Sadly, the Alabama basketball season came to a close this past weekend. We don’t have to get into how unfair it is to play Notre Dame so close to St. Patrick’s Day. Coming on the heels of a Sweet 16 appearance last year I had high hopes for the program this year. Year three of the Nate Oats project was underwhelming to say the least.
This is the most Jekyll and Hyde team I’ve ever come across. They beat three of last year’s Final Four teams with wins over Gonzaga, Baylor, and Houston. Then turn around and get waxed by two teams under .500 in Missouri and Georgia.
What was this team missing? A leader. A superior athlete with a proven leadership pedigree. One like Alabama’s own, Bryce Young.
Bryce Young is absolutely balling out in that video above. Cookin dudes. Snatching ankles, pulling up from the 50 yard line, lockdown defense, tear drops that would make Steph Curry blush, the guy can do it all. It doesn’t matter that the opponents look like the YMCA JV squad. Talent is talent.
Unfortunately for us, and Nate Oats, Nick Saban is notoriously strict on two way athletes. People forget, that’s how the Tide lost out on Birmingham native Jameis Winston to Florida State. So I guess we’ll never know.
I said before this tournament started that this team would only go as far as Jahvon Quinerly takes them. Well he took us about three minutes into the first half before his knee exploded. Wish him the best. But if there’s one silver lining here, always remember that Auburn’s best team in school history couldn’t even make it to the Sweet 16. They lost to the same Miami team that the Tide smoked 96-64. So itso facto we’re their boss. Poor Eagle.
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