Post-Game Thoughts on the Alabama Win

As Stanimal said, the final score wasn't indicative of how close the game was. I watched the game later on DVR with an idea that things were going to end well, but wihtout knowing exactly how or what that would look like. Perhaps watching it without the benefit of commercials affected the experience, but I didn't feel like we were dominating, and then all of a sudden, we're up 23. This isn't the say they didn't play great (I think they did), but more to say I thought, overall, it was a steady performance. Defensively, I thought we played excellent. Alabama isn't the best offense in the world, but as the announcers Davis (Rece and Hubert) kept reiterating, some of that was due to Vanderbilt's stiffling play. The Tide shot just 32.9% from the field, and only made it to the free throw line 10 times in 40 minutes. Vanderbilt also out-rebounded Anthony Grant's team by +13, although surrendered 15 offensive boards.Without focusing on the negatives, Vanderbi...