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For the second time in two weeks, the Alabama men's basketball team will take on the LSU Tigers on Saturday afternoon in an important Southeastern Conference match-up. The contest is set to tipoff at 12:30 p.m. CT from the Pete Maravich Assembly Center and will be televised on the SEC Network.

“We’re looking forward to the challenge of going on the road again and playing a team in LSU that is playing really good basketball right now,” UA head coach Anthony Grant said. “They’re winners in two of their last three, six of their last nine. [They’re a] very talented team, as we’re aware of. Last time we played them, a couple of weeks ago, it was a highly contested game. We were fortunate to win as it came down to the final possession of the game. Our guys are familiar with who they are and we understand how difficult it is any time you go on the road in this league so we have to be at our best.”

The Crimson Tide (18-8, 10-3 SEC) enters the game alone in second place overall in the SEC standings. UA is one of the hottest teams in the league, having won four straight and 10 of its last 12 games coming into Saturday’s showdown. Most recently, the Tide captured a 64-56 victory over Mississippi State on Wednesday night. Sophomore guard Rodney Cooper recorded his first career double-double with 20 points and 10 rebounds, while junior guard Trevor Releford added 17 points and five steals.

No damage done.

LilBAMAWV has been nursing a bad ankle for the last couple of weeks. He rolled it in a pickup game against some JC guys in Houston. Poor ol' BAMAWV just woke up from a nap and had some breathing difficulties. But, hauling a nebulizer and a 300' drop cord, I'm still pretty sure the two of us could have improved on Bama's 1st half of basketball today at LSU.

Bama down 1-- 3:45 to go--1st half  

Gueye hits a 10 footer. He had a 5 footer but decided that was too easy,-- so he dribbled out to 10' and cooly hit the shot.

 ???

Now he sits, with 4 PFs.

BAMA by    Releford carrying the Tide offensively with 21 11:32 to go and the Tide up 52-45.

 #+

Releford gets better every game. Everytime you think you've seen his best effort...
9-10 and 2/2 on the 3s 1-1(FT)

Bama by 10 67-57 at the 4:27 mark. Cooper now in double figs. Releford with 29.

Under 3. Tide by 10.

I just turned the game on.  I like what I've seen so far.  No way Auburn beats us this time, so this sets up for a big show down with UF for all the marbles.  I have been told by someone who would know, that we do, in fact, have a prayer of a chance to beat them.

ROLL TIDE!

Gueye fouls out but not until he gets used by JOBIII -- tie game. Time out. BAMA on a 3 drought since Releford missed his only miss of the 2nd half. In bounds play-- expecting Releford-- so it'll go to Lacy or Cooper.
 :popcorn2:

LSU ball 69-69---15.8 to go.

Not so fast, my friend. 

2 minute mark-- Bama ball down 2. TO by CAG.

Cooper tip at the buzzer-- disallowed-- 2nd OT.

If the Tide wins in 2OT on the road they can do anything. WOW.

Guess who. TR gets 3 point play to tie the game.

Huge play by JACOBS. Bama within 1 --30 secs.

Bama ball-- down 3-- SET UP COOPER WITH A 3.

Jacobs again-- this time with D. Cooper playing to win.

I just turned the game on.  I like what I've seen so far.  No way Auburn beats us this time, so this sets up for a big show down with UF for all the marbles.  I have been told by someone who would know, that we do, in fact, have a prayer of a chance to beat them.

ROLL TIDE!

:(

Can't put that on Releford. What a game. 35 points? Box score unavailable at the moment. But what an effort. Cooper and Jacobs with big play in OT. RTR

Trevor Releford was 14-18 (almost 70%) from the floor including 4-4 on 3s. He shot 4/5 from the foul line with 3 assists. 36 points.  :worship:

LSU and home cooking , gotta love it ...  :wall:

our boys played hard  :worship:

the refs played harder  :lol2:

This is one of the biggest things I don't like about basketball.  There is just to much ref opinion involved.  Most close games like this ultimately get decided by which way the ref makes a call.  I'm not saying they intentionally sway the out come of the game.  I'm saying they are human, they make mistakes, and their mistakes impact the outcome more than any other sport.  Had we won, LSU could say the same exact thing.

What a heartbreaker.

It does balance out, it is just painful when you are on the wrong end of the average when you are trying to play your way into the tourney.  In short, see my sig.

Don't put yourself in the position to fall victim. HTH

But they tend to balance themselves, bad calls for and against. Game of averages. Also, you tend to remember the ones that hurt the worst. Also some more, this is one big reason it is so hard to win on the road in SEC hoops. But all in all, the system has integrity and works pretty well.

I do agree you can not put yourself in position to let the refs take the game from you. In this game LSU could beat and bang on our end and get touch fouls on the other end. LSU shot 37 FT, we shot 19. The difference in the game.

It should have never gone to OT. We blew a 10 point lead with 3:00 to play.