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Alabama leads DII West Georgia 27-24 at the half. We are getting beat on the boards 23-17. WG has 9 Off rebs.

Gametracker Link:
http://www.rolltide.com/gametracker/launch/gt_mbaskbl.html?event=1296186&school=alab&sport=mbaskbl&camefrom=&startschool=&

WG up 32-31 with 13:59 to play.

WG up 40-35 with 10:35 to play.

WG leads 44-40 with 7:20 to go.

This is a DII team.  >:(

WG leads 48-42 with 5:15 to play.

WG leads 48-44 with Bama shooting free throws at the under 4:00 break.

WG leads 48-47 with 2:59 to play.

Bama leads 49-48 with 2:38 to play.

Time Out by WG with Bama leading 51-50. 1:31 to play.

 :-\

Game tied 55-55. Going to overtime.

Bama is getting out rebounded 45-35. WG has 21 Off Rebs. They are shooting a lot of threes and getting long rebs. They have taken 95 shots to our 55. We have 13 blocks to their 2.

West Georgia got beat by Jacksonville State, last week, 65-52.  :facepalm:

Releford hits a three. Bama up 58-55.

Bama leads 59-58 with 0:38 to go.

Releford hits 2 Ft. Bama up 61-58. Releford has 25 pts.

Bama wins 65-64 in Overtime.


(edited to get final score correct)

Thanks for the updates, pmull. Al.com said West Georgia hit a 3 at the buzzer to make it 65-64.

We just get by a DII team in OT. Not what I hoped for. We should beat them by 25. We have to get better. We play Oklahoma on Friday.

Releford scores a game high 27. Jacobs had 12, Copper 9, Obasohan 5, Hale 4, Engstrom 4, Taylor 12 and Key 2.

Jabobs had 9 rebs. Taylor had 6 rebs and 7 blocks.

WG out rebounded us 49-40. They had 22 off rebs.

We were 22-30 at the line. WG was 5-11.

WG shot 77 two pts shots and 27 thee point shots for 104 shots. We were 48/11/59. That is a huge difference. We did shoot 19 more free throws.

Whew, how ugly can a basketball game be. I know it's the first game of the season but if a total stranger, one that knows nothing about the Bama program, was at the game tonight he might have thought that Bama had just started their program. There is no way this team is as bad as they played tonight.

If Releford had not been able to play tonight, Bama would have lost by 20 or more. It was hard to pinpoint a part of their game that hurt them the most. They couldn't shoot, couldn't rebound, made terrible passes, but the defense did play well at times.

I thought Taylor and Hale had a lot of effort in the first half but were just outplayed by the West Georgia players underneath the basket. Jacobs had his moments and didn't really exert himself until the last 7 minutes of the game. Engstom should have had at least 10-12 rebounds tonight but just can't get his timing right to leap and catch. Cooper should have had more points but just couldn't get the ball to go down for him, he had some open shots. I was disappointed in Obasohan's play. He has got to become more of an offensive threat to get some pressure off of Releford. Releford had 27 points but he earned them. Obasohan has the talent to score more, he just needs to take some shots when he is open.

The rebounding was just terrible, Bama has no one that knows how to block out underneath the basket. If they do know how, they sure weren't applying what they know tonight.

This was just an exhibition game but I don't think Bama needed to have the score as close as it was. This team will have to play with a lot of emotion until they can get a little more synchronized and play as a unit, not as a one man scoring machine. They have some decent players that are fully capable of playing better than they did tonight but they better do it quick, because they have Oklahoma next and I don't think the Okies will show an SEC team any mercy. You never know, they may come out Friday afternoon and play as they are capable of playing, let's hope so.

Well Jamos , one thing about it  :dunno:

nowhere to go but up from here right ?   :lol2:

FROM pmull:

WG out rebounded us 49-40. They had 22 off rebs.

We were 22-30 at the line. WG was 5-11.

