| MBB/WBB Alabama Falls to Ohio State, 92-81, at Emerald Coast Classic

[mando]

Bama down at half 38-33 at half. Surprise surprise Bama is having to play a game when the 3's are not falling. Now they have to rely on the D which has been ok. A lot of dribble one on one stuff from what I can see. No Brandon Millers out their but they should have enough just need the shots to fall. Maybe they will fall in the 2nd half. Need a lot of effort on the D end to win ugly if it comes down to that.

 

[Bammerboy321]

Our defense is just terrible

 

[mando]

Still not getting it done. Down 9 now. has been as high as 11. This is when elite D has to get stops. Not seeing anything that make me think they will get enough of those stops. Maybe they will...

 

[Bryce Young’s Mustache]

Scrappy team, severely undersized in 4-5 position. A NCAA tournament appearance would be a great season and will require Oats and staff to do a heck of a job from now til March.

 

[mando]

Down 13. Had it down to 7 but back to back 3's smh. Need to play D. No rim protection to stop the driving in the lane.

 

[Bammerboy321]

We're not guarding well at all. Just letting blow bys every possession. Just awful defense.

 

[bamafan9201]

They're getting into foul trouble which will makes things interesting near the end. But I echo some of these sentiments, this team is playing pretty bad tonight.

 

[Bammerboy321]

Every single possession Ohio State has had is either a dumb foul by Alabama or an open shot by them.

 

[Bammerboy321]

Rylan Griffen has been abysmal this season. We needed him to step up huge and he hasn’t played well at all on either end.

 

[mando]

No rim protection means the opposing guards can just blow by w/o worrying about getting their shot blocked. Oats system has to have great D otherwise good teams will take it to them. 81-69 Ohio State with about 3 minutes left.

This is a learning opportunity for sure.

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

No rim protection means the opposing guards can just blow by w/o worrying about getting their shot blocked. Oats system has to have great D otherwise good teams will take it to them. 81-69 Ohio State with about 3 minutes left.

This is a learning opportunity for sure.

Yep. @Bryce Young’s Mustache mentioned it but the loss of Bediako left a huge void on that end. A shame for both him and Bama that he didn’t return for one more year.

 

[Rolltide24]

Didn’t get to see the game, what happened to us? I thought we’d put it to this OSU team.

 

[Bammerboy321]

Didn’t get to see the game, what happened to us? I thought we’d put it to this OSU team.

Awful defense + some really 50/50 calls going Ohio State's way. More about our poor D than anything else. Pringle isn't a good rim protector and our guards aren't capable staying in front of anyone.

 

[Bammerboy321]

I think the lineup needs to be Sears, Estrada, Nelson, Wrightsell, and then Stevenson.

 

[AFF]

Our defense......needs work

 

[rick4bama]

 

[mando]

Double digit loss. 92-81. Just not enough Defense period. Need to improve big time on that end. Not sure we have the inside presence to get it done against the better teams. Still early maybe someone will emerge. Sure need someone to.

 

[#80]

Out shot, out rebounded and out defended this team has some work to do.

 

[mando]

Out shot, out rebounded and out defended this team has some work to do.

This one is what surprised me the most. The other two not so much. Bedioko leaving may be the missing peace for this years team. Certainly did not help.

 

[bamafan9201]

Yea, that was rough, I really felt like this team had the depth scoring they needed to take them far. Time will tell, but we got a lot of areas to work on and very little time to work on them or we're going to be embarrassed by some of the teams we have coming up.