Bama Game Thread: Bama vs Barn - 2nd half thread - Superstition Change

[CrimsonTitles]

One thing I can't figure out is why we shoot so badly at home this season. I tried to find our home and away team 3 pt percentages, but to no avail, so instead I looked at every player's home and away splits, and everyone except Nelson and Reid, has a higher 3 pt percentage on the road, and in many cases significantly higher. For example:

Mark Sears:
Home- 30.2%
Away- 39.2%

Chris Youngblood:
Home- 26.0%
Away- 51.4%

Labaron Philon:
Home- 21.0%
Away- 38.9%

Mo D:
Home- 30%
Away- 50%

Jarin Stevenson:
Home- 21.4%
Away- 33.3%

Aden Holloway:
Home- 40.5%
Away- 43.4%

Aside from Holloway, those are some drastic differences, but it seems as if we are more comfortable in a hostile environment. Not sure what it really means, or if it will translate to the NCAA tournament, with that being a neutral site.

 

[CajunCrimson]

One thing I can't figure out is why we shoot so badly at home this season. I tried to find our home and away team 3 pt percentages, but to no avail, so instead I looked at every player's home and away splits, and everyone except Nelson and Reid, has a higher 3 pt percentage on the road, and in many cases significantly higher. For example:

Mark Sears:
Home- 30.2%
Away- 39.2%

Chris Youngblood:
Home- 26.0%
Away- 51.4%

Labaron Philon:
Home- 21.0%
Away- 38.9%

Mo D:
Home- 30%
Away- 50%

Jarin Stevenson:
Home- 21.4%
Away- 33.3%

Aden Holloway:
Home- 40.5%
Away- 43.4%

Aside from Holloway, those are some drastic differences, but it seems as if we are more comfortable in a hostile environment. Not sure what it really means, or if it will translate to the NCAA tournament, with that being a neutral site.

Focus.

 

[AUDub]

Had Alabama had an average offensive outing and nothing else changed (humor me), Alabama would have won by 8 to 11 points. Alabama shot:

• 19% (5 of 26) from behind the arc. Versus the season average of 34%, that's a 9- to 12-point shortfall.
• 50% (22 of 44) from inside the arc. Versus a season average of 60%, that's an 8- to 9-point shortfall. The following shot chart is trying its best to display 18 missed bunnies.

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Unless this is a team falling apart (no evidence for that), Saturday's was an outlier performance for whatever reason. Give me an average offensive performance in three weeks and the regular season series with AU likely ends at 1-1...

looks like an NBA shot chart with the exception of those 3 attempts from about the FT line, which given the way Oats coaches O stands to reason.

 

[Bama Shoals]

One thing I can't figure out is why we shoot so badly at home this season. I tried to find our home and away team 3 pt percentages, but to no avail, so instead I looked at every player's home and away splits, and everyone except Nelson and Reid, has a higher 3 pt percentage on the road, and in many cases significantly higher. For example:

Mark Sears:
Home- 30.2%
Away- 39.2%

Chris Youngblood:
Home- 26.0%
Away- 51.4%

Labaron Philon:
Home- 21.0%
Away- 38.9%

Mo D:
Home- 30%
Away- 50%

Jarin Stevenson:
Home- 21.4%
Away- 33.3%

Aden Holloway:
Home- 40.5%
Away- 43.4%

Aside from Holloway, those are some drastic differences, but it seems as if we are more comfortable in a hostile environment. Not sure what it really means, or if it will translate to the NCAA tournament, with that being a neutral site.

There's really no excuse for this. For some reason, they just can't seem to get up for games at home or don't come out with the right mindset. Oats has mentioned they thrive going into other people's gyms, wanting to silence the home crowd. Somehow, they need to capture a similar mindset at home of dominating the opponent. But then again, we only have 3 home games left. It's almost too late.

 

[teamplayer]

There's really no excuse for this. For some reason, they just can't seem to get up for games at home or don't come out with the right mindset. Oats has mentioned they thrive going into other people's gyms, wanting to silence the home crowd. Somehow, they need to capture a similar mindset at home of dominating the opponent. But then again, we only have 3 home games left. It's almost too late.

Maybe our fans can start wearing the other team's colors and cheering for them.

 

[BAMARICH]

Hasn't Philon been battling an injury recently? I wonder if he was trying to make sure the injury didn't worsen by playing Philon too much. I assume that is why Reid didn't play more, he was on a pitch count trying to not aggravate the injury that Reid has battled the past few weeks. I know CNO wants to win every game but perhaps he's looking at the bigger picture and trying to make sure he has a healthy roster when the big dance starts.

Might possibly explain it. If it was injury-based, I'd have strategically called timeouts to be able to extend his time on the court. Definitely was the reason Reid didn't play as much - and he would have been a difference-maker to AU's defensive strategy also.

 

[day-day]

Hasn't Philon been battling an injury recently? I wonder if he was trying to make sure the injury didn't worsen by playing Philon too much. I assume that is why Reid didn't play more, he was on a pitch count trying to not aggravate the injury that Reid has battled the past few weeks. I know CNO wants to win every game but perhaps he's looking at the bigger picture and trying to make sure he has a healthy roster when the big dance starts.

Maybe that is it. I posted in the original game thread when Oats took him out that Philon was playing well. I wanted him to stay in. Coach Oats must have lost my number because he didn't check with me on this; even a text from an assistant would work.