How does Alabama match up with saluki's

[R.C. Hatch]

Who did they lose to? who are their best players?

 

[BammaNFla]

Here ya go:

http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaab/teams/sbi/schedule

 

[wastedmason]

Don't know much about them, but it seems to me Bama played them and beat them in the NCAA tourney a couple years ago. I'm not good at looking up info so somebody take the que. RTR!!!!!!!

 

[teamplayer]

Well, the football team lost to Northern Illinois, so maybe the basketball team can get a little redemption by beating another directional Illinois school. I checked their stats and they seem to have pretty balanced scoring. I just hope we come out and play hard. Gottfried teams haven't been known to be very consistent with their level of play, but we have played fairly well the last three weeks. I would love to beat S. Illinois and have a crack at Stanford. Roll Tide.

 

[DiamondDust]

I posted it earlier, but we share one common opponent with SIU....The Charlotte 49ers.

Charlotte beat SIU by a couple. From the looks of things, SIU doesn't have any size up front. I know we aren't that big, but we should be able to muscle them.

I have a feeling it will be a 3 point fest, though. If you go to SIU's official sport site(do a google search), you can get box scores for all their games and roster info.

 

[CajunCrimson]

Date Opponent Result
Nov 22 @ Wyoming W 67-62
Nov 26 Jacksonville St W 84-49
Nov 29 @ Wis-Milwaukee W 81-77
Dec 3 SE Missouri St W 71-58
Dec 6 @ Drake W 75-66
Dec 15 @ Wright St W 79-73
Dec 17 @ Murray St L 64-68
Dec 21 Montana W 82-71
Dec 28 Illinois St W 57-40
Jan 2 Charlotte L 59-64
Jan 7 @ Indiana St W 67-50
Jan 11 Wichita St W 73-64
Jan 14 Evansville W 81-63
Jan 17 @ Bradley W 72-62
Jan 21 @ Illinois St W 71-58
Jan 25 Indiana St W 53-44
Jan 28 @ Wichita St W 84-79
Jan 31 Northern Iowa W 63-53
Feb 3 SMS W 59-52
Feb 7 @ Creighton W 61-60
Feb 11 Drake W 96-76
Feb 14 @ SMS W 59-58
Feb 18 @ Evansville W 84-69
Feb 21 Hawaii W 66-62 (Bracket Buster)
Feb 24 Creighton W 68-60
Feb 28 Bradley W 72-71
Mar 1 @ Northern Iowa L 52-68
Mar 6 vs Evansville W 93-67 (Missouri Valley)
Mar 7 vs SMS L 74-80 (Missouri Valley)

 

[DiamondDust]

Here's the link to ESPN's preview of SIU going into the tournament:

http://sports-att.espn.go.com/ncb/ncaatourney04/teamPage?collegeId=79

From the looks of things, they rely on their guard play. Darren Brooks looks to be their top player as he leads in both points and rebounds per game and Jamaal Tatum looks to be a serious threat from 3 Point range. They don't seem to have a serious threat in the Forward/Center position, so that might allow Davis and Davidson to play well under the net.

It will interesting to see how Shelton, Pettway, and Winston respond to SIU's guard lead offense. I say we take them, but it might be close. The goal seems to be shutting down Brooks.

 

[BamaDevO]

They lost to Charlotte and we beat Charlotte.
That says it all to me.
Bama should be able to beat them IMO.