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 Alabama will play three of its next four on the road beginning Saturday, when the Tide travels to face the Tennessee Volunteers in Knoxville, Tenn., on Saturday at 1 p.m. CT (2 p.m. ET) on the SEC Network. It will mark Alabama's first SEC road game this season.

http://www.rolltide.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/010915aab.html

UT in a down year, but to get a road win there would be huge for this team.

Thanks for the reminder.   :clap:

We need to win some road games this season and that has been hard for us in recent years. It will not be easy. UT is 9-4 with some quality wins and no bad losses.  Their RPI is 61. A win in Knoxville today will be good for the teams confidence and look good on our NCAA resume.

We go to Columbia next to play USCe. That is also a big road game. Both games are winnable but we need no worse than a split of these two games.

Kessens showing energy around the basket. He needs help, though. UT 3-2. A&M leading UK at the half 28-23.



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Both teams playing full court press.  Several turn overs.  Going to be a low scoring game.

Bama 23 TN 15
5:30 left in first half

We're doing better in a few areas. Rebounds 14-11 (UT), Assists 8-5, Turnovers 7-8. FG 11/24 45%.

Tide 25-20, 2:00 left.



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Bama 29 TN 24 at Halftime   :clap:

Taylor showing good effort & energy around the basket. 29-24 Half



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Did we win any SEC road games last season?  Can't remember.

Tide 0/0 on FT's.   :dunno:


Taylor & Tarrant 8 points each. Cooper 7 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists, great all around effort.



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Nope, 0-9.



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UT on 8-1 run then Cooper hits 3. Tide 33-32.

Tide gone cold in shooting. UT in the game because of FT shooting, 8-11, Tide 2-4. Tide 41-36 after Cooper hits 3. Cooper 15 points, Tarrant 10.



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Aggies leading KY by one point in OT with 30 seconds left.  Aggie Basketball.

Taylor looks like a totally different player. Very aggressive around basket, 13 points, 4 rebounds & only 2 fouls.

Tide 47 UT 36, 4:00 left.



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Tide wins 56-38. Hold UT scoreless for 15 minutes, unbelievable.



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Tide ended 0-19 road loss streak.



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Impressive road win! RTR!

Great win to break that 0 for 19 road streak.

When was the last road win?  I can't remember that far back.

AT LAST!!!! For all of you non-believers, I hope you enjoyed the game. :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance:

Great road win for the Tide!   #+


(Aggies could not quite pull off the upset of Kentucky in 2OT.  Aggies had the lead near the end of 1OT but couldn't score a basket, then fouled KY with 6 secs left and KY makes 2 FTs to sent it to 2OT.)

Only saw the very end of the game. Looks like Bama outscored UT 21-2 to end the game. I call that a finish!  #+

Alabama finally got a road win and it was a SEC road win.

It was an ugly low scoring game but we played outstanding defense. UT took the lead during the middle of the second half and we could have let the game slip away. Instead we help UT to 2 points in the final 12 minutes and built a comfortable lead. UT had a good crowd and we kept them quite all game.

It seems like every game we have different players step up with a good game. Today Jimmie Taylor scored 13, Tarrant 14 and Cooper 17 today. We out rebounded UT 34-29. We had 15 assists.

This was a good team road win that should build confidence. We have another road game Tuesday at South Carolina.

I just saw a post game interview with CAG. He was disappointed we did not shoot any free throws in the first half. He stressed at halftime that we need to be more aggressive and get to the line. We were 10-12 in the 2nd half.

CAG seems to really like this team. He said they all like each other enjoy playing together. He also said they have bought in to what the coaching staff has asked them to do. He thinks we still have a lot of room for improvement and will get better as the season goes along.

WE WANT DUKE!!!

WE WANT DUKE!!!

WE WANT DUKE!!!




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In two SEC games UK has been taken to OT both games. First by Ole Miss and now by A&M. Playing UK twice this season is not 2 guaranteed losses like we thought a week ago.

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Like who? You lost me.



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It seems so strange and odd for MD to reply to this ??? ??? ???

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It seems strange to be celebrating so loudly after going 1-19 on the road and acting like it is a huge accomplishment against a weak UT team. We play USC next and let's see how things go before we start thinking of celebrating. If we lose, will the same folks admit they are wrong. I doubt it. I hope we can continue to win, especially on the road, but I don't have crimson-colored glasses on, either. The season has a ways to go. USC will be an excellent test of our team, then we play UK in T-Town. Looking forward to both games.  


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MD is one of my favorite posters but he is about as negative as they come. Lighten up Francis. We got a big road win today. Let us positive guys celebrate.

