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so aden becomes a pure pg, jalil becomes a defensive stud, and amari becomes god. nice team effort to help philon get some rest.
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re: Arkansas 115 @ Alabama 117 Final - ESPN
Posted by rushball on 2/18/26 at 10:42 pm to Marktastic86
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Everyone said that about Philon last season, so we'll see. You think Allen has shown enough for the draft?
for the draft? easily. 6'8 guards as versatile as amari dont grow on trees. the only real possibility i see is if amari decides he wants to stick around to improve his stock to become a lottery guy as opposed to just a first rounder, which with it being the NIL era i suppose is possible but probably not very likely.
re: Arkansas 115 @ Alabama 117 Final - ESPN
Posted by rushball on 2/18/26 at 10:21 pm to BamaBravesPackers
hell of a game. this season is loaded with great pg's but to me philon and acuff are the two best and both made sure to show the other who was number one. great job by oats to make sherrell a focal point on offense as arky is pretty soft downlow. overall a great team effort and well deserved win. rtr
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This was a lose lose move
nah, chuck and oats are goated for forcing the ncaa to admit their hypocrisy in prioritizing foreign pros over actual students. oats should bring grant back next just to frick with them.
re: Alabama 77 @ Florida 100 Final - ABC
Posted by rushball on 2/1/26 at 11:46 pm to RollTide33
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We shot 41% from 3 today. The 5 out offense isn't a modified form of street ball. Duke runs a 5 out offense. Hurley won 2 titles at Uconn with his own version of the same offense.
yea it seems alot of these type of critiques im seeing are generally coming from people that are just being butthurt their style of play all but died in the late 2000s along with charles barkley.
re: Alabama 77 @ Florida 100 Final - ABC
Posted by rushball on 2/1/26 at 11:03 pm to GoodTalkRuss
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Fland entered today shooting 19% from 3 for the season and Lee was at 23% for the year. Why in the hell are we trying to force them into dribble penetration by high pressing???? It makes absolutely zero logical sense. We want the ball in their hands 25 feet from the basket. Teams that have beaten UF this year or played them close have all forced them to make perimeter shots or long 2s.
i mean bama only really started pressing up on them out of desperation when the game got out of hand. i get all the frustration comments and shite on oats after a game like this one but one thing oats has always prioritized for the D is perimeter shots for non shooters.
re: Missouri 64 @ Alabama 90 Final - SECN
Posted by rushball on 1/28/26 at 10:16 pm to LovetheLord
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If Oats were any sort of coach, we would’ve beaten this lethargic Missouri team by 50
i still maintain we shouldve beat illinois by 20. lol
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I thought we were told in the off season that Davion Hannah was some defensive savant. He didn't even play yesterday
i think just the odd man out since his offense is still pretty raw. i could see him crack the rotation again at some point depending on what happens. either way hope he sticks around as a sophomore.
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Amari Allen was a great get and I enjoy watching him play
same. knew hed be a versatile player but his fight on the glass has been a welcome surprise that we desperately need
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Houston Mallette is basically a non factor whenever he is in
as a playmaker but hes been pretty productive overrall as a glue guy. im probably more bullish on what hes brought than most on here. he plays damn hard. only issue is when the shot is off + the lineups with a lack of team size/toughness can get us into trouble against the top teams
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Whoever thought it was a good idea to snag Williamson needs his head examined
i think its more mental than anything. his skillset isnt all that bad for a guy that you would hope to give 10 or so minutes off the bench. def a miss but i can see how they made the mistake. hopefully the bag wasnt that big.
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I enjoy watching Bristow and believe he needs more playing time
not sold on that yet. decision making is too questionable at times but has clearly established himself as the backup center.
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Was the Johnson kid for Kennessaw State the same kid that was committed to us but we pushed away due to his legal issues? He was making everything
yes. rj is pretty good. i think pettway is the only reason he isnt at a high major right now.
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I thought the defense played with a lot of grit for the most part. Kennesaw St was making a lot of contested shots in the second half. Kennesaw was aggressive defensively and was impressive
in the first half the D was excellent. second half was not. kennesaw did look like a solid mid major who in the second half did do a good job of exposing our more awkward lineups. i could see them winning conf usa
re: Arizona @ Alabama - ESPN 8:30 CST
Posted by rushball on 12/14/25 at 4:33 pm to BamaBravesPackers
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Oats took zero blame for the 28-6 run.
sad to hear. he usually owns it. will say no one is more competitive than oats which is a blessing but also a curse at times. hes better at swallowing his pride than he used to be and his improved in game adjustments in recent years have shown it but this one probably stung too much. i expect him to figure it out by conference play.
re: Arizona @ Alabama - ESPN 8:30 CST
Posted by rushball on 12/14/25 at 4:23 pm to GoodTalkRuss
zonas D does deserve alot of credit. that was probably the best ive seen from any team so far this year. that said i just cant go along with why many here are whining about our bigs taking those open threes. zonas gamble on that paid off some in the second half but lets not forget as of now both sherrell and bowen shoot better than 33% from 3. thats right around whats acceptable as its 50% from 2. them with bristow finished on 4 of 11, all of which were wide open looks. they did fine. bama lost by 20 because of all the TOs and offensive rebounds giving zona 30 extra possessions and that burries kid (a 30% three point shooter before the game) out shooting what seemed like the entire bama team in the second half.
