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

Sears had a quad injury early on but came back in and played the majority of the second half. He ended up getting 8 points off FTs in the last 40? Seconds.

Yes, Oats took him out for a better defender but Sears is one of our best if not best FT shooters. I believe he is 3rd in SEC.

No clue. I switched to the radio feed when I saw it was him. I'll probably do the same Wednesday night. Much more pleasant to listen to Chris.

My heart is full

No. 2/2 Alabama Comes Back to Secure an 86-83 Victory over Arkansas on Senior Night

The Crimson Tide moved to 14-0 inside of Coleman Coliseum this season with the victory

The No. 2/2 Alabama men's basketball team defeated the Arkansas Razorbacks, 86-83, on Saturday afternoon inside Coleman Coliseum. With the win, the Crimson Tide improves to 25-4 overall and 15-1 in conference play, remaining atop of the league standings. Alabama used 58 second-half points to overcome a nine-point halftime deficit to secure the victory on Senior Night and remain undefeated inside of Coleman Coliseum this season. 

Alabama struggled to get hot offensively during the opening period, shooting just 33.3 percent (10-30) from the field and 10 percent (1-10) from beyond the arc, while the Razorbacks took a 37-28 lead into the break. Alabama began the second half shooting 60 percent over the opening four minutes to allow the Tide to cut the lead to just three, 44-41. UA's defense held the Razorbacks' scoreless for over five minutes in the second half, and the Tide capitalized with a 15-0 run to establish a 55-46 lead midway through the second stanza as the Tide would never relinquish their lead for the final 14 minutes of the game.

Three of the five starters for Alabama finished in double figures by the day's end. Brandon Miller led UA in scoring for the 17th time this season with 24 points, also surpassing the 20-point mark for the 12th time. Jahvon Quinerly (16), Mark Sears (13) and Noah Clowney (10) joined Miller to give UA four players in double figures, with Clowney adding 13 rebounds to earn his third career double-double.

Arkansas (19-10, 8-8) had three players surpass the 20-point mark, with Nick Smith Jr. (24), Davonte Davis (21) and Ricky Council IV (20) leading the offensive effort. The Razorback trio combined for 65 of the team's 83 points (78%). 

HEAD COACH NATE OATS POSTGAME COMMENTS
"We did not have a great start for the past two games in a row and I don't think we played our best basketball. At the beginning of the game, obviously we struggled and did not score for the first few minutes. We were down nine at the half and made some decent adjustments to start the second half. (Jahvon) Quinerly was able to get in the paint and create offense for us and ends up with seven assists. He (Quinerly) played really well. It's nice to have depth and different options. We have needed different guys to step up in different games and he was a big one this game. We've got to learn how to close games better too. Arkansas scored 20 points in the last two and a half minutes or so. I give Arkansas a ton of credit, they are a talented team. Nick Smith is obviously talented and they never quit on the game. They (Arkansas) were down by 11 and gave them themselves a chance to win in the last 30 seconds. Give our guys a lot of credit for coming out of the half and dominating. We have two games left in the regular season. We'll have at least a one-game lead after today over Texas A&M, depending on what happens between them and Mississippi State. Hopefully we can clinch at least a share of the regular season championship against Auburn on Wednesday. That game Wednesday is going to be a big game for us."

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I think he wanted a bigger defender out there and it backfired because we weren’t able to get a stop.


Yeah, that's what I was asking/thinking. Not a bad move necessarily, it just didn't work out like he wanted.

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It was exactly this. Sears tweaked a hamstring or something, and he went with the defensive switch, since they were fouling us every play. I understood it at the time. Bradley is just a slump, it seems.

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Alabama is one of only 10 teams in Division I college basketball this season to shoot worse than 14 percent on 22+ three pointers and still win. They've done it twice

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Live by the 3, live by …. finding another way to kick your arse?

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I swear that ESPN intentionally put Dykes on the call for both of the Arkansas games this year just to piss us off

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Actually we can blame the FAA for that.
He wasn't supposed to do the game in Fayetteville, but the regularly scheduled announcer was unable to fly that day due to a nationwide grounding of planes, thus they called up home boy Jimmy dykes to fill in

It’s amazing people still try and argue that point. Between not hitting 3s last year and still having one of the more efficient offenses in the country and then watching a game like today, I figured the narrative would’ve died out by now.