Absolutely cannot happen this late into the season. Certainly not in a big possession like that. Our PnR defense was horrific. Tough win though. This team is definitely gritty on the road. It's not easy going into A&M, Mississippi State, and Kentucky and being undefeated. Hell you can throw in the 20-point win at South Carolina too, as they should have beaten auburn and Florida at home.
You'd be correct. We're sitting at 44th in the country. 115th in defensive efficiency, which makes sense. We have stretches where we look really good on D (1st half vs OU, 2nd half vs LSU, 1st half vs Vandy). Think we've only had one true game where we played up to the potential and that was vs Houston.
This is far more common than you think. Half the teams in NBA struggle with PnR defense. I remember few years ago, Houston was one of the best team in NBA that could stop Golden State offense.
I'd almost guarantee Alabama's probably going to throw some money at Eaglestaff and Hubbard in the offseason. Also Simeon Cottle at Kennesaw State. And because of Alabama's style of play, there will be a lot of interest from the players.
Unfortunately too, we don't have a lock down on ball defender at guard. Youngblood and Philon are good defenders, but aren't as quick with their feet as you'd like on D. I think Nimari Burnett and Jaden Bradley were really good at being able to figh through high ball screens and utilizing their length to clog lanes. That '22 team was elite in a lot of areas and unfortunately got matched with SDSU.
