re: Tide Hoops | 25-12 (13-5)

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4 to play with a chance to win the regular season. Let that sink in for a second.

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As has been said by several, Oats having this team in position for a possible conference championship and a top 16 seed in the NCAA tournament is amazing with what he lost in terms of players and assistants. It’s a flawed team that is not particularly athletic so we can all kind of see that ceiling this year. I’m not convinced there is one future NBA player on this team.

But Oats still has us enjoying a really good competitive season. Alabama’s FLOOR with Oats each season is starting to look like top 4 in the conference and tournament lock. And this year’s recruiting class is one of Bama’s best ever and Bama is becoming a big draw for HS and portal players who want to play in an NBA style offense. I believe if Oats stays another 3 years, Alabama gets a final 4 or better.

Let’s beat Ole Miss and be right back on track - Bama / UT game likely deciding the champion.

Eta: guess my posting privileges were reinstated. I’ve seen the error of my ways oh great moderators.

Sears is probably getting worn down. He gets hammered by picks, hammered on drives to the basket, runs more than anyone on the team, then we have 2 guards out for a couple of games. Wimp used to cut way back on physical practices late in the season. He wanted them to have their legs during the games so they would just do walk throughs and let them shoot in practices late in the season.