Alabama at Tennessee (1:00 ESPN2)

[BAMAWV]

Releford hits a clutch 3. Bama down 1--18.5 remains.

Bama ball 11.8--- RELEFORD (JMHO).

The best team did not win. 2 blown calls in last 15 secs beats the Tide.  

Yeah, refs missed some calls. 

Worse, I think, is that with 11 seconds and the ball, Bama never takes a shot.  What was that?  Lacey tried to draw the foul at the end, which should have been called but wasn't, but Bama should have been driving towards the basket or setting up a shot sooner than they did.  CAG let that one get away.

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[2Stater]

I only caught the last 6 minutes of the game, but it looked to me like Bama was mugged early and often with no calls. The last 15 seconds of the game was a travesty!

[pmull]

It should have never come down to hoping for a foul call on the opponents floor. Refs rarely call a foul to end the game. However, that was a terrible no call.

We out played Tenn most of the game. We let Tenn hang around when we should have put them away. If we had hit a few foul shots we win easily. We shoot 42% from the line.

Tenn man handled us on the boards. They had 37 rebounds to our 22. They had 15 off rebounds.

We let a road win get away today.

[Catch Prothro]

I only caught the last 6 minutes of the game, but it looked to me like Bama was mugged early and often with no calls. The last 15 seconds of the game was a travesty!

Tenn got away with a lot of no-calls in those final minutes. 

[Catch Prothro]

CAG let that one get away.

Even if that was the play CAG drew up, Lacey took more time than he should have.

[SUPERCOACH]

That was a very frustrating loss.  We should have won that game by 5 or more.  We were in control the whole way then fell apart at the end.

[BAMAWV]

CAG let that one get away.

Even if that was the play CAG drew up, Lacey took more time than he should have.

Yeah. Not only did we not get a shot off- but ideally you would also like a chance at a tip in off a miss. That gives us 2 chances to score or maybe draw a foul. My idea was to put the ball in Relefords hands and a slashing drive that may have pulled Jacobs' or Guyeye's guy off the rim. But pmull nailed it by saying things should never have gotten to that point to start with.

[pmull]

We have a good schedule the rest of the way. The only games we will not be favored to win are the away games at Florida and Ole Miss. We could win our next 9 games. I think we have a good chance at going 12-6 or better in SEC play.

01/31/13 vs. Arkansas
02/02/13 at Vanderbilt
02/06/13 at Auburn
02/09/13 vs. LSU 
02/12/13 at Georgia 
02/16/13 vs. South Carolina
02/20/13 vs. Mississippi State 
02/23/13 at LSU
02/26/13 vs. Auburn
03/02/13 at Florida 
03/05/13 at Ole Miss
03/09/13 vs. Georgia   

[BAMAWV]

We have a good schedule the rest of the way. The only games we will not be favored to win are the away games at Florida and Ole Miss. We could win our next 9 games. I think we have a good chance at going 12-6 or better in SEC play.

01/31/13 vs. Arkansas
02/02/13 at Vanderbilt
02/06/13 at Auburn
02/09/13 vs. LSU 
02/12/13 at Georgia 
02/16/13 vs. South Carolina
02/20/13 vs. Mississippi State 
02/23/13 at LSU
02/26/13 vs. Auburn
03/02/13 at Florida 
03/05/13 at Ole Miss
03/09/13 vs. Georgia   

At UF and at Ole Miss should be real challenges. But if we continue to let beaten teams hang around like we did today, it makes it really difficult to pick Ws and Ls.

[pmull]

I was pretty rough on CAG after the Mercer and Tulane loses. We lost another game yesterday that we should have won. However, we are playing better and improving as the season goes along.

CAG can coach and recruit guards. He needs to get some big guys that are upper tier SEC players and we will be all right. We have two guys signed for next year that are both 4 star post players rated in ESPN Top 100. They can not get here fast enough for me. I am tired of getting beat on the boards every game.

[Catch Prothro]

CAG let that one get away.

Even if that was the play CAG drew up, Lacey took more time than he should have.

Yeah. Not only did we not get a shot off- but ideally you would also like a chance at a tip in off a miss. That gives us 2 chances to score or maybe draw a foul. My idea was to put the ball in Relefords hands and a slashing drive that may have pulled Jacobs' or Guyeye's guy off the rim. But pmull nailed it by saying things should never have gotten to that point to start with.

That was my thinking too.  These kids dream of a winning last second shot and run the clock down, when really they should just try to score and not worry about the last 5-6 seconds.  Bama has enough defense for that.

I also agree that Bama should have finished the game and not let it go to the end.  TN was getting away with a lot of too-physical play though.

[Catch Prothro]

I was pretty rough on CAG after the Mercer and Tulane loses. We lost another game yesterday that we should have won. However, we are playing better and improving as the season goes along.

CAG can coach and recruit guards. He needs to get some big guys that are upper tier SEC players and we will be all right. We have two guys signed for next year that are both 4 star post players rated in ESPN Top 100. They can not get here fast enough for me. I am tired of getting beat on the boards every game.

It usually takes more time for the big guys to develop.  Gueye is looking better and better; maybe next year he will come into his own, and Engstrom will be back.  Both will be seniors next year, so we definitely need those young guys coming in.  Jacobs is not 100% this year; he has 2 more years.

[ricky023]

Could this loss have been because of the hangover from Kentucky? I think there would be some tiredness, but I didn't get to see the game. I do hope we get better and make the NCAA Tourney, I am tired of the NIT. RTR!

[Catch Prothro]

Could this loss have been because of the hangover from Kentucky? I think there would be some tiredness, but I didn't get to see the game. I do hope we get better and make the NCAA Tourney, I am tired of the NIT. RTR!

I don't think that there was a KY hangover.  Bama played well in the first half, for most of the game, but TN was allowed to manhandle Bama players in the last few minutes, and the ball bounced their way down the stretch.

[pmull]

Could this loss have been because of the hangover from Kentucky? I think there would be some tiredness, but I didn't get to see the game. I do hope we get better and make the NCAA Tourney, I am tired of the NIT. RTR!

I don't think that there was a KY hangover.  Bama played well in the first half, for most of the game, but TN was allowed to manhandle Bama players in the last few minutes, and the ball bounced their way down the stretch.

We can blame it on a Kentucky hangover or we can blame it on the officials but if we hit our free throws down the stretch we win. We shot 42% from the line and missed several front ends of one & one.

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