Revenge game?

Hankerson has improved  

      Not really. The  tonight's WS game will allow Alabama to return to the scene of the crime so to speak. Last season Alabama's magical run in the NIT was ended by very good and sound Wichita State Shockers. If you saw the Shockers last night they look very much like the same team that handed the Tide a loss in the final game of their season. 


     Alabama brings a much better outside game than last season. The Tide's perimeter shooting was so poor that it caused them to lead the nation in 2 point baskets against total points Tonight is a playoff game for the NCAA. Alabama has beefed up the pre-SEC schedule. Two solid wins so far, and win over the Shockers would be big on when team are selected for the NCAA field. Bama's horrible showing in the Bahama's last winter sealed the team's NCAA fate even though we didn't know at the time. At that time most people just thought we were a lousy team. You have to admire Grant for teaching his team, and JayMykal Green a lessons about what is and is not important. Whatever occurred in the Caribbean last year is behind them, but the lesson learned seems to remain. 
    If you think it is revenge on the mind's of the basketball team you might be wrong. Not replicating last years showing. In doing that they may well beat the Shockers. One thing Tide fans learned last night was that wins are possible against mediocre teams. If Green plays only 13 minutes tonight it won't be the same. Bama learned that Carl Engstrom can hold his own on defense. He takes up a lot of room, and his technique is improving. On offense he hasn't shown a lot of success but has developed a decent drop step to the basket. 


Keys to Winning tonight:

• Keep Green and Mitchell out of foul troube.
• Releford needs to pick up his assist production
• Cooper and Randolph need to keep up their defense and chip in a few baskets

     Bama will need to hit some threes. Hello Trevor Lacey. In all honesty every starter and the first two players off the bench can make threes. Look for 'Bama to start scoring a lot more points as they learn to play as a team. Bama's defense is great, and the offense has the potential to be as good. 

I like Bama by 6.

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