Game Thread: Alabama
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Thinking Petrovic is one of the players noted as not feeling good. Jones is getting a lot of playing time tonight. Undeservedly so. Not only Jones hasn’t scored this season, but he is not a floor general who creates on offense.
Del Jones is awful. No confidence. Poor defender. He’s got to be better than what we’ve seen.
Del jones is awful. Whys sha playing him so much?
Dolinski wow, did anyone have him as our leading scorer vs Alabama 
Good effort - better than was expected, given the circumstances.16-0 run and doubling up in FT attempts were the difference.
We have no answer for Amari Allen. So big and strong. He's a big time talent, surefire 1st round pick.
Don’t give up a 16-0 run to a team that starts Drew Fielder and we may have actually had a chance to win this one.
Alabama has 2 superstars and a ton of talent. A lot of size too. We played hard and will learn from this.
Sha has some lineup decisions to make. Dolinski played himself into the lineup. Jones is playing himself to the bench.
Sha has some lineup decisions to make. Dolinski played himself into the lineup. Jones is playing himself to the bench.
Enough with the dribble handoffs at half court!! It always ends up with a 1 on 1 with the clock running out!
Have to get guys going down hill!
Have to get guys going down hill!
Anderson on the bench to close the game. Never found his shot tonight. But still surprised he isn’t on the floor.
Atrocious call on Petrovic for his 5th. Should have been Hall ball down 3.
Team played well. Hopefully it will be a competitive season.
Team played well. Hopefully it will be a competitive season.
Phantom foul on Wilcher was real bad.
Bummer to lose but impressed the continued fight all game. And Dolinski showed he should given a shot to get more minutes.
And 35 fts seemed like a bit of home cooking.
And 35 fts seemed like a bit of home cooking.
Good fight. Showed well against a top 20 SEC team in their arena. Found a backup big in Dolinski. Next man up. Some good things to take from this. Parker tough. Good game from Fisher. Williams disruptive on D and helps the offense move with his size and length on pick and roll. Petrovic flashes of big time play but a few miscues. I’ll take it in this environment. Jones more of nothing.
That foul call on Wilcher was awful. Alabama had turned it over and we were only down by 3. What pity. We had a chance there to tie the game.
Anyway it was a great effort and wonderful to see Dolinski play so amazingly well.
Anyway it was a great effort and wonderful to see Dolinski play so amazingly well.
Would have been down 3 with ball. So bad. he clearly just lost the ball. No foul. Freakin ref
Refs didn't help. Alabama bigger and more athletic, Allen was a tough cover. Dolinski, where did that come from? We played really, really hard , will win games if we play like that all the time.
Right. They are better. They are at home with a good crowd. We were short handed and sick. And we gave them a scare.
The 2 guys who most of us exected to be leading scorers had 2 pts and one of them is in NJ. We shot 3s poorly (not shocking). And we gave them a scare.
We blew a great 18 minutes by letting the last 2 minutes get out of hand, tho Bama did play excellent for that stretch. Went way behind to a team that steamrolls teams, came back and were in the game in the last minute. Great effort. Grit and effort. F'ing great effort.
Read the Bama papers and let their coach tell you guys how well we played.
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If the team is healthy, i think we're going make some noise in the Baha Mar Tournament
After watching this game and the last few Dolinski should get all of Kabbas minutes
also wish we would start using two big lineups with a Devin Williams / dolinski at PF
also wish we would start using two big lineups with a Devin Williams / dolinski at PF
Good effort and never gave up. Meaningless but hopefully we use it to build on for our next 2 huge games in the Bahamas.
We are getting nothing out of our Guards. Wilcher, Anderson and Del Jones didn't do anything. Parker, Brown and Petrovic were better but not great. Have to get more production from the guards.
It feels like just about every game, our guards get outplayed.
We got 25 points 12 rebounds and 5 blocks from the 5 position (10-13 FG 77%)
We got 17 points, 7 rebounds and 2 steals from the 4 position (4-11 FG 36%)
The 3 guard spots had 34 points - 14 rebs - 12 assists (12-45 FG 27%)
Really liked what I saw from Dolinski. He has a good understanding of the game, plays hard and is a decent finisher around the hoop. His play was the biggest positive. I think between Copeland, Williams, Fisher and Dolinski you have 4 serviceable players at the 4 and 5.
The offense played faster than usual but we have to change our principals. We just waste too much time dribbling away from the hoop and east-west. We need more penetration and downhill action.
We are getting nothing out of our Guards. Wilcher, Anderson and Del Jones didn't do anything. Parker, Brown and Petrovic were better but not great. Have to get more production from the guards.
It feels like just about every game, our guards get outplayed.
We got 25 points 12 rebounds and 5 blocks from the 5 position (10-13 FG 77%)
We got 17 points, 7 rebounds and 2 steals from the 4 position (4-11 FG 36%)
The 3 guard spots had 34 points - 14 rebs - 12 assists (12-45 FG 27%)
Really liked what I saw from Dolinski. He has a good understanding of the game, plays hard and is a decent finisher around the hoop. His play was the biggest positive. I think between Copeland, Williams, Fisher and Dolinski you have 4 serviceable players at the 4 and 5.
The offense played faster than usual but we have to change our principals. We just waste too much time dribbling away from the hoop and east-west. We need more penetration and downhill action.
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Offense is a train wreck right now. The weave is a killer. When Petro is not in the offense does not penetrate at all and relies on the weave. Jones can't finish a shot. He has no confidence and can't run the offense. I get Sha's comment about Petro's defense - it's not about working hard defensively he does - its more about foot speed IMO and bigger faster guards take advantage of him but he's working at it and does what he can to stay in front of his guy. He's got quick hands too.
Our rebounding has to improve. We got killed on the boards in the first half.
I liked the fight but without a well run offense we are gonna continue to have those long scoring droughts. Our offense is so much better when we penetrate and dish outside or when we go to the hoop with the pick and roll.
There are no moral victories. SHU cannot leave non-conference without a win that is going to mean something in March. They had a golden opportunity yesterday but fell just short.
That said, I think we have seen enough in the first four games that the goal really should be making the tournament. This is not 24-25.
That said, I think we have seen enough in the first four games that the goal really should be making the tournament. This is not 24-25.
Wisconsin game is huge. We can stake claim to a quality win and prove that we have a chance to be a NCAAT team. Winnable game that could set us up to have a good OOC.
The problem with our OOC is that Bama is probably the only game against a lock tourney team. Wisco would be next. A W at least gives us a potential W against someone else who will be in, even if it’s a next 4 scenario like NC State last year.
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