Alabama vs VCU (3:00 CBS College Sports Network CSTV)

[Marshal Dillon]

Lacy scored his first points of game. VCU is constantly hustling & pressuring. 38-24 VCU. we are in a big hole.


 

[2Stater]

How many times have they split our defense on their end when we are standing around at the top of the key? They are really out-hustling us.

[Marshal Dillon]

We are dribbling & passing too much, plus we are standing around waiting for them to double-team us. Grant has zero answer for what is going on. Where is our perimeter defense?
54-34 VCU.



 

[pmull]

Down by 21 and getting embarrassed.  

[2Stater]

Total carnage. 

[pmull]

We are getting out played and out coached. I am beginning to dread the SEC schedule. We look awful.

[BAMAWV]

Wow!

 

[Marshal Dillon]

Well, after thinking about it, I think we ran into a hot shooting team who plays a solid pressure game. Most teams would have struggled against such 3 point shooting. We played a good Cincy team close at their place. Grant has to get his team coming out to start the game being aggressive on offense. We can not continue to play 10-15 points from behind early in every game.


 

[pmull]

Final: VCU whips our azz 73-54. We should have stayed on the bus. We were never in this game.

[pmull]

Jacobs does not score in this game. I was expecting him to pick up the slack after Green graduated. We have no inside game other than a dribble drive from a guard.

[Marshal Dillon]

Jacobs does not score in this game. I was expecting him to pick up the slack after Green graduated. We have no inside game other than a dribble drive from a guard.

Lacy & Jacobs were both lackadaisical & invisible during the game. Releford, Randolph, & Slaughter (later in the game) hustled constantly, Pollard & Cooper were okay. Am I missing something? Is there a problem on the team? Is Grant overrated? Am I overreacting?
HELP!!


 

[pmull]

Jacobs does not score in this game. I was expecting him to pick up the slack after Green graduated. We have no inside game other than a dribble drive from a guard.

Lacy & Jacobs were both lackadaisical & invisible during the game. Releford, Randolph, & Slaughter (later in the game) hustled constantly, Pollard & Cooper were okay. Am I missing something? Is there a problem on the team? Is Grant overrated? Am I overreacting?
HELP!!


 

I don't know. We are 0-3 in our last three games and we need a win. We looked much better earlier in the year than we do now. I am concerned about our play and our coaching at this point. We need to see improvement in all phases of the game against Texas Tech. That game is also away.

[Marshal Dillon]

Jacobs does not score in this game. I was expecting him to pick up the slack after Green graduated. We have no inside game other than a dribble drive from a guard.

Lacy & Jacobs were both lackadaisical & invisible during the game. Releford, Randolph, & Slaughter (later in the game) hustled constantly, Pollard & Cooper were okay. Am I missing something? Is there a problem on the team? Is Grant overrated? Am I overreacting?
HELP!!


 

I don't know. We are 0-3 in our last three games and we need a win. We looked much better earlier in the year than we do now. I am concerned about our play and our coaching at this point. We need to see improvement in all phases of the game against Texas Tech. That game is also away.

Agree. This what I am concerned about, we are failing in almost all phases of the game.


 

[ricky023]

I think one other problem we have is, that the teams we are now playing are good teams and we don't scare them. These guys are probably Seniors that CAG recruited while there. I'm not sure how but we need better players. RTR!

[pmull]

A quick review of the stats confirm we were beat in all phases of the game.

Bama shot 39% from the floor to VCU 47%.
We got 28 rebounds (8 off) to VCU 31 (11 off). That number is close only because they shot 10 more shots than us.
We had 18 Turn overs to VCU 11.

We are on a three game lossing streak. We can take lossing a close game to Top 15 Cincinnati on their home floor. We can not allow teams like Dayton to come to our gym and beat us badly. The final 5 point margin was misleading in that game. They were up by 16 with 3 minutes to play. VCU is a good team and play better at home but we were never in the game. VCU lead by 26 with 9 minutes to play. The closest we got in the second half was 11.

We do not play tough physical basketball. We are getting beat bad in the paint. We miss Engstrom on the defensive end. He filled the lane, altered shots and gets rebounds. We also miss Steele. He is a team leader. He is 6-4 but he has a thick body. He could play the small forward and bang with the big guys and draw fouls. He was not a big scorer but he had a way of scoring a basket when we needed it. We have to find a way to replace these guys production.

Jacobs needs to get back to the level he showed as a freshman last year. He was 0-1 and did not score or get a rebound in 11 minutes of play. Gueye played 13 minutes and went 0-1 from the floor and had 2 rebounds. He hit 2 free throws. That is basically no production from our big men.

Pollard played his best game yet. He had 13 points on 5-7 shooting. He was 3-4 from from the line. He also had 8 rebounds with 3 of them being offensive rebounds.

We can not give up 73 points and expect to win. We need to hold teams in the low 60's. Dayton and VCU played a similar style of basketball as we do but they play it better. We need to improve quickly or we are looking at the NIT.

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