good news is they are giving oats more nil money next year and uk’s coach isn’t looking too hot so maybe they won’t beat us out for a 5 next year
Bama Game Thread: MBB Sweet Sixteen - Bama vs Wolverines - Friday 6:35cst TBS/TRU
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Yeah they are bringing in guys like Linderberg, Mara, Cadeau and Johnson all big transfer type guys. We are left brining in Williamson, Bol Bowen, and few other lower level transfers.
It’s going to be an interesting offseason. We have had at least 1 or 2 big time players each year with Miller, Sears, Philon, Holloway for the last few years going into the season. Next year there will be a lot of questions no proven player on the roster imo.
Playing their type game and with only 4 fouls on them in a half, yes, you're right. Frankly, I've gotten to where I detest watching the college game now, with the money being the lord of the court and the game resembling rugby more than basketball...
That says it all. Money will determine championships from here on.
Solid year. Felt like the sweet 16 was the ceiling this year.
Agreed especially when you are a 4 or 5 seed. The #1 seeds seem to be on a different level this year. I felt we could have matched up better maybe vs the #2 seeds. Purdue, Houston, Iowa State type teams but not Michigan, Arizona, Florida or Duke.
Even with less NIL than others, you can still recruit high school and portal guys that are physically stronger than what we’re getting. That’s my point. They may not be the highest rated but they can at least hold up physically for an entire, high-level game.
It was a good season, not great! CNO has brought excitement to Tuscaloosa with his brand of offense. Remember the days when we hoped to make the dance? It’s an expectation now along with a decent run.
We rank 343rd in division one allowing points in the paint. That has to be addressed right away. Like it or not, CNO missed big time on Williamson. He simply was not athletic enough to compete in the SEC. Did you also notice the physical size difference in Michigans forward and ours? Big, strong and physical young men. Another miss this year was Bol. He cannot physically matchup well rebounding. We need a big to help out Sherrell and stronger forwards.
Wishing the young men who are graduating the very best as they open the next chapter in life. TY to all the players who wore the Crimson this year. Next year, we will go dancing again and hopefully win several games in the process.
We rank 343rd in division one allowing points in the paint. That has to be addressed right away. Like it or not, CNO missed big time on Williamson. He simply was not athletic enough to compete in the SEC. Did you also notice the physical size difference in Michigans forward and ours? Big, strong and physical young men. Another miss this year was Bol. He cannot physically matchup well rebounding. We need a big to help out Sherrell and stronger forwards.
Wishing the young men who are graduating the very best as they open the next chapter in life. TY to all the players who wore the Crimson this year. Next year, we will go dancing again and hopefully win several games in the process.
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If you look at the guards, Michigan’s were 20-30 pounds heavier, and managed to stay in front of the lighter Alabama guards defensively. The biggest advantage was dropping their shoulders into our lightweights and moving them without much effort, or fouls being called. Thats where Oats has to adjust his preferred type. Alabama has four players 225 or higher: two of them aren’t playing. Williamson and Sherrell are the only ones. After that I think everyone else is 205 or smaller.
This team and any team under Oates is going to be built on hitting 6+ 3 pointers then the other team. Tonight we made 1 more than Michigan. If we make those 6+ more 3s it is a different game. Michigan is a decent three point shooting team on the year but they are not a 50%+ shooting team. They shot over 50% almost the entire game until they missed 3 late. In their 3 looses this season they shot 20-76 from behind the arc in those games. Tonight they shot 13-27. If they shoot well they are the best team in the country imo because they have the other pieces.
Not a Coach Cal fan or for that matter Rick Pitino but both have made comments in recent weeks concerning lack of physical maturity of many high school recruits. Pitino stating almost unequivocally he would go to the portal or find the older international player that are bigger, stronger, older and more experienced and you can evaluate them against better competition. Calipari even stated that “they made sure the guys they brought in from high school for next year were physically big and strong enough to play against 24 and 25 year olds they see now.”
Nate Oats has done a phenomenal job here. A run to the Sweet 16 most seasons with the occasional Elite 8 and our only Final Four. Now in order to take the next step Nate needs those older “bangers” that only NIL can bring.
