re: tOfficial Alabama Basketball Thread | Now Accepting Transfers l #BuckleUp

Avery stealing a Tourney bid from the bluebloods like

Here's a good tweet from Doug Gottlieb after we hired Johnson that I just dug up: @GottliebShow
What makes less sense- hiring Avery Johnson or paying him $3m when there was no competition for his services? #Bama

Oh Doug, you stupidity ranks up there with Joel Klatt and Cowherd

Syracuse is banned from post season

i am

over the f#cking moon about this team.

<3 them all.

@UA_Athletics Only a handful of tickets remain for @AlabamaMBB vs Mississippi St on Saturday! We're looking at another sellout! LINK

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@Oballsohard
Again man, I don't even know what to say besides. To God alone be the glory and my goodness I LOVE THIS TEAM!!! #RollTide #BuckleUp #SDG

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Such an awesome player. So humble too. Watching his post-game interview, he is respectful of his opponent (gave a ton of credit to LSU), he's a student of the game, and focuses on the next game.

He had 35-points tonight. Since January, he's averaging 20 PPG.

Even crazier to think that Coleman had 21-points and was 5-8 from beyond the arc.

And man, even though Norris was awful offensively (1-7 I think from the field), he still had 16 rebounds.

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ETA: I changed my prediction based on the following:

1) What type of road environments have Bama played in that would be considered 'hostile'? I would argue @Dayton (lost by 32), @Auburn (because of their rivalry and lost...to Auburn...Auburn), @USCe (lost by 14), @UF, but in reality the arena was half filled. Also, if we look at that box score, Alabama got DOMINATED that game but UF could not make a shot.

2.) When was the last time Alabama was a contender for the NCAAT? They've won 4 in a row, 2 against bottom-dwellers, another against a team who has lost 5 of 6 and 5 straight SEC games, and then a quality victory over UF who could not hit water if they fell out of a boat. I think they have inflated self confidence. Also, it is much harder to be the hunted rather than the hunter

3.) Lastly, they don't match up well with LSU. LSU's biggest weakness is transition defense and losing shooters from time to time. Well, Alabama is not good at scoring, not good at shooting, and not a push the tempo transition team. So they match up perfectly for LSU. Home teams usually shoot better, and if you remember the game, Coleman and Obasohan both hit about 30 footers as time was running out at one point. Offensively they played above their heads and quite frankly got lucky.

I simply have a great feeling that LSU will come out and put on a show.

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