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Posted on 8/22/25 at 9:27 pm to CCTider
Posted on 8/22/25 at 9:27 pm to CCTider
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But to win a title, you need to have size. When we've had long backcourts and wings, we've had top 5 defenses.
100%, which seems to contradict your passioned defense of Holloway. Unless you think we just aren’t capable of acquiring the body types it takes to compete for a title due to our limitations as a program (note: I think we improved the perimeter defense this year to the point where I’m not sure Holloway should play much against title contenders).
I’d be curious how often the NC winning team has a player with his similar size and defensive limitations in their top 7 rotation. I’m sure it’s happened, but I’ve probably watched all of the last 20ish NCs and nothing comes immediately to mind.
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Posted on 8/23/25 at 6:54 am to BamaBravesPackers
I thought this past year really showed the most separation between Elite teams and everybody else that I can ever remember. I will argue forever that Bama was part of that elite group of 5-6 teams, but against the top 3 there were match up problems that required a lot of things to go right in order to win.
Florida, Auburn and Duke could all go super long at every position on the court whenever they wanted to and it just required you to play almost perfect against them to not eventually meltdown. Can you be still be elite with undersized guards against these freakish teams? I would say probably not. Ziegler for UT has won every defensive award I can think of and is scrappy as hell. But does he affect entry passes just by putting his arms up, no. That seemed to be what I noticed the most when we struggled. It wasn't pressing defense, it was the fact that the absolute elite teams could simply guard us by just existing. We were bottled up 5 feet behind the perimeter just to create space to pass the ball
Florida, Auburn and Duke could all go super long at every position on the court whenever they wanted to and it just required you to play almost perfect against them to not eventually meltdown. Can you be still be elite with undersized guards against these freakish teams? I would say probably not. Ziegler for UT has won every defensive award I can think of and is scrappy as hell. But does he affect entry passes just by putting his arms up, no. That seemed to be what I noticed the most when we struggled. It wasn't pressing defense, it was the fact that the absolute elite teams could simply guard us by just existing. We were bottled up 5 feet behind the perimeter just to create space to pass the ball
Posted on 8/23/25 at 7:18 am to GoodTalkRuss
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I thought this past year really showed the most separation between Elite teams and everybody else that I can ever remember. I will argue forever that Bama was part of that elite group of 5-6 teams, but against the top 3 there were match up problems that required a lot of things to go right in order to win.
If you go to 3 or 5-6 deep, then I agree. However, UConn was virtually untouchable in the postseason for 2 years straight prior to last year, and they had the same type of lineup with elite size and elite defense.
Note: it was awesome to be in Phoenix to watch us give them one of the biggest scares they had in that 2 year run. Being up on them with 12 min to go and hearing the Bama section going nuts was a memory my son and I talk about frequently, despite eventually caving to their pressure.
Posted on 8/23/25 at 1:57 pm to BamaBravesPackers
Even Grant played great against Clingman. About as well as anyone could against that monster.
Posted on 8/23/25 at 2:07 pm to CCTider
His highlight dunk in that game is the stuff of legends. He’ll be showing his grandkids that on YouTube some day for sure.
For everyone’s viewing pleasure:
For everyone’s viewing pleasure:
This post was edited on 8/23/25 at 2:09 pm
Posted on 8/25/25 at 10:51 am to BamaBravesPackers
Shabazz Napier and Kemba Walker immediately comes to mind because of how good they were, but high-minute guys like Remy Martin, Quinn Cook, Tyus Jones, Ryan Boatright, Kyle Guy and Joel Berry all are on rosters of the last 10 National Champions. To your point, it's hard to overcome playing smaller guys if they aren't great on the other end. If Aden is average offensively next season, then he probably doesn't need to be playing much. But elite offensive players at this level are still very valuable regardless of defensive limitations.
Posted on 8/25/25 at 8:28 pm to BigBird09
Posted on 8/26/25 at 11:17 am to Alabama_Fan
Tire: Flipped
Championship: Confirmed
Championship: Confirmed
This post was edited on 8/26/25 at 11:18 am
Posted on 8/26/25 at 12:45 pm to CCTider
FYI for anyone interested in attending the Bama/Arizona match up in Birmingham
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Tickets to see Alabama basketball in the 2025 C.M. Newton Classic are going on sale this week.
On Saturday, Dec. 13, the Crimson Tide will face the Arizona Wildcats at Legacy Arena at the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex with a tip time to be announced at a later date.
Starting Wednesday, Aug. 27 at 10 a.m. CT, tickets for the fifth annual event will be available through Ticketmaster.
Posted on 8/26/25 at 4:47 pm to Alabama_Fan
Posted on 8/26/25 at 7:24 pm to Alabama_Fan
X Factor!
Posted on 8/27/25 at 10:59 am to Joka2kold
Posted on 8/27/25 at 1:50 pm to Alabama_Fan
Posted on 8/27/25 at 5:13 pm to Alabama_Fan
Posted on 8/27/25 at 7:00 pm to Alabama_Fan
Update on Davin
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Posted on 8/28/25 at 5:42 pm to Alabama_Fan
Posted on 8/30/25 at 7:46 pm to Alabama_Fan
Looks like basketball season is starting early this year. 
Posted on 8/30/25 at 7:52 pm to TideCPA
It's like the Gottfried/Shula years but with less night putting at Ol Colony.
Posted on 8/31/25 at 8:01 am to Robot Santa
Give all the NIL money to Nate. He could actually win us a National Title if we gave him the $$$ to get the right players……Unlike Kalen
Posted on 8/31/25 at 4:50 pm to mistaken4193
Seriously. I know we've gotten mildly serious about basketball, but if we truly went all in financially like UK, UF, and Arky have in BBall, we'd have a championship within 5 years. I firmly believe in Nate Oats. He is a top 5 coach in this sport.
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