🏀 🏀 #3 Alabama at Arkansas 🏀 - Bama pulls out road win, 85-81

Team was cruising and looked like the best team in the country and then that debacle of the last 8:00 minutes. Good lord. If you are going to do what you want to with this team this year they have to find a way to dominate and close people out.... So dissapointing after being very impressed for 3/4 of the game. You just keep thinking this team has more and then the start crapping the bed.
 
Physical game, our usual in game "lull" nearly cost us this one. Any win on the road in the SEC is good. With Florida spanking Auburn down at goobers corner, I wonder what Johnni injured this game? :p
 
Brandon Van de Graaff said:
Sucks to lose. Maybe they'll turn it around and find a way into the tournament. I won't hold my breath though.
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I'm not at all trying to diminish this win at all. I'll also never not be satisfied with a win at Bud Walton. But it's not hard to deny this team has really poor tendencies that usually lead to upsets in March. The carelessness with the ball is a huge issue. The defensive intensity dropping off is still the same as it was in OOC.

But I'll say maybe I'm overreacting again.
 
Bammerboy321 said:
I'm not at all trying to diminish this win at all. I'll also never not be satisfied with a win at Bud Walton. But it's not hard to deny this team has really poor tendencies that usually lead to upsets in March. The carelessness with the ball is a huge issue. The defensive intensity dropping off is still the same as it was in OOC.

But I'll say maybe I'm overreacting again.
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100%. My concern is a team in March will catch us and beat us. One bad shooting day and the continuous lack of closing and you're out. One game and you're done.
 
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No. 3/3 Alabama Pulls Out Road Win at Arkansas - Alabama Athletics

The No. 3/3 Alabama men's basketball team sits in a tie for first-place in the Southeastern Conference following its 85-81 win Saturday night on the road aga...
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The Crimson Tide end the week tied for first place in the SEC

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The No. 3/3 Alabama men's basketball team sits in a tie for first-place in the Southeastern Conference following its 85-81 win Saturday night on the road against Arkansas. The Crimson Tide had four players score double-figures led by Grant Nelson and Chris Youngblood scoring 15 points apiece.

The Crimson Tide (20-3, 9-1 SEC) led by as many as 18 points in the second and survived a late run made by the Razorbacks, coming within two points of Alabama's lead in the final five seconds of the game. Despite converting a season-low five three-pointers in the game, Alabama outscored Arkansas 56-36 inside the paint as Alabama's frontcourt of Nelson (15 points), Mouhamed Dioubate (14 points) and Clifford Omoruyi (nine points) combined to score 38 points.

The Razorbacks (14-9, 3-7 SEC) were led by Zvonimir Ivisic (27 points) and Adou Thiero (22 points) scoring 49 of Arkansas' 81 points.

Head Coach ​

"Arkansas had been playing well, winning three of four and the issue was we were up 18 and we didn't close it like we needed to so a lot of credit to Arkansas for not quitting. They fought, stayed in it and took an 18-point lead with 12 (minutes) to go and cut it to three late in the game. I thought out guys did a decent job of closing once they got it to three. Grant was able to get the put-back and we made a couple of free throws but we have to do a better job of closing. We risked losing a road game that we were supposed to win. A lot of credit to them (Arkansas) because we did not do a good job of closing."
 
EasyTider said:
Tell me more about why all these TOs don’t really matter @TerryP
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Great example of taking something I've said and trying to change its meaning.

I said the metric that needs paying attention to, along with turnovers, is assists. And, lo and behold, more assists than turnovers. What else did I say in that earlier post? It was along the lines of turnovers and their point value RARELY exceed the point values found with assists.

I don't need to tell you more. Basketball 101 should suffice this morning.
 
As I understand this ...

The team isn't (or didn't) fly back to Tuscaloosa last night. They are staying on that side of the river for the game Tuesday night against TX. It was explained that the thinking is "let's not repeat what happened when we played A&M." If you recall it was A&M, on the road, for a late tip on a Saturday followed by playing Ole Miss on Tuesday (a loss.) Fresh legs, right? Or, fresher. (That was mid-week, last week, and I haven't heard any differently.)

I'll have to go back through the schedule just to verify this thought. In case you missed it, UGA lost at home last night to State. It's back to back losses for he 'Dawgs following their loss to Bama.

IF I'm not mistaken, if we look at the teams Bama has played in their SEC slate only one team followed their game with Bama with a win. That's nine teams, nine losses, likely attributed to getting worn out by playing at Bama's pace.
 
TerryP said:
Great example of taking something I've said and trying to change its meaning.

I said the metric that needs paying attention to, along with turnovers, is assists. And, lo and behold, more assists than turnovers. What else did I say in that earlier post? It was along the lines of turnovers and their point value RARELY exceed the point values found with assists.

I don't need to tell you more. Basketball 101 should suffice this morning.
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LOL, I understood the 1st time and the logic was sound. I was losing my mind watching those careless TOs and in my own logical mind blamed you. By no means do I have a PHD in Bama basketball/Nate Oats’offensive scheme; but I did pass Basketball 101 (C+).
 
EasyTider said:
LOL, I understood the 1st time and the logic was sound. I was losing my mind watching those careless TOs and in my own logical mind blamed you. By no means do I have a PHD in Bama basketball/Nate Oats’offensive scheme; but I did pass Basketball 101 (C+).
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The first comment, as well as the second, wasn't necessarily meant "at you."

(NUMBERS: Last night, in the first half, UArk had seven points off of TO's versus the eight assists for Bama. In the second half UArk had six off of turnovers versus nine assists by the Tide. At the very least it's a 13:28 scoring advantage for Bama.)

The careless TO's should bother even the oldest "FOG's." They don't sit well with me either; things like Mark getting trapped by a triple-team in the paint that leads to a turnover (because the lanes are covered. See Ole Miss and their defense against Bama.) I don't like it, but I don't get upset about them either.

This offense works at its best when it's a "feed/dribble drive to the paint, kick it out."

Just a side note, random observation kind of thing to chew on.

If I'm not mistaken they had nine in the first, five in the second, which resulted in 14 TO's for the game. Take those numbers and put them in context with something Oats said last night (and other nights.)

We've heard him talk on intensity; specifically keeping the same intensity. Yesterday he didn't mention "intensity," but he felt they "relaxed" in the second (allowing that 12 point run.) Relaxed, which meant a slower pace of play on both ends, and it just so happens it led to fewer TO's in the second.

In a hypothetical world we as fans are left with two choices. One, love the fast pace of play and accept the TO's or focus more on the TO's and lose the pace.
 
Bammerboy321 said:
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He put it better than I did. "Relaxed". That's exactly what happened and keeps happening. Sears trying to go baseline on a guy that is 7'2 just says it all. Those same continuous mistakes or "relaxed" moments show immaturity or a desire to not learn.

So happy we won, but we play a Tennessee, Florida, or Auburn like this and we will lose. I'm not concerned about losing a game here or there, but no reason not to shut the door on teams in a very deep league.

Guess we'll be #1 now, that's amazing. When we're we #1 in basketball last? Honest question, coulda been earlier this year or last year, I just can't recall.
 

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