Bama Game Thread: MBB Bama at Florida - SUNDAY Feb 1st - 12N CST - ABC

[BamaMoon]

This is the kind of beatdown that can kill a season.

Considering this is the kind of game we consistently struggle with...YEAH.

UF AND UT know this is a struggle for us and, more and more, the rest of the league knows too. They play hack-a-shack defense knowing we struggle to play through it. And, we can gripe about the officials but when refs let them play that way, we are the one who are going to have to adjust!

 

[bvandegraff]

We have to hit 3’s just to stay within 25.

 

[JDCrimson]

I was concerned at the moment but I am starting to believe that bringing Bediako back was not worth the squeeze...

 

[bvandegraff]

Yeah, officiating has favored big, physical teams for a few years now, and we haven’t found a consistent answer for it.

 

[bvandegraff]

I was concerned at the moment but I am starting to believe that bringing Bediako back was not worth the squeeze...

That roll of the dice has come up snake-eyes.

 

[Joefus]

Yikes

 

[cthorne22]

I was concerned at the moment but I am starting to believe that bringing Bediako back was not worth the squeeze...

Really bad judgement and smacks of desperation.
Whoever evaluated #15 as a good target needs to go. The first time I saw him it was obvious he didn't belong in the SEC. I think that miss caused the whole CB situation

 

[bvandegraff]

And here comes a flagrant on Trelly

 

[day-day]

I was concerned at the moment but I am starting to believe that bringing Bediako back was not worth the squeeze...

Through the first 15 minutes or so of the game, the bringing back Bediako looked really worth it. Alabama looked very competitive until they weren't...

 

[Bama Shoals]

Let’s face it. Nate Oats has a Rick Barnes and Todd Golden problem. Which stinks, especially in the case of Golden, since he ain’t nothing but a punk pervert.

 

[Bama Shoals]

18-2 in turnovers and 72-26 in points in the paint tells you all you need to know. Disastrous day for Bama basketball. Women lose by 40 at LSU and then this debacle.

 

[BAMARICH]

I don't think this is a Bediako thing at all. The trend in college basketball over the past few years has been to get more and more physical. That's not our game - our game is built on quickness and ability to shoot three's. We can complain all we want in games like this (and UT last Saturday)... but if other teams are playing this brand of basketball and "getting away with it", then we're going to have to adapt also. Otherwise, games like this are going to continue to be a regular thing. Jimmy's comment a few moments ago says it all... "the men on the court today are wearing white".

 

[bvandegraff]

Let’s face it. Nate Oats has a Rick Barnes and Todd Golden problem. Which stinks, especially in the case of Golden, since he ain’t nothing but a punk pervert.

They’ve figured out that physically contesting every dribble drive and daring the refs to actually call fouls can disrupt Oats’ system especially when Bama gets soft on defense.

 

[Bama Shoals]

I don’t think A&M and Auburn are all that good but we will see.

Well, Auburn went in and beat this Florida team in Gainesville and A&M went in and beat Auburn at Auburn. So I’m not so sure about that. It’s hard to beat good, tough teams when you have no toughness.

 

[TitleWave]

Ain’t bustin’ on Oats, but you could say DeBoerdom(ination) done slud across campus - soft on the boards, finessing things on the shooting end, missing on transfers. Confident in him pulling out of it, though whether this year or next TBD and he almost gets a pass on injuries alone—

 

[Bpilktree]

The basketball and football team have the exact same problem. Neither one is physical enough. The teams that play a physical brand are dominating us.

 

[BamaMoon]

We the numbers don't lie. 4-4 in SEC play puts us smack in the middle of the pack. In terms of were CNO plans for his team to be each year, this is a down year. First in a while when it doesn't seem we'll challenge for the SEC.

I think CNO has some ideas about what it will take to fix what's bringing on these losses. Better defense? Sure. Better on the boards? Of course! Stronger in the paint and against perimeter defense that challenges us? Yes.

But here's the thing based on what I've seen in the teams that are challenging and beating us. I don't think we have the horses this year to fix those issues, whether it's the front court players or the back court players.

But the good news is each year is a total reset with the portal and transfers.

 

[jashleyren2]

That debacle will take us out of the top 25. No biggie, but one can really see the impact of portal and NIL in the top 25 rankings of mens college athletics. No Kentucky. No Alabama, no Auburn, no Texas or Texas A&M. Vandy is there, Arkansas is there, Missouri is there (but can we really consider them SEC, still?) Florida's win today will give them more strength in the top 25, and they did just win the men's natty in b-ball 10 months ago, as a counter to my argument.

More wealth in the booster and alumni ranks of the schools to the north, and that's how you get most of the top 25 being Big 10 schools in basketball, and 3 years running of Big 10 national title winners in football.

How does this fact, this trend, make us all feel? The take from our northern neighbors will be "we can compete now that paying players is legal". Not my take, as I believe it has gone on everywhere, all of time.

My take is this continues on for a period of time, with the SEC maintaining some relevancy as a whole due to the inclusion of Texas and Oklahoma. But the Alabama's, the South Carolina's, the Auburn's, the

 

[Krymsonman]

That debacle will take us out of the top 25. No biggie, but one can really see the impact of portal and NIL in the top 25 rankings of mens college athletics. No Kentucky. No Alabama, no Auburn, no Texas or Texas A&M. Vandy is there, Arkansas is there, Missouri is there (but can we really consider them SEC, still?) Florida's win today will give them more strength in the top 25, and they did just win the men's natty in b-ball 10 months ago, as a counter to my argument.

More wealth in the booster and alumni ranks of the schools to the north, and that's how you get most of the top 25 being Big 10 schools in basketball, and 3 years running of Big 10 national title winners in football.

How does this fact, this trend, make us all feel? The take from our northern neighbors will be "we can compete now that paying players is legal". Not my take, as I believe it has gone on everywhere, all of time.

My take is this continues on for a period of time, with the SEC maintaining some relevancy as a whole due to the inclusion of Texas and Oklahoma. But the Alabama's, the South Carolina's, the Auburn's, the

College sports are no longer college sports. They're races to see who can spend the most cash on players. And right now, we're just an average basketball team.

 

[CB72]

This team is garbage.

Roll Tide anyway.