MBB: Tide blows 16 point lead, loses to Purdue 71-65
by Mac T on Dec 12, 2009 10:34 PM CST
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PrintNow a win would have been a major upset, as Purdue is fifth in the country. (Thought personally, I never take any Big Ten team but Michigan State seriously unless they've done something really impressive to prove themselves.) But this is disappointing. Alabama led 46-30 early in the second half, and 53-41 with twelve minutes to go. From that point on, they were outscored 30-12.
Purdue jumped out to a 9-1 lead, but that was followed by a 28-9 run by Alabama to pull into a sizeable lead that held for much of the game, as Purdue seemed unable to handle the Tide's quickness. But from that twelve-minute mark, Alabama couldn't get anything going on offense, took some bad (and quick and stupid) shots, and kept giving up offensive rebounds.
Mikhail Torrance had his usual fine game with 18 points, but was shut down late by Purdue defensive specialist Chris Cramer, and none of the other perimeter players stepped up, especially after Senario Hillman fouled out with eight minutes left. JaMychal Green had 16 and eight rebounds, and Justin Knox scored 14 off the bench.
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Tale of 3 games
Unfortunately, the 3rd part matched the first part.
Didn’t have the depth to maintain intensity, which is why I think we took so many quick, wasteful shots. Got to love our guys buy-in with Coach Grant, here’s to growth of a great program! RTR!
I feel we have a great future under Grant.
Also, the crowd was awesome.
'Mark Ingram' is the Heisman Winner!
agreed
there were some empty seats, but that’s to be expected this time of year.. that said, the crowd was really into it for the majority of the game.
I was a little disappointed at the people making for the exits when we were down by 6 with ~30sec to go… All it takes is two shots and OT would have been played in front of a lot of previously filled seats.
ugh
rebounding was atrocious.
What you're seeing is team spirit. It's like the Holy Spirit, but more powerful.
-Hank Hill
For those last twelve minutes, it sure was
For the game, it turned out pretty close, but down the stretch, we couldn’t grab a board to save our lives.
difference in the game IMO
was when Purdue was mounting their comeback and they got three consecutive offensive rebounds and put-backs… you keep them from getting those 6 points and I think they never get the momentum to get back into the game.
Our lack of depth
was exposed greatly. However, if this is the kind of effort we are going to get most games from the Tide, look out SEC.
Einhorn is Finkle. Finkle is Einhorn.
the long and short of it ....
Long and short of it …… Coach is pushing this team to play very hard and fast. They just ran out of gas mid-second and the pace slowed markedly. One needs a deep bench to play this style and we haven’t got it right now. As we got tired, the mistakes came. This style of play won’t work against opponents with deep benches.
On a positive note, It sure didn’t look like a Godfried team.
Disappointing loss
But you’ve got to love the fight the team showed. We defended them very, very well. They couldn’t handle the press, and we were executing well on offense until the end. Like others have mentioned, a lack of depth hurt us in the end when they turned up the defense and started breaking the press a little bit. This probably would have been a substantial loss under the last regime, given that Purdue shoots a lot of 3s and plays great defense.
by Bama philosophe on Dec 13, 2009 12:21 AM CST reply actions
They just looked really
tired at the end of the game. I don’t pretend to know much about the intricacies of basketball, but I kindof wonder if we have the depth to run the full court press like we do. I don’t know if this is a conditioning issue or if we need to go to the bench a little more early in the game, but some adjustments need to be made. That said, I liked a whole lot of what I saw tonight… certainly a change from the last few years.
Depth was the issue.
You can’t run a full-court press like that against a good team and then hope to execute your offense when you’re playing 7 or 8 guys. You have to have a rotation of 10 guys to be able to execute that kind of a defense throughout the entire game.
by Bama philosophe on Dec 13, 2009 10:06 AM CST up reply actions
Tough loss.
The team fought hard. In the end we could not make free throws and we do not have any really great outside shooters. It is going to likely take a few years to recruit the kind of guys that can finish off a game like this.
Nevertheless we are much improved from last year and have a shot at the tourney if we can steal a few road wins in the SEC.
I hate the NCAA more than UT & AU combined. At least with UT & AU you got a fighting chance.
Good game, 'Bama
I wasn’t expecting that much excitement from the crowd or the Tide full-court press. Thought you guys played real well for the first 30 minutes, but it seemed like the whole team got real tired at that point.
I thought the Tide proved that it can be a tournament team this season, and definitely has a bright future beyond this year. The ability to stick with a top-5 team will do a lot for the players’ confidence. Then again, Purdue is just an average, unproven Big 10 team…so maybe it won’t.
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