Bama Game Thread: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly - Bama vs. Vandy...

[ReturnToGlory]

They were a couple of big hustle plays by Vandy that keyed their run, I think. Twice they saved the basketball underneath their own basketball, which resulted in 3. On the first one, we just stood and watched him find a guy underneath the basket. Another thing was JQ getting out of control on a couple of our possessions when we still had that double-digit lead.

We do get a week to rest. No sure if that helps or not. I don't think we've ever advanced to Sweet 16 in a year where we got knocked out in first SEC tourney game.

 

[BamaMTA06]

We can blame defense, but you don't have to be a lock down defensive team to win games. We're stuck with the 3 point shooting analytics. The least Oats can do is develop an offense that creates open shots. We play rec ball on offense. It's easy to stop. Gurley won us the Arkansas game, I think, by posting up. Oats has to be willing to let him post more next season. We'll never get the big man we want if Oats offensive strategy for the bigs is to, "get it off the glass." Oats has to improve his in game coaching and connecting with the players. 5 stars won't fix everything.

 

[ReturnToGlory]

We're 4-4 against the bottom 5 seeds of SEC Tournament.

 

[TDBama78]

Oats needs to run the quit out of this team.

 

[AlexanderFan]

I wish Oats would sit down at a press conference, open up his checkbook and commence to telling the SEC what a clown show a game like this is.

Not his father shot 21 free throws, the next highest was 8. That is circus level incompetence on the officiating end.

 

[bvandegraff]

Good: up by 15 when I had to switch off the game to start work
Bad: when I finished an hour later, I saw we had blown that lead and lost by 6 to a team that talked smack about us before the game
Ugly: I wasn't the least bit surprised

I think Oats is the right guy for our program, but Good Lord this was not a good season for him.

 

[TitleWave]

Since the MO is to play up or down depending on the opposition, with any luck they get a 15-seed in the tournament. If it's a play-in game a la UCLA last year, all bets are off (sorry, Calvin...)

Shameful how Oats' team has devolved or better dissolved down the stretch...

 

[CrimsonRuss]

Good: gonna go ahead and cancel Hulu live tv. Perfect timing with the current gas prices.

Bad: all of it.

Ugly: college basketball referees.

I’m going to wait until after the A day game to cancel Hulu live. Then pick it back up in September.

 

[bama1992#1]

The good : the season will be over soon . Bad : to much. Ugly: I hope next season we have a go to guy late in games. . Please Let's stop the we will be in the elite 8 or first round exit nonsense . This team will exit in the first round. Will be an 8 or 9 seed. Hoping for a better season next season . Hope coach cleans house. Roll Tide

 

[B1GTide]

Good: up by 15 when I had to switch off the game to start work
Bad: when I finished an hour later, I saw we had blown that lead and lost by 6 to a team that talked smack about us before the game
Ugly: I wasn't the least bit surprised

I think Oats is the right guy for our program, but Good Lord this was not a good season for him.

This was me, except I went to bed. Woke up this morning and see this? I wish I could say that I was shocked.

Oh well, on to the tournament. Maybe a 6 seed?

 

[Tide Rev]

Good: We do not have to play UK today. They would embarrass us.
Bad : Blowing a 15 point lead. Saw it coming.
Ugly: Time to stop blaming the refs - this is all on the coaches and players. You cannot figure out a lineup this late in the year??? Players made stupid decisions down the stretch. Each foul and turnover down the stretch was our fault and we did it to ourselves. Just about each trip down the court on offense the last 10 minutes of the game, we did not start the play until we had stood outside and dribbled the ball until the shot clock got to under 15 seconds or we turned it over. The honest truth is ugly. Time to clean house with the players and find out who wants to play basketball. This whole stretch the last few weeks has been UGLY.

 

[DzynKingRTR]

This was me, except I went to bed. Woke up this morning and see this? I wish I could say that I was shocked.

Oh well, on to the tournament. Maybe a 6 seed?

6 seed would be about right and then lose to an 11 seed we have no business losing to. Maybe if we were the 11 seed, our players would play with a sense of urgency and actually beat some teams that they shouldn't?

