re: tOfficial Alabama Basketball Season Thread | 19-15 (10-8) | #BuckleUp

Everyone needs to cheer up- 20 point win on the road against one of the better SEC teams.

What a helluva win against a solid team on the road after the worst loss of the year.

Awesome win

Great win to start our toughest stretch in conference.

Shot 51% from the field, 60% from the 3, dominated the backboards 40-27, and made critical FTs down the stretch. Not mad, but damn if this team isn't stressful.

I'm just happy we are getting wins. With King not playing and it seems that guys aren't really improving have to be happy with the dub. Guess there won't be any Bra ton Key sucks for a couple days huh.

Then the game after that is AT Arkansas. They have a good record and usually are tough at home, but they've struggled and are definitely beatable.

Gotta worry about an improved MSU team on Saturday first. Good thing is our football team will be honored at the half of the MSU game so that should draw a loud crowd.

Latest per ESPN RPI

Alabama : 12-7 (5-2)
RPI : 67th
Record vs Top 50 : 0-4
Record vs Top 100 : 3-6
Record vs Top 150 : 5-7
150+ Losses : 0

Upcoming Games
vs #106 Mississippi St
@ #27 Arkansas
vs #78 Auburn
@ #16 South Carolina
vs #4 Kentucky




We've also moved up to 61st on KenPom and our adjusted offense is now 168th (scroll back a few pages to see where it was just 3 weeks ago). KenPom predicts us to go 18-12 and 11-7. That would be a very solid season.

Avery is doing a fantastic job.

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@ #16 South Carolina

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Any slim tourney hopes live or die in this game. We desperately need a good win, and I just don't think vs. UK is a winnable game.

Edit: I didn't realize Arkansas had the RPI they have. We will need at least one of those 2.

-Arkansas is definitely beatable. Being away is tough tho.

-South Carolina is one of the best teams in the country and it's away. Don't really expect to beat them but I also didn't expect to beat them when they were ranked higher than this and undefeated last year.

-Kentucky is Kentucky. Just thankful we only get them once and it's at home. If this was away, we wouldn't have a chance. Being that's it's at home, we have a small chance.