Alabama Hosts Kentucky Tonight (ESPN 8:00)

[BAMAWV]

Bama wins by 4-- 59-55     

CAG has really done a job on Jacobs and even Gueye. Jacobs came into his own against A&M. He had his by far best game tonight. Kentucky shooting dropped off in 2nd half and their rebounding edge in the 1st half was matched by the Tide in the 2nd. Releford played his steady game but I'll give this win to Jacobs and Gueye.

[Catch Prothro]

Bama wins by 4-- 59-55     

CAG has really done a job on Jacobs and even Gueye. Jacobs came into his own against A&M. He had his by far best game tonight. Kentucky shooting dropped off in 2nd half and their rebounding edge in the 1st half was matched by the Tide in the 2nd. Releford played his steady game but I'll give this win to Jacobs and Gueye.

Friendly refs tonight too, especially in the second half (first half, not so much).

Jacobs cleaned up several missed shots with put backs.

Gueye actually had an impact, now he just needs to learn where the basket it, where to stand and jump.

[Jamos]

How sweet it is, Roll Tide!!! 

[Catch Prothro]

Bama seems to be playing better in the second half.  Part of that, I think, is opposing teams are wearing down.  That might be true of Kentucky, which had a quick turnaround of road games.

But also, CAG made some key adjustments at half-time v. Kentucky, the most important was changing from a full-court to half-court press.  Kentucky had no problem  breaking the full court press, but in the second half Bama's half-court defense took over the game, shutting down Kentucky's offense, and getting several turnovers.

[2Stater]

Gueye really becoming a very good defensive force. Team hustle down the stretch was great. Ky may not be the Ky of old, but any win over them is a great win. Congrats to the Tide!

[pmull]

Good coaching job by CAG. This is the second game in a row the halftime ajustments have been spot on. We over came the KY 9 point lead and out played them in the second half.

We only turned the ball over 6 times. That is great against the long arms of KY. Even being out rebounded 44-32 we took 57 shots to KY 56.

Defense in the second half was outstanding. Effort was great. The press was not working so CAG made the decision to go to a half court defense and force them to hit shots with a man in their face. KY scored 22 second half points.

We are starting to get both offensive and defensive help in the post. Jacobs has really upped his game in the last two weeks. He had 14 pts and Gueye had 4 pts. Believe it or not we blocked 9 shots which equals the 9 shots blocked by KY. Gueye had 5 of the blocks.

Coleman looked good with a 15,383 sellout crowd. The team gave them plenty to cheer about in the second half.

We are 4-1 in SEC play which puts in 3rd place. We have worked our way back into NCAA Tournament discussions.

We go on the road to Knoxville Saturday for a 1:00 game against Tenn.

Roll Tide!

[pmull]

According to Warrennolan.com our RPI improved to 51. Our strength of schedule is 29.

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[SUPERCOACH]

That was a fun game to watch.  The big guys are really starting to contribute.  We just need to figure out how to play like we did in the 2nd half for the whole game and we could beat anybody.

[SUPERCOACH]

Also, they mentioned during the broadcast that we lead the SEC in 3 point shooting this year.  What a remarkable turn around from last year with basically the same players.  All of that hard work they did over the summer is paying off.

Last year we had no outside game and everybody played zone on us.  This year our inside game has been nonexistent at times.  If the big guys continue to improve we will be a pretty good team.

[pmull]

We were 2-13 on 3 pt attempts last night for 15.4%. We shot 36% for the game. We won this game with our second half defense. We held UK to 22 second half pts.

I can't say enough good things about the play of Jacobs and Gueye last night. Gueye blocked 5 shots and altered several more. He had 4 pts and 5 rebounds in 18 minutes. Jacobs is getting better each game. He has lost 15 pounds since the season started. He was slow to recover from an ankle injury. He had 14 pts last night. Several of his buckets were offensive rebound put backs and tap ins.

CAG is giving Andrew Steele a lot of credit for his senior leadership. We are 10-1 with Steele and 2-5 when he was injuried.

[ricky023]

I only got to watch the 2nd half, so I couldn't complain about 1st half. I do know they looked great in the 2nd half especially on the final run hitting all Free Throws. Good job. RTR!

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