You got to give him credit! Most of us just thought a split on our road games was a positive. Now, to hear him and his negative out look we should be disappointed ??? if we don't win both of them!

Is it being negative to point out the obvious? I love Tide BB & Grant has shown very little in over 5 years. I want to win, not be average or below average. Who really thinks Grant has done a good job in 5 years of coaching? Tide BB can do much better. I am excited about the new assistant coach, Witherspoon, who could be a major impact for the team. Mediocrity is frustrating.


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  I think we have a chance to have a pretty good team this year. Let us enjoy today's win. It is a long season. I do not know how it will turn out but I am optimistic right now.

I don't care who the team is or how bad. An SEC win on the road by 18 is huge! Look at Kentucky, they went to OT with Ole Miss at home and double OT with A&M on the road. I would bet money that we win several more on the road. I'm starting to get stoked about this team.

sooooooo, when we do have a wining season MD is laying the ground work to give all credit to Witherspoon, and disregard all that Grant has done :-\

I agree completely & that's what I am saying, it's a long season so let's not get too hyped-up right now. We finally won a road game but against a suspect UT team. Let's win against a good USC team on the road then we can all do high fives. We have such good potential, I have thought we have a chance of beating UK in T-town, especially if we can get hot on the perimeter. Like I said, Witherspoon might turn out to be our secret weapon.

I agree.  This team seems to be coming together very well in time for SEC play. 

I expect us to win both these games, TN and SC, then beat KY in Tuscaloosa.   :clap:

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Geeze, what a flip-flop :dog:

Ending an 0-19 road streak is definitely something to celebrate regardless of who we beat.  Anyone that thinks otherwise is just being ridiculous.  Congrats on the win today and hopefully we can get several more as the season progresses...

This may sound crazy, but I think we have a better chance of beating UK at our place. Just a feeling I have. Big, noisy crowd, fired up team, I think we can do it.

Glad BAMA got the win.

This is not a great ut team.  Talk to me after USC & UK.

Was not able to watch the game.  We do not have SEC Network.

I did watch UNC come back from 13 points down to win by 1 over Louisville.

When was the last time BAMA came back from a deficit against a quality team?

At this point I still think BAMA finishes below .500 in SEC play.

Rumor has it that if CAG can take them to the Big Dance this year, there is a two year extension of his contract on the table.

I thought he still had 2 years to go on his contract now.


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I like CAG and hope he takes this team to a deep run in the NCAA Tournament. I want Bama to do well and CAG succeed. I get the impression some people want him to fail. I do not get that?

Wasn't that game played at NC?

Bama did beat Texas A&M by 21 the other night and Texas A&M took the #1 team in the country to double overtime today, maybe that was a quality win.

There's a difference in wanting him to fail & expecting him to fail. You base that on what you see on the court or a football field with any coach. No one want's their coach to fail, but it's hard to deny results & what you see with your own eyes.

Then he will have 4 years after this season. ;)

I like what I have seen with my own eyes so far this season.

I love it how we take time to savor a football win, but there are those on here that want to negatively dissect a terrific road win in basketball, then skip to the future and sum up how bad the season is going to be, when we are 12-3 and 2-0 with a big road win.

How long has it been since we came from behind against a quality team? How long has it been since we were 12-3 and 2-0 in the SEC with a road win?

Enjoy the win, guys. Jeeze!  :facepalm:

Any good fan would. ;)

True.

Enjoy the wins; life is short.

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It is still early in the season but the A&M and UT wins this week are considered quality wins. A&M has an RPI of 57 and UT 67. We are now 27 good for third best in a much improved SEC only behind UK 1 and Arkansas 12.

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/rpi/_/groupId/23

I checked it last night but it was not updated. Thanks for the info.

I think UK is very beatable.  They have looked out of sync as a team in several of their games, but they have also soundly thrashed several quality opponents.  BAMA is playing with great defensive pressure.  I am concerned about playing USCe in Columbia with them coming off of a 2 game skid.

We received votes in the AP and Coaches poll today. We are not ranked but we are trending in the right direction.

We have two big games this week. Tuesday night on the road at South Carolina and at home against # 1 Kentucky. The Kentucky game is a sell out. Winning both of these games is possible but we need to at least get a split.

The Tennessee win may turn out to be better than we thought.  They are leading Arkansas right now by 5 with less than 15 minutes to go.

UT 53-38 now with 12:13 to go.  Timeout Arkansas.

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UT slapping Arkansas around 56-41 in K'ville. Somewhat surprised by this.



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UT 11 point lead with 3 minutes to go.

UT beats Arkansas 74-69. Tide leading 9-3 early over SC.




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