🏀 🏀 2025-26 Bama Basketball Updates: Bediako's TRO extended another 10 days due to weather

[Bammerboy321]

Aside from the Bediako fiasco, this team needs to regroup and see some better leadership. The defense has been downright abysmal. We remember the Gottfried days of them not playing a lick of defense. It is starting to mirror that.

Oats needs better sub patterns too in critical situations. It killed us against Arizona, Gonzaga, and then against TN. Believe we were at the 2 minute mark against TN and Oats has Noah Williamson and Jemison in. I just don't get it. Both CAN score, but they're not very reliable. Noah is also not physical enough for bigger teams like TN.

It's basketball - teams go through rough periods. I have no doubt things will turn around. But aside from the lower turnover rate, this team has the exact identity of one that doesn't make it to the second weekend in the NCAAT.

 

[TerryP]

In spite of knowing defense hasn't been a priority and knowing this team isn't built around defensive priniciples it's still a priority to critique how defense should be prioritized on a team that isn't built upon defensive ...

Oats talks out of both sides of his mouth and even that has to be taken in context. Notice what he said today about Bethea:

“He’s a talented scorer. Needs to stay locked in on the defensive end…on offense he’s gotta take care of the ball. I’d be happier if he didn’t turn down open shots.”

Translated. If he took good shots "locked I on the defensive end" wouldn't be mentioned. I don't feel that's an opinion. It's something we've observed.

In my view, in the losses we see? They have two of three things in common and two of them are offense. But again, this is just like defense. We know this.

 

[It Takes Eleven]

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