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"This is the best time of the year in college basketball: tournament time.

Most teams have established themselves by now -- in one direction or the other. Then along comes the league tournament and everything starts anew. Winning teams are expected to continue that trend, and losing teams have one last shot, one more chance to earn a spot in the NCAA tournament. "


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Hey general that is so right. I can't give you another e-cred for this one done give one. lol. Just like us Bama fans we know going deep in the Tourney we will get in the Big Dance. I look forward to Thursday thru Sunday. RTR!

I love the SEC and NCAA Tournaments. It is alot more fun when Bama is still alive.

You have to give CAG his props because in the past we didn't even talk much about BB. Now we have a chance to move up, my question is what if we go to the Sweet 16? Everybody will be looking for Football and then BB next year at same time. I wish our Baseball Team would do well. RTR!

I am old enough to remember CM Newton as coach. He had some great teams and players. Wimp came along and we were almost automatic in the Sweet 16. Wimp had a nack for winning the conference tournament as well. Gottfried had a few good teams and one nice Elite 8 run. We have a good BB history and most people do not realize it. Other program through the years is considered the second best in the conference behind KY. Coach Grant has us moving in the right direction. Give him another year or two and we will be a consistant top 20 team again. I know we are a FB school but there is nothing wrong with being good at everything.

Good points.  It's time for Alabama to take the next step.*  It looks like Coach Grant is just the man to do it.

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I know. I remember the team that had Leon Douglas that took the undefeated Indiana team to the brink before losing. That Alabama team played them better than anyone in the tournament that year.

I don't know how Coach Sanderson did it but he had good teams every year. Work, and more work I would guess. RTR!

You're right preacher. CWS always had hustling teams. Just could never make past the Sweet 16. In particular, I remember the year we played Loyola Marymount when their star player Hank Gaithers had just died. Bama played a slow tempo game in an attempt to slow down LM from scoring at will. IMO, we had better athletes than they did and should never have played to that style. Bama was a good up-tempo team. I think we lost by 3 or 4 points in that game. Just one of the times I thought we should have made it to the Elite 8.

I think we lost the LM game by 1. Robert Horry just missed a put back as time expired that would have won the game.

My favorite CWS team was the 86 team. They had Gottfried, Farmer, Derrick McKey and Terry Conner. I think they were a number 2 seed in the tournament and ran into Rick Pitino Providence team in the sweet 16 round. Billy Donovan was on fire that day. Providence made it to The Final Four.

Yeah, that was the best shooting team Bama ever had IMO. Providence killed us with the 3 point shooting, though, in that game. I remember it well. I also remember the game against South Ala. where we had an 18 point halftime lead and blew it.

I sit and read these and I truly believe CAG will have us back to that point again. If we make it to the Big Dance this year, you have to think we did in it in his 2nd year. We will have an accomplishment of greatness with that. RTR!