Alabama BB vs Tennessee Tech

[Marshal Dillon]

A win is a win. The smaller programs are giving the larger ones fits this year. A less than .500 NJIT beat defending champs Connecticut. We overcame an 11 point deficit in the first half, to win by 12. I'll take it.

A 2-5 bad NJIT beat Michigan, then UM got beat by Eastern Michigan, then embarrassed by Arizona 80-53 today. Looks like UM will need a new BB coach, too.


 

[2Stater]

A win is a win. The smaller programs are giving the larger ones fits this year. A less than .500 NJIT beat defending champs Connecticut. We overcame an 11 point deficit in the first half, to win by 12. I'll take it.

A 2-5 bad NJIT beat Michigan, then UM got beat by Eastern Michigan, then embarrassed by Arizona 80-53 today. Looks like UM will need a new BB coach, too.


 

You are right, MD. It was actually Yale that beat UConn. Just makes the point more emphatic.

[Jamos]

Watching the first half of the game last night was like watching a street fight. Bama came out mentally dead and Tenn Tech came out full of energy and the half time stats indicated that. I was proud of the team in the second half as they chiseled away at Tech and finally wore them down the last ten minutes of the game. This team is so different from last years team in that CAG has a bench to go to this year and that was the difference in the game last night. Bama won the game with sheer determination and not by finess as missed free throws, something that Bama had done well this year, kept Tech in the game until the very end of the game.

Bama had one injury last night that they didn't need. Ricky Tarrant left the game hobbling on his left leg and at first I thought it was a knee but CAG said it was some leg cramps and hopefully he is right. When Bama come out for their pregame warm ups, I saw Tarrant running awkwardly onto the court with a limp and immediately thought he must have suffered an injury in the last game or in practice this week. He seemed to loosen up in the warm ups and I never thought anymore about it until he started grabbing his left leg on the offensive end of the court in the second half and then was replaced at the first whistle. He immediately went to the team doc and never returned.

Bama will need to get their A game ready for their game against Wichita State, at Wichita State, this Tuesday night. They can't come out against them as they did Tenn Tech last night or it will be a very ugly game for them. I blame most of their problems last night as mental mistakes as they never really seemed to get in any type of a rhythm. Levi Randolph had his worst game of the season on both ends of the court last night but that doesn't mean he wasn't trying because he was and the same for the other players. It was just one of those nights that they had to reach back and find a different way to win and that I think will help the team in other games down the road. As they say in sports, it's not always about how you win but that you do win.

[2Stater]

Thanks for the report, J.

 Even though it wasn't televised, that's about the way I envisioned it going. Sure hope Tarrant is ok. We can't afford to lose him.

[pmull]

I did not watch or listen to the game last night. FYI the game was on ESPN3 if your internet/cable provider allows you to access that site.

I quickly reviewed the stats. We were out rebounded 35 to 30. TT had 17 offensive boards. TT shot 43% from the field. It looks like Bama turned up the defensive pressure in the 2nd half. TT shot 55% in the 1st half and 33% in the 2nd half. TT only scored 17 points in the 2nd half.

Playing 30+ games you do not play your best each time out. This was finals week and sandwiched between big road games at Xavier and Wichita St. Bottom line is we got the win.

Unrelated but interesting Xavier beat Missouri by 16 last night on Missouri's home floor.

[2Stater]

I did not watch or listen to the game last night. FYI the game was on ESPN3 if your internet/cable provider allows you to access that site.

I quickly reviewed the stats. We were out rebounded 35 to 30. TT had 17 offensive boards. TT shot 43% from the field. It looks like Bama turned up the defensive pressure in the 2nd half. TT shot 55% in the 1st half and 33% in the 2nd half. TT only scored 17 points in the 2nd half.

Playing 30+ games you do not play your best each time out. This was finals week and sandwiched between big road games at Xavier and Wichita St. Bottom line is we got the win.

Unrelated but interesting Xavier beat Missouri by 16 last night on Missouri's home floor.

Yeah, Xavier is a good team. Mizzou is not the Mizzou of old. It'a kind of funny to me that a bad to mediocre Mizzou football team has improved since joining the SEC, while the basketball team, which has always been good, has gotten worse each year, since joining.

[pmull]

Western KY (4-4) beat Ole Miss last night 81-74. At least we won.

[Catch Prothro]

I don't know why they schedule games during finals.   

Hopefully the team will have more focus and energy against Wichita State -- they'll need it.

[Marshal Dillon]

I did not watch or listen to the game last night. FYI the game was on ESPN3 if your internet/cable provider allows you to access that site.

I quickly reviewed the stats. We were out rebounded 35 to 30. TT had 17 offensive boards. TT shot 43% from the field. It looks like Bama turned up the defensive pressure in the 2nd half. TT shot 55% in the 1st half and 33% in the 2nd half. TT only scored 17 points in the 2nd half.

Playing 30+ games you do not play your best each time out. This was finals week and sandwiched between big road games at Xavier and Wichita St. Bottom line is we got the win.

Unrelated but interesting Xavier beat Missouri by 16 last night on Missouri's home floor.

I watched the game & the MO coach acts lie Bo Pelini on the sidelines. Amazing.


 

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