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The Alabama men's basketball team will play its final regular season contest when it welcomes the Georgia Bulldogs to Coleman Coliseum on Saturday. The match-up is set to tipoff at 3 p.m. CT and will be televised on the SEC Network.

“The game against Georgia is a huge game for us,” UA head coach Anthony Grant said. “It’s our last home game. We get an opportunity to close out our SEC season at home undefeated with a very talented Georgia team coming in. They’re playing great basketball right now. They had a huge win last night against Kentucky. In my opinion, they’ve got a guy that’s probably a candidate for SEC Player of the Year in the league in Kentavious Caldwell-Pope. I think he’s had an outstanding year and has really led their team. It will be a great challenge. We had a great game against them in Athens. The last time we played it came down to the wire, which most of the games in our league have, so we expect a very highly contested game. Both teams are going to be fighting a good battle. It should be a lot of fun to watch.”

The contest will be the final home game for senior guard Andrew Steele and junior guard Keon Blackledge. Steele is finishing his fifth year at the Capstone, while Blackledge is a junior in terms of athletic status, but will graduate this summer. Both players will be honored prior to tipoff.

UT beats Mizzou!

We won but it was so ugly and frustrating. Once again, it's the same pattern of offensive play, too much dribbling, passing, & standing around. Our half-court offense really sucks and Grant has to change it or try something else next year.



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Frustrating to watch. But nothing else to try. New athletes, hopefully some help for Jacobs, for next season. But believe it or not, I am seeing progress in this team every game- since the Auburn debacle. RTR

The only progress I have seen is in the play of Jacobs. What have you seen?



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The only progress I have seen is in the play of Jacobs. What have you seen?



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Obasohan (wow, I finally spelled it right without first looking it up) also seems to be improving, playing more minutes, scoring more points, and putting together a few highlight reel moments on both O and D.  Pollard also seems to be getting more comfortable with the college game, and we will see more of him next year.  Three point shooting seems to have improved.   Even Gueye made a shot today.

I was gong to say the play of Obashohan had shown progress, but I could not remember how to spell it.


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The only progress I have seen is in the play of Jacobs. What have you seen?

Obasohan (wow, I finally spelled it right without first looking it up) also seems to be improving, playing more minutes, scoring more points, and putting together a few highlight reel moments on both O and D.  Pollard also seems to be getting more comfortable with the college game, and we will see more of him next year.  Three point shooting seems to have improved.   Even Gueye made a shot today.

I was gong to say the play of Obashohan had shown progress, but I could not remember how to spell it.


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I heard Grant comment on Obasohan a couple weeks ago, that he'd shown a lot of growth and improvement as the year progressed and he'd be rewarded with more playing time.  He hasn't disappointed!  I think he's our 3rd best player at this point.

Y'all are way too quick to annoint. He adds to the mix and is finally earning his keep a little. But that is all. Again, getting more guys involved in the offense takes a little defensive pressure off Releford, as evidenced in the last couple of weeks.

BTW, 9'GB scored 2 pts. with 3 PF, 0 reb., and 1 turnover. Reduced to 10 minutes of playing time. He almost caused a turnover from the bench because he can't learn to SIT DOWN and shut up.

He averages close to 4 Rebs. per game and 1.5 blocks.  The 2 points is a good game for him.  I noticed that he often doesn't rebound but instead knocks the ball towards another player, so that number could be higher, although he knocked the ball out of bouns in the GA game.  I do think he provides help on D, look what LSU was able to do inside once he fouled out, but obviously he is way behind the development curve -- maybe so much so that the incoming freshmen could (wishful thinking) take his place inside, or Engstrom and Jacobs.

You have to be kidding. We could replace him with one of those wooden giraffes--the ones that kids hang their clothes on in their bedroom.

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Yeah, I know he is a wasted scholly, but the only explanation for his starting role is D. 

BOTH he and Jacobs get used by opposing big guys, game after game. His rebounds are only the ones that bounce RIGHT to him. His PF to blocked shot ratio favors the opposition. PFs can be strategically used to make teams earn the points at the line, rather than scoring a easy layup or put back. But he mostly wastes his fouls on a block attempt for a shot the guy may miss anyway. Throw in lane violations on FTs, when he gives the guy he fouled an extra chance to make one, and you'd have to be pulling your hair out. Defensively, he gets backed up to where he is under the goal, and he just stands there instead of moving to front his man. At least Jacobs makes the opposing big man work a little for 2. His height could be used in picking fruit, but I noticed the Senegal lists groundnuts as a major export so he wouldn't be that good at that either. HTH 

I'm confused.   How do you really feel about MG?    ???

Gueye is as good as he is going to get. Early on I thought playing time would help him improve but that does not appear to be the case. He is getting playing time because we have no one else.

I am glad to see Jacobs improving on the offensive end. He is a 6-8 power forward. Too bad our depth is so bad we can not put another quality post player in the game at the same time with him. What bothers me about Jacobs is the way he started the season. He had a hurt ankle but he was 30 pounds over weight and out of shape. It took him most of the season to get into playing shape. That needs to be corrected this off season. We would have won games against Mercer and Tulane had he showed up ready to play and would have a tournament bid locked up right now..

Engstrom will be back next year and I look forward to that regardless of what WV says. He is a defensive force and was showing signs that he could make an easy basket or two each game. We have two big freshmen coming in. I hope one or both of them are ready to play for us. Pollard was a disappointment this year. He needs to put on some weight in the offseason but still come back in shape. CAG can use Pollard as an example to the new guys that they need to bulk up and be ready to play when they come in. You are not in high school anymore.

We still have two scholarships open. Steele graduates to leave us with 9 on scholarship. We have two signed. I know CAG is looking for a point guard to round out the class. I hope we use that last one on a JUCO big man. You will not find a superstar in JUCO but all we need is someone who can hold their own on defense and contribute on offense.

IMO we will not be any better next year if our inside game does not improve.

Gueye is as good as he is going to get. Early on I thought playing time would help him improve but that does not appear to be the case. He is getting playing time because we have no one else.

I am glad to see Jacobs improving on the offensive end. He is a 6-8 power forward. Too bad our depth is so bad we can not put another quality post player in the game at the same time with him. What bothers me about Jacobs is the way he started the season. He had a hurt ankle but he was 30 pounds over weight and out of shape. It took him most of the season to get into playing shape. That needs to be corrected this off season. We would have won games against Mercer and Tulane had he showed up ready to play and would have a tournament bid locked up right now..

Engstrom will be back next year and I look forward to that regardless of what WV says. He is a defensive force and was showing signs that he could make an easy basket or two each game. We have two big freshmen coming in. I hope one or both of them are ready to play for us. Pollard was a disappointment this year. He needs to put on some weight in the offseason but still come back in shape. CAG can use Pollard as an example to the new guys that they need to bulk up and be ready to play when they come in. You are not in high school anymore.

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Don't we have like 8 guards already?  :lol:

He needs to use all of the scholly's on big guys this time so hopefully 1 or 2 will actually pan out.

I agree about Engstrom. He was showing real energy on both ends of the court and he could score on occassion. We would have won more games with him playing all year.


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Engstrom may have improved a little (from horrible) had he not been injured. So you want to waste another year to find out?

Engstrom will help our team next year. Hopefully it will be as a non-starting role player. However, unless the freshmen can step up he may be our best option.

(WV, it is against CRS rules for me to call you hard headed so I won't.)