re: tOfficial Alabama Basketball Season Thread | 19-15 (10-8) | #BuckleUp

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Did you watch the same game? We had guys watching instead of closing out and let guys drive right down the lane without anyone stopping the ball multiple times. I feared we'd play like we didn't want to be there, and we did.

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I mean maybe I just missed it, I just thought they took us out of our defensive game from the get go with their 4 guard lineup and that were guessing the whole game. Guessing on passes, guessing on cuts, guessing on pop outs.

So, I guess my takeaway was we weren't really sure what to do and that led to us being a step behind instead of an effort thing.

Either way, credit to Richmond, they ran their stuff really well.

If that's true then Avery needs to answer for it. We shouldn't have lost this game

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Generally I've defended Key's effort, but it definitely wasn't there tonight.

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He played pretty poorly. Was definitely forcing things the second half.

I had a feeling this may happen tonight. Our guys had NCAA tourney shirts made before the season, the goal was the NCAA tourney, not the NIT. We were 2 games from reaching our goal and they cried after they lost to Kentucky. They weren't into this game tonight, nothing else we could do.

He played bad against Kentucky too. Maybe he hit the "wall"

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If that's true then Avery needs to answer for it. We shouldn't have lost this game

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I mean, it's kind of like preparing for something you never see in football. You can't replicate it in practice.

Again, I'm not defending our execution, but it's not as simple as saying "hey guys, they are going to run cuts and shoot 3s guard it". We didn't do it well and that led to us guessing and that led to us thinking and that led to a lot of easy looks for them.

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Fair enough. How's the offseason work on here? Do we just have one thread like this?

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I would like a offseason thread for basketball. It's fun to talk about and get away from all the rant bull shite.

If we played well enough, what Richmond does wouldn't have mattered. We didn't rebound great or anything. Just because they played with 4 guards doesn't mean we should lose

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Just because they played with 4 guards doesn't mean we should lose

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Agree. My biggest problem wasn't even defense, it was the wasted possessions in which we didn't work to get Hall the ball down low, or put Key/Ingram on the block and let them work on smaller guys.

We basically wasted our advantage. Part of that was because our big guys suck on offense, but part of it was not being creative with our bigger guards/forwards.

I'm disappointed in the opportunity lost. Clemson just lost to Oakland, so we get them at home. Two wins, and we're in deep in the NIT getting more exposure for our program. After showing so much effort in the tournament, it would have been nice to keep the momentum going. Instead, it'll all be written the same: "Alabama blows another game at home to a team no one cares about".