I’m sure the defensive game plan will be to be in Sears jock the whole game and stop him from creating space so he could take 3’s. He only scored 8 points last year in 35 minutes. Yes, Miller was option one and the focus of our defense then but Sears will be the focus of Castle/Diarra for Saturday. I also don't see Nelson doing much against Clingan nor Estrada against our defense and we shouldn’t have much of a problem controlling the boards.
My only worry is foul trouble. We can’t afford getting 2 early fouls from anyone, especially Clingan and Johnson. Bama has a good team FT percentage. There were 49 total free throws last year.