These last 3 teams seem to have figured out how to defend and frustrate this team. Terrible rebounding and costly turnovers didn't help today. Hopefully Coach Oats can get them refocused for this final SEC stretch
Sign of things to come?
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Perhaps. Have no post presence and too many missed layups.
I do think every team we play for the rest of the season will play us the way Oklahoma did today. Gonna have to figure out how to get good shots in different ways. As bad as we looked at times today, we had a chance to win the game in the final 4 minutes on the road against a real good, top 20 team. Bruner can’t get back soon enough.
Bruner not on the court does so much more to the offense and defense than you can imagine. Without him out there everyone has had to adjust their roles. As I said the other day the first couple of games it wasn’t as noticed because the ball was still moving and spacing was actually better. But when the teams figured out what the adjustments were (for example make sure there was an offensive rebounding presence) they have exploited it. Bruner may not have gotten all the rebounds but it was his assignment most of the time to not let the other big get in a position to get it. Now you’ve got bigs free jumping for rebounds because other coaches get paid to figure things out too.
Basketball is all about matchups. Ky, Miss State, and Ok all match up well against us. We still beat 2 of 3. If we played OK with a different ref, we win this game 9 out of 10 times. We have injuries and they played through them. We have good leadership. They will recover. I fully believe Bama will start a new winning streak.
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I believe the biggest issue right now Is JQ. He is our only PG. He can get inside the D and finish at the rim. And he can get in there and create for others. But he’s not playing good enough to even play. Those last 4 minutes we had Shack doing what JQ should be in there doing. We won’t come close to our potential in March if he doesn’t become a factor again.
Herb is playing below 75%, JQ is coming off missing multiple games, Rojas is hurt, Bruner is hurt, Reese is banged up. Just a tough stretch.
Yep. Oats said after the game that Herb would normally dunk those missed layups. Once he is healed up, we should be a different team. I am proud of Reese. He stepped up today.
If we played them again tomorrow I’d bet the house on Bama.
correct. we did not lose to a subpar team. OKLA is very good and it was a road game. did not get any breaks from the refs for sure. still came close to winning. i hate to lose, but this team has nothing to be ashamed of
Offensive rebounding 14-6. That was essentially the game.
Not simple as that. Road game against a good team. Bama beat up. These games happen. Effort was good with the exception of offensive rebounding.
Which is why I am not heartbroken over this game. 2 fairly evenly matched clubs. It wasn't like OU showed us how bad we are or anything. Still a good team who may still be top 10 next week. I don't anticipate a huge slide.
Does JD Davidson come in and start at point day 1?
in my opinion, yes he does with out a doubt
While I agree with the match up part of your post, I don't think Bama wins this game 9 out of 10 times. There were killed on the boards, OU slowed the game down and play physical basketball. Those things Bama has to learn to deal with against the better teams in the country. Disappointing to lose to a team without their best player and two starters but it's something to learn from.
You're the worst poster by far on this site and thats saying a lot!
If herb was 100% and Bruner wasn't out Bama would most definitely beat them more times then they beat Bama.
I agree Bama would win more than they lose against this team, but not 9 out of 10. they are a good team and they played without two starters, one being their best player.
I think Bama beats them 9 out of 10 times without their 2 that missed today. They are a good team, but Bama beat themselves today with some bad turnovers and some really bad calls by the refs. Just my 2 cents.
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