Oats had shooters, they all went into a tailspin after the media storm hit.

Sears and Griffen were hitting >40% mid season from three.

Those two just continue their level of play and Bama is probably beating UCONN in the championship.

Not any Bama fans want to hear it but the scandal impacted the team badly and expecting a 40 year old, much less a 18-22 year old not to feel it when the national media is screaming that you are a bunch of murderers is not realistic.

Just going into the tournament as a #1 seed favorite to win it all is enough to shut some kids down.

It’s not the system, players had good looks. Players have to make plays.

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Posted by BamaBravesPackers

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Posted on 3/27/23 at 2:18 pm to tide06

The offense is not the problem. Tired legs or pressure likely was. Name the last time a team won the NCAA tournament championship with only making 3 threes in one of their S16-NC games (might be able to survive 1st 2 rounds against bad teams, but not late rounds)?
Nobody has an offense that can make up for that shooting ineptitude and is also good enough to win the whole the thing. The offense wasn’t the problem, the shooting less than 25% was.

It’s hard to stay loose before big games, and not tighten up under pressure. If I’m being honest, I’m not sure our football coach or basketball coach have mastered that skill yet. They are both very good at being prepared and have elite intensity, but keeping a team relaxed heading into a game doesn’t seem to be their strength.

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