WG shot 77 two pts shots and 27 thee point shots for 104 shots. We were 48/11/59. That is a huge difference. We did shoot 19 more free throws.


Are you kidding me!? I didn't listen to the game since i thouhgt we would win by 30 or more and everybody would play. This is horrible and embarrassing. What is going on with Grant and the Tide? I was looking forward to the Friday game with Oklahoma, but this type of play is completely unacceptable.

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It was the first game of the season and I'm hoping with that behind them the team will play better in their next game. Basketball is a game known for it's ups and downs and I really think some of the new players came away form the game with a different view of how good their team is. There is potential from the new players, they just have to learn to play on a higher level for 40 minutes. I do give them credit for their play in the last 7 minutes of the game, it was the best that they played the whole game and it was the reason for the win. It wasn't pretty but I think it served as a big wake up call for those on the team that thought they were a good team.

We'll learn more about them on Friday against Oklahoma.

By the way, Levi Randolph was in his sweats before the game and had no limp whatsoever. He actually took some shots and jogged off the floor as the team went to the dressing room before the game.

Thanks for the summary, J. Let's hope we see a more inspired team against Oklahoma.

I didn't get to watch or hear it but it sure jars me a little bit. West Ga. is good in their division of BB but they should not be that close to the Tide BB program. I hope for the future but I have to say I am a little nervie too. I thought this would be the breakout year. RTR!

More awful news about the West Georgia game. Last year they were 9-18 in basketball. Great team, huh?



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Jacksonville State beat them badly last week. We have till Friday to get better.

 :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(






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Anyone who listened to the game, can you tell me why we almost got beat by such an incredibly poor team? Were we totally unprepared, lazy, poorly coached, or just did not care? This game really bugs me. I will be listening Friday when they play Oklahoma.



 :shake:

Just found that the game will be broadcast on Sports South HD, channel 649 on Direct TV @ 4pm.
I can't wait.



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MD, if you look at our exhibition games over the past few years, there haven't been a lot of blowouts. We've had some tight, unimpressive games. Then when the season starts, the team seems to show up. I wouldn't be too concerned yet. Remember, there are some young'uns on the team that just need experience, and I'm sure the regulars just thought they had to show up to win, last night.

Let's see what happens against Oklahoma.

The game was not on TV or radio. I followed the game on Gametracker. You get stats only but you can see substitution patterns and pick up a few things.

CAG was playing a lot of different players in different combinations. For example Dakota Slaughter played 10 minutes when the game was tight or Bama behind. That will not happen during the season. We played the starters and top two reserves down the stretch and in OT. We played much better. WG stayed in the game late by hitting 3 pointers they had missed all night.

Jamos will have to help here because he was at the game. Based on Gametracker stats I think WG was a run and gun team that put the shot up from anywhere. I think they got a lot of long rebounds. I think that is how they got 22 off rebs and how they took 104 shots. We had 16 blocks to their 2 so I don't think they did much damage down low. I am assuming a lot here not having seen or heard the game.

I agree with 2 that we should not read too much into a poor showing at an exhibition game. Friday against Oklahoma is a different matter. A poor
performance against them will be reason to be concerned.

WG was a team very similar to UAH who Bama had played the last 2-3 years at this time. UAH was a well coached team with good athletes and should have beat Bama a couple of those games. I think WG came into this game as if the were playing for a NC and played their hearts out. Bama on the other hand did waht you said, they mixed and matched the lineup looking for some chemistry from all of the new players. WG would swarm the boards on both ends of the court where as Bama was more concerned with getting back on defense when they shot the ball. AS I stated on an earlier post, Bama does not block out well on the defensive boards and wasn't that aggressive on loose balls, especially the long rebounds.

It was a typical scrimmage type game for Bama where they were looking for players who can be used on the starting 7 and I think if you look back at the last 7-10 minutes of the game you saw those players.

I was dissappointed because I was looking for more than CAG wanted to show. He was looking for players that can give him some good minutes in the games ahead and I was looking for a blowout.