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A real challenge for the Tide. Game is Saturday at 10 am on ESPN in Miami.




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Very difficult match up for us. They are a NIT #2 seed but the ESPN guys seem to think they should have made the NCAA Tournament. Miami would have been one of the better teams in our league.

I hope the emotions from CAG being let go that generated so much energy and inspired play are still there.

I live in NC so I watch a lot of ACC basketball.

Miami is a good team. 5 of their 8 losses were to ranked opponents (UL, ND, UNC).  They beat dook by 16. 

They had an inexplicable loss by a huge margin to GAtech and that is probably what kept them out of the NCAA.

To your point pmull, if Miami was in the SEC they would most likely be ranked #2 in conference behind UK.

MIAMI  22-12, 10-8 ACC

RPI 62  SOS 77
Points 149TH
Rebounds  197th
Assists 132nd
FG% 187th

Wins: Duke, NC State, Florida, Syracuse, & Illinois


ALABAMA  19-14, 8-10 SEC

RPI 84  SOS 59
Points 195th
Rebounds 233rd
Assists 316th
FG% 157th

Wins: Illinois



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Yeah, still not sure how NC St got in and they didn't.

State beat dook, UNC, and UL.  Lost to ND in OT by 3. 

Miami only had one win (dook) against a ranked opponent.

At halftime of our Illinois game Miami had already advanced so they knew who the winner of our game would play. They talked about Miami having several very good wins but had too many bad loses and the bad loses kept them out of the NCAA. I have not looked at their schedule to know who those bad loses are.

I hope we get bad Miami rather than good Miami.

Seek & eye shall find.

Miami ugly losses:

Wake Forest (13-19)
Ga. Tech (12-19)
FSU (17-16)
Green Bay (Horizin League) 68-55
Eastern Kentucky (OVC)  72-44 very, very ugly


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http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/team/_/id/2390/miami-(fl)-hurricanes

7-7 All so far. Team looks loose, especially Levi.



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I had forgotten all about this game. It is going to 69 here today and I had been working in the yard. Good excuse to take a break!

UAB starts at 11 am if you want an extended break.


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Tide 34-30. Half

Obasohan playing great with 11 points.



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Tide @ Half

FG 13/28  46.4%
FT   3/7
3 pts  3/11
Reb.  17

Obasohan 11 points, Cooper 9, Levi 7, Kessens 6


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What radio channel MD? I don't have the fancy Direc TV no more can't afford it. RTR!

Google roll tide and go to the basketball site. Go to the schedule and it will show today's game. It says listen. Hit that. Let me know how it goes.

Tight game 45-45 with 12:00 to play.

Um with back to back three pointers they lead by 2 51-49.

Bama down by 5 at the under 8 minute break. These announcers are terrible. I feel like I am listening to the Miami radio team. They favor UM way too much.

Tide slipping away. Miami 56-49.



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Obasohan fouls out trying to out rebound a 7 footer.

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Bama has gone cold. Down by 12 with time running out.

Yeah, ice cold, especially Norris. We had 34 at the half. We have scored 22 since.



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4/23 on 3 pointers is killing us. Make that 5/25, 20%.  66-57 Miami.

The sun has set on the Grant Era. Miami wins 73-66.

Season is over. We end up 19-15 and a very disappointing year.

Congratulations to Levi Randolph and Rodney Cooper. They played their hearts out for 4 years. Coop had 20 today and Levi 17. They can be proud of their careers. Both are 1000 point scorers and that is rare. Too bad they never had a quality big man in four years to help them out.

In the Grant era I will fondly remember Coop, Levi and Trevor Releford as my favorite players.

Now Bill Battle has to do his job. We need a coach and he needs to be a winner. I hope we get a big name that creates a buzz and gives us a reason to look forward to next year.

Man, UAB is getting pouched on now. UCLA up by 14. RTR!

 :'(, you know pmull I have set back and tried to watch our program in Basketball grow into a big time team. I am afraid it is not going to happen. I think we are another Kentucky where they work on Basketball and football is not that important. However, we right backwards from that, our Basketball is not as important as football. I don't know. You can have all 5* on a team but if you have no coach to keep their minds right and their talent level being raised it just ain't going to happen. God Bless Alabama. RTR!

The team fought hard but ran out of steam with about 8 minutes left.  They get an A for effort.   :clap:

What, no Moussa Gueye or Carl Engstrom? Not even in memory of BAMAWV?


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Moussa Gueye was not my favorite player but BAMAWV gave him my favorite player nickname... 9ft goofball.