Mississippi State ready to pound the Tide...
Read it yourself in their posts. The Bulldogs are ready for some old fashioned revenge. They just may get it as well. The Tide is a six point underdog. Alabama needs to play the best game they have played this season to win. No joking. State is the third best team the Tide has played this season IMO. Better than Auburn. I believe so. The formula to win road games is to play as well as you, and hope for some help. That help involves turnovers and poor shooting. The Bulldogs didn't shoot well in Tuscaloosa and I don't expect a repeat in Starkville. The Hump gives the Bulldogs a big homecourt advantage. What does Alabama need to win?
First, round up the usual suspects. Bama needs to get Don'ta Hall more involved on offense. His shot total is going down. Way down. Hall needs to disrupt inside and control the defensive boards, and he needs some help to boot. That would be Dazon Ingram who is without a doubt the best rebound guard in the SEC. Tevin Mack can help. so can Petty. The Tide needs an outstanding offensive game from either Petty or Mack. It's a mix and match type deal. The Tide needs to have fewer turnovers. Less than 10 is ideal but... We really have only two ball handlers. Lewis, Jr. and Jr. can handle the ball.
Don't talk about it but the Tide has been better at the free throw line. They need to keep it up. Whoever thought that Hall was going to be a decent free throw shooters. My superstitions make this difficult to type. At the end of the game it will shooting percentages, free throws, and defensive rebounds that win the game. The usual suspects never go away. If the outside game is hot we can win. The Tide has good outside shooters. Lewis, Mack, Petty, and Ingram are good and getting better. Off the bench, Riley "Pops" Norris killed Vandy in the last game. He is also the coach on the floor when he plays. The younger players look up to him. What a warrior. I have watching him play since the tenth grade. He is a winner.
State has gotten off to poor starts lately. Bama needs that to happen again. They will be pumped, and they are not playing to get in the Tournament. They are play for a higher seed. Alabama may well nail down a berth with two road wins. No, they will down a berth with wins over MSU and USC. Two losses and then two killer home games could spell doom and gloom for a berth. Four wins and Bama is suddenly a five seed.
My heart says Bama. My head says State because they are at home.
State by 8. I hopefully be eating crow later tonight.
Read it yourself in their posts. The Bulldogs are ready for some old fashioned revenge. They just may get it as well. The Tide is a six point underdog. Alabama needs to play the best game they have played this season to win. No joking. State is the third best team the Tide has played this season IMO. Better than Auburn. I believe so. The formula to win road games is to play as well as you, and hope for some help. That help involves turnovers and poor shooting. The Bulldogs didn't shoot well in Tuscaloosa and I don't expect a repeat in Starkville. The Hump gives the Bulldogs a big homecourt advantage. What does Alabama need to win?
First, round up the usual suspects. Bama needs to get Don'ta Hall more involved on offense. His shot total is going down. Way down. Hall needs to disrupt inside and control the defensive boards, and he needs some help to boot. That would be Dazon Ingram who is without a doubt the best rebound guard in the SEC. Tevin Mack can help. so can Petty. The Tide needs an outstanding offensive game from either Petty or Mack. It's a mix and match type deal. The Tide needs to have fewer turnovers. Less than 10 is ideal but... We really have only two ball handlers. Lewis, Jr. and Jr. can handle the ball.
Don't talk about it but the Tide has been better at the free throw line. They need to keep it up. Whoever thought that Hall was going to be a decent free throw shooters. My superstitions make this difficult to type. At the end of the game it will shooting percentages, free throws, and defensive rebounds that win the game. The usual suspects never go away. If the outside game is hot we can win. The Tide has good outside shooters. Lewis, Mack, Petty, and Ingram are good and getting better. Off the bench, Riley "Pops" Norris killed Vandy in the last game. He is also the coach on the floor when he plays. The younger players look up to him. What a warrior. I have watching him play since the tenth grade. He is a winner.
State has gotten off to poor starts lately. Bama needs that to happen again. They will be pumped, and they are not playing to get in the Tournament. They are play for a higher seed. Alabama may well nail down a berth with two road wins. No, they will down a berth with wins over MSU and USC. Two losses and then two killer home games could spell doom and gloom for a berth. Four wins and Bama is suddenly a five seed.
My heart says Bama. My head says State because they are at home.
State by 8. I hopefully be eating crow later tonight.
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