Game thread: No. 4 Alabama vs. No. 15 Gonzaga (C.M. Newton Classic)

[Tony_Tsoukalas]

 

[Tony_Tsoukalas]

 

[MobileBama]

How's the crowd?

 

[Tony_Tsoukalas]

How's the crowd?

Really good!

 

[Tony_Tsoukalas]

 

[Tony_Tsoukalas]

Alabama is dominating the boards early with a 7-1 rebounding advantage.

 

[aggietider]

Gonzaga is obvious good. But we will get shots today. The athleticism on the floor against us today isn’t Houston and Memphis. JQ should be able to get where he wants today..

 

[Tony_Tsoukalas]

Alabama 16, Gonzaga 9 | 15:26, H1

— Alabama has a 9-2 advantage on the boards
— The Crimson Tide is 3 of 8 from deep. Gonzaga is 0-for-3
— Jaden Bradley leads Alabama with 7 points and a pair of assists

 

[Tony_Tsoukalas]

Alabama has a 4-0 advantage in offensive rebounds and a 6-0 edge in second-chance points.

 

[aggietider]

Does anybody get the ball down the floor after a made basket faster than Gonzaga?

 

[Tony_Tsoukalas]

Alabama 20, Gonzaga 16 | 11:56, H1

Alabama has five turnovers in the last 2:34 including three in the last 1:10

 

[StablerCountry]

Sloppy turnovers only thing keeping the Zags in the game right now

 

[BaselineLeaner4]

Here we fkin go with JQ and Gurley leading out team with dumb turnovers

 

[mmcolburn]

I hate to call any player out but goodness, three turnovers in a row by the same player.

 

[aggietider]

Sloppy turnovers only thing keeping the Zags in the game right now

JQ and Gurley are going to turn it over.

 

[aggietider]

Hopefully we will realize they can run after we score. They are killing us after we score.

 

[aggietider]

Wonder how much better we’d be if our guards did what Gonzaga’s do. They drive but if there is traffic, they just stop before they get there and get a shot up.

 

[aggietider]

Miles comes in, gets a rebound, knows he shouldn’t dribble so he dribbled the length of the court and runs over a guy.

 

[Tony_Tsoukalas]

Gonzaga 36, Alabama 31 | 7:16, H1

Gonzaga is shooting 62% from the floor and has made seven of its last eight shots.

 

[Tony_Tsoukalas]

Here we fkin go with JQ and Gurley leading out team with dumb turnovers

 

[aggietider]

If we start dribbling towards the goal, nothing is changing our mind.

 

[Tony_Tsoukalas]

Gonzaga 43, Alabama | 2:56, H1

Jaden Bradley leads Alabama with 11 points on 4 of 6 shooting.

 

[aggietider]

JQ is a liability right now. Don’t keep arguing that with me.

 

[Tony_Tsoukalas]

Halftime: Gonzaga 47 Alabama 42

— Alabama hasn't scored in the last 2:56 and has missed its last four shots.
— Jaden Bradley has already matched his career-high with 12 points.
— Drew Timme leads Gonzaga with 16 points and five rebounds.

 

[StablerCountry]

Turnovers and cold shooting defines last 10 minutes for Bama.

This team has shown itself to be a better 2nd half team.

 

[xcop]

Cut down on the Turnovers and we win.

 

[aggietider]

Cut down on the Turnovers and we win.

Our bench gets really short if we want to cut down a lot of them.

 

[Tony_Tsoukalas]

Jaden Bradley is the best guard on this team.

 

[mmcolburn]

14-3 in turnovers!!!!

 

[aggietider]

Hopefully we don’t do Miller like Auburn did Jabari Smith last year and freeze him out for long periods…

 

[Tony_Tsoukalas]

Charles Bediako picks up his third foul with 15:51 remaining

 

[aggietider]

One reason Gonzaga doesn’t win in March is because Timme doesn’t get these soft foul calls in March.

 

[kimbell]

JQ is a liability right now. Don’t keep arguing that with me.

Huge liability!! Turnover machinr

 

[aggietider]

When we put JQ and Gurley out there together, which seems like often, they are always on the same side of in an all screen together. Recipe for disaster.

 

[Tony_Tsoukalas]

Gonzaga 72, Alabama 67 | 11:35, H2

— Brandon Miller has scored Alabama's last 7 points and leads the team with 27 points, one off his season-high.

— Drew Timme leads Gonzaga with 25 points and nine rebounds.

 

[Tide60T]

The refs are giving Kemme 7-10 seconds in the lane!

 

[StablerCountry]

Gonzaga is not missing shots. Miller needs some help scoring.

 

[aggietider]

1 on 1 with Timme isn’t exactly in our favor.

 

[vegas man]

Geez. Zags have missed like 2 shots in the 2nd half. Give me a break.

 

[Secksbot]

Gonzaga is not missing shots. Miller needs some help scoring.

They are just hitting everything. Killing us with the floaters from 8 ft.