re: Ole Miss 80 @ Alabama 79 Final - SECN

Sherrill can’t jump vertically to save his life! Seriously, rarely does he get his tiptoes off the ground…I just don’t understand how a dude that big (he’s not skin and bones) is so soft with the ball under the rim.
Meanwhile, in a nutshell…if we’re not hitting 3’s, we’re not very good!

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He’s hit a wall and we can’t get a complete shitshow from Wrightsell and expect to accomplish anything.

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Oats loves Wrightsell more than I love drunk shitposting so the only hope is he gets hot because his minutes will not be cut ever

Yep. We have no mid range game on offense. No threes against a decent to good team and we lose. Life as an Alabama basketball fan.

A Pringle type would have been nice and serviceable this year

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How many minutes did Bol Bowen have tonight?

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21

That has been Wrightsell’s whole season. I think he’s has had 3-4 good games this year.

We locked in at a 4 seed and a 3 isn’t impossible.

We alright.. just need Wrighrsell and Allen to show up in tournament and hope for a good draw.

It seems to you can’t handle losing to well. But you’re not alone in that regard.

Oats is the best basketball coach the university has ever had and I believe his record proves that.

shite happens… I’ve seen some of the best teams in the country get beat by cupcakes. It’s basketball and loses like that happen to the best of coaches. This team has nothing to be ashamed of. This team still can make a deep run in the tournament.

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I just don't get why Oats hates timeouts. Dude is supposed to be so in love with analytics, yet can't even take the time to draw up a potential game-winning play

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He mentioned in a private chat that he is more open to taking them in the tournament/win or go home games.

He believes in character building and “play harder/play better”.

I’m not saying he’s right or wrong. I’m telling you what he told a group of folks in chat. He’ll do it if the season is on the line but in the regular season/conference tournament he isn’t going to bail out what he thinks is lazy or bad play.

I fear that this team is going to get bounced early like the JD Davison year.

The only reason that is more of a fear than rational thought is I don't think the team that got bounced by a bad ND team in the first round liked playing with each other at all. These guys seem to really like each other and pay for each other. Their problem are certain physical/talent inabilities not lack of desire to win.

They're just too damn bad defensively. You cannot have a still slightly minus guard defender like Holloway with nothing but soft stretch 4s and 5s and be an adequate defensive unit. Holloway is improved from last season and it still ain't nearly good enough from him most nights. Can't consistently secure rebounds and can't affect shots without fouling from almost any of the bigs.

That ain't fixing itself this season. I've said it before this year: Oats has got to go into the bunker and really scour the tape of college bball's best defensive units. He may need to find a new bench assistant to coach defense. Make some changes to the scouting and report presentation to the players. What this team's defense has been since the end of the 2023 season is not good enough to win a national title or even really just consistently be a credible threat at winning one.

We're cozying up on becoming one of those bridesmaid programs of college basketball that's routinely discussed in the top echelons but you know they're not a credible national title threat because their style won't win 6 straight tournament games. Edit: Still a better place than we were in my college days under Gottfried but still short of where we were hoping Oats would take us a few years ago.