5-star SG enjoys Tide victory

Slim and none. And slim just left town.

Cool story bro

I hear Duke and UNC are very high on Grayson Allen (Jacksonville), another 6'4 SG with hops. And Duke has started recruiting Devin Booker, 6'4 sharp shooter..

And I was told Allen and Booker will play on the same AAU team... 2015 PG Lemonte Turner is expected to play PG (Huntsville, Sparkman) for the same team, so expect his stock to rise over the summer,,,

Does saban need to coach/ recruit basketball too?

Yea I went up and watched the Grissom game, thats when i saw him, then Grissom gave Lee a run for their money. Grissom is playing some good basketball right now. Bo Coln knows how to get it done. They play @ Clay-Chalkville Friday and I like their chances to advance.

at Clay will be tough... Clay's PG (Hasaan) is a Eric Bledsoe clone, without the hops. Clay is a short team, but have about 4 kids that play above the rim at 6'0 or 6'1).. if they win, Mountain Brook would be next.. Good match-up. I would whether face MB on a neutral court instead of Clay at Clay (similar trapping style)

I really dont understand why we are chasing all these pipe dream athletes across the nation when have talent in our own backyard.

Pipe dream.....a snowball's chance in hell might be more abt way to put it. Anyone who's just chomping at the bit to get an offer from NC or Duke isn't going to give a football dominated school any chance in hell.

Were you there or did you just see the score?

Yea I know I was there. But part of the reason for the lopsided score was bc Grissom was forced to come out of the zone they were playing and forced to pick up full court. They can't match up with Clay man to man, but that was their only chance once they got down by 6 or 8. 17 point win was a little deceiving IMO.

I have to disagree with some of the comments here. The guy made the trip to Tuscaloosa, and that is saying something. It may be part of the recruiting game that some guys like to play, however it can only be positive.

Also, Coach Grant can recruit 5-stars like him by telling him that he can come in and be 'The Guy'. Recruits love to hear that. Everyone complains about this teams inability to score, and this guy is probably intrigued with the fact that we don't really have a bigtime scorer. If we added a bigtime scorer, the other guys on our team are PERFECT roll players that could combine for a big march madness run.

With the SEC's money and TV contracts, these players get hooked up bigtime by consistently playing on ESPN in the national spotlight, and playing against teams like Kentucky that get so much media attention only benefits our players. The SEC is also a bad conference this year, and recruits love to play against ok teams, win a lot of games, and get tons of media spotlight for doing so. That's what we are doing this year and I guarantee TL and TR aren't going unnoticed for their efforts.

Plus, with the way CAG has our program looking, we're going to be a consistent tournament team. Next year I see no way we don't make the tournament and this year we are on the cusp.

Not to mention we are the number 2 team in the SEC right now and start two juniors and 3 sophomores...and have one senior on the roster...

Also regarding the state of our team...a lot of people may disagree, but I actually think we're making progress. Let's be honest, with what we lost with Green and Mitchell, we don't have a supremely talented team. We can want these guys to be elite, but the truth is they're not. They have tons of potential though, and they're only sophmores. Everyone talks about having the one and done players vs having a veteren laden team full of juniors and seniors...IE the Butlers...etc. Well, until we start landing these elite players, like THIS kid, we're looking to be headed towards being dependent on 3-4yr players...and our players just simply aren't there yet.

We can talk about how bad the SEC is all we want, but we're 2nd place and that's not an easy task. We are NOT an easy outing for teams (EDIT: except that Florida always seems to kick our teeth in...just a bad matchup for us). They hate to play us. We beat them up and wear them down and have managed to find ways to win. And I'll be the first to admit, it's frustrating as f**k to watch sometimes. But I think the future is bright for this team. And if we can get a sprinkling of elite players like Hill occassionaly, mixed in with our soon-to-be experienced guys, we could be on to something.

A lot of you guys may disagree, but that's JMO.