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Title: Men's Hoops Returns Home To Take On Mercer (1:00 CSS ESPN3) Post by: pmull on December 22, 2012, 07:31:15 AM Quote The Alabama men's basketball team will return to Coleman Coliseum where it will take on the Mercer Bears on Saturday at 1 p.m. CT. The game will mark just the second home game for the Crimson Tide in the month of December, and the first since taking on Dayton back on Dec. 5. "We are looking forward to being back on our home court and looking forward to playing Saturday against a good Mercer team," Alabama head coach Anthony Grant said. "We are coming off a win on the road against another very good team in Texas Tech. There were some things we were able to take away from that game, both positive and learning opportunities. Our focus has really been about the things we need to do better as a basketball team and that's where we are at right now. We have a quick turnaround for this game against Mercer. They have played a challenging schedule and have had success on the road this season. It will be a game that's very challenging for our guys. We will start to familiarize our guys with Mercer (Friday), but our focus has really been on what we need to do and what gives us the best chance to be successful." Most recently, the Crimson Tide (7-3) snapped a three-game losing streak by capturing a 66-62 road win at Texas Tech last Saturday. Sophomore guard Trevor Lacey (21 points) and junior guard Trevor Releford (17 points) combined for 38 of UA's 66 points in the victory. http://www.rolltide.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/122112aab.html Title: Re: Men's Hoops Returns Home To Take On Mercer (1:00 CSS ESPN3) Post by: BAMAWV on December 22, 2012, 12:51:34 PM Mercer just 6-6 but has a win over FSU. They also played Wake to within 3.
Title: Re: Men's Hoops Returns Home To Take On Mercer (1:00 CSS ESPN3) Post by: pmull on December 22, 2012, 01:00:04 PM Mercer beat us in Gottfried's last year.
Title: Re: Men's Hoops Returns Home To Take On Mercer (1:00 CSS ESPN3) Post by: pmull on December 22, 2012, 01:02:25 PM Wimp is the color guy for the CSS coverage. CSS is not HD on my cable. The picture is awful.
Title: Re: Men's Hoops Returns Home To Take On Mercer (1:00 CSS ESPN3) Post by: pmull on December 22, 2012, 01:25:34 PM Close game so far. Bama leads 10-9 with 11:00 to go in the half.
Title: Re: Men's Hoops Returns Home To Take On Mercer (1:00 CSS ESPN3) Post by: BAMAWV on December 22, 2012, 01:50:41 PM 5 pt. lead at the half. RTR
Title: Re: Men's Hoops Returns Home To Take On Mercer (1:00 CSS ESPN3) Post by: pmull on December 22, 2012, 02:01:48 PM Sloppy first half. We were up by 11 at one point. We only have 3 turnovers but we look out of sync on offense. We should be blowing Mercer out.
Releford has 9 points. Cooper, Pollard and Jacobs each have 4. Lacey and Cooper have 3 rebounds each. Title: Re: Men's Hoops Returns Home To Take On Mercer (1:00 CSS ESPN3) Post by: BAMAWV on December 22, 2012, 02:09:13 PM Bad news is too many 2nd chance shots for Mercer. Good news is they can't make them.
Title: Re: Men's Hoops Returns Home To Take On Mercer (1:00 CSS ESPN3) Post by: BAMAWV on December 22, 2012, 02:55:13 PM Big drive by Randolph with 30 secs. Bama down 1.
Title: Re: Men's Hoops Returns Home To Take On Mercer (1:00 CSS ESPN3) Post by: bama87 on December 22, 2012, 02:58:35 PM This team is not very good. They really miss a post presence.
Title: Re: Men's Hoops Returns Home To Take On Mercer (1:00 CSS ESPN3) Post by: BAMAWV on December 22, 2012, 02:59:20 PM Big drive by Randolph with 30 secs. Bama down 1. :(Title: Re: Men's Hoops Returns Home To Take On Mercer (1:00 CSS ESPN3) Post by: pmull on December 22, 2012, 03:02:10 PM Bama loses to Mercer 66-59.
Title: Re: Men's Hoops Returns Home To Take On Mercer (1:00 CSS ESPN3) Post by: pmull on December 22, 2012, 03:15:31 PM Bama was beat by a very poor team today. We should have beaten them by 20. We lead by 11 on several occassions only to let Mercer back in the game. This is going to be a long season. We miss Engstrom bad. We are getting killed under the basket every game.
