{"id":215323,"date":"2025-04-30T19:18:28","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T19:18:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/alabama\/jumbo-package-bama-hoops-predicted-to-take-huge-steps-back-this-season-alongside-most-of-the-sec\/"},"modified":"2025-04-30T19:18:28","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T19:18:28","slug":"jumbo-package-bama-hoops-predicted-to-take-huge-steps-back-this-season-alongside-most-of-the-sec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=215323","title":{"rendered":"Jumbo Package: \u2018Bama Hoops predicted to take huge steps back this season, alongside most of the SEC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p id=\"2h5nrz\">Good morning, folks. We\u2019re now entering the dog days, so cobbling together news is a bit tougher. Today, the luck of the draw happened to land on basketball, coinciding with the closure of the portal. Alabama, like most of the SEC, is expected to take a step backwards \u2014 at least by the national beat reporters enamored by a stronger than expected showing by the Big 12 last season and the (mistaken) belief that momentum is built from one March to the next Fall. <\/p>\n<p id=\"pDGIru\">First up, a non-sequitur, as two \u2018Bama legends discuss one of the most legendary moments in Ref Ball history. Here\u2019s Marty Lyons speaking with Roman Harper. <\/p>\n<p id=\"YI95s9\">We started with a palate cleanser, because what comes next is the national basketball beats proclaiming (hoping?) that they don\u2019t have to write about the SEC\u2019s dominance again.<\/p>\n<p id=\"4Z5X2y\">The data folks are not high on the Tide, for a start. Torvik has \u2018Bama checking in at 37th overall, with the offense dropping off the map <em>all <\/em>the way down to 43rd. <\/p>\n<aside id=\"GT3yqE\">\n<\/aside>\n<p id=\"wJLocB\">But, I ask you, dear reader, when was the last time a Nate Oats team finished 43rd in offense? <\/p>\n<p id=\"DSL89E\"><strong>Literally never. <\/strong>The worst \u2018Bama finished was 33rd and 32nd, in Oats\u2019 first two seasons, with a defense-led Herb Jones squad. The last four seasons, \u2018Bama has been in the Top 15 \u2014 including the other rebuilding year of 2022 that saw the Tide exit in the first round of the NCAA tournament. <\/p>\n<p id=\"i2CStN\">And the Tide\u2019s defensive projection of 31 seems a bit off, given the Tide\u2019s emphasis on beef on the interior and length on the perimeter (and, as of this writing, the addition of WAC FOTY, Keitenn Bristow).  <\/p>\n<aside id=\"JNK5sv\">\n<\/aside>\n<p id=\"JHmQrP\">Alabama has fielded three genuinely bad defenses in Coach Oats\u2019 six seasons, and they\u2019ve all occurred in transitional seasons following a roster rebuild (the 2020 Year Zero; 2022 following Herb\u2019s departure; 2024 after losing everyone). The other three seasons, \u2018Bama either had good defenses with discernible weaknesses (2024-2025), or outright elite units. This year there\u2019s a lot more continuity than in those other two bad seasons, and the Tide didn\u2019t lose most of its coaching staff either. <\/p>\n<p id=\"LR6lRZ\">The mathy folks aren\u2019t the only ones who see a step back either. Preseason and post-Portal projections from ESPN and CBS have Alabama in the good-not-elite tier of the high-teens to low-20s. <\/p>\n<p id=\"vD8DZb\">UA is not alone in that camp either, though; \u2018Bama finds itself in the same scrum with Tennessee, Auburn, OU, Texas, and even National Champ Florida. The only SEC teams the beats are bullish on? Kentucky and Arkansas&#8230;and for the life of me, I don\u2019t see much of a difference in the complete overhaul that every one of these teams faces. Potential and splash factor, while relying on prior performances and seamless integration, doesn\u2019t seem to be the best way to ascertain rankings. <\/p>\n<p id=\"hmn6Ij\">So, what is? Well, let\u2019s start with the schedules \u2014 and those aren\u2019t finalized yet. As we saw last year, what Birmingham does to you is often far more dispositive than raw talent alone. <\/p>\n<p id=\"EsPIMh\">Will the SEC take a step back? Likely. Last year was a generational showing. But it won\u2019t be this stark \u2014 this league isn\u2019t composed of mid-tier seeds with only one or two outside shots at a Final Four bid. And, if that\u2019s the emerging narrative, then this is a perfect time to catch teams napping as the SEC pushes back on the metastasizing story of \u201cgood, not great.