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Alabama Scouting Report

caw said:
Rewatched MSU game and I couldn’t help but hate how MSU played. Just a selfish team. Everything was screen and roll with very little passing.

Alabama looked like the better team (duh they won) but they pass much better than Oregon or MSU as a team and get more movement off the ball.

Alabama’s problem so far is they just aren’t a great shooting team. They hoist it though, a lot. Probably why their assist numbers aren’t great.

They also attack the boards.

Defense is erratic sometimes but it seems solid. Defended the paint well against MSU.
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We're shooting almost 39% from 3 as a team and Bama is 42% from 3. Not sure about not a good shooting team. Will need to get out and get a hand in the face and also be ready for the blow by.
 
What is interesting to me is how precisely opposite Oregon and Alabama are and how fast our team is able to adjust the playing style. Oregon was huge but had no guard play and can't shoot or defend the perimeter. Alabama is smaller but plays with insane defensive pressure and rains threes.

Much of tournament success is the ability to adapt and survive, and we will get an early look at the flexibility of this team
 
Oregon played zone. Bama plays m2m, right? That is the biggest difference, imo. I expect a physical foul prone game.
 
This is like NCAA tourney games now. We have a good conference but is anyone else ranked right now?
 
mauconnfan said:
We're shooting almost 39% from 3 as a team and Bama is 42% from 3. Not sure about not a good shooting team. Will need to get out and get a hand in the face and also be ready for the blow by.
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Alabama has 7 guys that shoot a lot of 3s (3 attempts per game), but only really 2 that are super accurate (Miller and Burnett). Sears decent at volume. Clowney, Griffen, and Gurley can't really shoot. Quinerly unknown. Burnett may be due for some regression, too. It's really only Miller.
 
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For ppl that have seen Miller play what is his game like? The highlights look a little like Jabari Smith, with maybe less shooting ability.
 
Last thing I need is a late night after boozing all day yesterday… buuut here we are so, gotta battle.

I think it all comes down to rebounding and foul trouble. I don’t expect to hit 17 treys again so we need to own the glass and keep the key horses on the floor. Huge opportunity to move the program ahead, gotta TAKE IT.
 
They looked relentless yesterday so I think they're going to be a tough team. They might be under ranked at this point in the season.
 
BGesus4 said:
For ppl that have seen Miller play what is his game like? The highlights look a little like Jabari Smith, with maybe less shooting ability.
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He's a face up big wing, so yeah a little bit of Jabari. Stroke isn't as pretty and he's smaller, but so far he's making > 50% and that INCLUDES a game where he went 0/6. So in his other 4 games he's shooting 63% from 3. Has pretty deep range, too.

He's a bit of an older freshman similar to Karaban, but his finishing when he drives has not been great. Still needs to add strength and too often tries the "hang and throw up a shot" finish type. Still, he has a knack for drawing fouls. Decent rebounder. Decent distributor drive and kick as a big part of the Oats offense.
 
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All time coaching matchup here. 2 big character energy guys with ties.
 
Alabama's bigs are light, weight wise. I think Adama and Donovan will be able to bully a good bit down low.
 
No hyperbole, aside from creighton. This might be our most difficult match up of the year.
 
mauconnfan said:
We're shooting almost 39% from 3 as a team and Bama is 42% from 3. Not sure about not a good shooting team. Will need to get out and get a hand in the face and also be ready for the blow by.
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Where are you getting they shoot 42% from three? I see 33.8 this season. Miller, Sears and Burnett are their good shooters (with decent volume).
 
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nomar said:
Anybody scout Clowney’s flopping? 4+ point difference thanks to that clown falling down.
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Just talked about it at halftime. The ESPN guy (who is that?) was pretty mad saying if they want to get flopping out of college basketball then they need to stop rewarding it. Ref must be a Duke grad.
 
HooperScooper said:
Just talked about it at halftime. The ESPN guy (who is that?) was pretty mad saying if they want to get flopping out of college basketball then they need to stop rewarding it. Ref must be a Duke grad.
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Do refs go in at halftime and look at specific plays in the first half for items they need cleaning up? If so I wonder if they’ll adjust in the 2nd half
 
UcannUconn said:
All time coaching matchup here. 2 big character energy guys with ties.
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I wouldn't say "all time," but I otherwise know what you mean and agree. Two guys banging on simalar doors.

^ I forgot to hit Post when I wrote the first paragraph above before tipoff. Then I didn't know where it was, or why it hadn't posted.

Doing it now for posterity. This was a signature win for coach Dan Hurley.
 
caw said:
Where are you getting they shoot 42% from three? I see 33.8 this season. Miller, Sears and Burnett are their good shooters (with decent volume).
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Saw something that was inaccurate no doubt. You were correct my bad!
 
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