🏀 GAME THREAD 🏀 #18 Alabama at Mississippi State - Bama snaps two game losing streak with 97-82 win over Mississippi State

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

 

[Bammerboy321]

Going to be another tough game. Josh Hubbard lit us up last season.

 

[Bammerboy321]

Wrightsell again is doubtful. Hannah will not play the rest of the season (medical redshirt).

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

Wrightsell again is doubtful. Hannah will not play the rest of the season (medical redshirt).

They need to bring the football medical tent to basketball games just for shits and giggles.

 

[Rolltide24]

Wrightsell again is doubtful. Hannah will not play the rest of the season (medical redshirt).

Hate to hear that on Hannah, hope they get him straight.

I don’t think having Wrightsell out is a bad thing at this point. He needs to get 100% and get his game back. Been a struggle this year.

 

[Bammerboy321]

Hate to hear that on Hannah, hope they get him straight.

I don’t think having Wrightsell out is a bad thing at this point. He needs to get 100% and get his game back. Been a struggle this year.

I'm just kind of waiting for that one game where Wrightsell to gets his shot back and starts to become a better role player. I sort of hoped Oats would do what he did with previous players and have them come off the bench. Sometimes provides a much needed spark. You can still get starter minutes too.

Besides his jump shot being off, Wrightsell's shot selection has been questionable at best. He doesn't drive well, so it's really erratic when he has the ball.

Really wish Oats would wake up and play Bethea more.

 

[TerryP]

They need to bring the football medical tent to basketball games just for shits and giggles.

That would have been classic in the OOC/pre-season with Red Panda emerging. (Which would have made the first time I found her entertaining.)

 

[TerryP]

Really wish Oats would wake up and play Bethea more.

OR, Bethea would wake up so Oats can play him more?

 

[TerryP]

@Bammerboy321

 

[alabama mike]

Hopefully CNO packs a decent defense for the trip.

 

[TerryP]

Hopefully CNO packs a decent defense for the trip.

You might as well get it in your head...you're looking at a repeat of the 2023 team. How far can the offense take this team?

 

[alabama mike]

You might as well get it in your head...you're looking at a repeat of the 2023 team. How far can the offense take this team?

Yeah I know but one can always wish. LOL

 

[#80]

It's like this most years we have to pray we can outscore whoever we are playing.

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

OUT
#3 Latrell Wrightsell
#4 Davion Hannah
#7 Taylor Bol Bowen
#10 Keitenn Bristow
#34 Collins Onyejiaka


Wonder if Oats will be fired for cause or just suspended without pay for a few weeks when his underground, Lower Gym Team Fight Club is eventually discovered.

 

[bamafan9201]

Maybe we just do a week of shoot around and walkthrough? Their defense isn't getting better with all these hard practices, could at least make their shots and health better.

 

[Secondand26]

OUT
#3 Latrell Wrightsell
#4 Davion Hannah
#7 Taylor Bol Bowen
#10 Keitenn Bristow
#34 Collins Onyejiaka


Wonder if Oats will be fired for cause or just suspended without pay for a few weeks when his underground, Lower Gym Team Fight Club is eventually discovered.

No shit. Our bigs are Sherrill & Williamson. Better hope Allen & Jemison play “big”

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

Maybe we just do a week of shoot around and walkthrough? Their defense isn't getting better with all these hard practices, could at least make their shots and health better.

Pretty obvious at this point those off season retreats at Soggy Bottom Lodge are nothing more than staged photo events. If this team had done those things for real, 3/4 of them would have been permanently disabled or dead before the sun came up on day 2.

 

[Bammerboy321]

OUT
#3 Latrell Wrightsell
#4 Davion Hannah
#7 Taylor Bol Bowen
#10 Keitenn Bristow
#34 Collins Onyejiaka


Wonder if Oats will be fired for cause or just suspended without pay for a few weeks when his underground, Lower Gym Team Fight Club is eventually discovered.

I listen to the BlueCollar Podcast. I remember before the Vegas tournament, Emliee Smarr (spell check?) for Tuscaloosa News says the practices are very physical and tough. It's a weird situation because Oats has definitely instilled more toughness with the program because of how his practices are run. Do you sacrifice the foundation of how you run the program and the toughness you want to instill to prevent injuries? Or do you restructure what you've done since Buffalo and risk losing that toughness.

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

I listen to the BlueCollar Podcast. I remember before the Vegas tournament, Emliee Smarr (spell check?) for Tuscaloosa News says the practices are very physical and tough. It's a weird situation because Oats has definitely instilled more toughness with the program because of how his practices are run. Do you sacrifice the foundation of how you run the program and the toughness you want to instill to prevent injuries? Or do you restructure what you've done since Buffalo and risk losing that toughness.

They certainly are, or at least used to be not long ago. I doubt he's changed. Everything is about being tough. Can't rebound? You're not as tough as you need to be (nevermind it might have something to do with positioning or not boxing out). He wears them down and wears them out at times. But it's gotten him this far and he hasn't changed yet... doubt he ever will. On the flip side, I think at times, a couple of guys need to toughen up and just play with some pain.

 

[Bammerboy321]

@Bammerboy321

I think most of my frustration is that there have been plenty of other guards (Holloway, Philon, Mallette, and Wrightsell) who all have struggled defensively and had questionable shot selection. When Bethea checks in, it seems like he has a shorter leash than all. Guess it is due to the fact that he hasn't been with the program longer and hasn't gained that trust.