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Posted on 2/21/21 at 3:39 pm to SummerOfGeorge
Posted on 2/21/21 at 3:39 pm to SummerOfGeorge
Great weekend for Bama athletics.
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Posted on 2/21/21 at 3:44 pm to Bryant91092
will we be favored at Ark? guesses at that spread?
Ark -1?
Ark -1?
Posted on 2/21/21 at 3:45 pm to McGregor
KenPom has us by 1, but I'd guess recent analytics that have them playing better than us the last 3-4 weeks overrule that.
Arkansas or -1 or -1.5 is probably a good guess
Arkansas or -1 or -1.5 is probably a good guess
This post was edited on 2/21/21 at 3:46 pm
Posted on 2/21/21 at 3:46 pm to SummerOfGeorge
Ladies win 71-63
15-6 (8-6)
15-6 (8-6)
Posted on 2/21/21 at 4:05 pm to SummerOfGeorge
Hell yeah.
Posted on 2/21/21 at 4:30 pm to Chadaristic
Maryland won again today. Maybe Galin will get to end his career in the NCAA tournament like our other seniors.
Posted on 2/21/21 at 4:41 pm to Bryant91092
yea Galin seemed like a good guy, good for him
so what's the hold up on the SEC announcing the make up game for everyone? besides aggie? or is aggie the issue?
so what's the hold up on the SEC announcing the make up game for everyone? besides aggie? or is aggie the issue?
Posted on 2/21/21 at 5:49 pm to CaptainMorgan
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makes me wish the men would switch to four quarters.
I would be Ok with 4 Quarters as long as they found a way to keep the 1&1’s.... I think it adds a lot of intrigue to late game situations
This post was edited on 2/21/21 at 5:50 pm
Posted on 2/21/21 at 6:53 pm to mistaken4193
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I would be Ok with 4 Quarters as long as they found a way to keep the 1&1’s.
I agree. I would be cool with all non-shooting fouls being a 1-1, but I doubt that would ever happen. I think the ladies shoot 2 FTs after 5 team fouls, but it wouldn’t be that hard to mix in a 1-1 situation into a 4 quarter format.
ETA: I described that poorly the first time. All non-shooting fouls after a team was in the “bonus”.
This post was edited on 2/21/21 at 8:27 pm
Posted on 2/21/21 at 7:07 pm to CaptainMorgan
Was this a "Perfect Weekend?"
Feels like everyone won.
I think the biggest challenge was #2 LSU in Gymnastics on Friday.
Feels like everyone won.
I think the biggest challenge was #2 LSU in Gymnastics on Friday.
Posted on 2/21/21 at 8:03 pm to Lordofwrath88
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If you're looking for an aspect of the offense where Alabama can squeeze out more points, one area would be in transition. Alabama ranks 291st in transition efficiency (per Synergy), but ranks 4th in % time spent in transition at 25.8%.
All them Shack 1 on 3's.
Posted on 2/21/21 at 9:00 pm to Chadaristic
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Alabama ranks 291st in transition efficiency (per Synergy), but ranks 4th in % time spent in transition at 25.8%.
Woof.
We need a JD Davidson.
Posted on 2/21/21 at 9:12 pm to mistaken4193
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long as they found a way to keep the 1&1’s
Horrible. It be a foul-a-thon if we went back to all 1&1s.
Right now, you have teams playing defense when they're down 2 or so with under a minute to go.
If 1&1, it's much better to just foul, especially if it's a low percentage shooter.
Think about this, even an 80% shooter only has a 64% chance of making both free throws.
The games would drag on and take away from what the whole purpose is.
I'd be much more in favor of a team getting the choice to shoot FTs or take the ball out of bounds.
Posted on 2/21/21 at 9:23 pm to Chadaristic
It's rare that we ever pass the ball on a fast break unless it's an outlet pass, whoever has it usually drives it into one or two people while there is a guy running with them that is wide open.
Surely Oats doesn't coach/teach it that way.
Surely Oats doesn't coach/teach it that way.
This post was edited on 2/21/21 at 9:36 pm
Posted on 2/21/21 at 10:03 pm to CrimsonFever
Some rat poison to close out the weekend:
USA TODAY writer believes Alabama in position to make noise in NCAA Tournament
It’s been a very good 2021 for Alabama, which one month after winning another national championship in football is poised to capture the program’s first regular-season conference championship in men’s basketball since 2002 and one of the top eight seeds in next month’s NCAA Tournament.
