane to Baton Rouge. “Keep playing hard because shooting LSU is loaded offensively.”
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“We’re setting ourselves up to win the SEC,” Alabama guard Keon Ellis said Monday. “We’re in first place right now. I think that alone is motivating us to keeping going every night and just keep fighting for each other.”
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Posted on 1/18/21 at 4:08 pm to Chadaristic
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Monday, Alabama received national recognition, ranking No. 18 in the AP Poll and No. 16 in the coaches poll. During a Zoom call with reporters, head coach Nate Oats talked about the achievement, stating that he told his players to live in the moment and make the most out of their success.
“ I keep telling them, ‘I’m going to be coaching for a long time, but you guys get a one time chance to play college basketball,” Oats said. “So they are doing a really good job of it now. To get recognized, they can say 20 years from now and talk about where they were ranked. For right now, today, it really doesn’t mean anything, like it just means we’ve been playing pretty good — shoot, that can all go out the window in one game.”
— John Petty Jr. was named SEC Player of the Week for the second time in three weeks after averaging 20.0 points, 4.5 rebounds and 4.5 made 3s per game while shooting 60 percent (15-of-25) from the floor and 56.3 percent (9-of-16) from beyond the arc in the two wins over Kentucky and Arkansas. Through 13 games, Petty is averaging 13.5 points and 5.3 rebounds. He continues to provide consistency from outside, connecting on 50 percent of his attempts from three since Dec. 29.
“I think it's great for him,” Oats said. “He’s been about the right stuff since Christmas really, since our winning streak started. He’s been playing great.”
— LSU has the nation’s sixth-ranked offense, scoring 86.1 points per game. Cameron Thomas and Trendon Watford, two of the SEC’s premier scorers, have led the Tigers to this point. Thomas is averaging 22.1 points (conference-best), while Watford is averaging 18.7 points on superb efficiency.
“We’re playing arguably the best offensive team in the league in LSU,” Oats said. “Our guys have to get locked in defensively. LSU is loaded offensively — They have a big four with Thomas, [Ja’Vonte] Smart, [Darius] Days, and Watford. You’ve gotta be locked into all four really.”
— Tuesday’s game will be the 133rd meeting between Alabama and LSU. The Crimson Tide lead 80-52 in the series. Last season, Alabama split the series with LSU, losing 90-76 in Baton Rouge before winning 88-82 in Tuscaloosa. Herb Jones had one of his most memorable performances during the Tide’s win over the Tigers, sinking a pair of free throws with one hand in the closing minutes.
— Alabama will now attempt to win its eighth straight game which could mark the longest winning streak since the 2002-03 campaign when it recorded nine consecutive victories.
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Posted on 1/18/21 at 4:27 pm to Chadaristic
Posted on 1/18/21 at 4:43 pm to mistaken4193
Posted on 1/18/21 at 4:47 pm to pmacattack
The full interview is like 58 minutes long. It’s on Spotify and whatever other places you can listen to podcasts I think
Posted on 1/18/21 at 5:02 pm to Bamafan18
AH gotcha. I just searched on youtube and linked what seemed relevant
Posted on 1/18/21 at 5:04 pm to mistaken4193
Oats said in that interview that Herb dislocated his finger so bad it ripped the skin
Posted on 1/18/21 at 5:09 pm to Bamafan18
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“It’s good for the guys, for them to get recognition is great,” Oats said Monday. “... I keep telling them, I’m gonna be coaching for a long time, but you guys get one chance to play college basketball. They’re doing a really good job of it now, so to get recognized, they can, in 20 years from now, talk about where they were ranked and all that.
“For right now, today, it really doesn’t mean anything. It just means we’ve been playing pretty good. But shoot, that can all go out the window in one game. We’ve just gotta keep doing what we’ve been doing, keep focused on the task at hand. It’s really a distraction if you think about it for more than about 5-10 seconds. Keep the distractions away and just keep working, doing what we’ve been doing here.”
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Junior guard Keon Ellis added, “I think it’s good that we’re getting recognized nationally.
“It hasn’t really been too much of a focal point for our team. We just go in every night, just play our game and just win -- everything will take care of itself. I don’t think the team is really thinking too much of it. It’s good that we’re ranked, but as fast as we got ranked, it can get taken away from us like the next game if we lose. Don’t really think too much about it, just come out and play like we’ve been playing and we’ll just keep going up.”
