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Game in T-Town at 8 pm on ESPNU. We are 17-12, 8-8 SEC. Barn is 20-9, 9-7 SEC.




 :tinfoil:

Looking forward to an early night sleep -- I started work at 5 a.m. this morning, working in the cold for 9 hours.

Also looking forward to reading your report in the morning.

It smelled like napalm this morning...

I predict Victory!

Roll Tide!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPXVGQnJm0w






 :dog:

The question is, which team shows up?

Mack is starting, he better have a hell of a game.

Bama hot early up 12-2.

Bama up 12-5, but the last shot there was poor execution by Bama.  Hall has the ball outside and no one rotates around to give him relief and he tries a long jumper.  We all know that is not his game.

Bama up by 10, 19-9, and just missed back to back dunks.

23-14 Tide. Norris & Petty look good. 26-16 after Norris 3.




 :popcorn2:

Norris is in and has scored 5 points and fought hard.  AJJ is in for some reason, and was outrebounded on consecutive missed lay-ups and AU scored.

Nice to see Bama ahead early.  Just hope they can hold it.   :popcorn2:

Tide 11/20 FG, 55%% shooting. Tide 13 rebounds, Barn 8.




 :clap:

Mack, Lewis, Norris, & Ingram all have 5 points, Mack has 7 now. 29-16 Tide

A rare carrying call.

Here we go again, low energy and sloppy play near half. 32-23 Tide





 :facepalm:

Norris scores 2 at half, 34-23 Tide. Could spread of scoring by everyone. Norris 7, Mack 7, Lewis 6, Ingram 5, Jones 4. Tide 14/26 in FG shooting. Barn 3/13 3 pointers.




 :clap:

Bama making stupid turnovers to start the half.  I do think they have extended their 3 point defense for this game.

Another bad pass. Barn can't hit a 3, then Tide makes another bad pass. Sloppy play by Tide. Tide causes Barn to call timeout on a throw-in. 36-23 Tide.



 :popcorn2:

Ugly, ugly, ugly shot by Ingram, then Barn scores. Now a blocked shot by Barn, Barn then travels. 36-29 Tide. Lewis gets lay-up & is fouled. Makes FT, 39-29 Tide.

I have no clue what these guys are going to call a foul.

Lewis hits s FT on technical foul then Petty scores. 43-31 Tide. Tide turn over.

Norris has been on the floor more times this game than some players have all year.

Tide standing around and being loose-goosey with ball, again. We just can't handle the ball, period. Bad, ugly shot and ball handling by Norris. 43-42 Tide. CAJ standing around with thumb up his...



 :wall: :wall: :wall:

Ugly, ugly ball handling by Tide, as usual. Passing has been awful. Tide trying to choke one away. Lewis scores 45-42 Tide. 3 pointer by B Arn, 45 all.




 :deadhorse:

Struggling and we put AJJ in. 

18-2 run by Barn. We can't hit a shot, we can't rebound, we can't pass, we can't do a lay-up. Team is coming unraveled. 49-47 Barn. Starting to see some energy.

We have a coach who was a point guard in the NBA 16 years but can't teach our guys about ball handling, passing lanes, FT shooting, and spacing on the floor. What's wrong with that picture?




 ???

51-47 Barn. Petty hits 1/2 FT. 51-48 Barn.

Hall dunks, 52 all. 55-54 Barn.



 :panic:

60-57 Barn, 2 minutes left. Mack hits a 3, 60 all. 1:29 left.



 :popcorn2:

Choked it away,  AJ's teams can't handle pressure.  First game AU has won when losing at the half.

62-60, Tide unforced turnover, then Barn gets easy lay-up. Now a steal by Barn & Tide fouls. 65-60 Barn. Now 66-60 Barn. Coach Johnson blows 13 point lead and Tide loses 66-60.



 :deadhorse:    :wall:    :facepalm:   

!9 turnovers to 12 by AU, plus 5 points left on the court by missed free throws.  Why does Bama have so much trouble putting the ball in play under pressure.  I haven't seen another team that is as bad as Bama.  If I coached against Bama I would pressure all game long.

Points off turnovers: Barn 28 Tide 8. There's your ballgame



 :wall:

Maybe we need a point guard.   :dunno:

Maybe we need next year to start. RTR!

It's not Ingram.   :unsure:

Maybe we need to seat those who quit and put in young guys and build us a better team. If they don't want to play sit them. RTR!

We are witnessing confirmation of Einstein's definition of insanity.

How does Greg Byrne make a decision on what to do for the BB program? He has a good coach but can he get the kind of talent KY has or what? I know coaches all over the country have good records but they don't play in the SEC week after week. If they did would they still win as many games as they do? RTR!

^^^This.

Well I am doing something different this year:  I'm not watching.  It is a lot less frustrating.

Exactly.
I've never seen an SEC team without a point guard.  I've seen teams with 4 and a center that were successful, but never a bunch of forwards (and a center) like we have now.
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You would think someone who was an NBA point guard for 16 years would figure this out. Kira Lewis is a point guard but they keep calling Ingram the point guard. Strange.