Bammerboy321
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I didn't know anything about this until after the game. Guess it's over with. Could be something as not playing D in practice or showing up late for a team meeting.
Yeah this team not playing good D is puzzling. Like I said though in the previous thread, the '20-'21 team with Herb Jones that won the SEC and SECT and made a run to the S16 had a lot of similar issues early on with effort. We lost to Stanford, Clemson, and WKU. Could and should have lost to Furman. If I remember, Petty was suspended for the WKU for not giving effort in practice and in game.
Then it clicked come conference play and the rest is history.
Similarly last season. Even though it was in large part to having no inside presence, Alabama again started conference play looking for answers on D. Ended up making a run at potentially winning the conference until late and made a F4 run.
We've always had questions early on under Oats with turnovers and poor D. On ball D will improve as the season wears on IMO. Ball screen D and rim protection will remain suspect but the offense will be able to carry the load.
What matters is how guard play improves come March.
