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Well, a wonderful 2 weeks of Alabama excellence in football & basketball continues tonight. Tide plays at 8 pm on ESPN against Wildcats.



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Tide is 9-3 & UK is 4-6 but 3-0 in conference. Game is in Lexington. Calapari is still a great coach and this is no gimme game.



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The NET ranking for Bama 29, which is very good. The NET has replaced the RPI that was used in past years. Used to pick teams for NCAA Tourney.




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Thanks so much MD for keeping us up with BB. We are building another process type team with CNO. RTR!

Bruner (6’10”) hits 3. 3-0 Tide. UK gets offensive rebound. Dunk by Petty, 5-0.



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Tide 12-8 with lay-up, dunk, & 2 3 pointers. 5/7 FG and a good start for Tide.



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Jones went down then came up clutching his left wrist. Left the game.




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We need Herb. I hope his injury is not serious.

Tide 23-22 and playing solid ball so far. They look like they know what they want to do. 7:55 left in half.
Tide 9/21 FG 42.9%. Worried about Herb Jones. Sure hope he’s okay.




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Tide 7/18 3 pointers. Tide 33-22. 4:04 left in half.




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Jahvon Quinerly, our PG, misses 3rd straight game due to a “medical condition.” 42-30 HALF



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Tide 46-30 with 18:13 left in game. Tide 10/22 3 pointers, 45.5%. Bask to back drives to basket & easy score for Bama. 48-32 Tide.



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Tide 20/44 FG 44.4%. 10/25 3 pointers, 40%.  Petty 17 points, Shackleford 12, Jones 8, Bruner 8.

Tide 50-36  15:31 left in game




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Same old problem for Tide, they foul too much. UK 12/16 FT, Tide 2/5 FT.



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Crap! Now Bruner hurt and can put NO weight on ankle. 57-43 Tide, 11:33 left in game. How many players we going to lose in this game?



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We now have 3 players out, Jahvon Quinerly, Bruner, & Herb Jones. This is getting critical. 61-45 Tide.




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72-57 Tide 4:30 left. Still thinking of Bruner and Jones, both definitely looked hurt, especially Bruner.




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Tide 82 Kentucky 65 with 50 seconds left.




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Tide 85 UK 65  FINAL




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My big question now is who fills in for Bruner & Jones. We have several freshmen on the roster. I will look at them more later.



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Coach Oats said after the game that Oats hand/wrist was not broke but it would be further evaluated today. He did say Jones would be out for a while.

Bruner's injury was to his knee. It appeared on TV to be an ankle. The extend of his injury is unknown but not expected to be as serious as Jones hand/wrist injury.

Quinerly's missed his 3rd straight game for an undisclosed medical condition. Just a guess but COVID 19 is possible.

We are rolling. We need to get these three team leaders back. If we do, this year could be special.

Another pleasant surprise by the Bama Bball team.  It came at great cost though.   Losing both Herb and Bruner is crippling.

Great win, tough break with the injuries. Looks like this team is pretty deep, though. Got a couple of tough ones we'll have to gut out against Arky at home and LSU on the road, without them unless the injuries aren't too bad and they can return.

My guess is we'll be without them at least for the Arky game. The bench will need to step up.

Well it is finally a win at Rupp Arena and that is fun. RTR!

Alabama 85 UK 65 was the worst home loss for UK in the Calipari era.

Bruner gonna be out for a while.  Had knee procedure.

https://www.al.com/alabamabasketball/2021/01/alabama-forward-jordan-bruner-out-indefinitely-after-surgery.html


Bummer for Jordan and the team.

We are using 9 players as it is. With two down, maybe 3, I don’t know how much deeper we can go. I have been looking over the rest of the roster and we have several freshmen & the other guys have almost no real game experience. Arkansas & LSU are very tough opponents. We are in a very tight position. Herb is best defensive player in SEC, maybe entire country. Bruner is 6’10” inside/outside player who can hit 3’s and play under the basket. Quinerly is our point guard. We have our backs against the wall in my opinion. Getting Quinerly back would be huge positive step.




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Looking at the roster and trying to size up players based strictly on their bios is not very scientific. Only two really show much, Keon Ambrose-Hylton, freshman 6’8” forward, and Alex Tchikou, 6’11” freshman forward. Another interesting player is grad transfer 6’5” Kendall Wall. He played 70 games at a small college & walked on at Bama. Like I said, we already play nine guys and gets really thin after that.



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Well, if there's a bright side, the team has put themselves in a position (5-0 in conference) that a loss or two won't kill the season.

Well this a nice change of pace for us BB folks. RTR!

Very true. If we can beat Arkansas at T-Town it would be huge lift. We need guys like Petty & Reese (both seniors) and Shackleford to step up big time.



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Encouraging injury update:

https://www.al.com/alabamabasketball/2021/01/alabamas-herb-jones-jahvon-quinerly-could-return-soon.html

Oh yes that return soon sounds great. RTR!