Alabama Basketball & Close Losses

[Marshal Dillon]

After over 4 years, this no longer applies.

The win-loss record indicates Alabama has simply tread water through its first 10 games of the season.

Anthony Grant and the Crimson Tide's players would beg to differ.

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[Marshal Dillon]

"We've had some close games that we've played well and haven't won. Some close losses," Grant said Friday. "A lot of people look at the results. For me, there are some things had we won those games, we'd still need to get better as a basketball team to get where we need to get to.

 

[ricky023]

Well do we look toward next year now, I hang on. I want to see the Tide win but maybe not this year. RTR!

[roll tide roll]

If you cannot make free throws you cannot win.

[Marshal Dillon]

If you cannot make free throws you cannot win.

Seems so obvious & simple, doesn't it?

[pmull]

If you cannot make free throws you cannot win.

Seems so obvious & simple, doesn't it?

Our problem is not free throws. We are 1st in the SEC this year at nearly 75%. Last year we were 3rd in the SEC at over 70%. Most teams are in the 60's.

We play solid defense. Our offense is erratic. We will be playing good and all of the sudden we go on a 5 minute streak without scoring. We also have trouble finishing in a tight game. we rarely win a game when the score is tied with under 3 minutes to play. I think a lot of it is mental.

[Marshal Dillon]

If you cannot make free throws you cannot win.

Seems so obvious & simple, doesn't it?

Our problem is not free throws. We are 1st in the SEC this year at nearly 75%. Last year we were 3rd in the SEC at over 70%. Most teams are in the 60's.

We play solid defense. Our offense is erratic. We will be playing good and all of the sudden we go on a 5 minute streak without scoring. We also have trouble finishing in a tight game. we rarely win a game when the score is tied with under 3 minutes to play. I think a lot of it is mental.

It's a matter of when you hit the FT's, like in clutch time with 2 minutes left in the game. 


 

[XBAMA]

football school  LoL

[Marshal Dillon]

football school  LoL

And?


 

[XBAMA]

football school  LoL

And?


 

we suck at basketball   

 

[Marshal Dillon]

football school  LoL

And?


 

we suck at basketball   

 

I hope that is a temporary condition. Being a football school has nothing to do with it. Texas has won baseball championships & played in the Final Four as recently as 2003. Oklahoma was in the Final Four in 1988 & 2002. It's about coaching.


 

[XBAMA]

so ? how much longer until Grant learns how ?   

[Marshal Dillon]

so ? how much longer until Grant learns how ?   

My guess is he will be "learning" somewhere else after this year.

 

[XBAMA]

so ? how much longer until Grant learns how ?   

My guess is he will be "learning" somewhere else after this year.

 

bless his heart ... 

[Catch Prothro]

Really, it is about more than coaching.  It's also about facilities, fan support, ESPN hype, NBA draft success, NCAA Tournament appearances and success, etc.  That is what drives quality recruits to a school.  That is what Bama is missing, for the most part.  That is why Bama can't recruit the top recruits, guys who can make the pressure shots, guys who can take over a game.  With the 1-and-done system, it has become more about the Joes than the Xs and the Os. 

So just accept the fact, that until fans show up in droves for every game, until Bama makes it to the NCAA Tournament every year and guys go in the NBA draft on a regular basis, that Bama is destined to be an above-average SEC but otherwise middle-of-the road basketball team.

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