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Just now, tomcat said:

Ummmm….ok…his play is at times much too aggressive and has created circumstances more difficult than they might have been….like now leaving his team sort a player. Better?

Sure, Tom.

2 minutes ago, Auburn93 said:

I have held my tongue all season, but Baker is a THUG! We've excused his behavior but if he was a rival we would have called him out a long time ago. He deserved that penalty.

You should keep it in your mouth. Calling your own player a THUG is pretty disgusting behavior. I'm sure you've lived a angelic life. I'm not excusing his behavior, BTW. 

Clearly they're going to call everything against us. 

Oh that's a weak ass call, even though he made it. 

Just now, Tigger1985 said:

So there guy hit CBM first and no call?

Clearly you know its who they catch first, right? He had no business retaliating. Let your play do the talking. 

CBM so damn stupid. Smh. 

I'd rather play SDSU. They're extremely one dimensional and I think between Broome/Cardwell, LeDee's teammates would have to beat us.

Sloppy game by SDSU and UAB. SDSU is a physical team but not a offensive dynamic team. 

3 hours ago, TuscaloosaTiger said:

I get your point, but 1 winner out of 4 games yesterday by SEC teams is a very poor showing, especially when all the SEC losers were higher seeds. Very disappointing.

Yeah, definitely not a good look. But, is what it is... I think that is why we have a good chance in this tournament. We can do both and have a relatively older team. We'll soon find out this afternoon! War Eagle!

28 minutes ago, AURex said:

Before the first NCAA game, Barkley commented that the SEC was under-appreciate. The SEC is much better than the Selection Committee seeded them

Then we watch Miss State go down, South Carolina go down, Kentucky go down -- not to powerhouses, but to teams we'd expect our SEC teams to beat.

Except,, Barkley was wrong. The SEC teams were OVER-rated and lost their opening game.

Which is why I have been saying CBP need to have our guys realy to play from the first tipoff. And our guys need to be focused.

 

SEC is not overrated. The Tournament is about matchups. It's also one game. None of the teams you just mentioned play both good defense and offense. It's one or the other. And all it takes is a bad offensive night to lose. Auburn had no business losing to Moo State, Kentucky, or even Tenn. If you have a good defense (which kept us in those aforementioned games), you at least have a fighting chance if you can make a few stops and shots. Moo State and SCar are not great offensive teams. Moo State ran into a seasoned Tom Izzo team and South Carolina was small compared to Oregon, nor do they really fill it up offensively. Kentucky, well, requires their offense to win games. If they could actually play some defense they probably win. 

Samford getting robbed against Kansas. Amazing block on the fast break called a foul. 

The UK meltdown is so glorious. 

Sure would be nice if Denver Jones could get hot like that this tournament. Bruce runs a lot of sets for him coming off the screen so there will be opportunities! 

Just now, CCTAU said:

#3 hit ten threes. I doubt he can keep that up. But it was a thing of beauty tonight.

Sometimes someone plays out of their mind. But it's all about matchups also. 

UK had no business being a 3 seed. That and they ran into an old team. Oakland's guards are literally 24 and 22. They played a team full of upperclassmen. 

DAMNNNN this boy is bad. 

If Oakland makes their FTs they'd be up by 7!

6 minutes ago, Auburn93 said:

They will be ready but will it be 18% from three or 38% from three type of day. Our 2019 team didn't shoot well in the first round.

Good thing we have an 3rd Team All-American in Johni Broome and two-time SEC champion, Jaylin Williams to give us points inside. I think we'll be good. I love that team, but 2019 is no where near inside presence we possess now.  

It's almost mind boggling how much Calipari underachieves with the talent he accumulates. 

Wow this Gohlke dude for Oakland is killing UK right now. 

God there are so many commercials for CBS games. 🙃

11 minutes ago, TigerOne said:

Auburn needs to pay attention,

gotta be focused and smart. No need to bitch about getting screwed by playing in Spokane. Mess around and we won’t be.

I think Bruce will have them ready. They seem real focused. 

14 minutes ago, Auburn93 said:

I see now that the SEC is overrated. 

It's not. Some of our teams are just really one sided. Either they're good offensively or good defensively. Not many of them do both well: Auburn and Tenn, for instance. So if shots aren't fall for Kentucky its no surprise they're having problems with Oakland. 

BYU ran into a bad match up with Duquesne. I never thought SCar or Moo State would do much. Their style of play is fine in the SEC because there is a lot of beating each other up but you have to be able to score in tournament. Neither of them were big offensive threats...

At any rate, Oregon beating SCar isn't all that surprising. They hung around for a little bit but its getting ugly. 

Figured we should have a thread where we can talk about the tournament in general and other games we are watching. Watched the finish of Grambling State game. They have a deep bench. 35 bench points! Will be interesting how Purdue deals with their speed. 

It seems like the refs are letting teams play instead of being whistle heavy. If that is the trend throughout the tournament, that bodes well for us...