Best defense in SEC, almost worst offense

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Orangeslide said:
Alabama never has played defense since Nate Oats arrival. They made a final 4 strictly on offense. KenPom doesn’t win NCAA tournament games but non scoring droughts of 4 minutes or longer will get you the exit ticket in a grind it out game on a neutral floor. Our defense is tough and gives us a punchers chance no matter who we play. Can we overcome when Chaz is off or being manhandled with no whistle in a tournament game? I believe the jury is still deliberating if we can. Our starters all have to look to attack the rim, get a whistle or draw and kick to open shooter and we need to shoot when we are open. That means you Igor and Mashack.
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What? They’ve had a top 5 defense efficiency 2 years in the last 5. Do you remember Herb Jones?

The Bediako/Miller team was top 5 as well.
 
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Anti-shunshinepumper said:
Fair point. Maybe it does. I haven't made a prediction in that game one way or the other. My only point is more possessions a game doesn’t necessarily mean more points if your problem is hitting the shots.
Incidentally, if we get 10 points over our average ( 86.5) and they get their average ( 90.2) we still lose.
What we need to do is hold them to about 6-7 under their average and score 6-7 over our average.
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Last year we held Bama way below their average PPG both times we played them.
 
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Anti-shunshinepumper said:
Another thing that is interesting is that while Alabama has the best scoring offense in the SEC and in the Nation, they are last in the SEC and #320 nationally! Kentucky is similar.
( #2 offense SEC/#2 nationally /#291 defense)
Their fans are probably making a similar post about their Defense. 😆

Just goes to show in college basketball good offense is definitely more valuable than a good defensive.
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That's Fandom, accentuate the negative and eliminate the positive🤣
 
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hUTch2002 said:
Last year we held Bama way below their average PPG both times we played them.
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I don't think most people believe Alabama is going to get in the 90's on us this year. The question/statement is/was is our offense necessarily better than their
defense (paraphrasing) ?
So IMO, the real question is can we score enough points on them to beat them.
If your answer is yes, then holding them below their average surely has been assumed.
 
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To make a run at a potential elite 8 / final 4 . . . It’s all about matchups . . . But UT likely needs to play better on offense or a sweet 16 (which is both great and disappointing when you consider UT has a generational talent at PG) is the ceiling - IMO.
 
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KTrain said:
That's Fandom, accentuate the negative and eliminate the positive🤣
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Some do that for sure but sometimes it's just realizing what they have to achieve to be great or maybe win it all.
A lot of fans just over value their team. It's part of being a fan. It's why you'll see fans from a team ranked 30th or even 130th tossing up the " we're number 1" sign at games.
 
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Anti-shunshinepumper said:
I don't think most people believe Alabama is going to get in the 90's on us this year. The question/statement is/was is our offense necessarily better than their
defense (paraphrasing) ?
So IMO, the real question is can we score enough points on them to beat them.
If your answer is yes, then holding them below their average surely has been assumed.
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I’m just saying it was good enough last year, twice. Our D is similar to last year and so is their O. I say yes.
 
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