VaBamaMan
| Favorite team: | Alabama  |
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| Registered on: | 4/27/2013 |
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re: 2025-2026 Alabama Basketball Recruiting
Posted by VaBamaMan on 3/31/26 at 8:47 pm to RollTide33
Shah Hall?
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re: 2025-2026 Alabama Basketball Recruiting
Posted by VaBamaMan on 3/31/26 at 8:38 pm to mistaken4193
I mean, I trust our staff. theyve earned the benefit of the doubt. Who knows what we would have been if health hadn't been a major issue.
Somto Cyril from UGA just entered the portal. He's a true athletic 5, good defender, averaged basically 10ppg, and proved he could run while playing in their system.
He would be a great fit.
He would be a great fit.
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LSU hired a guy who has a sweet 16
he didnt even coach them to that Sweet 16, he was suspended
re: Kristy Curry to USF
Posted by VaBamaMan on 3/31/26 at 11:04 am to Alabama_Fan
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Washington is concerned Bama is coming after their coach (who is from Alabama and makes approximately the same as Curry did here). Washington is supposedly trying to up the ante.
As someone whose family owns a house in Washington, and goes out there once a year. I would call it a lateral move. Yeah, her money would go a LOT farther here if it stays the same, but the PNW is so nice. Even in the dead of summer its generally nice out there, especially on the coast. The water keeps the air fairly temperate.
But if she wants to come home, I would understand completely. I could never live out there permanently, only visit.
re: 2025-2026 Alabama Basketball Recruiting
Posted by VaBamaMan on 3/30/26 at 11:35 am to Amarillo Tide
I really think it needs to be $15 million. I know he is a good enough coach to elevate talent, but $15mill looks to be the minimum for top 10 teams next year. If he can elevate 12, what heights could 15 get us?
re: 2025-2026 Alabama Basketball Recruiting
Posted by VaBamaMan on 3/28/26 at 10:16 pm to RollTide4Ever
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Real learning is done by practice and studying film.
Hes still learning how to move his body correctly on a basketball court. That comes from with drills and playing. Defending off the correct foot, playing off 2 feet and not playing with your top half moving faster than your bottom half, timing rebounds, boxing out without over setting, using your shoulders to create proper space, learning to see a balls path and know ahead of time which way it will bounce...etc. Those are the types of the skills he struggles with. We need to have patience. He was playing hurt most of the year too. He absolutely has potential, and I want him on our team.
re: 2025-2026 Alabama Basketball Recruiting
Posted by VaBamaMan on 3/28/26 at 6:40 pm to GoodTalkRuss
Thats where experience comes in...You learn by playing.
re: 2025-2026 Alabama Basketball Recruiting
Posted by VaBamaMan on 3/28/26 at 3:52 pm to mistaken4193
do we really think TBB is leaving? This is the perfect system for his skill set. He just needs experience and some good weight.
re: Allen and Mallette
Posted by VaBamaMan on 3/28/26 at 9:09 am to Allthatfades
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Mallette seems like a good kid and by all accounts was a wonderful teammate and great ambassador for the university. But he sucks. Was supposed to be a three point sniper and most nights he was just basically out there
Dont give me that bullshite. Mallette won us multiple games through his hustle and grit making critical plays saving us possessions. Dude played his arse off for this team. We dont beat Arky without his two big 3s either.
re: Alabama 77 @ Michigan 90 Final - TBS
Posted by VaBamaMan on 3/28/26 at 8:18 am to mistaken4193
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might need around $15M
from everything I've seen, 15m is the minimum for a top 10 team next year. frick a new contract for Nate, I'm sure he'd rather have more Nil.
re: Alabama 77 @ Michigan 90 Final - TBS
Posted by VaBamaMan on 3/27/26 at 8:22 pm to A-TOWNUAFAN
the way theyre running their screens is killing us. We cant get past Mara, and if we go under he instantly starts running to the basket like an olineman and bulldozes the defender, and they won't call it. Sherrell needs to start hedging those, but we are too dedicated to drop coverage.
Portnoy made a bet with an employee that if Bama covers the spread, Portly will double his salary and give him a 10 yr contract.
Porthole also donates a ton to the Michigan NIL fund.
frick him.
Porthole also donates a ton to the Michigan NIL fund.
frick him.
frick Yellow
frick Blue
frick Auburn
frick Dave Portnoy
frick Michigan
and frick Tennessee too.
frick Blue
frick Auburn
frick Dave Portnoy
frick Michigan
and frick Tennessee too.
re: Best RB tandem in the SEC since the year 2000?
Posted by VaBamaMan on 3/26/26 at 4:53 pm to RollTide1987
McFadden/Jones for me
2017 Bama gets my vote for overall room tho.
Scarborough
Damien Harris
Josh Jacobs
Najee Harris
Brian Robinson Jr
5 NFL starters and 2 first round picks.
2017 Bama gets my vote for overall room tho.
Scarborough
Damien Harris
Josh Jacobs
Najee Harris
Brian Robinson Jr
5 NFL starters and 2 first round picks.
Here is my thing, last year we struggled with Duke so much because of their length and quickness at 1-3. They swallowed Sears alive. He was too small and slow to do anything. We will not have that problem this year. We have the length to compete on offense. I dont believe they are as quick defensively as Duke was last year. I honestly think our offense would struggle more against Iowa St because they do have the speed and length on the perimeter to bother us.
The main problem is rebounding. I think we need to get 10% of our misses, and prevent them from getting more than 20% of theirs.
Hopefully playing 5 out will allow us to be more competitive on the boards because it will keep their bigs out of the lane. Either that, or it leaves Williamson and Sherrell wide open shots.
The main problem is rebounding. I think we need to get 10% of our misses, and prevent them from getting more than 20% of theirs.
Hopefully playing 5 out will allow us to be more competitive on the boards because it will keep their bigs out of the lane. Either that, or it leaves Williamson and Sherrell wide open shots.
re: Two Hoops Questions that are unrelated
Posted by VaBamaMan on 3/24/26 at 1:58 pm to ArabianKnight
1) no word yet
2) He was there
2) He was there
re: Texas Tech 65 @ Alabama 90 Final - TBS
Posted by VaBamaMan on 3/23/26 at 11:36 am to antibarner
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It's not a good matchup but maybe that tough schedule pays off for us.
Its a better matchup than most think. They arent great defending the 3, and Mara is really uncomfortable defending outside of the paint, our bigs will get plenty of open 3s.
Its weakness on weakness, which may make for a funner game to watch than strength on strength.
Michigan has actually been not great at defending the 3. Wisconsin popped them because of that. We have a chance next week. They have a ton of size, but they arent as athletic as Duke last year on perimeter defense. We have a punchers chance.
I cant wait to play Tennessee in the EE.
That game thread would be toxic af :lol:
That game thread would be toxic af :lol:
re: Texas Tech 65 @ Alabama 90 Final - TBS
Posted by VaBamaMan on 3/22/26 at 4:37 pm to BamaBravesPackers
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I’d give a lot to take Williamson’s, Bristow’s, and TBB’s to get Lendeborg who was literally playing in the state of AL last year. We’d be a 2 seed with a legit NC shot and Mich would probably be a 3 seed with minimal chance. There are examples of large $ rosters flopping, but Mich and AZ are both high $ rosters.
I think it was bigger than NiL. Yaxel wanted to be a 2/3, I bet we wanted him to play at the 4 because we had Allen, Bethea...etc
Think he chose Michigan because they had the size to allow him to play where he wanted.
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