Very disappointed in our play and effort today. We are playing like a poor coached team. Mercer had half the talent of us but they ran an offense that got players open for good shots. Mercer beats us 44-32 in the second half. We let Texas Tech come back and almost win when we had a 21 point lead with 10 minutes to play. Today Mercer came back from 11 down with 10 minutes to play. We have to learn how to put teams away when we get a lead. Title: Re: Men's Hoops Returns Home To Take On Mercer (1:00 CSS ESPN3) Post by: Marshal Dillon on December 22, 2012, 05:45:22 PM Bama was beat by a very poor team today. We should have beaten them by 20. We lead by 11 on several occassions only to let Mercer back in the game. This is going to be a long season. We miss Engstrom bad. We are getting killed under the basket every game. Very disappointed in our play and effort today. We are playing like a poor coached team. Mercer had half the talent of us but they ran an offense that got players open for good shots. Mercer beats us 44-32 in the second half. We let Texas Tech come back and almost win when we had a 21 point lead with 10 minutes to play. Today Mercer came back from 11 down with 10 minutes to play. We have to learn how to put teams away when we get a lead. I did not get to see the game, so your comments are greatly appreciated. I can not believe we lost this game. What is going on with this team, is there a problem we are unaware of? What is wrong with Nick Jacobs, he should have eaten their lunch under the basket? My biggest concern is the coaching and Grant. What is going on with him, is something distracting him? This is starting to look like a disaster of a season, something like 16-15 or worse. ??? Title: Re: Men's Hoops Returns Home To Take On Mercer (1:00 CSS ESPN3) Post by: BAMAWV on December 23, 2012, 04:23:50 AM This was not a horrible team. Maybe comparible to a mid-level ACC team, with a post game that we could not handle. CAG cannot get rebounds or put backs.
Title: Re: Men's Hoops Returns Home To Take On Mercer (1:00 CSS ESPN3) Post by: pmull on December 23, 2012, 06:57:47 AM This was not a horrible team. Maybe comparible to a mid-level ACC team, with a post game that we could not handle. CAG cannot get rebounds or put backs. Mercer is not a horrible team but they should not come into Coleman and beat us. Mercer is 7-6 with losses to Ill-Chicago, George Mason, Wake Forest, New Mexico, Denver and Georgia. Prior to beating us their best win was against Florida State. FSU has also lost to South Alabama and not beaten a good team. Embarassing loss for CAG and our program. Our pay must improve. We are closer to Auburn in the SEC than we are to Kentucky at this point. Title: Re: Men's Hoops Returns Home To Take On Mercer (1:00 CSS ESPN3) Post by: pmull on December 23, 2012, 07:49:11 AM This team misses Engstrom. We were 6-0 and going toe-to-toe with a good Cincinnati team when Engstrom was injured. We are 1-4 since. Engstrom was only good for 4 points a game but he was very effective on the defensive end. We miss him and it is showing up in the loss column. Gueye is not getting the job done. I don't know what has happened to Jacobs but he does not look near like the player we saw last year. We have to find a player who can guard a post player. We are getting beat to death under the basket.
Mercer was not a good shoting team but I like the offense they ran. They ran a lot of set plays with pick and rounds that got them open looks. They got the ball into the paint often and kicked it to an open shooter. They shot 33% in the first half but they shot 48% in the second half. They out hustled us too. It seemed like they got every loose ball. They got 16 second chance points to our 6. Our press is not effective. We only caused 11 turnovers. They beat the press for an easy lay up much more often than we caused a turnover. We seem to get beat down the floor to often. We are a good free throw shooting team but not yesterday. We were 13-20 for 65%. However, with the game on the line we missed two front ends of 1 and 1. Releford and Cooper each missed one. We are in for some highs and lows this year. If we shoot well we can beat the best teams in our league. There will be nights when we loss to teams we should beat. We have already lost two games at home. We used to be unbeatable at home. We have Tulane and Oakland, which are both home games, left to get things turned around before we start SEC play. We can go 9-4 in non-conference play with wins. Title: Re: Men's Hoops Returns Home To Take On Mercer (1:00 CSS ESPN3) Post by: ricky023 on December 23, 2012, 08:03:29 AM Well I didn't get to see or hear the game. I just thought in my mind that this should have been a tune-up win to go into the SEC play. I am shocked. RTR!
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