Gameday thread: No. 9 Alabama vs. Kentucky

[onebamamaniax]

A win is a win! 2 close games and won them both. Get back to practice and get the shots falling again.

 

[Tide60T]

Defense and free throws!!!

 

[BamaLegacy]

Great finish at the FT line...RTR

 

[bama43]

Great win. ugly game but main thing is they kept fighting and pulled it out.
Does it seem like they shoot better on the road?

 

[A300]

Yes!! Roll Tide! What a team. We can win games like this too. Not many 3’s hit or really shot and we find a way to win. Great night

Thats what im sayin. Threes go cold and they still find a way. Nice win

 

[ccintn]

Does Dickie V eat “Blue Turd” sandwiches three meals a day?

 

[TideFever]

Finished the game outscoring UK 18-5.

 

[lgreene22]

What a gutsy win. I had my doubts but this team can just flat out get it done even when shooting so poorly. What a dub

 

[tydzbk]

Looked like it was going another way there till the end. Definitely thought we were gonna lose. Great job getting our shit together to put them away. Big win yet again.

 

[CrmsnTusk4]

Couldn't do diddly on offense, but still managed to gut it out. Big one on Saturday.

 

[TideFever]

Bama made just 6 FG in the entire second half...

But made 22 of 26 free throws.

And one of those 6 was that garbage layup at the buzzer.

 

[aggietider]

We locked them down for a stretch there late. I think he went with Ellis over Primo and JQ during that period of time.

 

[D Isaiah T Billings-Clyde7]

Boys we just played like dog shit and beat Kentucky by 11. The hell is going on?

 

[TideFan35]

Great win boys!!! Proud of these guys! They knew they weren’t on their offensive game but played great defense!! Proud of these guys! Can’t wait to have Bruner back! We really missed him tonight on the rebounding side of things

 

[100%Bama]

Winning ugly and winning pretty have something in common and good teams do both. UA basketball is fun to watch again. Oats bootstrapping!!!

 

[BAMACOASTIE]

Defense won this game tonight. Kentucky played to stop the 3 point shot and did a good job on defense also. If we had a stronger inside guy this game wouldn't have been close. I love to see that this team can battle and still pull out a win against a very talented team. Games like this go a long way in building confidence. Roll Tide!!!!

 

[BamaLegacy]

Oklahoma just beat Texas on the road...what a tough stretch of games SMH

 

[OatsMeal]

Worst offensive performance of SEC play, but when it was crunch time down the stretch, we found a way. Huge. And OU knocks off No. 4 ranked Texas to set up a huge matchup Saturday.

 

[mtmax]

Who would have thought when we were trailing with less than 4 minutes left that we would cover?

 

[EugDan]

Reminiscent of early 70s game against Kentucky, when they clobbered Leon Douglas on almost every play. Bama lacked depth back then.

But CNO had them roll up their sleeves and fight & claw tonight. Good win the hard way! A bunch of guys need the hard hat award tonight

 

[budog]

Shocked they called that a foul on UK.

Hard time getting this one to stick when they only called 15 fouls on us all night while Kentucky got called 25 times.

ROLL TIDE!!

 

[pfaud001]

Gary’s defense was big tonight with Reese hurt. Then last 4 minute stand was a thing of beauty. I don’t mind winning ugly. It just proves to the team they can win without the 3. They need some rest with all of these injuries.