Tide stumbles against Stanford...

    Jack Nicklaus once said, "good putting covers up a multitude of sins." You can apply the same regarding shooting as basketball. Alabama, whose offense seems to live and die by the three, made only 23% from downtown against Stanford. That was the main reason the Tide got embarrassed in their first game of the Maui Classic. Add 15 turnovers to the mix, and Alabama dug their own grave. 

Alabama kept it close in the first half, but slowly the turnovers, poor shooting, and rebounded killed the Tide. Alabama also took too many questionable or even horrible shots. Once again, Alabama didn't finish enough inside shots to win. I'm sure this game is going to light up posting boards on several internet sites. 

It is going to take some time for this team to gel. Alabama played a helter-skelter game against Jax State but had enough athleticism to win. When you play a good team like Stanford, it will beat you every time. Alabama looks out of sorts, confused, and it will take some time. One game isn't the end of the season. The boo birds will flock to add their opinions. Let's move on. Nothing to see here, as the saying goes. The entire SEC is off to a bad start. A couple of horrible officiating calls early on put the Tide's game plan in jeopardy as well.

Alabama plays UNLV tonight. The Tide is an 8 point favorite.