🏀 GAME THREAD 🏀 Alabama Opens 2025-26 Season with a 91-62 Victory Over North Dakota

Game Info Date: Nov. 3 Time: 7 p.m. CT Location: Tuscaloosa, Ala. Venue: Coleman Coliseum

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[Secondand26]

Hey @Brandon Van de Graaff !

 

[rick4bama]

So how do you think about the first game?

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

 

[#80]

So how do you think about the first game?

Nice first game win missing 3 players

 

[Secondand26]

The Barn up 81-78 & fouls the dude shooting from half court lol!

 

[#80]

Hope we get those 3 guys back for Saturday Ricky P will have the johnnies ready for us in MSG.

 

[Secondand26]

The Barn having to go to OT against Bethune - Cookman! Maybe Jr ain’t the answer

 

[#80]

The Barn having to go to OT against Bethune - Cookman! Maybe Jr ain’t the answer

Anyone betting the barn ML has a tight sphincter muscle.

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

 

[Bammerboy321]

The freshman class is really good. I love Davion Hannah. Amari Allen will find consistency shooting, but he was damn good everywhere else. Him, Jamison, and Hannah are going to be fun to watch grown. All three were active. Hannah's vertical is incredible.

Tons of deflections on D due to our length. Really hope that continues and we can create a shit ton of turnovers that lead to transition buckets.

Dumb turnovers later in the game. Lot of mental errors that could have been avoided. Defense still is a big work in progress. I hoped to see Bol Bowen be a lot more physical than what he showed. He seemed to back down a lot on D and did not show any toughness offensively.

Offense passed the ball very well. Ball movement looked good besides a few possessions. ST. Johns will likely force way more turnovers.

Philon is the best downhill slasher we've had under Oats IMO.


I'll say it again too (and probably step on toes here) but the people who work on Alabama's pregame and in-game festivities totally suck. It's almost as if they're trying to create a mundane atmosphere. Fuck whoever is in charge. I'll still attend games because that's the fan I am and I choose to still support the program. However, I think the athletic department could do a whole lot more for the fans than what they're giving.

So happy basketball season is back. Nothing like it.

 

[Bammerboy321]

Hey @Brandon Van de Graaff !
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God I wish they pulled that off. From what I heard, auburn looked disoriented and completely unprepared. I hope this is the start of their downfall.

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

I'll say it again too (and probably step on toes here) but the people who work on Alabama's pregame and in-game festivities totally suck. It's almost as if they're trying to create a mundane atmosphere. Fuck whoever is in charge. I'll still attend games because that's the fan I am and I choose to still support the program. However, I think the athletic department could do a whole lot more for the fans than what they're giving.

I doubt that is going to hurt any feelings around here. It's not a good atmosphere and the arena sucks. The DJ guy really gets on my nerves. He's at the football games too, but the atmosphere is much better there (especially for night games) and he can't even screw it up.

 

[Bammerboy321]

I doubt that is going to hurt any feelings around here. It's not a good atmosphere and the arena sucks. The DJ guy really gets on my nerves. He's at the football games too, but the atmosphere is much better there (especially for night games) and he can't even screw it up.

I hate Coleman Coliseum so much. It is such an awful place to watch a basketball game. And the attendance for this game wasn't even bad, but it's a 15K seat arena. Meaning we could have 11-12K, and that still leaves thousands of empty seats, which is an eye sore.

 

[Bammerboy321]

Went back to rewatch the game and forgot how many rebounds Mallette had.

 

[Bammerboy321]

Amari Allen's D was pretty impressive here

 

[TerryP]

But auburn was a 24 point favorite tonight.

But then you look at Bethune-Cookman...who is playing Auburn with that ML at -100,000. Geez.

Imagine sweating that $100 ...

 

[TerryP]

In a wild twist of events...Boise State lost to, what's essentially, a Quad 5 team: an unranked D2 team.

 

[PurlJam]

Not gonna make too much of this and I haven’t seen a single second of it. But auburn was a 24 point favorite tonight. I’m sure they’ll pull away in the 2nd half… but Little Pearl’s first game appears to be a dog fight so far…

Won in OT. Little Pearl said "Hold my beer"

 

[#80]

Went back to rewatch the game and forgot how many rebounds Mallette had.

I thought Mallette played with an edge as well.

 

[Secondand26]

God I wish they pulled that off. From what I heard, auburn looked disoriented and completely unprepared. I hope this is the start of their downfall.

Disoriented & unprepared was how JR Pearl looked!