\u201d You don\u2019t go 31-4 against the ACC, field almost a third of all the at-large bids, and make up half of the Elite 8 by accident. <\/p>\n<p id=\"kDMEaE\">Time to let the rat poison work in \u2018Bama\u2019s favor.<\/p>\n<aside id=\"a6js9B\">\n<\/aside>\n<aside id=\"6VD5pw\">\n<\/aside>\n<aside id=\"wNG0oI\">\n<\/aside>\n<hr class=\"p-entry-hr\" id=\"4gSixu\"\/>\n<p id=\"ASpxle\">Aye Ell takes a stab at a projected defensive depth chart:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p id=\"IRpovk\"><strong>Defensive line<\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"RDTOF2LHLNATTIACMRYLW6VMUM\"><strong>Starters:<\/strong> LT Overton (bandit), James Smith, Tim Keenan III<\/p>\n<p id=\"JYSMQJEFCBFXZDZAV3LR33IGYE\"><strong>Reserves:<\/strong> Edric Hill, Jeremiah Beaman, Kelby Collins, Jordan Renaud, Keon Keeley, Fatutoa Henry, Isaia Faga, Steve Bolo Mboumoua, London Simmons<\/p>\n<p id=\"LHUPS26PCJBA5JCEGO54SM3W6Y\"><strong>Analysis:<\/strong> Expect plenty of rotation at this spot. Collins is listed as a linebacker, but he\u2019s a moveable piece in the defense depending on how Wommack wants to use him. While Overton, Smith and Keenan figure to start, expect to see plenty of Hill and Beaman as well as Renaud and Keeley mixed into the defense.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<aside id=\"MAcuTj\">\n<\/aside>\n<p id=\"y4KEvC\">And ESPN even got in on the act, tossing some darts into a dark future as to who will replace first round selections this season: <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p id=\"qKKukL\">12. G <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/4685263\/tyler-booker\">Tyler Booker<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/team\/_\/name\/dal\/dallas-cowboys\">Dallas Cowboys<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"JB2twH\"><strong>Replacement: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/college-football\/player\/_\/id\/4685332\/kam-dewberry\"><strong>Kam Dewberry<\/strong><\/a><strong>, <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/college-football\/team\/_\/id\/333\/alabama-crimson-tide\"><strong>Alabama Crimson Tide<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"O2GI59\">No member of the Alabama offensive line took more snaps (741) last fall than Booker, who started 27 games over the past two seasons. Upon his departure, the Crimson Tide hosted a tight position battle this spring between redshirt senior <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/college-football\/player\/_\/id\/4875981\/geno-vandemark\">Geno VanDeMark<\/a> and Texas A&amp;M transfer Dewberry. Considering that VanDeMark missed the end of spring camp with an injury, the edge going into the summer belongs to Dewberry, the 6-foot-4, 345-pound lineman who made five starts in 32 career games with the Aggies. However, Alabama\u2019s thin guard depth likely means both Dewberry and VanDeMark will be critical to a successful fall in Tuscaloosa. <em>\u2014 Lederman<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p id=\"2Ssvl9\">This is an interesting one to me. I suspect Geno has the inside track here, despite Dewberry\u2019s raw talent advantage. A second year in the system matters a bunch, and VanDerMark was running ahead of Dewberry most of Spring, injury aside.<\/p>\n<p id=\"3PZD4E\">More here:<\/p>\n<aside id=\"gQ5Arx\">\n<\/aside>\n<hr class=\"p-entry-hr\" id=\"BlnV0v\"\/>\n<p id=\"xw7ynk\">Having seen three notoriously awful federal judges absolutely distort the purpose of antitrust law for half a decade, and open up this Pandora\u2019s box of chicanery, it seems as though some of their robed brethren are <em>finally <\/em>pushing back on ridiculous claims of eligibility for life.<\/p>\n<p id=\"cXvCQb\">First up, we now decisively have our first ruling that the four-year statute of limitations is in fact a hard cap \u2014 previously, it had been hinted at by trial lawyers that each new season brought with it a renewal of the SOL and itself represented an ongoing injury.