re: Bama Basketball Offseason Megathread

Man frick Dayton

Wichita State and their fans can go straight to hell. Arrogant pricks

**Updated**

What we know so far about next seasons National Championship Run...

PG: Jahvon Quinerly
SG: Jaden Shackelford/Keon Ellis
SF: Josh Primo/Juwan Gary/Darius Miles
PF: James Rojas/Keon Ambrose-Hylton
C: Jordan Bruner/Javian Davis

Testing NBA Stock, somewhere around 50/50 on coming back
John Petty
Kira Lewis (ENTERING NBA DRAFT)
Herbert Jones

Possible Processed Victims (Hopefully), but gotta wait and see
Alex Reese
Jaylen Forbes (TRANSFER PORTAL)

Likely Gone
Galin Smith

A hip injury he could play through is very likely a labrum issue, which really makes him an enigma to me. He would have been playing through a lot of pain even with pregame shots, but he also plays some of the softest basketball you'll ever see. Even when he's in position on defense he tries to avoid contact and you rarely see him fight hard for rebounds. Playing through a painful injury is the exact opposite of what you'd expect from a player like him. Herb playing one handed with a cast on his wrist is in line with the kind of player he is.

Oats' reaction to Lewis' draft decision, 'gut feeling' on Jones

Even if he gets fully healthy, I only see him playing if Bruner or Rojas get in foul trouble

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2011: 8-6 (Seton Hall, Iowa, St Peters, Providence, Ok St)
2012: 11-3 (@ Dayton)
2013: 8-5 (Dayton, Mercer, Tulane)
2014: 6-7 (Drexel, USF)
2015: 10-3 (none)
2016: 9-3 (none)
2017: 7-5 (Dayton, Valpo)
2018: 8-4 (UCF, @ Texas)
2019: 9-3 (Northeastern, @ UCF, Ga St)
2020: 7-5 (Penn, UNC, Iowa St)

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If you went back and changed half of those bad losses from 2011 and 2013 into wins I bet Grant never gets fired. He did well in conference play those years. Granted that was back when the SEC was a joke outside of Kentucky and Florida, but without the OOC disasters it still would have been good enough to make the tournament. 3 trips to the NCAA tournament in a row and he'd have been safe for a while to continue learning on the job. It really is incredible how just a handful of games over the course of ~100 in a coach's first few seasons can make the difference between savior and scapegoat.

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If you went back and changed half of those bad losses from 2011 and 2013 into wins I bet Grant never gets fired. He did well in conference play those years. Granted that was back when the SEC was a joke outside of Kentucky and Florida, but without the OOC disasters it still would have been good enough to make the tournament. 3 trips to the NCAA tournament in a row and he'd have been safe for a while to continue learning on the job. It really is incredible how just a handful of games over the course of ~100 of a coach's first few seasons can make the difference between savior and scapegoat.

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2011
- 21-11 (12-4), RPI #80 (end of regular season)
- Losses to : #104 Seton Hall (by 5), #189 Iowa (by 8), #93 Saint Peter's (by 1), @ #157 Providence (by 12)
- Win 2 of those 4 games and our RPI is in the high 50s and we make the tournament

2013
- 20-12 (12-6), RPI #60 (end of regular season)
- Losses to : #115 Dayton (by 5), #118 Mercer (by 7), #173 Tulane (by 3)
- Win 2 of those 3 games and that team has an RPI of 45-50 and makes the tournament



Literally change the outcome of 4 close games over a 4 year period and Grant goes from 1 NCAAT in 4 years to 3 NCAATs in 4 years.

Oats referred to Primo as a 6'6 PG, that can also play the two, but the way he talked I'd say it's a certainty that Primo is gonna be the PG most of the time when Quinerly isn't in the game.

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I hate Providence

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I'll never forget when #2 seed Alabama lost to Billy Donovan's Providence team in 1987.

Wimp had Derrick McKey, Jim Farmer, Mark Gottfried, Michael Ansley, Keith Askins, and Craig Dudley on that team.