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Alabama Basketball Tickets – Can The Tide Keep Their Ncaa Streak Alive?
Alabama basketball tickets have been in demand recently, even though the overall sports scene in Tuscaloosa has been dominated by a certain football coach being hired amidst much fanfare. Even though the national spotlight has been on the gridiron, the Crimson Tide have been making an intense push to get back to the NCAA Tournament. Although Alabama is currently ranked in the polls, their spot in the “Big Dance” is not guaranteed at this point. Below we’ll take a look at Alabama’s qualifications to determine whether or not they’ll be dancing next month.
Schedule
Alabama has the advantage of playing in one of the power conferences on the college basketball landscape, and they currently sit atop the standings in the SEC West. However, that can be somewhat deceiving, as Arkansas and LSU, two perennial contenders in the conference, are having somewhat disappointing seasons. Not to mention, a 6-6 conference record is not going to impress the selection committee.
However, the Crimson Tide have played a strong schedule overall, with quality wins over the likes of Iowa, Xavier, North Carolina State and Oklahoma, and they recently took Florida to the wire before losing a tough game in Gainesville. Even if the Crimson Tide aren’t selected for the tournament, it’s been a good year to have Alabama basketball tickets.
Recent Trends
One of the overlooked aspects of the selection process for the NCAA Tournament is how a team has played in recent games. This is a factor that as of now does not appear to work in Alabama’s favor. They are only 5-5 in their last 10 games, and that includes losses to a struggling Auburn team and Vanderbilt. The Vanderbilt loss doesn’t look too bad now, however, given that the Commodores recently dominated Florida on their home floor, and Vanderbilt is always a tough place to play.
Outlook
Overall, Alabama has every opportunity to get themselves into the tournament. They have games remaining against Tennessee, Auburn and the two schools in Mississippi, and there’s also the SEC Tournament. If Alabama can get themselves into a mode where they finish strong, their final resume could look quite good, especially if that resume includes 20 wins, a national ranking, an SEC West title and a deep run in the SEC Tournament.
If all these things happen, and it’s somewhat likely that they will, Alabama’s streak of five consecutive appearances in the NCAA Tournament will be extended, and fans with Alabama basketball tickets will have a potential championship team to watch.
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Should NCAA football reinstate tie games ?
Tie games can really throw a monkey wrench into conference standings. I also believe ties benefit the little guys and underdogs
who can deliver one or two big plays during a game to even up with the big guys.So whats wrong with two teams playing even on any given game day? Like life, someone doesn’t always have to win…
Yes, ties should reinstated. It is easy to just say “oooh i love triple overtime games because you are probably just a drone looking for more action.” The NCAA has shattered its history in the last 15 years, first with this ridiculous OT where field position and punting are taken out of the equation and basically the team with the best kicker or a scrambling QB usually wins. It is not real football. They then last year changed the clock rules to shorten games for TELEVISION TIME. So basically first they limit the sample size of the games, then make replay not a true representation of a winner. Take the Cal – Washington game yesterday. Washington down by 7 gets a tipped hail mary at the end of the game. Down by 1, they decide to go for the extra point to tie it knowing OT is ahead. One Marshawn Lynch run later, and a quick interception the game is over. Facing a draw, Tyrone Willingham would have gone for two and possibly won the game, creating a dramatic situation. If he had gone for the 1, Washington would have earned a much needed draw to stay in the Pac-10 race. Now they are credited with a loss. It takes the emotion out of the game and creates an artificial quick winner so games can stay under 3 and a half hours. Replay takes way too long, and what they need to do is CUT TO A COMMERCIAL as a play is being reviewed. That would save so much time, because they just sit there staring at the coaches. Cut to commerical then so you wouldn’t have to take out time out of the game.
Back to ties, possible changes:
1. Move the ball to the 50 and keep OT as it is. (better but no good enough)
2. Call it a tie after 1 or two OT series. (even better, but not good enough)
3. Call it a straight up tie like the old days (great, but at this point probably wouldn’t fly with public)
4. Put an extra period of play with NO SUDDEN DEATH. This is the best system, but also the most consistently time consuming. However, in the regular season, i think putting 10 mins on the clock and play one full period of action (similar to silver goal in world cup soccer) If you want to have Overtime, you cannot worry about the occasional 3 and half / 4 hour game. If it is still a tie, i saw call it a draw in the regular season, and in the bowl games / national championship, keep playing consecutive periods until a winner is determined. Maybe make it sudden death after 2 OTs. This is just like Canadian football.
5. Last option is sudden death, but i didn’t think college football wants to be like the NFL. Option 4 is better but more time consuming.
The key is shortening the game by cutting to commericals during the reviews! That is where they can save time. And the occasional OT would be fine, because with the new clock rules the clock would run a lot.
I hope one day we will see ties and / or a true overtime with punting and time on the clock !!! and field position. Hopefully soon. Any ideas on how we can sell this to the NCAA?
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