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re: War Damn Eagle ... SEC Basketball Champs

Posted on 3/4/18 at 4:49 pm to
Posted by beatbammer
Member since Sep 2010
38044 posts
Posted on 3/4/18 at 4:49 pm to
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ou are going to have to explain this. Outside of an unexpected FBI investigation we had an amazing roster on paper


OK, I guess my comment before comes down to this... I think a well-built roster should actually have more than 1 player who is competent to compete and pound in the post and, by losing that one player, become vulnerable (particularly when the other team is on offense) to teams that do have a competent big or bigs.

We lost Wiley and we had zilch to fill that role. Now you don't have to have multiple 5-star bigs, but it would seem like you do NOT want, as a roster, to be "one of the smallest teams in the NCAA".

When you know you're going to go up against multiple quality teams that have quality big post players and you're "one of the smallest teams in the NCAA", I'm sorry, I don't think that the best of roster preparation. Hell, I'm pulling for Bama vs. A&M on Thursday because I know we can beat Bama but I have serious doubts going up against A&M's bigs again.

You guys act like I'm cussing Bruce's children and condemning them to hell with this opinion of mine.
Posted by jangalang
Member since Dec 2014
37147 posts
Posted on 3/4/18 at 5:55 pm to
Are we still projected to be a 3 seed in the NCAA tournament?
This post was edited on 3/4/18 at 5:56 pm
Posted by LanierSpots
Sarasota, Florida
Member since Sep 2010
62203 posts
Posted on 3/4/18 at 5:56 pm to
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You guys act like I'm cussing Bruce's children and condemning them to hell with this opinion of mine.


Bitch you are not allowed to have anything negative to say about Bruce. Only Gus who took 3-9 tea to the Natty the next year.\


But Im on board these days. frick Gus. POS


And frick Beatbammer just so I can fit it


Posted by jangalang
Member since Dec 2014
37147 posts
Posted on 3/4/18 at 6:03 pm to
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Hell, I'm pulling for Bama vs. A&M on Thursday because I know we can beat Bama but I have serious doubts going up against A&M's bigs again.

Nah. Would love to condemn Bama to the NIT.
Posted by Smoke7024
Member since Jun 2010
22742 posts
Posted on 3/4/18 at 7:40 pm to
I think Wiley is a great talent, but most big men won’t really work with Bruce’s scheme. McLemore was built for his system. He’s big enough and plays bigger than his height. He can get off the floor so fast. I think Wiley, McLemore, Spencer was fine at the 5 with the way Bruce likes to play. We just unfortunately lost two of those guys.
Posted by GenesChin
The Promise Land
Member since Feb 2012
37709 posts
Posted on 3/4/18 at 11:37 pm to
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think a well-built roster should actually have more than 1 player who is competent to compete and pound in the post


Our D focuses on reducing big man usage and not defending big men. It's easy to look at a stat line and think AU gets eaten alive by big men.

For example @UGA Maten went 20pts 8-8 2FG + 4 FT. What you don't see is that it was his lowest usage rate in SEC play as Maten poss% was 17% vs season avg 28.5%. This is crippling for a team that relies on Maten and was one of UGA 10 worst O efficiency games despite a ridiculous efficiency game from. Their star



The issue w a team like TAMU is Robert Williams is one of the only bigs who can regularly beat Spencer/McLemore on jump ball lobs + they shot lights out to start the game then rebounded when that stopped
This post was edited on 3/5/18 at 12:07 am
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