Alabama 79, South Carolina 70: 20/20 Hindsight
by Matt Dover on Mar 4, 2010 7:48 AM CST
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PrintThe Crimson Tide basketball team picked up a surprise win last night without its best player, JaMychal Green. Only seven players saw action, but the Tide overcame an 11-0 deficit to start the game to pick up its second SEC road win of the year. Alabama is now 15-14 overall and 5-10 in SEC play. Bama will close the regular season at home against Auburn on Saturday before likely facing Florida in the opening round of the SEC tournament next Thursday. Unfortunately, due to time restraints, we won't have our usual initial impressions piece, so instead we'll leave you with some of what the media is saying about Bama's surprise win...
This time, it was someone other than the Alabama Crimson Tide that couldn’t hold a double-digit lead.
Two slumping teams combined for 29 turnovers, but most surprising was the way Alabama dominated South Carolina (46-26) on the boards. The Crimson Tide's Chris Hines alone had a career-high 14 rebounds, which doubled any Gamecocks player.
Gentry Estes | Mobile Press-Register
Justin Knox and Mikhail Torrance each had 17 points and Alabama, playing without leading scorer JaMychal Green, spoiled Devan Downey's final South Carolina home game with a 79-70 victory Wednesday night.
Game recap & statistics | ESPN
Devan Downey's night started by making the first basket in a big game-opening run. It ended with the South Carolina star walking off the court after a 79-70 loss to struggling Alabama, the sixth in a row for the Gamecocks.
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SEC record is 5-10. Just pointing it out mate.
It's not what you've done but what you are doing that matters.
The only bad thing about
beating SC is that it just makes us think “Oh,what might have been.” This team could have easily been 9-6 in the SEC right now —easily. And with even just a little good fortune we would be 11-4. Vandy, UT, Aub. UF, and Ole Miss twice are all games we really should have won.
Oh well, we need to hold serve against Auburn.
I hate the NCAA more than UT & AU combined. At least with UT & AU you got a fighting chance.
you are correct
in pretty much everything you said. Believe it or not, beating Auburn to finish 6-10 wouldn’t put us that far off where a lot of folks predicted us to be in SEC play. I heard several people predict 7-9 as our SEC record in the preseason. Hard to believe with all that has happened that with one more win we could finish only one game under those predictions.
That said, you are absolutely right. It shows how close we really were to going Dancing. Purdue, Vandy, @Auburn, Florida, @Ole Miss, @Georgia, Ole Miss again are all games we SHOULD have won. If we win any four of those seven that we SHOULD have won we would easily be an NIT lock and we be on the NCAA bubble. If we had won five or six of those seven we’re an NCAA lock. Then don’t forget all the games we COULD have won, where we were alive in the final 2/3 minutes: Cornell, FSU, @Arkansas, UT, @UK, @MSU, pretty much every other loss except Kansas State. We could have pulled out a couple of those with an extra big shot or two here and there.
to dredge up the analogy yet again
this is the exact same kind of positive feeling i had after saban’s inaugural campaign.despite the heartbreaking disappointments, you could see how much the team had progressed once you looked past the w/l column. the one thing that team desperately needed is the same one this squad has to have to step up to the next level – depth.
Roll 'Bama Roll: The Champagne of 'Bama Blogs.
that and a winning attitude
having what it takes to put teams away when you’re ahead and pull out wins in the 4th quarter/late 2nd half
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