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

I agree they're a good team, but I think we win. They're not top 100 in kenpom, and I'm pretty sure every team we've lost to is top 100.

Yall don't go getting my damn hopes up

21-24! He's never going to fit in down here

Just randomly thinking this morning:

Next year should tell us everything we need to know about how good of a coach Avery is and what direction this program is headed. I've seen some people say well next year our new guys will be young so don't expect much....no. You bring in talent that Kentucky and Kansas missed on and there better be results immediately. Kentucky and Kansas get these kind of recruits and win championships with freshmen. I'm not saying we have to go win a championship but we better at least win a game in the tourney next year, AT LEAST. I really expect them to make a tourney run next year. We can't look at next year and say "they're young, don't expect too much". We have one year with Sexton and probably one with Petty, then they're gone. Need to see very good results next year. This SHOULD be our last bad year. I can deal with suffering this year if it means we start having some fun next year. #BuckleUp

Offensive Efficiency

Grant Era
2010 - 96th
2011 - 143rd
2012 - 116th
2013 - 151st
2014 - 127th
2015 - 52nd

AJ Era
2016 - 164th
2017 - 179th


Defensive Efficiency

Grant Era
2010 - 53rd
2011 - 6th
2012 - 6th
2013 - 27th
2014 - 64th
2015 - 83rd

AJ Era
2016 - 48th
2017 - 41st

I will add - per KenPom (which is ranking actual play of the team, not their record or their resume, but the actual team itself based on performance)..........this team is better than last years team. Better on defense, slightly worse on offense and better overall

2016 : 96th overall, 318th tempo, 48th D-eff, 164th O-eff

2017 : 83rd overall, 296th tempo, 41st D-eff, 179th O-eff


2016 was 19th in "luck", which is basically the difference between KenPom's expected result and the actual result.

2017 is 322nd in luck.

So, last year we probably weren't quite as good as our record and this year we are probably better than our record so far.

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I'm not completely ready to give up on the season. Really all that's missing is some chemistry and a go-to scorer.

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As strange as it sounds, I'm here too. Dave's numbers pretty much validated what I've been feeling when comparing this team to last year.

Chemistry was great in 2015-16, but it always felt like they were playing above their heads and the wheels could fall of at any moment - which unfortunately happened the last week of February and first week of March.

This team is the reverse side of that coin. They 'feel' a lot better than they're playing and if they figure it out soon enough they have the players to make life hard on a whole lot of teams in the conference.

Yeah that's what I mean. Players like Sexton and Petty should help produce immediate success. This year is a bunch of young guys and transfers

We're a 6 point favorite tomorrow according to ESPN.

I just don't see us winning by 6......or even winning. I hope I'm wrong tho

I hate "sell out" basketball games. Half the seats go empty as season ticket holders refuse to bother coming in

Friend in Auburns AD marketing said it is a huge problem at most SEC schools. They basically have to beg people to just stubhub/donate them