Success in the former (football) is less surprising than in the latter (basketball). Long a football powerhouse, Alabama basketball has been solid by SEC standards — third in league history in wins, for example — but far from a national contender, with only one trip to the Elite Eight on its record.
Times are changing. With an unexpected surge into the top 10 of the Ferris Mowers Coaches Poll in only the team’s second year under Nate Oats, one of college coaching’s breakout stars, the Crimson Tide are in position to capitalize on Kentucky’s swoon under John Calipari and become the team to beat in the SEC.
Saturday’s 82-78 win against Vanderbilt moved Alabama to 18-5 overall and 13-1 in the SEC.
This dominance of the conference — the Tide went into Saturday up three games on second-place Arkansas — has come against a very strong SEC, even as the national perception of the league has suffered for the Wildcats’ 7-13 record.
According to the NCAA’s NET rankings, the SEC is the second-best conference in the country behind the Big Ten. The league has seven teams in the top 56 of the rankings, a key metric used by the NCAA Tournament selection committee.
The latest USA TODAY Sports bracketology has six SEC teams in the field of 68, with the Crimson Tide as a No. 2 seed. That would match Alabama’s highest seeding in its tournament history, reached in 1987 and 2002.
This week, the school rewarded Oats with a contract extension through 2027 and raised his annual salary to $3.225 million.
“We had great expectations when we hired Coach Oats,” athletics director Greg Byrne said. “He has exceeded those expectations, and we want to ensure he is compensated among the top half of the SEC.”
Oats was hired from Buffalo in 2019 after leading the Bulls to three MAC championships and back-to-back trips into the tournament’s second round. Along the way, Oats developed a reputation for expressing opinions other coaches might play closer to the vest: “We’re the better team,” he said after Buffalo beat Syracuse in 2018, and after defeating Arizona in that year’s tournament said he was tired of “soft” Pac-12 teams not pressuring the ballhandler.
In December, Oats criticized the timing of Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski’s decision to cancel the rest of non-conference play out of concern for the COVID-19 pandemic following two straight losses. “Do you think if Coach K hadn’t lost his two non-conference games at home that he would still be saying that?” asked Oats, who later said he spoke on the phone with Krzyzewski and apologized.
Is there a direct line connecting Oats’ confidence — and it takes confidence to lob a verbal grenade at one of the biggest names in the sport’s history — and the Tide’s performance? Since Oats’ comments on Dec. 10, Alabama has gone 14-3 with wins against Tennessee (71-63), Arkansas (90-59) and Kentucky (85-65 and 70-59).
The run has left the SEC staring up at the Crimson Tide. With the right hire in place and back-to-back top-20 recruiting classes, Alabama has the pieces to build a bright future off this breakout season.
USA TODAY writer believes Alabama in position to make noise in NCAA Tournament
It’s been a very good 2021 for Alabama, which one month after winning another national championship in football is poised to capture the program’s first regular-season conference championship in men’s basketball since 2002 and one of the top eight seeds in next month’s NCAA Tournament.
Success in the former (football) is less surprising than in the latter (basketball). Long a football powerhouse, Alabama basketball has been solid by SEC standards — third in league history in wins, for example — but far from a national contender, with only one trip to the Elite Eight on its record.
Times are changing. With an unexpected surge into the top 10 of the Ferris Mowers Coaches Poll in only the team’s second year under Nate Oats, one of college coaching’s breakout stars, the Crimson Tide are in position to capitalize on Kentucky’s swoon under John Calipari and become the team to beat in the SEC.
Saturday’s 82-78 win against Vanderbilt moved Alabama to 18-5 overall and 13-1 in the SEC.
This dominance of the conference — the Tide went into Saturday up three games on second-place Arkansas — has come against a very strong SEC, even as the national perception of the league has suffered for the Wildcats’ 7-13 record.
According to the NCAA’s NET rankings, the SEC is the second-best conference in the country behind the Big Ten. The league has seven teams in the top 56 of the rankings, a key metric used by the NCAA Tournament selection committee.
The latest USA TODAY Sports bracketology has six SEC teams in the field of 68, with the Crimson Tide as a No. 2 seed. That would match Alabama’s highest seeding in its tournament history, reached in 1987 and 2002.
