Alabama’s comeback falls short, lose 68-65
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The thing about basketball is you can sux for a couple of weeks and still come back very strong. This team is capable of coming back very strong. Just as they did in January.
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Oats put us in position to win that game twice and tie it once in the last 30 seconds of that game. We just didn't convert. We should've won! Things are fixable and we are going to get better.
This team was capable of beating Missouri by 15. They played terrible today. Something in their mindset versus Oklahoma and Missouri just set them back.
I actually expected them to win today. I thought they would learn from the Oklahoma loss.
Like I said in a earlier post. In basketball you can sux for a few games and still finish the season great. We will see which way this team finish’s.
I agree. If this team just looks at its mistakes and adjust. They are capable of being a great team.
Played a terrible game and over-came a lot of bad ball handling and poor decision making issues and over came a 20 point deficient on the road in about 5 minutes.
Nine missed FTs, two missed dunks, multiple missed layups, and TOs, make up the ingredients to the recipe for a three point loss. Great job coming back from a huge deficit, but just couldn't seal the deal. I was also amazed that Primo never took a shot.
All good. But the drive and kick is all about all we have in the half court. And I don’t see many people that are attracting help in the halfcourt. JQ shoots more 3’s off the dribble than anyone else. I’m not doom and gloom. I just believe we need a guard that can get inside the defense without people right on his hip and JQ seems to be the guy that can do that.
There is no solving the pg problem. No one else on the team can dribble. That’s our problem this year. JQ is selfish and a turnover waiting to happen.
As I was reading through this thread, this is EXACTLY what I was thinking with regard to Herb. Senior or not, and as much as we all love him, we need to have somebody else taking the shot when the game is on the line.
I thought Rojas’s defense and rebounding is one of the major reasons we came back. I think many are too hard on him. He is obviously hurt. Yes, he should not take 3s, but he played great d today.
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I think you are over simplifying it. If the other teams guards can’t stay in front of ours, we will drive like crazy and kick. If the other teams don’t have a shot blocker, then we can kill then on layups. Mizzou has great guard play plus a shot blockers. They are a tough match up with us. Not many teams have this ability so we can continue to win. Oats does need to adapt to it and I am sure he will.
Missouri isn’t the only team that’s made our half court offense looked really bad lately. We’ve played some good teams lately and they’ve given us fits in the half court. “If the other teams guards can’t stay in front of ours” is what you said. That’s the entire issue. Our guards can catch and shoot but they can’t put it on the floor consistently and get something for us. JQ is the only one that can consistently get in there and he just doesn’t make great decisions with it right now.
The difference in what’s happened recently with our offense is the defenses we’ve faced do not help off shooters and force our guards to make tough 1v1 shots, and we haven’t been able to do that. They won’t let us get open 3’s and will live with the results of the drives.
we have lost two close hard fought games--both on the road--to two highly ranked teams. alwaya room for improvement, but this is a very good team and they have nothing to be ashamed of
I’ve said that. But that doesn’t mean we can’t discuss the problems we’ve had....
Lots of us have said that over and over. But we aren’t fixing that issue with personnel during the season. JQ better step it up or we better get some movement/motion in the half court.
It’s not just JQ. Him, Shack, Herb, Ellis etc all can beat their guy off the dribble relatively easy, but they haven’t been able to make those tough layups enough to win these past two ranked games. They just have to take it stronger to the rim and draw a foul instead of trying to make a circus layup.
I fully disagree with that. We have several guards and wings that can drive. Reese and Gary can drive. That is why we are so tough to defend. We basically have the same player at every position which is what I think Oats is trying to build. When every player can drive and shoot 3s, it is very difficult to beat. I will argue that Alabama has beaten itself more than other teams have beaten us.
of course we can discuss it. that is what we are both doing. i said above--there is room for improvement--
I know. But how do we improve is the question. We can’t change personnel. Are we going to add some movement/motion to our offense? Our guards just can’t drive it and get other people open for 3 enough in the half court.
Tough layups and circus layups mean you aren’t beating them off the dribble very much.
Driving is one thing. But driving and getting good looks and finishing so that you get shooters open is another. Teams quit helping and we haven’t been able to force help in the half court. Like it or not, that’ll be an issue if we don’t figure it out.
