GAME THREAD: Alabama vs. Maryland (NCAA Tournament)

[Tony_Tsoukalas]

Who: No. 1 seed Alabama (30-5) vs. No. 8 seed Maryland (22-12)
When: 8:40 p.m. CT, Saturday, March 18
Where: Legacy Arena, Birmingham, Alabama
Watch: TBS (play-by-play: Jim Nantz; analyst: Bill Raftery; analyst Grant Hill; sideline: Tracy Wolfson)
Listen: Crimson Tide Sports Network (play-by-play: Chris Stewart; analyst: Bryan Passink; engineer Tom Stipe)

 

[Tony_Tsoukalas]

 

[Tony_Tsoukalas]

Alabama just came out to a prodominant cheer with a scattering of boos

 

[Tony_Tsoukalas]

 

[grichards56]

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Roll Tide !

 

[Tony_Tsoukalas]

 

[Tony_Tsoukalas]

Alabama's starting five

Jahvon Quinerly
Mark Sears
Brandon Miller
Noah Clowney
Charles Bediako

 

[Tony_Tsoukalas]

Brandon Miller misses his fist shot of the game.

 

[Tony_Tsoukalas]

Maryland has made its first four shots

 

[Tony_Tsoukalas]

Maryland's Julian Reese picks up his second foul with 17:02 to play in the half.

 

[Tony_Tsoukalas]

Maryland 11, Alabama 8 | 15:53, H1

After sinking its first four shots, Maryland has slowed down a bit.

Jahvon Quinerly leads the Crimson Tide with 5 points.

 

[Tony_Tsoukalas]

Brandon Miller seems to be forcing the issue too much early.

 

[shake_weight]

Putrid offense

We’re putting up some ugly shots


They’re pushing us around

 

[StablerCountry]

Bama defense playing good last six minutes but not making it count on offensive possession's.

 

[shake_weight]

We’re playing at their pace. Looks a lot like the ucla game from a couple seasons ago

 

[Tony_Tsoukalas]

Maryland's Julian Reese picks up his third foul with 8:50 left in the half.

 

[RollTide2win]

Offense is taking crazy shots.

 

[BamaTexan]

So far it’s shaping up to be that “down” game for Bama. If we can beat the Terps with this performance I like our chances going forward, even with San Diego State ahead.

 

[StablerCountry]

Bama has to get away from sloppy ball handling.

 

[Tony_Tsoukalas]

Alabama 21, Maryland 17 | 4:19, H1

Alabama has made five of its last seven shots, including two from Brandon Miller. Maryland hasn't scored in 2:39 and counting.

 

[aggietider]

We’re playing at their pace. Looks a lot like the ucla game from a couple seasons ago

Exactly. The pace has to ramp up.

 

[aggietider]

I’d love to know how many times Miller has scored off of an offensive rebound from his own shot….it’s a lot.

 

[Tony_Tsoukalas]

Brandon Miller picks up his second foul with 1:35 left in the half. He has 9 points and a pair of rebounds.

 

[Tony_Tsoukalas]

Noah Clowney looks to be in a bit of pain on the bench.

 

[Tony_Tsoukalas]

Halftime: Alabama 28, Maryland 23

Alabama shot just 10 of 26 from the floor and 1 of 7 from deep in the first half.

 

[shake_weight]

Ugly half offensively

Hope Clowney is ok

Gotta play faster and get some open looks on the perimeter.

 

[StablerCountry]

Offense has to step up. 95% of the games played this season Bama was a 2nd half team.
That is usually a good thing for Bama.

 

[jmillerbama]

A close game tonight scares the shit outbof me with these god awful inconsistent refs! Plus no it looks like Clowney and Miller are slowed by injury! These refs thoughare so inconsistent tonight even when its an obvious foul they call it on the wrong guy! No way that last call on Miller should have went against him! He was the last guy of the three to get near the driver.

 

[TideFever]

We gotta have a burst at some point early in the second half to get enough of a lead to make Maryland work faster than they want. We're playing one of our games where we seem way too focused on one thing or another and we're not just playing ball.

I really don't want this game to be close at the end of the game. None of our guards are doing much and now Clowney seems hobbled.

Also, JQ needs to keep it cool. He started barking about something there at the end of the half and I was sure he was going to get a very cheap tech called on him. He was barking for at least the last minute and a half.

 

[Tony_Tsoukalas]

Noah Clowney is shooting with the rest of the team coming out of the break. He looks like he's OK

 

[jmillerbama]

We need 7 3s this half to fall for us! Lets go Bama turn up the heat NBA JAM FIRE 🔥 !

 

[cola68]

Noah Clowney is shooting with the rest of the team coming out of the break. He looks like he's OK

On an ankle clowney would know immediately if he can go .. that’s good to hear ..

 

[TideFever]

1/7 from 3... we hit just a couple of those and this feels like a normal game where we're up 11 or so and we're poised to pull away.

 

[aggietider]

Pringle just has a hard time with fouls.

 

[cola68]

Pringle can’t let their big spin to his left hand …
That was too easy

Second, these announcers do not sound as if they like Alabama . I know, I know . I don’t want to be that guy.

 

[cola68]

Pringle just has a hard time with fouls.

If Pringle doesn’t let him go to his left hand down there , the Maryland big is toast. He can’t shoot the other way

 

[aggietider]

If Pringle doesn’t let him go to his left hand down there , the Maryland big is toast. He can’t shoot the other way

He doesn’t have a lot of patience or discipline to play the scouting report. He’s going hard wherever he thinks the guy is currently going. But that’s part of what makes him good for us. He’s 100 MPH all of the time.

 

[StablerCountry]

Bama has been one or two possessions away from breaking the game open and just can't quite get over the hump. They are a two minute offensive burst away from that. Look for it to come soon.

 

[aggietider]

We are so close to putting them away.

 

[ccintn]

Who: No. 1 seed Alabama (30-5) vs. No. 8 seed Maryland (22-12)
When: 8:40 p.m. CT, Saturday, March 18
Where: Legacy Arena, Birmingham, Alabama
Watch: TBS (play-by-play: Jim Nantz; analyst: Bill Raftery; analyst Grant Hill; sideline: Tracy Wolfson)
Listen: Crimson Tide Sports Network (play-by-play: Chris Stewart; analyst: Bryan Passink; engineer Tom Stipe)

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Is Gurley hurt? only played five or six minutes.