This week, the school rewarded Oats with a contract extension through 2027 and raised his annual salary to $3.225 million.
“We had great expectations when we hired Coach Oats,” athletics director Greg Byrne said. “He has exceeded those expectations, and we want to ensure he is compensated among the top half of the SEC.”
Oats was hired from Buffalo in 2019 after leading the Bulls to three MAC championships and back-to-back trips into the tournament’s second round. Along the way, Oats developed a reputation for expressing opinions other coaches might play closer to the vest: “We’re the better team,” he said after Buffalo beat Syracuse in 2018, and after defeating Arizona in that year’s tournament said he was tired of “soft” Pac-12 teams not pressuring the ballhandler.
In December, Oats criticized the timing of Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski’s decision to cancel the rest of non-conference play out of concern for the COVID-19 pandemic following two straight losses. “Do you think if Coach K hadn’t lost his two non-conference games at home that he would still be saying that?” asked Oats, who later said he spoke on the phone with Krzyzewski and apologized.
Is there a direct line connecting Oats’ confidence — and it takes confidence to lob a verbal grenade at one of the biggest names in the sport’s history — and the Tide’s performance? Since Oats’ comments on Dec. 10, Alabama has gone 14-3 with wins against Tennessee (71-63), Arkansas (90-59) and Kentucky (85-65 and 70-59).
The run has left the SEC staring up at the Crimson Tide. With the right hire in place and back-to-back top-20 recruiting classes, Alabama has the pieces to build a bright future off this breakout season.
Posted on 2/21/21 at 10:14 pm to Alabama_Fan
When we have Bruner back in the lineup along with a healthy Herb I think we are legit a top 10 team, maybe even top 5.
Can’t wait to watch these postseason tournaments.
Can’t wait to watch these postseason tournaments.
Posted on 2/22/21 at 11:14 am to CrimsonFever
Moved up to #6 in the AP
Posted on 2/22/21 at 11:17 am to IRobbedMyMom
Hogs jump 4 spots in latest AP poll
Arkansas is on a seven-game SEC winning streak as it opens a big week at home. The Razorbacks are scheduled to host No. 6 Alabama on Wednesday in the first meeting between AP Top 25 teams in Bud Walton Arena since 1998, and LSU on Saturday.
Because the Texas A&M game was called off, Arkansas will have seven days off prior to playing the Crimson Tide. It is the Razorbacks’ second stretch this month of at least six days without a game.
Arkansas is 11-0 on four-plus days of rest under second-year coach Eric Musselman.
Tipoff is set for 8 p.m. on Wednesday, and the game will air on ESPN2.
Arkansas-LSU is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. Saturday on either ESPN or ESPN2.
Arkansas is on a seven-game SEC winning streak as it opens a big week at home. The Razorbacks are scheduled to host No. 6 Alabama on Wednesday in the first meeting between AP Top 25 teams in Bud Walton Arena since 1998, and LSU on Saturday.
Because the Texas A&M game was called off, Arkansas will have seven days off prior to playing the Crimson Tide. It is the Razorbacks’ second stretch this month of at least six days without a game.
Arkansas is 11-0 on four-plus days of rest under second-year coach Eric Musselman.
Tipoff is set for 8 p.m. on Wednesday, and the game will air on ESPN2.
Arkansas-LSU is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. Saturday on either ESPN or ESPN2.
This post was edited on 2/22/21 at 11:20 am
Posted on 2/22/21 at 11:21 am to IRobbedMyMom
I don't like how Houston is ahead of us in NET despite the fact that we have almost as many Q1 wins (7) as they have Q1/2 games played (8). I understand that the selection committee isn't beholden to the NET standings, but I think they need to tweak the formula a bit to give a lot more weight to actually winning games against good teams and a lot less weight to efficiently demolishing shitty teams.
Posted on 2/22/21 at 11:51 am to Robot Santa
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I don't like how Houston is ahead of us in NET despite the fact that we have almost as many Q1 wins (7) as they have Q1/2 games played (8). I understand that the selection committee isn't beholden to the NET standings, but I think they need to tweak the formula a bit to give a lot more weight to actually winning games against good teams and a lot less weight to efficiently demolishing shitty teams.
I wouldn’t worry too much. They were behind us in the official committee rankings before they lost to a Wichita State team that’s on the outside of the bubble. If Bama wins out or only drops 1, they’ll be at worst the 6 overall seed
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