🏀 Alabama Men’s Basketball Defeats Mississippi State, 71-62

[bradenob]

What's a bit disappointing, or maybe encouraging with the class AJ has coming in, is that Kentucky can basically be at minimum a Great 8 team every season with primarily freshmen. And, maybe win the tournament once a decade.

That makes me wonder exactly how much development is really worth in the big scheme of things. I guess if it comes down to two versus four the one with the most experience wins... most of the time. However, if you're good at basketball, you're good as a freshman? Projects don't work?

Auburn - much younger than Bama
Tennessee - much younger than Bama
Kentucky - much younger than Bama

We'll see how those three go. We got round one already with Auburn. Hopefully home court is worth 21.

So ucheat has a sr, a soph, 3 frosh. 4 underclassmen.

Aubie has 4 freshmen and a junior - 4 underclassmen.

No one will argue U.K.

We have a SR (Taylor) a JR (Norris) a SO (Hall) and 2 frosh (Ingram, Key). 3 underclass men. I am not sure the Tennessee or Auburn are that much younger.

And if you saw the Auburn game you know that the 20 point final score was nothing like the reflection of the game. We will take them in Tuscaloosa

 

[TheChief]

Tough road ahead. Twenty regular season wins...used to mean much. Losses to Kentucky, South Carolina, and another to Auburn and the Tide would be forced to win the remaining games to win 20 in the regular season. Two wins in the SEC Tourney and they would be 22-11 and maybe make the field.

Tennessee looks really good right now, maybe the best coached team in the league, all things considered. That ugly orange is considerably better than they were in December. Right now, I don't see us winning that game.

Barring a win over either Kentucky or South Carolina, or winning all the remaining games save for those two, I think this team lands in the NIT.

Tennessee had already imploded this season, but our guys took care of that today.