re: Tide Hoops | 31-6 (16-2)

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I've noticed Jon Rothstein has stopped his Nate Oats My Cousin Vinny tweet after wins the past few games. Still does slogans for other coaches but not Oats. Oh and he hasn't stopped selling the Nate Oats t-shirt on his site though. If you're going to be a coward and bow to the mob how about you don't profit off the merch either.

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Not a Rothstein fan at all, but I haven't seen him drag us or Miller over the coals unless I missed it. I'm perfectly fine with him distancing himself from us on social media, in fact, I wish a lot of other journalists would. Even the positive comments are only bringing about negative attention.

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I'm torn on Clowney's future at the moment. He can probably sneak into the 1st round as of today but if he came back anoter year and showed consistency with his perimeter shot then he would be a lottery lock. Maybe throwing him a solid NIL deal will keep him for one more season but who knows, I do think it's a slightly different situation than Primo.

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That's exactly what my thought process has been. Sure, he will probably be a late first round pick if he leaves based on what he'll show at combines with his athleticism and shot potential.

However, if he comes back next year and improves and is more consistent, he is a legitimate Top 10 (maybe even top 5-7) pick. Most of the time I'd say if you are a 1st round pick you go, but I think Clowney's upward mobility next year so is high that it's not the case with him.

Probably going to have to hook him up with a really, really big NIL deal to have a chance to get him back if someone gives him a late first guarantee. That's a ton of money to walk away from.

SMASHED!!!

SEC is definitely not trash but would put the Big 12 as the top overall conference.

The Crimson & White

No. 2 Alabama sweeps rival Auburn, wins SEC regular season championship

No. 2/2 Alabama Closes out the Regular Season at No. 24/21 Texas A&M

The Crimson Tide travels to College Station for its final game of the regular season

The No. 2/2 Alabama men's basketball team has a chance to set a program record for most Southeastern Conference wins during the regular season in its final game, as the Crimson Tide faces No. 24/21 Texas A&M. The matchup, set to tip off at 11 a.m. CT on CBS, features the top-two teams in the SEC standings with the Tide at 16-1 and Texas A&M at 14-3. 

The Tide is coming off its second SEC regular season championship in the last three years under head coach Nate Oats and will enter next week's SEC Tournament as the No. 1 seed. 

The Alabama-Texas A&M matchup features two of the top-six scorers in the conference led by Alabama's Brandon Miller scoring an SEC-best 20.3 ppg in league games and Texas A&M's Wade Taylor IV (No. 6, 16.3 ppg).

The Broadcast
Saturday's game is set for an 11 a.m. CT tipoff and will be aired on CBS with Brad Nessler (play-by-play) and Jay Wright (analyst) on the call.

The radio broadcast can be heard on the Crimson Tide Sports Network with Chris Stewart (play-by-play) and Bryan Passink (analyst) on the call, while Tom Stipe (engineer) is turning the dials. The pregame show will begin one hour prior to tipoff.

Just looked at 5 recent mocks and they had clowney going

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I would love for him to come back but looks like most think he will be a first rounder if he comes out this year.

while a good shooting performance would help him, i don't think he necessarily needs it. nba draft now more than ever is a futures market. it's not hard to see why they're intrigued by a prospect like clowney, even if he's a project.