<\/p>\n<aside id=\"NZizjk\">\n<\/aside>\n<blockquote>\n<p id=\"BoEhuu\">\u201cThe NCAA\u2019s use today of a NIL acquired decades ago as the fruit of an antitrust violation does not constitute a new overt act restarting the limitations clock,\u201d Engelmayer wrote in the 34-page decision. \u201cInstead, as the NCAA argues, the contemporary use of a NIL reflects performance of an aged agreement: a contract between the student-athlete and the NCAA under which it acquired footage and images of the plaintiff.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"AfQfLO\">Engelmayer also noted that the plaintiffs were part of the class in O\u2019Bannon v. NCAA, the 2015 case that helped to usher in the age of NIL payments so the lawsuit was not demonstrably different from other settled cases involving the athletes.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p id=\"PD79nM\">This is the least-discussed case of exceptional importance that no one is talking about. If it stands, then all of these has-beens and stale claims go by the wayside, and a little bit of normalcy can finally be reestablished. <\/p>\n<p id=\"oLHcjP\">And, in another case of equal importance, a federal judge denied injunctive relief to players seeking to upend the NCAA\u2019s four-in-five eligibility rule, having argued that they should be entitled to five years of Uncle Sugar, no matter how many seasons they had played or how long they had been in \u201ccollege\u201d (and face it, these guys aren\u2019t seekijng degrees). <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p id=\"5u8RBG\">Judge Matthew Houston said the evidence was \u201cnot sufficient\u201d while ruling from the bench following a three-hour hearing in North Carolina Business Court. That came in response to similar lawsuits filed by former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/college-football\/team\/_\/id\/150\/duke-blue-devils\">Duke<\/a> football players <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/college-football\/player\/_\/id\/4692331\/ryan-smith\">Ryan Smith<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/college-football\/player\/_\/id\/4427067\/treshon-devones\">Tre\u2019Shon Devones<\/a>, as well as another from former Duke player <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/college-football\/player\/_\/id\/4687186\/cameron-bergeron\">Cam Bergeron<\/a> and ex-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/college-football\/team\/_\/id\/153\/north-carolina-tar-heels\">North Carolina<\/a> player <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/college-football\/player\/_\/id\/4596596\/jj-jones\">J.J. Jones<\/a>. The hearing involved all four players.<\/p>\n<p id=\"byzWCu\">Their complaints sought to prevent the NCAA from following its longstanding policy of having athletes complete four years of eligibility within a five-year window. <\/p>\n<p id=\"mhEbl0\">Smith and Devones had competed in five seasons, while Bergeron and Jones participated in four seasons across a four-year period.<\/p>\n<p id=\"mKk4AE\">* * *<\/p>\n<p id=\"qNOYld\">In court, their attorneys challenged the NCAA\u2019s five-year eligibility window. Because athletes didn\u2019t use a season of eligibility during the 2020-21 school year and the possibility that the NCAA adjusts its eligibility rules allowing for five years of competition, the lawyers said that Bergeron and Jones were in a disadvantaged group.<\/p>\n<p id=\"BXmwAj\">The players\u2019 attorneys stressed the importance of urgency in a ruling because the NFL draft will be held later this week. Undrafted players are likely to agree to pro contracts by the end of the weekend, and that would effectively make them ineligible to play again collegiately.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p id=\"KRTsAN\">It\u2019s not a straight up win, as the matter would still need to be litigated, but being denied the injunction all-but trashes their case, since TROs are issued upon not just suggested harm but likelihood of success on the merits. <\/p>\n<p id=\"6o603d\">So, hold this L, MFer.