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Posted on 4/2/24 at 8:33 pm to Lord of the Hogs
Posted on 4/2/24 at 8:33 pm to Lord of the Hogs
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Alabama doesn’t have any basketball fans. Hell, they can’t even spell basketball.
Our center is a stretch 4, shane.
Also, your logic doesn’t hold because football has center as a well known position.
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Posted on 4/3/24 at 9:56 am to wm72
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Will be interesting to see what Oats does when UCONN's big center is in the game.
Hope Pringle steps up like he has this Tourney. As others have stated, we’ve often asked Nelson to play out of position as a 5. It’s a tough ask for him and we miss out on what I consider his best defensive qualities. Pringle is stronger and bouncier. We get more from Nelson defensively if Pringle can play the 5 well enough. Furthermore, both on the court means that we don’t have to go the the 4-guard lineup that, while it scores in bunches, made LSUs offense look elite twice
This post was edited on 4/3/24 at 9:58 am
Posted on 4/3/24 at 11:16 am to Lord of the Hogs
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Alabama doesn’t have any basketball fans. Hell, they can’t even spell basketball.
Our basketball coach loves being at ALABAMA.
Posted on 4/3/24 at 1:20 pm to RumHam
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Our center is a stretch 4, shane.
Pringle is NOT a stretch 4.
Posted on 4/3/24 at 4:02 pm to FootballFrenzy
We've learned to play without a 5 all year. Teams with a true big gives us a shite ton of problems. If we can rotate at center with success like we have all year and shoot the lights out then we have a good chance. UCONN is due for an off night. If Bama pulls it off it would have to be one of the biggest upsets in Final Four history.
Posted on 4/3/24 at 4:31 pm to FootballFrenzy
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The good news for the Tide is that three-point shooting against UConn is more important than having an elite center
You're right, and this sounds really simplistic because it is, but it depends on how many shots Alabama makes.
But before you call me an idiot (or afterwards), let me explain.
When an opponent's physical big posts up, backs someone down, and makes a contested left-handed layup, while he's flexing under the basket kissing his biceps, watch Alabama pushing the ball back to midcourt, looking for a transition three.
The thing about Oats being a former math teacher is that he's always focused on statistical efficiencies, like house odds at Las Vegas. He might give up a contested two, but if he can outpace you on points-per-possession (PPP), there's a chance his team can be in position to win.
Sometimes that's scoring rim twos, sometimes it's slashing and dishing for threes. But they've got to fall, and if enough of them do, his team can gain a slight advantage. Just like the house can take your money over the course of several hours at blackjack, the hope is that those small advantages add up across the game.
People think his system is do-or-die from three, and it's really not. It's all about offensive and defensive efficiencies, but the shots still have to fall, and the defense still has to get stops.
Posted on 4/3/24 at 4:43 pm to FootballFrenzy
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UConn's weakness is teams that can hit a lot of threes and have a good center
That could be said for 99.9% of ALL teams.
To answer your question, no. We had one, but he left early after last year. A terrible decision for both him and Alabama.
This post was edited on 4/3/24 at 4:44 pm
Posted on 4/3/24 at 5:22 pm to Crimsontide1713
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Pringle is NOT a stretch 4
Eta I’m going to be nice..
This post was edited on 4/3/24 at 5:26 pm
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