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“We’ve gotta keep them humble, keep the ego out of the room, keep them playing hard,” Oats said. “Shoot, LSU’s loaded offensively from Cam Thomas -- who I think is the leading freshman scorer in the country and probably their best freshman scorer since Chris Jackson -- Trendon Watford and Javonte Smart playing really well, (Darius) Days is a mismatch nightmare. We’ve got our hands full on the defensive end tomorrow night.
“And I reminded our guys, we were on a four-game winning streak last year when we went to LSU and then after that, it kind of put us in a tailspin that we really never got out of. We’re gonna see if we can show some maturity, go in there, play a lot harder, play a lot better and see if we can’t keep this thing rolling, because the chemistry’s been great, the momentum’s going, guys are playing together. Winning helps that. Everything looks better when you’re winning games. But we’ve got our hands full tomorrow, for sure.”
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Posted on 1/18/21 at 5:30 pm to Sneaky__Sally
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I honestly really don't care about the NCAA tournament - obviously a magical final four run would be incredible but that is asking a lot. But I want to win the SEC tournament really, really bad and it seems that if we show up ready to play there, we have the team that can make a good run at it.
Huh?
Posted on 1/18/21 at 5:34 pm to saban n bear
Yeah, I didn't get that either. The SECT is the least important part of the season - especially when you have a resume worthy of an at large bid. I'd still like to win it, but would rather win the regular season championship than the SECT championship.
Posted on 1/18/21 at 5:38 pm to Chadaristic
Agreed. That’s an Auburn/Vanderbilt type of mentality. Conference titles are beginning to mean less and less in every sport, which they should. Make a run for the Natty, that’s the one and only goal
Posted on 1/18/21 at 5:40 pm to saban n bear
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Conference titles are beginning to mean less and less in every sport, which they should. Make a run for the Natty, that’s the one and only goal
I still think conference championships mean something.
Posted on 1/18/21 at 5:42 pm to saban n bear
As great as this is, I feel like it gets even more crunk next year...
- 5-Star Charles Bediako is coming
- 5-Star JD Davison is coming
- if we are successful this season, the student section in Coleman is going to be nuts. That section that wears the hard hats were already pretty wild
- 5-Star Charles Bediako is coming
- 5-Star JD Davison is coming
- if we are successful this season, the student section in Coleman is going to be nuts. That section that wears the hard hats were already pretty wild
Posted on 1/18/21 at 5:56 pm to mistaken4193
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Oats said in that interview that Herb dislocated his finger so bad it ripped the skin
Sweet Lord
Posted on 1/18/21 at 6:02 pm to TiderNAL
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9. ALABAMA CRIMSON TIDE (11-3)
Framing this piece as “power rankings” gives me the ability to weigh recent performance a bit more than I would in a traditional Top 25. As a result, let’s all give a round of applause to Alabama for joining the Top 10 this week. Currently riding a seven-game winning streak that includes road wins over Tennessee, Auburn and Kentucky, you would be hard-pressed to find any team playing better in America. In fact, Alabama ranks No. 1 in WAB by a sizable margin since Dec. 22, which coincides with the start of this lengthy winning streak.
As I wrote about last week, Alabama is hitting its stride as one of the fastest teams in the country. The Tide are simply imposing their tempo on every team they face and it is paying off to the tune of an SEC-best 6-0 record in conference play thus far. Alabama can shoot all five positions and is excellent on the defensive end as well. While Jordan Bruner might be out for the next couple of weeks, the Tide have plenty of depth and also just got Jahvon Quinerly back in the lineup.
Head coach Nate Oats has his team playing better than just about anyone right now.
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Posted on 1/18/21 at 6:47 pm to saban n bear
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As great as this is, I feel like it gets even more crunk next year...
- 5-Star Charles Bediako is coming
- 5-Star JD Davison is coming
- if we are successful this season, the student section in Coleman is going to be nuts. That section that wears the hard hats were already pretty wild
It should be a good team. However, some players will need to step up to replace what Petty and Jones have been giving this current team in terms of all-around winning plays.
Posted on 1/18/21 at 7:24 pm to saban n bear
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Conference titles are beginning to mean less and less in every sport, which they should
Frick that - winning our first conference title in 20 years and 2nd since Wimp would be a massive accomplishment that I would take tons of pride in. Not to mention winning both football and basketball in the same year would be amazing. Pretty sure we haven't done that since like 1974.
I agree about the SECT - winning it is better than not, but I really don't care at all about it. SEC Regular Season and NCAAT. That's the ticket.
This post was edited on 1/18/21 at 7:33 pm
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