Alabama 100, Illinois 87 Postgame
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I think the hope is that with a change of scenery, a presumably better coach, and another year that he'd be less hot and cold. Let's hope this is the start of a long hot streak.
The drop coverage and help side defense are really bad. If I were playing against us I would run that high pick and roll every time. Ivisic is super gifted offensively but gives it all back on the other side of the court.
What we are doing currently is a wreck in progress. That's mildly putting it.
I simply hope our beloved Coach Underwood doesn't have to get a cast on his foot from kicking so many back sides and trash cans at halftime!
I simply hope our beloved Coach Underwood doesn't have to get a cast on his foot from kicking so many back sides and trash cans at halftime!
Maybe what I mean is tentative. Soft may be a poor choice of word
The only real individual that I am negative on is Tre White. Have not seen a thing from him all season that says he should be a starter.
This could have easily been a game we turned off a few minutes into the second half but the boys kept fighting.
Bama returned some key pieces from a final four team and reloaded with talent. The Skyy Is not Falling people
ILL
This could have easily been a game we turned off a few minutes into the second half but the boys kept fighting.
Bama returned some key pieces from a final four team and reloaded with talent. The Skyy Is not Falling people
ILL
And coming off a loss at Purdue. Would be shocked if Alabama ever loses 2 in a row this season.
InDaAZ
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He Riley, Riley should!
That's where he needs to put it together more consistently as an upperclassman. He has it in him to do it. A game like this one shows that. I was tired of the passive Boswell. We need a more aggressive Boswell b/c this young team needs his assertiveness
Yeah, we only gave up 48 points.
That’s better.
Going to preface this by saying I'm not mad at him at ALL, but that morez tap in when we would've cut it to 7 hurt.
Love the effort from him even though it was a negative play (both the swat on defense to start it, and running the floor so hard that he was the second player at the hoop even though he started behind the play)
Can't wait til he gets more comfortable out there
Still excited about this team. I expect a lot of the sloppy stuff will get fixed gradually and we'l look quite a bit different by mid jan
Love the effort from him even though it was a negative play (both the swat on defense to start it, and running the floor so hard that he was the second player at the hoop even though he started behind the play)
Can't wait til he gets more comfortable out there
Still excited about this team. I expect a lot of the sloppy stuff will get fixed gradually and we'l look quite a bit different by mid jan
Concerned about Tomi and Ben as well... not many offensively but a lot defensively. We need to get tougher on that end... I thought offense was okay.
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Can't get down so fast out of the gate vs top teams in their backyard. That said I was encouraged by Boswells play and this will make our young guys better. He had a lot to do with Sears struggling. Gotta hit FTs and we did win on the glass. Young guys first taste in essentially a road game. We will be fine with experience.
Credit where it's due ... Thought Kylan played much better in the 2nd half ...
He can't stop a water leak!
When Will is on a heater…let him chuck and chase down any heat checks that go wrong. He seems like the type to get red hot and then someone else tries to play hero ball.
Just can't shoot FT's that poorly against decent competition. And holy heck, that drop coverage was just comically bad. They need to fix ball screen defense ASAP.
This season will remind me of the season three years ago with Shannon, Mayer and a bunch of newcomers. That team was young, soft and couldn't guard a chair. This team will have 10+ losses.
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