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Holloway is an outright hustler. I just wish he would be a consistent shooter , which is his strength. Otherwise no complaints he is maximizing his potential, I feel.
aden was one of the most efficient guards in the country last season and so far is off to good start for this one, just on higher volume. i think esp with philon at the helm well continue to see good things from him.
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Bigs are getting a lot of the blame for the boards but there were countless times Mallette's man got the board or he was in a position to fight for the board and he just stood there. Weird game from him, as his effort is normally there.
exactly what happened. to be fair tyon grant foster seemed a far above average rebounder for a guard. good comment
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If Bristow is healthy, he needs to be playing the most minutes for our bigs. Bol Bowen and Sherrell (solid tonight) are just so inconsistent especially on the defensive end. People keep talking about Bristow as the Stevenson upgrade, but he's our Mo upgrade. 11 boards in 19 minutes. He needs to be playing 25+ minutes.
i think it will be more about matchups. all 3 have produced pretty well on a per minute basis so far. against faster teams sherrell wont play as much but against the ones like zaga its on him to step up and last night showed hes capable. he held his own against arguably the best lowpost scorer in the country. people should be encouraged by that, even if he did gas out towards the end.
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I really had doubts that we could win this game. It seemed like a repetition of the Purdue one. What a show we put on in the second half and how Philon came through
shouldve won by 20 really. between how terrible we were in transition and the dumb fouls (with no favors from the refs) we kept them in it. that said it was indeed great to see such fight from our guys. a little more polishing and this bama team can beat anyone.
re: Alabama @ St. John's - FS1 11 CST
Posted by rushball on 11/9/25 at 12:07 am to mistaken4193
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Sears is the Bama Basketball GOAT IMO. However I do think the offense will be better this year without him. A lot more sharing the ball with Philon and Holloway running the show
mark is the goat, hopefully everyone knows that. you dont take us to our first ever final four with an undersized center and rylen at the 4 if youre not. i personally thought last seasons issues on offense (which was still elite) had more to do with a lack of speed and spacing needed to free things up in oat's system, than an occasional forced drive on his part. this season though should be an improvement in those areas and yes, with the passing of the torch to a sophomore philon and a more seasoned aden, while still early a win like this one does look promising.
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This country went to shite in general when we quit enforcing monopoly regulations
i would say more like over a hundred years ago when in the dead of night wilson signed the federal reserve act of 1913. by the 1930s with its cause of the great depression and cost of living being doubled, americans finally retaliated by withdrawing their gold in mass. in order to stop this fdr, the original progressive decided by executive order to confiscate the gold in response. then by 1934 with the passing of the gold reserve act any real notion of actual economic freedom people had in america had pretty much become an illusion with the nail in the coffin being taken off the gold standard officially in the 70s by nixon. so yes, the illusion of capitalism we have today is every bit as fake as our currency and the fact people are still dumb enough to fall for it in todays america is a testament to just how effective theyve been at controlling the market over the decades. that said, by the early 2000s we did atleast still have honey buns for a quarter so theres that.
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hmmm. Someone on reddit is insisting we are 16th, not 9th, in kenpom average.
if you go by the past 6 seasons instead of 5 it would drop to 16.1. seems oats's first season still had some semblance of sanity in regards to scheduling, lol
got me curious so decided to look up average wins plus sos over the past 5 seasons and this is what i found
bama- 25.8 - 9.6
auburn- 24.2 - 33.2 lol
houston- 32 - 58.4
duke- 26.8 - 51.4
uconn- 26 - 39.8
zaga- 28.6 - 75.2
purdue- 26.8 - 18.4
kansas- 25.4 - 8.8
tenn- 25.4 - 24.2
zona- 25.8 - 40.8
not too shabby
bama- 25.8 - 9.6
auburn- 24.2 - 33.2 lol
houston- 32 - 58.4
duke- 26.8 - 51.4
uconn- 26 - 39.8
zaga- 28.6 - 75.2
purdue- 26.8 - 18.4
kansas- 25.4 - 8.8
tenn- 25.4 - 24.2
zona- 25.8 - 40.8
not too shabby
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That would be a great place to develop. Glad to see him doing well. Though it sucks we didn't get to see this Youngblood play due to recovering from injuries.
well he never really struck me as a potential nba guy but by the end of the year he had become a pretty invaluable piece. his added floor spacing, toughness, and general poise made him a life savior at times, esp at that position. i doubt many bama fans will ever forget the way he punked cbm for being the psychotic mental midget that he is to help get that auburn win. i think the fact chris does have that kind of old school mental edge about himself is what can give him a genuine chance despite whatever physical gifts he may be lacking in.
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Or Cuse, or Notre Dame, or SMU, or Virginia
I don’t need them to be great. Just mix things up
i guess they want a ''rivalry narrative'' kinda thing for choosing clemson again
re: Tide Hoops | Recruiting
Posted by rushball on 6/11/25 at 4:10 pm to BamaBravesPackers
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I also don’t think Oats would have paid what he did to get Cliff if he was only 6-9 (although a crazy wingspan can make up for some height differences).
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My main point was that there’s no way Oats is expecting a sophomore Sherell to be as good on defense as a senior Cliff
i would be surprised if oats thought a guy like sherrell didnt have the potential to become an above average defender as a sophomore.
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