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The University of Alabama men's basketball team opens up the 2012 portion of its schedule at Georgia Tech on Tuesday. The contest, staged at Atlanta's Philips Arena, is scheduled for an 8 p.m. CST start on ESPNU and the radio affiliates of the Crimson Tide Sports Network.

The game is UA's final non-conference game of the season before opening SEC play on Jan. 7 against Georgia and the team's second true road game of the season.

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Beating an ACC team on the road can get Bama off to a good start for the upcoming conference schedule. Green is still a question mark for any playing time which I think isn't all bad because it gives the younsters that much more time on the floor. Green has been able to practice but still is not 100%.

Andrew Steele is the new addition to the team after recovering from a concussion last season. Steele has been serving as a student coach since his injury and CAG thinks this could make him a better player because he has been looking at the game from a different side of the ball and he knows the system. CAG stated that Steele has done a good good of staying in shape and hopefully in the near future he will be able to help the team. This can turn out to be a blessing for the Tide because player depth is a blessing and in conference play, you need as much depth as you can possibly get.

Roll Tide!!  :clap:

I hope we get to see M Gueye tonight. His big body can help us if he is ready to play.

Unless something has happened since the last game, he should get more minutes. His conditioning is the big question, practicing and playing are two different things but he gassed pretty quick the last game. Bama will have three players for the middle now so that should open up some things for the team, especially the offense.

This sounds like the game for a foot to get in the right direction. If we step up in this game we may be ready to play Georgia. We have got to enjoy the media coverage but it is time we play some good hard round ball now. RTR!

Still watching the Sugar Bowl, but it is about time to change channels.  These teams has the suck, especially when I can be watching Bama instead.

Early in the game and Tide leads 17-11. I don't think we have hit a 3 pointer yet. Green & Mitchell playing good.


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8:30 left in first half and the Tide looks good. Mitchell is killing Ga. Tech with his dunks. Score is Tide 26-15.



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Lacy is getting more confindent and getting more involved in the offense. That is a very positive development. Tide leading 31-18.



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Andrew Steele enters game and makes a steal. Tide leading 34-20. Tide stealing ball and scoring off their defense. No one for the Tide looks bad.


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Crap! Releford hurt, Lacy playing the point. Tide leads 40-22 at half. Our D is killing Georgia Tech.


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Doh!!! I forgot about the bball game.  Thanks for the reminder.

Thanks for the updates on the 1st half.

Alabama's RPI is 23 and their SOS (Schedule strength) is 20th. What a great way to enter SEC play. If we go 9-7 or 10-6 in the SEC, we will go dancing, maybe even 8-8 based on the strength of the SEC with 5 good teams. Assuming we win tonight, we enter SEC play at 11-3 with voctories over Purdue, Maryland, Wichita State, & Oklahoma State & losses to Georgetown and Kansas State, 2 very good teams.



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Some odds and ends I looked up.



Georgetown    RPI  9  SOS 40
Wichita St            27          24
Kansas St            32         113
Purdue                41           96


The key is, we have to beat teams we should beat. For instance, Georgia has an RPI of 98. If we lose to them, it kills our RPI.


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Steele looks so sharp for a guy who hasn't played a game in 8 or 9 months. The Tide is running circles around Tech. Tide 60-37. Everyone playing good, but Mitchell and Green have been outstanding.



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Yep, Mitchell and Green look NBA ready.  Steele has obviously been staying in shape and itching to play, nice contribution from him on his first game back.  Freshmen are getting more confident.  Nice on the road easy win for the Tide against an ACC foe.

I don't know if Mitchell is ready or not. He has to do more than dunk the ball. He needs a good 15-17 foot jump shot. I think Grant has definitely prepared him to play defense in the NBA. I hope he hangs around for next year, even if he is NBA ready. We can have a great team with him coming back with Releford, Lacey, Jacobs, Randolph, Cooper, maybe Steele, and any new recruits we get.


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Wow, how exciting can this team be and talk about a shot in the arm performance. CAG has to be feeling pretty good going into conference play with the way the team Ga tech apart last night. There was a couple of times when the team took the ball down low and kicked it out for the outside shot that only told me this team is improving from some of the early season problems they struggled with.

Andrew Steele came in and made an outstanding performance for not having played since last March, this can only add fuel to the fire of how good this team can be by tournament time. I'm wondering why Gueye didn't play, hopefully he hasn't had a setback with his knee.

Bama will visit the Georgia Bulldogs this Saturday and that won't be a cakewalk playing there, but hopefully Bama can beat the Dogs and start their SEC conference play with a road win. The game will start at 6 p.m and will be on FSN tv.  RTR!!!!!  :clap:

Games 3, 4 and 5 in Bama's SEC schedule starting next week are @ Miss State, Vandy, then (2 days later) @ Kentucky.  That's a tough 3-game stretch, especially by SEC standards. 

Steele ended up 2-2 and 5-5 from the line. That's pretty good (LOL).  JG doesn't know how to compromise. Either he fouls out or isn't aggressive enough to even get a single foul. But it seems as if CAG had a talk with him about no "i" in team.

GT couldn't hit the broad side of a barn (LOL). Glen (the San Francisco treat) Rice was held below his average. He can't shoot either. He was on the front end of a couple of alley-oops but had to pick one out of his teeth courtesy of freshman Nick Jacobs. Randolph did not stand out much but he has the BAMAWV watchful eye as a potential Tide great. We are in great shape going into conference play.

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That's a tough stretch for anyone, even the Big East or ACC. What makes it even tougher is two of the games are on the road. Miss. State will be very tough, but we can win the game. The game at UK is probably not winnable. UK is just too good and deep. Our freshmen will really be tested.

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If this team shoots as well as last night (not unimaginable), they are capable of beating any team in the country, on any floor. JMHO

I doubt a good team like UK, Florida, or Vandy will let us score 15 layups and 7 or 8 dunks  in a game like we had against Georgia Tech. 


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