<\/p>\n<aside id=\"fHDnoY\">\n<\/aside>\n<hr class=\"p-entry-hr\" id=\"VxRC4d\"\/>\n<p id=\"BCYJeX\">I\u2019m sure this will go smoothly, with little-to-no blowback, strife, or controversy: <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p id=\"PON64YHSJBFQZMMCXEDTCYQ26Q\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.al.com\/topic\/donald%20trump\/\">President Donald Trump<\/a> announced last week that he would be giving a commencement address to the university\u2019s graduating class of 2025.<\/p>\n<p id=\"WGNSNW4A5FH4RIPLFJUEZNHG6Q\">On Tuesday, the school announced that Trump will be joined by former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.al.com\/topic\/nick%20saban\/\">Crimson Tide football coach Nick Saban.<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"KDBJX7JVQ5BJTPI6N7SS4GQZJA\">\u201cThe ceremony will celebrate the UA class of 2025 and feature an address from President Donald J. Trump along with comments from UA President Stuart R. Bell and Nick Saban, former coach of the Crimson Tide football team,\u201d the university said in a press release.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<aside id=\"GMcpjF\">\n<\/aside>\n<hr class=\"p-entry-hr\" id=\"5LQHTf\"\/>\n<p id=\"adFNk8\">And, finally, some levity:<\/p>\n<p id=\"QwhbTe\">Have a great day, Roll Tide. <\/p>\n<div id=\"TmF8n0\">\n<section class=\"c-poll\" data-cid=\"apps\/poll-1746038770_6977_34095\" data-cdata=\"{\" title=\"\" sec=\"\" basketball=\"\" going=\"\" to=\"\" take=\"\" a=\"\" giant=\"\" step=\"\" back=\"\" this=\"\" year=\"\" somewhat=\"\" but=\"\" it=\"\" won=\"\" be=\"\" as=\"\" stark=\"\" projected=\"\" last=\"\" was=\"\" historically=\"\" dominant.=\"\" you=\"\" can=\"\" only=\"\" go=\"\" down=\"\" from=\"\" there.=\"\" bit.=\"\" the=\"\" has=\"\" shown=\"\" time=\"\" and=\"\" again=\"\" when=\"\" they=\"\" want=\"\" get=\"\" serious=\"\" about=\"\" sport=\"\" will=\"\" dominate=\"\" it.=\"\" content=\"\" mentioned.=\"\" whoooo=\"\">\n<h3 class=\"p-breaker-head\"><span class=\"p-breaker-head__wrapper\">Poll<\/span><\/h3>\n<h4>Is SEC basketball going to take a giant step back this year?<\/h4>\n<div class=\"c-poll__results\" id=\"poll-results\">\n<ul>\n<li data-poll-option-result=\"3589951\">\n<div class=\"c-poll__container\">\n<p><h6><span class=\"c-poll__pct\">65%<\/span><\/h6>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-poll__right\">\n<h6> Perhaps somewhat, but it won\u2019t be as stark as projected<\/h6>\n<p>              <span class=\"c-poll__option-votes\">(80 votes)<\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-poll-option-result=\"3589952\">\n<div class=\"c-poll__container\">\n<p><h6><span class=\"c-poll__pct\">21%<\/span><\/h6>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-poll__right\">\n<h6> Absolutely Last year was historically dominant. You can only go down from there.<\/h6>\n<p>              <span class=\"c-poll__option-votes\">(26 votes)<\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-poll-option-result=\"3589953\">\n<div class=\"c-poll__container\">\n<p><h6><span class=\"c-poll__pct\">6%<\/span><\/h6>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-poll__right\">\n<h6> Not a bit. The SEC has shown time and again, when they want to get serious about a sport, they will dominate it.<\/h6>\n<p>              <span class=\"c-poll__option-votes\">(8 votes)<\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-poll-option-result=\"3589954\">\n<div class=\"c-poll__container\">\n<p><h6><span class=\"c-poll__pct\">7%<\/span><\/h6>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-poll__right\">\n<h6> Basketball content mentioned. WHOOOO!!! #BOG<\/h6>\n<p>              <span class=\"c-poll__option-votes\">(9 votes)<\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>    <span class=\"c-poll__controls\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"c-poll__totals-count\"><br \/>\n        123 votes total<br \/>\n      <\/span><br \/>\n      <a href=\"#poll-vote\" class=\"back-to-vote\">Vote Now<\/a><br \/>\n    <\/span>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good morning, folks. We\u2019re now entering the dog days, so cobbling together news is a bit tougher. Today, the luck of the draw happened to land on basketball, coinciding with the closure of the portal. 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