 

[CB4]

Good: up by 15 when I had to switch off the game to start work
Bad: when I finished an hour later, I saw we had blown that lead and lost by 6 to a team that talked smack about us before the game
Ugly: I wasn't the least bit surprised

I think Oats is the right guy for our program, but Good Lord this was not a good season for him.

Certainly Bama couldn’t have “lacked motivation” after the way Jr and his Vandy teammates popped off before the game. And if they did, then it tells a lot about leadership and chemistry or lack there of.

 

[CrimSonami]

Certainly Bama couldn’t have “lacked motivation” after the way Jr and his Vandy teammates popped off before the game. And if they did, then it tells a lot about leadership and chemistry or lack there of.

THIS! No floor leadership this year.

 

[HSV_1969]

I see that Alabama is still showing in the bracketology to be around a 6 seed, but to me that is WAY overseeded. I don't really think this team deserves a bid. They did have the accomplishment of beating 3 of last year's final 4 teams (which is the reason they will make the tournament at all), but they regressed as the year went on. With the loss yesterday, they now have a losing record in SEC games. This is a mediocre team. When I look at some of the first 4 , and next 4 out teams in bracketology, I think some of those teams deserve to be in the tourney more than Alabama.
Those 3 big wins out of conference were offset by losing to some pretty bad teams.

 

[bama1992#1]

22 rebound advantage and outscored by 22 to end the game. smh

And at the same time had a huge offensive rebounding advantage

 

[bama1992#1]

I see that Alabama is still showing in the bracketology to be around a 6 seed, but to me that is WAY overseeded. I don't really think this team deserves a bid. They did have the accomplishment of beating 3 of last year's final 4 teams (which is the reason they will make the tournament at all), but they regressed as the year went on. With the loss yesterday, they now have a losing record in SEC games. This is a mediocre team. When I look at some of the first 4 , and next 4 out teams in bracketology, I think some of those teams deserve to be in the tourney more than Alabama.
Those 3 big wins out of conference were offset by losing to some pretty bad teams.

No way. 8 or 9. 7 if lucky. Really don't deserve better than that.

 

[dayhiker]

Me when I turned the game back on with a minute to go.

 

[bama1992#1]

We can blame defense, but you don't have to be a lock down defensive team to win games. We're stuck with the 3 point shooting analytics. The least Oats can do is develop an offense that creates open shots. We play rec ball on offense. It's easy to stop. Gurley won us the Arkansas game, I think, by posting up. Oats has to be willing to let him post more next season. We'll never get the big man we want if Oats offensive strategy for the bigs is to, "get it off the glass." Oats has to improve his in game coaching and connecting with the players. 5 stars won't fix everything.

Good: We do not have to play UK today. They would embarrass us.
Bad : Blowing a 15 point lead. Saw it coming.
Ugly: Time to stop blaming the refs - this is all on the coaches and players. You cannot figure out a lineup this late in the year??? Players made stupid decisions down the stretch. Each foul and turnover down the stretch was our fault and we did it to ourselves. Just about each trip down the court on offense the last 10 minutes of the game, we did not start the play until we had stood outside and dribbled the ball until the shot clock got to under 15 seconds or we turned it over. The honest truth is ugly. Time to clean house with the players and find out who wants to play basketball. This whole stretch the last few weeks has been UGLY.

When I was watching the first half I felt like it started with about three minutes to go. . if we close the half better it probably would have been closer to a 20 point lead at half.

 

[alabama mike1]

"Out of its 17 shot attempts inside the 3-point line in the second half, Alabama only made eight of them. Eight of its nine misses were layups. The Tide had a sizable lead on the glass, out-rebounding the ‘Dores, 54-32, including an 18-5 edge in offense boards and an 18-7 lead in second-chance points. Turnovers remained an issue, though, as UA committed 18 of them, compared to 11, which led to 16 points for Vandy. Alabama gave up 54 points in the 2nd half."

I watched the first half and we played very good defense. We did not tear it up shooting the ball in the first half. We had decent ball movement, good looks at shots and other than a few players taking some quick shots we did a pretty good job. If the players had played with the same intensity the second half as they did the first, this game is not close. Very disappointing lose IMO.