Crimson Red Sports

Just a reminder for all of you in case you want to record it. ;)

Alabama will play its first true road contest of the season when the Tide travels to Cincinnati, Ohio to take on the Xavier Musketeers on Saturday night at 7 p.m. CT (8 p.m. ET) on CBS Sports Network. It will be the second season in as many years the teams will meet on the hardwood.

http://www.rolltide.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/120414aab.html

Should be a nice follow up to the football game.  :clap:

With the ESPN and SEC Networks, and FoxSports1, I didn't think I'd need the extra coverage, so I cut out he sports pak and changed to a package that doesn't get CBS or NBC Sports networks.   >:(

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I'll be watching football tonight anyway, but would have been nice to record and watch later, or for channel flipping.   :facepalm:

22-15 Xavier.

FG's  5/14
Reb. 7 (Xavier 10)
3-pointers  3/8
Asts  3  (Xa 7)



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Xavier 22-18  6:30 left in half. Tide very sloppy, especially offense.


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Right now I am watching the fleeing suspects university.  But I am recording the basketball game.  If we win I will watch it later.  :lol2:

Don't forget Big Ten game on Fox channel.


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37-27 Xavier. Tide looks awful & now Tarrant hurt. Tide taking too many 3's, 4/13 right now. Tide being out rebounded 16-11.



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I sneaked a peek and saw Tarrant go down hard and limp over to the bench.

Tide being out-hustled. Levi has not taken a single shot. Xavier 39-27.
 

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41-30 Xavier  Half

51-41 Xavier  17 minutes left.

FG's  13/28
Reb. 12  (Xavier 20)
TO's 10  (XA. 7)


They are just outplaying us & have better D.


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66-47 Xavier  13:00 left

Tide being dominated and Xaver shooting lights out from 3.

I sneaked a peek and we are losing by 19.  :(

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78-61 Xavier over 7 minutes left

Points off turnovers: Tide 10  Xavier 24
Rebounds: Tide 16  Xa. 25
Bench Points: Tide 16  Xa. 43

FT's: Tide 13/17  Xavier 24/30
3 pt.: Tide 9/19  Xavier 11/21

Tide has no defense.


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I think the final was 97 to 84.  Where was the defense?  :(

They have been AWOL since last year. This was a very ugly loss & we were beat in all areas of the game.

Positives:

84 points scored
23/45 FG's  52.8%
10/23  3 pointers  47%


Negatives:

Defense non-existent
97 points surrendered
Xavier FG 56%
Rebounding 32/22 Xavier
Assists 22/16 Xavier
17 turnovers (Xa. 13)

Next, we play a very good Wichita State team away.

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This turnover problem was evident in the USF game.  If you can't play defense, you sure as heck can't be giving the other team extra possessions.

Excellent point. I am getting very worried about this team. Interior defense & rebounding are huge concern. Xavier was driving to the basket uncontested. Taylor HAS to step up.


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I thought the team looked very sloppy on both ends of the floor. There wasn't any defense at all and if you don't play defense you better be shooting about 60% from the floor. I watched the last 10 minutes of the game and there wasn't many times that Bama got back on defense after a missed shot which usually led to an easy lay up for Xavier. It was a bad day for the team and one loss doesn't make a season but that kind of a loss sure brings back some old memories from the past three years.

That sentence pretty much sums up the Tide D. The perimeter D was poor, too & our rebounding was unacceptable. Like you stated, flashes of the last 2-3 years have reared its ugly head.


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