They are, but I can find chinks in their armor as easily as I can find them in ours.
Alabama: injuries (currently) and a heavy reliance on the 3, slightly below average defensively
•Offensive rating - 7th in the SEC
•Defensive rating - 10th in the SEC
Kentucky: can't score/can't shoot (last in FG%, 2nd to last in PPG), no leadership, turnover prone
•Offensive rating - 13th in the SEC
•Defensive rating - 4th in the SEC
LSU: pretty average defensively, don't affect many shots in the paint, very little depth
•Offensive rating - 1st in the SEC
•Defensive rating - 8th in the SEC
Tennessee: rebounding (particularly defensive reb.), ball-handling
•Offensive rating - 3rd in the SEC
•Defensive rating - 1st in the SEC
What if I told you we were actually a better 3-pt shooting team than Bama, statistically, and by a pretty clear margin? Or that we lead the SEC in fewest fouls committed, fewest TOs committed, opponent's PPG, assists/gm, and scoring margin?
I think our fans, and the media, alike, have put far too much emphasis on our lone loss, and largely ignored everything else we've done, to this point. Almost as if that lone loss defined us as a ticking timebomb ready to get blown up, and Alabama pulled the trigger. They played their best game, we played, far and away, our worst game. We lost Springer 5 minutes in, and Pons was saddled with foul trouble in the only game he's played all year where he "committed" more than 2 fouls.
Everything's gonna be alright. None of this is directed solely at you
@SPRINGHILLVOL. Just using your post as a general starting point.