re: Bama basketball done, it's over (ESPN2)

So this is how LSU feels after every offseason.

This is absolutely pathetic. No excuse. Avery needs to get his schitt together ASAP.

I don't think we make the NIT. We'll lose to Oklahoma and probably only win 6/7 in conference. 15-16 won't get us in the NIT.

Avery is lost. I hate it too

If I'm Sexton, I sit out the rest of the season. We are killing his draft. frick IT ALL

What pisses me off is how they’ve built up these home games in Birmingham and Huntsville to gin up fan support, make it feel special, and we squeak by Mercer and shite all over ourselves against a decent team in Texas that arguably we are more talented than, except for La La La La La Bamba.

I mean, we have a lottery pick at PG and our offense is still an absolute schit show. Lazy as hell.

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a decent team in Texas that arguably we are more talented than, except for La La La La La Bamba.

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They look much more talented than us on the whole....

Look, I'm not saying what Avery did in his first two years wasn't promising. I loved the four top-25 wins in his first year and being on the bubble. I loved watching the team go into Florida and end that streak, or going into Baton Rouge and beating Ben Simmons. And yes, even sweeping a final four team in South Carolina and the SEC Tournament run last year was fun. But this was supposed to be a huge year for Avery and Alabama basketball, and they look eerily similar the the previous years with the same problems.


Should we a fans just omit that and point to his success, or can we actually discuss some of the recurring glaring issues? I understand we have eternal optimist, but let's seriously look into this. This is a team with experience and talent that should look like a team primed for a sweet 16. Instead, they're struggling against lesser opponents, and not beating the better ones. We're mediocre plan and simple. I'm glad we beat teams that will likely be in the tournament, but at this point, we should expect to beat those teams by now. It's pretty eye opening that we couldn't at least beat 1 team out of Minnesota, Arizona, and Texas.

I want Avery to succeed badly here, but you're lying to yourself if you think things are trending in the right direction for this season. We're looking at a pretty rough start for SEC play and a blow out loss at home to Oklahoma.

Earlier UNI was tied w/ #9 Xavier.

They don't even have a lottery pick. A well coached team can do much better than what we did tonight.