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BOL Basketball Show: Grading Alabama after first half of SEC play

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The Alabama men’s basketball team has won five straight games, most recently defeating the Georgia Bulldogs at home, to reach 19-3 (8-1 SEC) at the halfway mark of league play.

On Saturday, Feb. 1, the Crimson Tide beat the Bulldogs, 90-69, in a lopsided win at Coleman Coliseum. After three straight games with separate issues, Alabama handled its business on its home floor. The Tide won by 21 points despite turning it over 20 times, but the veterans cut down on the mistakes during the second half to record a win of 20-plus points.

The nation’s No. 3-ranked team did not have a midweek game, as its open date occurred in the middle of its conference slate. Nate Oats did, however, speak in Birmingham on Monday, and discussed a variety of topics, including the progress of true freshman Naas Cunningham, who is redshirting this year. Cunningham is one of three players planning to do so.

After its break, Alabama will play back-to-back road games at Arkansas and Texas before facing a brutal seven-game stretch to end the regular season. Those seven games, which include two matchups against No. 1 Auburn, are currently all against ranked competition.

Before the second half of the Crimson Tide’s SEC slate tips off, BamaOnLine staff members Charlie Potter, Tim Watts and Blake Byler provide their thoughts on the recent win and how the team has performed in its first nine conference games of the 2024-25 campaign.

The Alabama-related topics discussed by the guys include:

– Thoughts on last weekend’s Georgia win

– Oats’ comments in Birmingham on Monday

– Grading Alabama’s first-half of SEC play

– Biggest area of improvement for final stretch?

– Looking ahead to road games at Arkansas, Texas

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