Bama Game Thread: MBB Bama vs Zona - B’Ham Sat Dec 13 - 8:30 CST ESPN

[AlistarWills]

We’ve only gotten 11 points off the bench tonight and Holloway has put up a goose egg as well

 

[BAMAVILLE]

I decided to sit down and watch a game....they were doing fine.....and then turnover after turnover after turnover.

Looking absolutely awful.

It's my fault, I shouldn't have watched, I hardly ever do.

Ok good, I can't take the credit for it now lol

 

[RollTide-YNWA]

75-96 Final

 

[CrimsonEyeshade]

Full exposure.

 

[AlistarWills]

Sherrell with 32 blocks on the season

 

[BAMAVILLE]

Still a long season to go, but this team has to figure out elite teams dont wait to play championship-caliber ball until the tournament. The bring that effort every game.

To be fair, this Zona team has beaten a majority of their opponents by double-digits. I was just hoping our guys finally turned the corner.

Roll Tide

 

[cthorne22]

There are guys on this team that I would not put on the floor again until I see significant effort improvement. Don't care how much NIL is at stake

 

[CajunCrimson]

Still a long season to go, but this team has to figure out elite teams dont wait to play championship-caliber ball until the tournament. The bring that effort every game.

To be fair, this Zona team has beaten a majority of their opponents by double-digits. I was just hoping our guys finally turned the corner.

Roll Tide

There are only 6 teams that I know can play so aggressively outside because of their size inside.

Arizona
UConn
Purdue
Ilinois
Gonzaga
Michigan
Maybe… Duke

We handled Illinois. And Clemson too. And St John’s. Some teams are matchup nightmares. This was one.

We thought it would be a down year. I’ll take down years like this every time. We can make a Final 4.

 

[CajunCrimson]

There are guys on this team that I would not put on the floor again until I see significant effort improvement. Don't care how much NIL is at stake

Disagree. What effort are you referencing? Our inside guys played hard. Taylor, Amari, Aiden and even Noah played hard. Bristow was absent but he’s been hurt. Holloway didn’t shoot a single 3

Houston and Wrightsell played hard. So who didn’t give effort?

 

[CajunCrimson]

I would ask some of you to look beyond the stats. They don’t always tell the entire story

We are built to play our style. We won’t match up well with some teams. Some won’t match up well with us.

 

[BamaBoySince89]

Too small down low. Until Oats does something about this, we’ll get handled by the Arizona/Gonzaga/Purdue/UConn’s/Michigan’s of the world every time.

 

[Bama Shoals]

We played a great first half but continue to not be able to put together 40 minutes against elite, physical teams. We are just too physically weak at too many positions to hold up. It didn’t help that Sherrell had to leave in the 2nd half with some kind of problem. They said he went to the locker room wiith a trainer. Hope he’s OK because if he’s not, we are absolutely done inside. Florida will eat us alive with their front line.

CNO is going to have to do a better job of identifying guys who can play against these types of teams. But I’m concerned he won’t be able to get over the hump with his system. Hope I’m wrong but he’s already had 7 seasons.

 

[bvandegraff]

Was at my kid's volleyball tournament and missed the game. Planned to watch a replay but accidentally saw the final score and decided to spare myself the aggravation of watching what sounds like a pretty frustrating second half.

I don't suppose there's any room in Oats' system for even one 26 yo 7'1" semipro Eurogoon rebounding freak. Teams with size and strength in the interior do often seem to be Bama's kryptonite.

In fairness, Arizona's done this to everyone they've played so far, and Bama is usually a work in progress this early in the season with so much youth and roster turnover.