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

first post in a while and did not see the last 10 minutes. Sorry but not going back to read previous pages.

Simple observations from an old coot from his recliner. Last nights game was inevitable after the previous 7. Last nights game is the type of games that will get a great team beat when they are making a run in the dance. It seemed like the team had no sense of urgency last night. The past 3 games, going of a bad memory, Miller has started slow. 14 looked like he wanted to be somewhere else. Too many turnovers and our bigs got abused in the paint. 10 finally hitting a couple of 3's in the first half were huge. WE are going to need more from him and 23. 23 plays with passion every time I see him. 66 in the dance will not cut it vs teams that we have already beaten this tear like Conzaga and Houston and NC, Etc

The NET rankings make no sense to me. I understand the concept. But how Tennessee is still above us just does not make sense. We are literally better and every metric except number of quad 4 wins.

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11,600 at the game tonight. Our arena is too big

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Poor logic. A new arena won't fix the big-timers not showing up. That's the issue. Our attendance would've been 9000 if the arena was smaller. The tix were all mostly sold.

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Poor logic. A new arena won't fix the big-timers not showing up. That's the issue.

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It would be cool if there was a ticket donation program. Where If you knew you were not going to be able to attend and couldn't find somebody to use your tickets, you could put them in a pool and let students have them for free. It fill the seats and make it even louder. Trying to drive a minimum of an hour from Birmingham to catch a 8:00 p.m. game on a Wednesday is a difficult thing for some people. Football makes it much easier with Saturday games and fewer games.

JQ is our best PG. I love Sears, but honestly, he's more of a 2 guard. Bradley is great, and will continue to improve, but he can't shoot, so the defense doesn't have to respect that, and he can't drive on quicker defenders. Nobody can stay in front of JQ. And despite what some people here think, he's a great finisher.

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Don’t understand some on here wanting him to play less minutes…

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5 weeks ago, that was me. But today, are you starting to look like the old Quinn. In a perfect world, all 3 of our PGs would play 25-30 minutes each. With certain guys are going to be hotter than others, which is how you should be dividing it, particularly in the second half of games. We will also be working Nimari back into the rotation, who's a 2 guard that might be able to play some at 3.

I think the difference with Quinn versus the other point guards is that when the other point guards had a bad night, they disappear. When Quinn has a bad night, you definitely notice exactly how bad of the night he's having. Some of his greatest strengths can quickly become major weaknesses. He either looks like Jason Williams or turns it over continuously. His good is very good, his bad is very bad. So I understand the mixed feelings amongst the fan base.

But he will be incredibly beneficial to have come tournament time if he's playing to his potential. You need leadership and experience to go deep into the tournament. He's freshman have been fantastic. But there's a reason teams filled with nothing but five stars don't win the championship every season.

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I hope the JQ critics saw how valuable he is to this team. When we need someone to put the ball on the floor and create, he's one of the best at doing that. You have to have that person who can attack that aggressive man or trapping defense.He gets into the lane and puts pressure on the defense.

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Eh, people were rightly saying how bad JQ looked early in the year - which he did. Most (not all) acknowledged that it probably had a lot to do with the injury and the rush back, but there was a fear that maybe he was just in reality much more the guy we saw last season and not hte guy from 2021.

He's clearly regained some burst, strength and most importantly confidence since SEC play started. He looks great and he's our best PG option moving forward.

Bradley doesnt even try an outside shot. Zero chance of him playing in the nba without a great outside shot. The teams we play have the book on him now. They back off on him.