re: that was a season. | 27-7 (13-5)

I get the guard play frustration but I’d say Bruce bringing in a McDonalds all American in Sharife (he didn’t suck) was a step in the right direction but he left when he shouldn’t have. Bruce has now brought in another all American in Aden and is following up with a 3rd all American in Pettiford. I think he knows that piece has been missing. I know it’s his job but it’s tough as hell to bring all the right pieces together year after year. I still think this is a good team and there’s a lot of ball still to play.

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Wait, I thought it was good for our boys to have some adversity and getting humbled?

Dammit, I have got to read the do’s and dont’s for fans of basketball schools.

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Bama has now killed two long win streaks. We cannot lose the IB of basketball.

Conference titles have run through the state a lot since 2017. I hate their entitled high-floor program and I talk too much shite for our guy to be taking L's when they fired 2 coaches just to beat our guys.

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Well to be fair Jang is talking about them in terms of what we can do this year. I think Tre and Aden are clearly very good pieces that can get better every year but this front court is championship ready and we need not waste it


Thank you. That is it. We once again got pretty decent post players that can handle themselves down low, but then the KDs derp things up again.

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I still feel pretty dang good about our SEC reg season championship chances but we could have almost buried Bama tonight.

Aden's offensive basketball skills have to form very quickly then. Johnni does not have to be a Unicorn like he was tonight, but we need double doubles from him. Broome is right now our main man..our straw that stirs the drink. He still did not shoot enough tonight.

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Jaylin Williams disappearing tonight was a huge factor also.
He did not have a good game, not even close to what he has been doing.
There is plenty to improve on after this one.

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Was it just me or did it feel like the announcers were a wee bit Biased for Bama?

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Absolutely. Can’t stand Jay Williams. Not sure what his issue with Auburn is but he was the same way when USCw came to Auburn. Completely one sided until we dominated in the second half. Ravi seemed to try to get him back on track a few times tonight at least

I don’t think Jay Will harbors any animosity for AU or love for bama. I do think he got in trouble for the tennis match comment and went overkill on trying to walk it back. That environment sucks. Their fans aren’t that loud and the moment the opposing team does something good they go radio silent until they also do something good.

I can’t stand him. He’s the Robert Griffin of basketball.. unbearable to listen to.

Auburn stays 5th in Kenpom (bama stays 8th)…. Bump up a little in defensive efficiency, down a little in offensive efficiency… still in top 10 in both.

The game played out how the analytics predicted. A big win against them in Neville should help considerably, especially for our defensive analytics.

Nate Oats on Auburn: “If we play like we did tonight, we’ll lose at their place.”

I wouldn't go that far, but the worst thing that happened was them getting blown out by UT. That and them finally having a good crowd for their super bowl amounted in them playing much better than we did.