🏀 GAME THREAD 🏀 Alabama vs Vanderbilt: Bama moves to 1-1 in SEC play with 96-90 road loss to Vanderbilt

[Bammerboy321]

Holloway missed both.

 

[Bammerboy321]

Alabama with no elite wins. No defense, questionable subs, players doing stupid shit, and bad shooting. God when Oats loses a game it is almost the exact same script every fucking time.

 

[Bammerboy321]

That is the play you call? Right out of a 10 second violation?

 

[Bammerboy321]

You want to know how not play full press? You would watch Alabama that possession. It is clear they have never really ran it in practice.

 

[Bammerboy321]

What a stupid ass fucking shot by Holloway

 

[EasyTider]

Wrightsill is a liability on both sides of the court

 

[Bammerboy321]

There's positives in this game:

-Alabama fought back due to the presence of London Jemison
-Amari Allen is still a beast
-Philon is up on the bench moving around
-Bethea makes plays when he's in. No idea why he doesn't get more minutes. It is getting beyond questionable at this point. Wrightsell and Bol Bowen can shoot Alabama out of the game, yet if Bethea takes one poor shot, he gets pulled. Make it make sense.

 

[Bammerboy321]

Lmao we trapped him and had 3 on 1. Bol Bowen immediately allows him to somehow blow by him up court.

 

[Bammerboy321]

Amari Allen is unreal

 

[Bammerboy321]

 

[Bammerboy321]

No set play called down 6. Unbelievable Oats man.

 

[Bammerboy321]

Fucking Wrightsell is so bad.

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

 

[Bammerboy321]

Give it up for Brian Adams though. Great D he has here! This is the 21st time his defense has given up 85+ in two years.

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

Oats said Pihlon had full body cramps, got an IV, but couldn't return.

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

Other than the fact that Vandy (as a whole) has finally worked their way into the tightly bunch of SEC programs I loathe, and the fact that they now own the (likely to not matter) SEC tiebreaker over Bama.... I'm not too bothered by that loss. First off, Vandy is good. IMO, they aren't as good as some think they are, but they are really good. And for Bama to lose like that without Serrell to patrol the paint and Philon going out 4 min ntes into the 2nd half with 18 points on a night he was dealing with cramps... IMO, a healthy Bama team handles them and I hate we don't get to see a rematch in Tuscaloosa.

But, Bama needs to figure something out an get healthy. I can't help but wonder if some of these guys hurt couldn't maybe show a bit more toughness and play. At least some minutes.

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

Still early in the season, I'm sure Bama can top this in another game coming up...

 

[TerryP]

on a night he was dealing with cramps...

Full body cramps. I can't imagine.

 

[TerryP]

I'm not too bothered by that loss.

Neither am I. Hell, call me claiming a moral victory. No AS, Philon goes out, and to me it looked like Wrightsell was a step slow favoring his ankle.

I mentioned scoring defense before the game and it is easy to see why they are ranked where they are after last night. But, we can't point to that.

We'll see some things that define why a team lost a game. How often do you see something that defines it as clearly as these numbers?

20 percent from the bench on the 3-ball and this is a W.

 

[BamaFan334]

Other than the fact that Vandy (as a whole) has finally worked their way into the tightly bunch of SEC programs I loathe, and the fact that they now own the (likely to not matter) SEC tiebreaker over Bama.... I'm not too bothered by that loss. First off, Vandy is good. IMO, they aren't as good as some think they are, but they are really good. And for Bama to lose like that without Serrell to patrol the paint and Philon going out 4 min ntes into the 2nd half with 18 points on a night he was dealing with cramps... IMO, a healthy Bama team handles them and I hate we don't get to see a rematch in Tuscaloosa.

But, Bama needs to figure something out an get healthy. I can't help but wonder if some of these guys hurt couldn't maybe show a bit more toughness and play. At least some minutes.

100% agree.

Vanderbilt was 100 mph all night. They were aggressive, got to the basket, and fought. Everything you want from your team.

That being said, the refs were terrible, we were ice cold from three, and not playing with two of our "guys".

Sounds like a bunch of excuses, but we fought hard to get back in the game, took a lead, and fought back again to make it close. Philon being out was noticeable and likely caused the loss. Having his steady handling and getting to the rim ability not there put more pressure on us to hit outside shots thay did not fall. Passing and handling struggled and it just got away from us. We win 7 out of 10 from what I saw last night against them.