🏀 Alabama vs Longwood

[BamaFan334]

Got around to watching the game. The turnovers kill me. Oats did state at halftime and in the post game that the staff will work on getting them lowered, because a lot were unforced.

Positives:

-Our length and defense look 10 times better than last year. Miller, Pringle, Clowney, and Bediako (he particularly had a great game) were all active on the boards. Pringle's vertical is insane.

-Rylan Griffen looks way better than I expected. I somewhat was wondering if he'd be like Miles in his first season and only see PT in garbage time. But he showed great energy on D, good handles, and I believe he'll end up being the "go-to" guy from beyond the arc. Yeah he only made one, but he definitely has the best stroke on the team and had a few go halfway down and back up. A much improved player to Shack. He was +23 in plus/minus.
-We have multiple guys who have above average handles. Miller, Sears, Griffen, and Bradley all look capable of running point. Once Quinerly returns, we'll have five guys who will able to get blow bys, increase paint touches, and facilitate.
-Defense and energy were great. Can't be said enough. Our length is going to create a lot of fast break opportunities.

Negatives:

-Our transition offense needs work. Some of it will be fixed with better chemistry, but the careless turnovers have got to stop. We had numbers on multiple times last night on fast-break opportunities, just to stupidly throw the ball out of bounds. I think we try to play too fast sometimes and it gets to the players.
-Miles and Gurley look like odd men out. Not sure if they're dealing with injuries, but they did not look good.
-Off ball movement needs to be instilled. Too much of just one guy running point with the ball, and everyone standing around. Not sure how a team that plays fast doesn't have more motion. I know Oats doesn't like to run many sets, so maybe this is why.
-My only complaint defensively is how many times Longwood got the ball in the low post. This has been an issue of mine with Charlie Henry's D.


Overall, I was pleased. We got a good team folks.

Been waiting on your views of this game. I only saw a couple of small instances of the game on my phone. Based on everyone else's comments, I'd like to add it was Opening Night and we were most likely amped up and on a high. Things will of course settle. We shouldn't expect perfection as we are ushering in a new team and after the last couple of years I'm sure some new objectives from Oats. Glad you see this as a promising team, because it gives me some hope we can be a tournament team.

 

[JoseyWalesTheOutlaw]

Got around to watching the game. The turnovers kill me. Oats did state at halftime and in the post game that the staff will work on getting them lowered, because a lot were unforced.

Positives:

-Our length and defense look 10 times better than last year. Miller, Pringle, Clowney, and Bediako (he particularly had a great game) were all active on the boards. Pringle's vertical is insane.

-Rylan Griffen looks way better than I expected. I somewhat was wondering if he'd be like Miles in his first season and only see PT in garbage time. But he showed great energy on D, good handles, and I believe he'll end up being the "go-to" guy from beyond the arc. Yeah he only made one, but he definitely has the best stroke on the team and had a few go halfway down and back up. A much improved player to Shack. He was +23 in plus/minus.
-We have multiple guys who have above average handles. Miller, Sears, Griffen, and Bradley all look capable of running point. Once Quinerly returns, we'll have five guys who will able to get blow bys, increase paint touches, and facilitate.
-Defense and energy were great. Can't be said enough. Our length is going to create a lot of fast break opportunities.

Negatives:

-Our transition offense needs work. Some of it will be fixed with better chemistry, but the careless turnovers have got to stop. We had numbers on multiple times last night on fast-break opportunities, just to stupidly throw the ball out of bounds. I think we try to play too fast sometimes and it gets to the players.
-Miles and Gurley look like odd men out. Not sure if they're dealing with injuries, but they did not look good.
-Off ball movement needs to be instilled. Too much of just one guy running point with the ball, and everyone standing around. Not sure how a team that plays fast doesn't have more motion. I know Oats doesn't like to run many sets, so maybe this is why.
-My only complaint defensively is how many times Longwood got the ball in the low post. This has been an issue of mine with Charlie Henry's D.


Overall, I was pleased. We got a good team folks.

I didn't watch the game but a couple of the guys on the rant that love Bama BB say the same about Miles and Gurley. I believe they said Miles didn't get any minutes in the 2nd half.

 

[Bammerboy321]

Been waiting on your views of this game. I only saw a couple of small instances of the game on my phone. Based on everyone else's comments, I'd like to add it was Opening Night and we were most likely amped up and on a high. Things will of course settle. We shouldn't expect perfection as we are ushering in a new team and after the last couple of years I'm sure some new objectives from Oats. Glad you see this as a promising team, because it gives me some hope we can be a tournament team.

Potential is through the roof. I will say, we shouldn't put too much stock into this game. Liberty will be much tougher and provide a better test for the defense. Personally, I think it will take 5-6 games until we start to click on offense. But with how active we are on the boards, we'll still put up good numbers. Hell they just put up 70+ only making 3 shots from beyond the arc.

Having a guy like Quinerly back I think makes us one of the most underrated teams in the country. Veteran PG who has familiarity in Oats' offense and sees the floor better is dangerous. Hopefully he can get his shot back too like he did when the team won the regular season and SECT.

I didn't watch the game but a couple of the guys on the rant that love Bama BB say the same about Miles and Gurley. I believe they said Miles didn't get any minutes in the 2nd half.

Still early to tell, but Miles might transfer out IMO.

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

I didn't watch the game but a couple of the guys on the rant that love Bama BB say the same about Miles and Gurley. I believe they said Miles didn't get any minutes in the 2nd half.

Oats said Miles and Gurley were both injured a bit and he was limiting their minutes.

 

[Bammerboy321]

SIU - a team we beat pretty handily in the exhibition - beat Oklahoma State last night.