re: Bama: 15 losses. How?

Here's a post from Tidefans that helps explain Bama's 15 losses.

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19 assists on 30 baskets - impressive. Played good D in 2nd half - good coaching adjustment on playing the pick and roll. A brief part of the night 5 true freshmen were on the floor at the same time. They played 34, 33, 29, 19, 7 minutes. Other than Hall and AJ Jr, Jrs who played 25 and 10 mins, Sophs Ingram and Key are the old men on the team. The team played well offensively in the first half despite Sexton playing subpar with 3 pts and multiple TOs.

Another big time win. If it weren't for the 10,000 losses, this would be one of Alabama's most accomplished teams. Of course, the tough OOC schedule and SEC sched makes it more understandable. VT's RPI was worse than Bama's previous 8 opponents (RPI 10, 12, 29, 35, 27, 27, 12, 10) and 13 of the last 14. 12 of Bama's previous 14 opponents' RPI was below 50. Without really knowing, IMO, it would be a very safe bet that is the toughest stretch by far in Alabama program history. No wonder the SOS is 3 in the nation. 13 of Bama last 15 games have been against NCAA tournament teams. Bama is 6-7 in those games - 5 road games, 4 neutral site and 4 home. The 2 misses were MSU and LSU, RPI 62 and 84, not pushovers. Alabama might have 25-27 wins against their typical schedule.

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I member 2016 LSU.

The headline read:

LSU suffers loss of biblical proportions, 71-38 to A&M

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Of the other 6 losses, only 1 was a home game.

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And that 1 home game was to UCF, who was a tournament team before Tacko Fall got hurt.

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Auburn lost to them twice. How?

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We lost a road game to a hot shooting Petty.

We won a home game.

We lost a neutral site game to a lottery pick having the game of his life and we had lost our best rim protector, mclemore for the season.

AU basketball 2018 is two teams:
1. A really strong team with #24 in lineup
2. A team that can win a home game without #24.

It is what it is.
I miss #24.

where did I reference a comparison of those two teams?


I'm just saying Alabama is a very talented team that's wasted by an average coach.

I guess this thread is typical, I tried to assess why a talent rich team has had some uneven performances.

I’ve only seen them against AU and UT. They looked great in those games.

I guess all team have ups and downs. I just thought 15 losses was out of the norm for a team that talented.

Yea, and Bama won that home without Sexton and with an injured Hall who came off of the bench to score 2. So, Bama won the game without its 2 best players.

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I guess this thread is typical, I tried to assess why a talent rich team has had some uneven performances. I’ve only seen them against AU and UT. They looked great in those games. I guess all team have ups and downs. I just thought 15 losses was out of the norm for a team that talented.

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This team is not as talented as most think. Last night it started 3 three stars, 1 four and 1 five. The top 3 players off of the bench were 2 three stars and one four. That's not highly ranked recruits. And Petty the 2nd most highly ranked recruit usually doesn't play like it. It has no true PG, no consistent outside threat and no "garbage man". It has a bunch of very good athletes who can run and jump, giving the illusion of great players, but they are only moderately basketball skilled, especially as jump shooters. They have 2 decent ball handlers but no true PG.

Also, the team is the 4th youngest in the country, the youngest in program history. Last night there was a time when there were 5 true freshmen on the floor at once, two of whom were 3 star recruits and one low 4 star. 4 of the 6 players with at least 19 minutes were true freshmen, two of whom were 3 stars. Youth always begets inconsistent performance, especially when it is not UK/Duke/NC level talent.

The real question is not how did this team lose 15 games, but how has it won 20, reached the SEC semi-finals and 2nd round of the NCAA, against the toughest SEC in decades and #3 SOS in the country? 13 of its last 15 games have been against NCAA tournament teams, only 8 have more quad 1 wins, 7, 29 games vs top 111 rpi, 17 vs top 50. Avery's done a nice job.

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You're a real cool guy, aren't you?

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yes