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Or; we defend the 3 line well enough that they make 6 less than us. They had uncontested 3's all night; and Michigan took advantage and shot above their standard.
Michigan is definitely a contender to cut down the nets.
Good effort on our part; but they just wear you down. Same against St. Louis; who did not play poorly, either.
Great coaching job this year by Nate with 14 different starting lineup's to get to the Sweet 16 again.
RTR!
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on the brightside, I will save money for the next 5 months not having YouTube TV
It says something that we are disappointed to lose a in the SS round. Four years in a row! Bama basketball is better now than it has ever been!
But, CNO has got to change some things going forward. Most of these have already been mentioned:
1. Stronger, bigger players all around. Guards who can fight thru screens and can finish at the rim. Shooters who are taller and can get off the contested 3. Bigs who can bang, rebound and score in paint, when the 3 isn't falling! At least a couple 7 footers!!!
2. Probably look to the portal more than HS recruiting. Get some of those developed 24 years old freshmen from the European league!!!
3. Slight MO change. I don't think you can recruit with the "positionless" mentality 1-5. Maybe you can 1-4, but CNO has just got to accept we need centers who can do what bigs do, regardless if they can shoot a 3 or not!!!
4. The Time Out Issue: If nothing else, call a timeout and let them catch their breath and get a drink of water!
But, CNO has got to change some things going forward. Most of these have already been mentioned:
1. Stronger, bigger players all around. Guards who can fight thru screens and can finish at the rim. Shooters who are taller and can get off the contested 3. Bigs who can bang, rebound and score in paint, when the 3 isn't falling! At least a couple 7 footers!!!
2. Probably look to the portal more than HS recruiting. Get some of those developed 24 years old freshmen from the European league!!!
3. Slight MO change. I don't think you can recruit with the "positionless" mentality 1-5. Maybe you can 1-4, but CNO has just got to accept we need centers who can do what bigs do, regardless if they can shoot a 3 or not!!!
4. The Time Out Issue: If nothing else, call a timeout and let them catch their breath and get a drink of water!
OK, hot take: We didn't lose this game in the second half; we lost it in the first!
We had UM on the ropes in the 1st half. We were dictating pace. We were hot from 3. We were rebounding even with them! But instead of building a 10-15 point lead while doing that, we couldn't do basic defensive things like fight through screens and we just gave up wide open 3s to them the entire 1st half. We played the perfect 1st half and only had a 2 point lead.
In the second half, we couldn't sustain our offensive performance, but most of that was due to their adjustments.
I don't know why, but they played us in the second half like I thought they'd play us in the 1st half: pressure our guards and run them off the 3 point line. Make up us score 2s instead of 3s.
Maybe that was their goal: save their energy to defend like that in the second half.
But if we end the 1st half with a 12-15 point lead. We might have been able to hold on. Might.
We had UM on the ropes in the 1st half. We were dictating pace. We were hot from 3. We were rebounding even with them! But instead of building a 10-15 point lead while doing that, we couldn't do basic defensive things like fight through screens and we just gave up wide open 3s to them the entire 1st half. We played the perfect 1st half and only had a 2 point lead.
In the second half, we couldn't sustain our offensive performance, but most of that was due to their adjustments.
I don't know why, but they played us in the second half like I thought they'd play us in the 1st half: pressure our guards and run them off the 3 point line. Make up us score 2s instead of 3s.
Maybe that was their goal: save their energy to defend like that in the second half.
But if we end the 1st half with a 12-15 point lead. We might have been able to hold on. Might.
I think generally speaking officials call the game more suited to the underdog's strengths in the first half and then call the game in the 2nd half to the favorite's strengths. This is chalked up as a fairly officiated game.
The fact they could match us shot for shot in the 1st half was problematic. And we were not getting balanced scoring from our starting lineup.
We need Amari Allen and Jemison to grow up next year and we need a couple more just like them on the perimeter.
The fact they could match us shot for shot in the 1st half was problematic. And we were not getting balanced scoring from our starting lineup.
We need Amari Allen and Jemison to grow up next year and we need a couple more just like them on the perimeter.
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