Bama Game Thread: MBB #4 Bama @ #15 Missouri - SECN - Wed 2.19 8p CST

[irvingtontide]

maybe back to back losses lights a fire under them

 

[CrimsonNagus]

Sears dribbles entirely too much and Grant is making bad high school passes.

I've called Sears one of the worse ball handlers on the team and I stand by that comment. I was kind of brushed off las time I posted it but he over dribbles and loses the ball too much for someone with his experience. Something has gotten in his head this year. He's just not the same player we saw last year.

Grant wasn't the only one make lazy, bad passes last night.


EDIT: I do not want to sound too harsh about Sears. He did score 35 points last night. Scoring is not the issue with this team.

 

[Cruiser]

Wimp on JOX; be interesting to hear his take?

 

[BamaMan84]

Bama will need to play better on defense period and cut down on the stupid turnovers. We played good enough on offense to win the game last night.

 

[BamaNation]

Very frustrating loss last night.

Here's the TideFans game wrap

MBB Game Wrapup: #4 Bama starts end of season gauntlet run with loss at #15 Missouri

In a key Southeastern Conference matchup on Wednesday night, the #15 Missouri Tigers secured a 110-98 victory over the #4 Alabama Crimson Tide at Mizzou Arena in Columbia, Missouri. The Tigers&#821…

news.tidefans.com

 

[BamaNation]

maybe back to back losses lights a fire under them

One may hope.

 

[BamaNation]

Wimp on JOX; be interesting to hear his take?

what did he say?

 

[NoNC4Tubs]

Man, we have been extremely sloppy these past two games...and inconsistent in shooting the ball.

 

[CrimsonTitles]

The good news is, Missouri would have beaten anyone in the country last night. We continued our trend of shooting well from 3 on the road, but it wasn't enough.

Not time to panic, though. Last year's team went into a slump around this time, and was back to normal in time to make a Final 4 run. Everyone forgets how around early February of last year, we were in the top 5 all time in offensive efficiency, and we were so bad for a few weeks that we dropped to 7 in the country just for last season, in that category. We just have to get healthy, and hopefully get Reid back before the tourney so he can get back into form, because we really need his defense. We'll be fine, we just gotta bounce back on Saturday.

 

[ga tide man #9]

The good news is, Missouri would have beaten anyone in the country last night. We continued our trend of shooting well from 3 on the road, but it wasn't enough.

Not time to panic, though. Last year's team went into a slump around this time, and was back to normal in time to make a Final 4 run. Everyone forgets how around early February of last year, we were in the top 5 all time in offensive efficiency, and we were so bad for a few weeks that we dropped to 7 in the country just for last season, in that category. We just have to get healthy, and hopefully get Reid back before the tourney so he can get back into form, because we really need his defense. We'll be fine, we just gotta bounce back on Saturday.

Great post. Just got to get everyone back in sync on defense. Looks like we’re scoring at a good enough clip to win (85 against Au and lose by 9. 98 against Mizzou and lose by 12)

 

[Bpilktree]

We are missing Rylan Griffin a lot too. He was a solid defender and had good size for a guard small forward. It feels like we either have to go big and play 3 guys that are 4 or 5’s or go small and are playing Aden Philon and Sears to smaller guards height or build. Griffin is a perfect 3 small forward type, Mallette was a guy with a bit more size and probably should not have been redshirted but at the time we were deep with Wrightsell and Reid. Now it probably too late to pull the redshirt even if Reid misses more time. Reid’s timiming has been off even the games he has played since he isn’t 100% and probably limited in practice.

 

[Krymsonman]

How the heck does a team shoot 47 FTs in a game?

They get a whole of fouls called for them.

 

[day-day]

Bama finished 3-3 in regular season last year; two of those wins went into overtime. Also 0-1 in the SEC tournament.

I am convinced that this year's team is better than last year's; especially if Reid and Omoruyi get completely healthy. Bring on Kentucky.

 

[johnbt]

what did he say?

 

[alabama mike1]

Lazy passes on offense, horrendous defense, poor rebounding by our bigs and no leadership from our seniors. This sums it up.

 

[Cruiser]

what did he say?

Wimp was having one of his rambling days.

 

[Cruiser]

Lazy passes on offense, horrendous defense, poor rebounding by our bigs and no leadership from our seniors. This sums it up.

Other than that; how was the play Mrs. Lincoln??

 

[imauafan]

I know I don't comment a lot on this board, and I just don't get to watch the games like I used to either. And so I hate to spew any negativity, but here goes: This is what we probably need to come to terms with. Our schedule was ridiculously back loaded. We are probably not as good as our record indicated, and we are certainly not a top 5 team or top 10 team.

But, we were not last year either. Again, the tournament is about match ups and seeding; not necessarily how high your seed is but what bracket you get seeded in.

I think the ceiling of this team is probably sweet 16, if we get the right bracket. But we could get bounced in the first weekend if we don't. The way this team plays defense is simply not conducive to a tournament run. It's hard to say Coach Oats needs to adjust his system because, good grief, he's taken Alabama basketball to heights it has never been to before and has us on a year to year run that is exceeding what Coach Sanderson accomplished.

I've said for a couple of years now it is just so frustrating that when Alabama finally gets its act together in basketball, so does the rest of the SEC.

100% agree with everything you wrote. The mark of a great coach is how willing he is to adapt what he does to whatever the current circumstances are. IMHO the thing that made CNO the GOAT was his willingness to adapt. Just my opinion but maybe a shakeup in the coaching staff may be needed. I'm not sure our assistant coaches are up to the caliber of Hodgson and co from a few years ago especially on the defensive side.

 

[bamadwain]

Bama will need to play better on defense period and cut down on the stupid turnovers. We played good enough on offense to win the game last night.

You score 98 points, 99% of the time you win, heck there's NBA teams can't score 98! Turnovers have been a problem all year, when you play the pace we do there's going to be turnovers, but you have to play defense, plus you can't get behind 10-12 points right off the bat, especially on the road because you keep the crowd in it and you also spend a lot of energy trying to catch up, I didn't hear Wimp on jox but I listen to him and Barry on inside the locker room, they both talked about turnovers and going with a set starting line up, seems with start different lineups to much

 

[bullocs1]

Most of the remaining games are winnable with the exception of Auburn. But when you look at how Florida was able to go in there and win, they can be beaten. True we should try playing defense and maybe they can get back on track.